Act No. 584

Public Acts of 2006

Approved by the Governor

December 30, 2006

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 3, 2007

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 3, 2007

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Senators McManus, Stamas and Allen

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 1499

AN ACT to authorize the department of natural resources to convey certain state owned property in Roscommon county and Crawford 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:

Sec. 1. The department of natural resources, on behalf of the state, shall convey to the camp Curnalia cottage owners association, in Roscommon county, for consideration of $154.50, certain parcels of real property under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources and located in Lyon township in Roscommon county, Michigan, and BeaverCreek township in Crawford county, Michigan, as follows:

(a) A parcel of land located in Lyon township, Roscommon county, described as:

The entire fractional Section 2 in T24N, R4W, except that part thereof lying easterly of a southerly extension of the north and south 1/4 line of Section 35, T25N, R4W from the south 1/4 corner or said Section 35.

(b) A parcel of land located in Beaver Creek township, Crawford county, described as:

S 1/2 of S 1/2 of SE 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 35, Town 25 North, Range 4 West, and S 1/2 of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of SE1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 35, Town 25 North, Range 4 West, containing 11.25 acres.

Sec. 2. The descriptions of the parcels in section 1 are approximate and for purposes of the conveyance are subject to adjustments as the department of natural resources or the attorney general considers necessary by survey or legal description.

Sec. 3. The conveyance authorized by this act shall provide for all of the following:

(a) The property shall be used by the grantee exclusively for residential cottages and allied recreational purposes for the benefit of ex-service personnel, their spouses, and direct lineal descendants, consistent with the purpose prescribed in prior leases executed in this state for the use and occupancy of those lands.

(b) Upon termination of the use described in subdivision (a), use for any other purpose, or a violation of the requirement of section 4, the state may reenter and repossess the property, terminating the grantee's estate in the property.

(c) If the grantee disputes the state's exercise of its right of reentry and fails to promptly deliver possession of the property to the state, the attorney general, on behalf of the state, may bring an action to quiet title to, and regain possession of, the property.

Sec. 4. The conveyance authorized under this act shall require all of the following:

(a) The use and eligibility for ownership of residences and grounds within the property shall be limited to ex-service personnel, their spouses, and direct lineal descendants.

(b) The camp Curnalia cottage owners association shall enforce the requirement of subdivision (a).

(c) The camp Curnalia cottage owners association shall not amend its bylaws or rules in a manner that violates the requirement of subdivision (a), or fail to enforce the requirement of subdivision (a).

(d) Any further conveyance by the camp Curnalia cottage owners association of all or any part of the property conveyed under this act, whether by deed, operation of law, or otherwise, shall be made specifically subject to the requirements of subdivision (a).

Sec. 5. The department of natural resources shall require, as a condition of entering into the conveyance authorized under this act, that any and all leasehold interests in the property described in section 1 be terminated in accordance with the terms of the leases.

Sec. 6. The conveyance authorized by this act shall be by quitclaim deed approved by the attorney general and shall reserve mineral rights to the state and also shall reserve all rights in aboriginal antiquities, including mounds, earthworks, forts, burial and village sites, mines, or other relics, including the right to explore and excavate for the aboriginal antiquity by the state or its authorized agents.

Sec. 7. The revenue received under this act shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor