Act No. 28

Public Acts of 1998

Approved by the Governor

March 18, 1998

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 18, 1998

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 18, 1998

STATE OF MICHIGAN

89TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 1998

Introduced by Reps. Lowe, Goschka, Horton and Llewellyn

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5066

AN ACT to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled "An act to protect the environment and natural resources of the state; to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify laws relating to the environment and natural resources of the state; to regulate the discharge of certain substances into the environment; to regulate the use of certain lands, waters, and other natural resources of the state; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies and officials; to provide for certain charges, fees, and assessments; to provide certain appropriations; to prescribe penalties and provide remedies; to repeal certain parts of this act on a specific date; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts," by amending section 2104 (MCL 324.2104), as added by 1995 PA 60.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 2104. (1) Any of the lands under the control of the department, the title to which is in this state and which may be sold and conveyed or are a part of the state lands, as well as lands later acquired by this state, or any part or portion of those lands, may be exchanged for lands of equal area or approximately equal value belonging to the United States or owned by private individuals if in the opinion of the department it is in the interest of the state to do so.

(2) If the department charges an application fee for a proposed sale of land under this section and the state land proposed for sale is sold to another party within 3 years after the date a completed application is received by the department, the department shall refund the application fee in full to the applicant if the applicant has informed the department of his or her current address.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.