SENATE BILL No. 1337

September 19, 2000, Introduced by Senator HOFFMAN and referred to the Committee on

Local, Urban and State Affairs.

A bill to authorize the state administrative board to convey

certain state owned property in Jackson county in exchange for

certain other parcels in Jackson county; to prescribe certain

conditions for that exchange; and to provide for certain powers

and duties of the department of management and budget, the

department of corrections, and the attorney general in regard to

that exchange.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 1. The state administrative board, on behalf of the

2 state and subject to the terms stated in this act, may convey to

3 the Grand river environmental action team (GREAT), a private non-

4 profit institution with offices in Jackson, Michigan, certain

5 property now under the jurisdiction of the department of

6 corrections in the township of Blackman, Jackson county,

7 Michigan, and further described as follows:

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1 Parcel A

2 Town 2 South, Range 1 West located in Blackman Township, Jackson

3 County, Michigan, being those lands under the jurisdiction of the

4 Department of Corrections, and lying in the West Half of Section

5 14 and lying west of the center line of the Grand River as cur-

6 rently relocated by the Grand River Drain Relocation.

7 Sec. 2. In exchange for the property described in section

8 1, the department of corrections must receive from the Grand

9 river environmental action team ownership of the 2 nearby parcels

10 on the opposite side of the Grand river, which are further

11 described as follows:

12 Parcels B and C

13 Town 2 South, Range 1 West located in Blackman Township, Jackson

14 County, Michigan, being those lands owned by the Grand River

15 Environmental Action Team (G.R.E.A.T.), and lying in the West

16 Half of Section 14, and lying east of the center line of the

17 Grand River as currently relocated by the Grand River Drain

18 Relocation.

19 Sec. 3. The state shall retain all development and mineral

20 rights associated with parcel A while acquiring all development

21 and mineral rights associated with parcels B and C, to help pre-

22 serve the state's security and conservation interests in parcels

23 A, B, and C.

24 Sec. 4. The descriptions of the parcels in sections 1 and 2

25 are approximate and for purposes of the conveyance are subject to

26 adjustments as the state administrative board, the department of

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1 management and budget, or the attorney general considers

2 necessary by survey or other legal description.

3 Sec. 5. Before any of the property described in section 1

4 is deeded by the state to the Grand river environmental action

5 team, the latter shall execute a conveyance of the parcels

6 described in section 2 to the former. After that conveyance to

7 the state is received, the attorney general shall promptly

8 examine the title to the lands deeded to the state in the convey-

9 ance and certify in writing to the department of management and

10 budget whether or not the conveyance is sufficient to vest in the

11 state a good and sufficient title to the land, free from any del-

12 eterious liens and encumbrances. If the attorney general certi-

13 fies that the deed vests in the state a good and sufficient title

14 to the deeded lands, free from any deleterious liens or encum-

15 brances, the department of management and budget shall execute a

16 quitclaim deed on behalf of the state to the Grand river environ-

17 mental action team, written in accordance with all other terms of

18 this act, for the property described in section 1. The quitclaim

19 deed shall be approved in advance of execution by the attorney

20 general as to form.

21 Sec. 6. The department of management and budget is respon-

22 sible for brokering, managing, and implementing the land exchange

23 on behalf of the state, in accordance with the provisions of this

24 act. The department of management and budget shall be compen-

25 sated directly by the department of corrections or by the Grand

26 river environmental action team, or both, as the parties may

27 mutually agree in advance, for all costs incurred in discharging

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1 those functions, including, but not limited to, the costs of

2 commissioning any professional surveys the department of manage-

3 ment and budget considers necessary and prudent.

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