Section 138l.14. Fees

(a) General prohibition. Except as provided in subsection (b), the governing body may not charge a landowner any fee for the filing of an ASA proposal or for any action the governing body is required to take under the act or this chapter.

(b) Exception. A governing body may, by resolution, impose reasonable filing fees for the administration and review of an ASA proposal if all of the following apply:

(1) The proposal includes substantially the same lands as proposed in a previously-submitted application.

(2) The governing body had rejected that previously-submitted application within 36 months preceding the date the proposal was submitted.

(3) The previous rejection was based upon the recommendations of the advisory committee and the planning commission.