HOUSE BILL No. 4753


     May 9, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Mead and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.


        A bill to amend 1994 PA 451, entitled

   "Natural resources and environmental protection act,"

   by amending section 2131 (MCL 324.2131), as added by 1995 PA 60.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 2131.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection

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      (2), the department may designate as surplus land any state owned

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      land that is under the control of the department and that has

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      been dedicated for public use and may, on behalf of the state,

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      sell that land if the department determines all of the

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      following:

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           (a) That the sale will not diminish the quality or utility

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      of other state owned land.

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           (b) That the sale is not otherwise restricted by law.

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           (c) That the sale is in the best interests of the state.




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           (d) That 1 or both of the following conditions are met:

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           (i) The land has been dedicated for public use for not less

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      than 5 years immediately preceding its sale and is not needed to

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      meet a department objective.

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           (ii) The land is occupied for a private use through inadver-

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      tent trespass.

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           (2) The department shall not authorize the sale of surplus

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      land as provided in subsection (1) if the proceeds from the sale

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      of the land will cause the fund to exceed  $500,000.00

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      $5,000,000.00.




































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