HB-6101, As Passed House, September 22, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 6101

                                                                             A bill to authorize the state administrative board to convey                      

certain state owned property in Branch county; to prescribe                 

conditions for the conveyance; and to provide for disposition of            

the revenue from the conveyance.                                            

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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

2   state, may convey to the township of Coldwater, in Branch county,           

3   for consideration of $1.00, certain state owned property that is            

4   currently under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections           

5   and is adjacent to a parcel of property previously conveyed by              

6   the state to the township of Coldwater, and is located in Branch            

7   county, Michigan, and more particularly described as:                       

8       Land in Coldwater Township, Branch County, Michigan.                        

9       Land in the Southwest quarter of Section 10, Town 6 South,                  

10  Range 6 West, Coldwater Township, Branch County, Michigan and               

1   described as beginning at a point on the West line of said                  

2   Section 10 located North 00º 46' 35" est 1295.64 feet from the              

3   Southwest corner of said Section 10; and running thence from this           

4   point of beginning North 89º 59' 49" East 379.40 feet; thence               

5   South 00º 46' 35" East 444.00 feet; thence North 89º 59' 49" East           

6   263.32 feet; thence North 00º 46' 35" West 463.61 feet; thence              

7   North 54º 19' 36" West 343.57 feet; thence South 89º 59' 49" West           

8   366.34 feet, to the West line of said Section 10; and thence                

9   South 00º 46' 35" East 220.00 feet, along said Section line and             

10  along Marshall Road to the point of beginning.  Containing 5.3              

11  acres of land.                                                              

12      Sec. 2.  The description of the parcel in section 1 is                      

13  approximate and for purposes of the conveyance is subject to                

14  adjustment as the state administrative board or attorney general            

15  considers necessary by survey or other legal description.                   

16      Sec. 3.  The conveyance authorized by section 1 shall                       

17  provide for all of the following:                                           

18      (a) The property shall be used exclusively for public                       

19  recreational purposes and if any fee, term, or condition for the            

20  use of the property is imposed on members of the public, or if              

21  any of those fees, terms, or conditions are waived for use of               

22  this property, resident and nonresident members of the public               

23  shall be subject to the same fees, terms, conditions, and                   

24  waivers.                                                                    

25      (b) Upon termination of the public purpose use described in                 

26  subdivision (a) or in the event of use for any nonpublic purpose,           

27  the state may reenter and repossess the property, terminating the           

1   grantee's estate in the property.                                           

2       (c) If the grantee disputes the state's exercise of its right               

3   of reentry and fails to promptly deliver possession of the                  

4   property to the state, the attorney general, on behalf of the               

5   state, may bring an action to quiet title to, and regain                    

6   possession of, the property.                                                

7       Sec. 4.  The conveyance authorized by section 1 shall be by                 

8   quitclaim deed approved by the attorney general and shall reserve           

9   mineral rights to the state.  The quitclaim deed shall include              

10  the requirement that the grantee, not later than 1 year after the           

11  date of the conveyance, shall install a 6-foot-tall chain-link              

12  fence that separates the property conveyed under this act and the           

13  adjacent parcel of property previously conveyed by the state to             

14  the township of Coldwater from the property remaining under the             

15  jurisdiction of the department of corrections.                              

16      Sec. 5.  The revenue received under section 1 shall be                      

17  deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general                 

18  fund.