HOUSE BILL No. 4749


     May 6, 1997, Introduced by Rep. Law and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Affairs.


        A bill to authorize the state administrative board to convey

   certain state owned property located in Wayne county; to pre-

   scribe conditions for the conveyance; and to provide for the dis-

   position of the revenue received from the conveyance.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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

 2    state, may convey to the township of Northville, for considera-

 3    tion of $1.00, certain property now under the jurisdiction of the

 4    department of corrections, known as the Phoenix correctional

 5    facility, on land situated in the township of Northville, county

 6    of Wayne, and more particularly described as follows:

 7         Commencing at the South 1/4 corner of Section 17, T1S, R8E,

 8    Wayne County, Michigan; thence North 00 degrees 03' 59" West

 9    60.00 feet, on the N-S 1/4 line of said Section 17 to the point

10    of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 03' 59" West, 2,184.78


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 1    feet, on said N-S 1/4 line; thence North 90 degrees 00' 00" East

 2    1,522.04 feet; thence South 00 degrees 00' 00" West 634.55 feet;

 3    thence South 37 degrees 07' 22" West 687.46 feet; thence South 03

 4    degrees 42' 55" West 1,008.74 feet, to the North right-of-way

 5    line of 5 Mile Road, said point being 60 feet northerly from the

 6    south line of said Section 17; thence North 89 degrees 45' 00"

 7    West 1,039.25 feet, on said right-of-way to the point of begin-

 8    ning, containing 63.43 acres, more or less.  All bearings are

 9    relative and referenced to a previous survey of this section and

10    a survey by McNeely & Lincoln, Job #7360.  The above described

11    parcel is subject to any easements and/or rights of record as may

12    pertain to this parcel.

13         Sec. 2.  The conveyance authorized under this act shall pro-

14    vide for both of the following:

15         (a) That the property shall be used exclusively for public

16    recreational purposes and that upon termination of that use or

17    use for any other purpose, the state may reenter and repossess

18    the property, terminating the grantee's estate in the property.

19         (b) That if the grantee disputes the state's exercise of its

20    right of reentry and fails to promptly deliver possession of the

21    property to the state, the attorney general, on behalf of the

22    state, may bring an action to quiet title to, and regain posses-

23    sion of, the property.

24         Sec. 3.  The description of the parcel in section 1 is

25    approximate and for purposes of the conveyance is subject to

26    adjustment as the state administrative board or attorney general

27    considers necessary by survey or other legal description.



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 1         Sec. 4.  The conveyance authorized by this act shall be by

 2    quitclaim deed approved by the attorney general and shall reserve

 3    to the state all rights to coal, oil, gas, and other materials,

 4    excluding sand, gravel, clay, or other nonmetallic minerals found

 5    on, within, or under the conveyed land.

 6         Sec. 5.  The revenue received under this act shall be depos-

 7    ited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.










































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