HOUSE BILL No. 6666

 

November 28, 2006, Introduced by Reps. Lipsey, Hoogendyk, Wenke and Alma Smith and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to authorize the state administrative board to convey

 

certain state owned property in Kalamazoo county; to prescribe

 

conditions for the conveyance; and to provide for disposition of

 

revenue derived from the conveyance.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

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

 

state, may convey by quitclaim deed to western Michigan university,

 

for consideration of $1.00, certain state owned property now under

 

the jurisdiction of the department of corrections and located in

 

the city of Kalamazoo, county of Kalamazoo, Michigan, containing

 

approximately 2.55 acres, and more particularly described as

 

follows:

 


A parcel of land in the SW1/4 of Section 21, T2S, R11W, City of

 

Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, and more particularly

 

described as commencing at the S1/4 corner of said Section 21;

 

thence S89°48'12"W 1,564.12 feet, on the south line of said Section

 

21 to the centerline of Oakland Drive; thence N22°47'00"E 258.39

 

feet, on the centerline of Oakland Drive; thence N79°05'07"W 33.72

 

feet, to the point of beginning of this description and westerly

 

right-of-way of Oakland Drive; thence N79°05'07"W 488.27 feet;

 

thence S00°17'51"W 270.00 feet, to the northerly right-of-way of

 

Howard Street; thence S78°11'48"E 32.94 feet, on said right-of-way;

 

thence 293.13 feet on the arc of a curve to the left whose central

 

angle is 12°00'00", radius of 1,399.40 feet and a long chord

 

bearing and distance of S84°29'48"E 292.60 feet, on said right-of-

 

way; thence N89°48'12"E 68.27 feet, on said right-of-way to the

 

westerly right-of-way of Oakland Avenue; thence N22°47'00"E 230.06

 

feet, on said right-of-way to the point of beginning, containing

 

2.55 acres, more or less. All bearings are relative and referenced

 

to previous surveys/descriptions of Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatrict

 

Hospital properties.

 

     Sec. 2. The description of the property in section 1 is

 

approximate and, for purposes of the conveyance, is subject to

 

adjustments as the state administrative board or the attorney

 

general considers necessary by survey or other legal description.

 

     Sec. 3. The conveyance authorized by this act shall provide

 

for all of the following:

 

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

 

purpose, 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 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.

 

     Sec. 4. The department of attorney general shall approve as to

 

legal form and content the quitclaim deed authorized by this act.

 

     Sec. 5. The state shall not reserve oil, gas, or mineral

 

rights to the property conveyed under this act. However, the

 

conveyance authorized under this act 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 natural resources trust fund.

 

     Sec. 6. The state reserves all aboriginal antiquities,

 

including mounds, earthworks, forts, burial and village sites,

 

mines, or other relics, lying on, within, or under the property

 

described in section 1, with power to the state and all others

 

acting under its authority to enter the property for any purpose

 


related to exploring, excavating, and taking away the aboriginal

 

antiquities.

 

     Sec. 7. The revenue received from the sale of property under

 

this act shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to

 

the general fund.