May 6, 2010, Introduced by Senator VAN WOERKOM and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to authorize the state administrative board to convey
certain state owned property in Mason 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 to Free Soil township, in Mason county, for
consideration of $1.00, certain real property now under the
jurisdiction of the department of corrections and located in Mason
county, Michigan, and more particularly described as:
Township of Freesoil
Township 20 North, Range 16 West
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Southwest Quarter
Sec. 2. The description of the real property in section 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.
Sec. 3. The conveyance authorized by section 1 shall provide
for all of the following:
(a) The property shall be used exclusively for public
purposes, and upon termination of that use or upon use for any
other purpose, the state may reenter and repossess the property,
terminating the grantee's estate in the property.
(b) 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 by this act shall be by
quitclaim deed designed or otherwise approved by the attorney
general and shall not reserve to the state any gas, oil, or mineral
rights found on, within, or under the conveyed property, but 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.
Sec. 5. The revenue received from the conveyance authorized by
this act shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
the general fund.