HOUSE BILL No. 6457

 

September 16, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Brown, Gillard, Espinoza, Leland, Spade and Polidori and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to amend 2007 PA 134, entitled

 

"An act to authorize the state administrative board to convey

certain parcels of state owned property in Ingham county, Wayne

county, and Tuscola county; to prescribe conditions for the

conveyances; to provide for certain powers and duties of certain

state departments and agencies in relation to the conveyances; to

provide for disposition of revenue derived from the conveyances;

and to provide for the release of certain property rights held by

the state,"

 

by amending section 4.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 4. (1) The state administrative board, on behalf of the

 

state, may convey to Indianfields township Tuscola area airport

 

authority, in Tuscola county, for consideration of $1.00 plus the

 

cost necessary to prepare the real property for sale, all of

 

certain real property now under the jurisdiction of the department

 


of community health and located in Tuscola county, Michigan, and

 

more particularly described as:

 

Part of the Southeast 1/4 and Southwest 1/4 of Section 17, and part

 

of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 20, T12N, R9E, Indianfields

 

Township, Tuscola County, Michigan, described as commencing at the

 

Center of said Section 17; thence along the East-West 1/4 line of

 

said Section 17, S. 88° 41' 50" E., 335.38 feet to the Point of

 

Beginning; thence continuing along said East-West 1/4 line of

 

Section 17, S. 88° 41' 50" E., 2177.53 feet to a traverse line on

 

the top of bank of the Cass River; thence along said traverse line,

 

S. 41° 54' 49" W., 1422.68 feet and S. 82° 35' 09" W., 751.00 feet

 

and S. 62° 37' 43" W., 572.95 feet and S. 34° 54' 06" W., 865.51

 

feet and S. 63° 47' 30" W., 1325.94 feet and S. 46° 04' 24" W.,

 

492.67 feet to the centerline of Chambers Road; thence along said

 

centerline of Chambers Road on a curve to the right having a radius

 

of 327.40 feet, central angle of 83° 39' 40", and long chord

 

bearing and distance of N. 16° 26' 39" W., 436.71 feet; thence

 

continuing along said centerline of Chambers Road, N. 25° 23' 11"

 

E., 1028.69 feet to a point on a curve; thence on said curve to the

 

left having a radius of 230.00 feet, central angle of 52° 44' 42",

 

and long chord bearing and distance of N. 00° 57' 57" W., 204.33

 

feet to the Southeasterly line of railroad right-of-way; thence on

 

a non-tangent curve to the left having a radius of 3447.47 feet,

 

central angle of 10° 18' 35", and long chord bearing and distance

 

of N. 50° 54' 56" E., 619.50 feet; thence continuing along said

 

Southeasterly line of railroad right-of-way, N. 47° 34' 00" E.,

 

1723.14 feet to the Point of Beginning; containing 116.54 acres to

 


the water’s edge, more or less; subject to riparian rights

 

pertaining to the Cass River and other rights-of-way, easements and

 

restrictions of record.

 

     (2) The description of the real property in subsection (1) is

 

approximate and for purposes of the conveyance is subject to

 

adjustment as the state administrative board or the attorney

 

general considers necessary by survey or other legal description.

 

     (3) The property described in subsection (1) includes all

 

surplus, salvage, and scrap property and equipment.

 

     (4) The department of management and budget shall take the

 

steps necessary to convey the property described in subsection (1).

 

     (5) The conveyance authorized by subsection (1) shall provide

 

for all of the following:

 

     (a) The property shall be used exclusively for public

 

purposes, including, but not limited to, the purpose of a public

 

park and if airport, public recreation, or use by nonprofit

 

organizations for the benefit of the public. If any fee, term, or

 

condition for the use of the property is imposed on members of the

 

public, or if any of those fees, terms, or conditions are waived

 

for use of this property, resident and nonresident members of the

 

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

 

waivers.

 

     (b) Upon termination of the use described in subdivision (a)

 

or use for any other purpose, 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.

 

     (6) The conveyance authorized by this section shall be by

 

quitclaim deed. The department of attorney general shall approve as

 

to legal form the quitclaim deed authorized under this section.

 

     (7) The conveyance authorized under this section shall provide

 

for the exercise of the state's ongoing property interests in and

 

regulatory jurisdiction over any historic artifacts and antiquities

 

subsequently found on the site.

 

     (8) The state shall not reserve oil, gas, or mineral rights to

 

the parcels of property conveyed under this section. However, the

 

conveyance authorized under this section shall provide that, if the

 

purchaser or any grantee develops any oil, gas, or minerals found

 

on, within, or under the conveyed property, the purchaser or any

 

grantee shall pay the state 1/2 of the gross revenue generated from

 

the development of the oil, gas, or minerals. This payment shall be

 

deposited in the general fund.

 

     (9) The revenue received from the conveyance authorized by

 

this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited

 

to the general fund.