February 9, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Hughes and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to authorize the department of natural resources to
convey property in Muskegon 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 this
state, may convey to Sullivan Township, for consideration of $1.00,
property, with improvements, that is under the jurisdiction of the
department of natural resources and located in Sullivan Township,
Muskegon County, Michigan, and described as follows:
That part of Section 11, T9N, R15W, Sullivan Township, Muskegon
County, Michigan, described as commencing at the East 1/4 corner of
said Section 11, thence run N88̊27'52"W along the East and West 1/4
line of said Section 11 a distance of 2639.44 feet to the Center
1/4 corner of said Section 11: thence run S00̊10'19"E along the
North and South 1/4 line of said Section 11 a distance of 90.15
feet to the South line of the Michigan Central Railway Company's
abandoned right-of-way; thence run S89̊33'35"E along the said line
a distance of 296.55 feet; thence run S88̊44'00"E along the said
line a distance of 362.71 feet to the point of beginning:
thence run S89̊13'55"E a distance of 264.00 feet; thence run
S00̊10'27"E a distance of 75.09 feet; thence run N89̊18'23"W along
the said line a distance of 264.00 feet; thence run N00̊10'27"W
along the said line a distance of 75.42 feet to the point of
beginning. Contains 0.45 acres of land more or less.
Sec. 2. The conveyance authorized by section 1 shall provide
for all of the following:
(a) That the property must be used exclusively for public
recreation purposes and 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 the
property, resident and nonresident members of the public will be
subject to the same fees, terms, conditions, and waivers.
(b) That on termination of the use described in subdivision
(a) or if the property is used for any other purpose, this state
may reenter and repossess the property, terminating the grantee's
estate in the property.
(c) That if the grantee disputes this state's exercise of its
right of reentry and fails to promptly deliver possession of the
property to this state, the attorney general, on behalf of this
state, may bring an action to quiet title to, and regain possession
of, the property.
Sec. 3. (1) The department of natural resources shall deposit
the revenue received from the conveyance under section 1 in the
Michigan natural resources trust fund.
(2) The department of natural resources shall convey the
property as authorized by section 1 by quitclaim deed approved by
the attorney general.
(3) The department of natural resources shall retain to this
state the mineral rights to the property conveyed under section 1.