MARQUETTE CO. CONVEYANCE - S.B. 1375: COMMITTEE SUMMARY
Senate Bill 1375 (as introduced 6-6-02)
Sponsor: Senator Don Koivisto
Committee: Local, Urban and State Affairs
Date Completed: 9-17-02
CONTENT
The bill would authorize the State Administrative Board to enter into an agreement with Marquette County that would allow the county to sell to a nonprofit organization a portion of a parcel that the State conveyed to the county in 1982.
Public Act 280 of 1982 authorized the State Administrative Board to convey to Marquette County, for $1, a parcel of approximately 460 acres in Sands Township. The Act required the deed to contain a clause providing that the property will revert to the State if it is not used for public purposes.
Under the bill, the Board could enter into an agreement with Marquette County amending the deed entered into by the State and the county, dated December 31, 1982, pursuant to Public Act 280. The agreement would have to provide for the modification of the restriction and possibility of reverter as to a 40-acre portion of the 460-acre parcel, so that the county could sell that portion to a nonprofit organization for nonprofit use by the organization. The amended deed also would have to provide that if the organization ceased to use the property for nonprofit purposes, or offered the property for sale, both of the following would apply: The State could reenter and repossess the property, terminating the grantee's estate in it, and, if the grantee disputed the State's exercise of its right of reentry and failed to deliver possession of the property promptly to the State, the Attorney General could bring an action to quiet title to the property and regain possession of it.
The portion of the 460-acre parcel not described in the bill would remain subject to the terms of the deed dated December 31, 1982.
The instruments necessary to implement the bill would have to be approved by the Attorney General.
- Legislative Analyst: Suzanne Lowe
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State government. Marquette County could realize revenue from the proposed sale of the 40-acre parcel. Information on the estimated value of the property is currently not available.
- Fiscal Analyst: Michael HansenS0102\s1375sa
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.