Act No. 555

Public Acts of 2002

Approved by the Governor

July 25, 2002

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 26, 2002

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 26, 2002

STATE OF MICHIGAN

91ST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2002

Introduced by Senator Garcia

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1062

AN ACT to amend 1913 PA 380, entitled "An act to regulate gifts of real and personal property to cities, villages, townships, and counties, and the use of the those gifts; and to validate all such gifts made before the enactment of this act," by amending section 1 (MCL 123.871), as amended by 1985 PA 9; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1. Any city, village, township, or county may receive, own, and enjoy any gift of real or personal property, made by grant, devise, bequest, or in any other manner, for public parks, grounds, cemeteries, public buildings, or other public purposes, whether made directly or in trust, subject to the conditions, limitations, and requirements provided in the grant, devise, bequest, or other instrument. A gift shall not be invalid because of an informality in the instrument evidencing the gift, if the intent can be determined from the instrument, or by reason of its contravening a statute or rule against perpetuities. All gifts made prior to August 14, 1913, either by grant, devise, bequest, or in any other manner, are declared valid, though they violate a statute or rule against perpetuities, the same as if this act had been in effect when made.

Enacting section 1. Section 3 of 1913 PA 380, MCL 123.873, is repealed.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Approved

Governor.