SENATE BILL No. 920

December 5, 2001, Introduced by Senator HOFFMAN and referred to the Committee on Local,

Urban and State Affairs.

A bill to authorize the state administrative board to convey

certain property in Branch 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:

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

2 state, may convey to the township of Coldwater, in Branch county,

3 for consideration of $1.00, certain state owned property that is

4 adjacent to a parcel of property previously conveyed by the state

5 to the township of Coldwater, and that is now under the jurisdic-

6 tion of the department of corrections and located in Branch

7 county, Michigan, and is more particularly described as:

8 A parcel of land in the SW 1/4 of section 10, T6S, R6W,

9 Branch County, Michigan and more particularly described as

10 commencing at the southwest corner of said section 10; thence

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1 N0046'35"W 851.64 feet, on the west line of said section 10 to

2 the point of beginning of this description; thence N0046'35"W

3 444.00 feet on said west line; thence N8959'49"E 379.40 feet;

4 thence S0046'35"E 444.00 feet; thence S8959'49"W 379.40 feet,

5 to the point of beginning, containing 3.87 acres, more or less.

6 Sec. 2. The description of the parcel in section 1 is

7 approximate and for purposes of the conveyance is subject to

8 adjustment as the state administrative board or attorney general

9 considers necessary by survey or other legal description.

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

11 for both of the following:

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

13 recreational purposes, and that upon termination of that use or

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 sion of, the property.

21 Sec. 4. The conveyance authorized by this act shall provide

22 that Coldwater township is responsible for fencing or otherwise

23 securing any exposed wellheads that exist on the property being

24 conveyed.

25 Sec. 5. The conveyance authorized by this act shall be by

26 quitclaim deed approved by the attorney general and shall reserve

27 mineral rights to the state.

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1 Sec. 6. The revenue received under this act shall be

2 deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general

3 fund.

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