HOUSE BILL No. 6403

 

September 9, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Bauer, Byrum, Opsommer, Rick Jones, Polidori, Meadows and Ball and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to authorize the state administrative board to convey

 

certain state owned property in Clinton 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 state administrative board, on behalf of the

 

state, shall convey to emergent biosolutions, inc., or its

 

successors or assigns, for fair market value as determined under

 

section 3, certain property under the jurisdiction of the

 

department of management and budget and located in DeWitt township,

 

Clinton county, Michigan, and further described as follows:

 

A parcel of land in the SE ¼ of Section 32, T. 5N., R. 2W., Dewitt

 

Township, Clinton County, Michigan and more particularly described


 

as commencing at the N ¼ corner of section 5, T. 4N., R. 2W.

 

Lansing Township, Ingham County, Michigan, thence along the south

 

line said section 32, S89°59'49"E 632.44 feet to the point of

 

beginning, thence N00°06'02"W 267.69 feet, thence S89°52'39"E

 

643.28 feet to the west right of way of Martin Luther King Jr.

 

Boulevard, thence along said right of way S00°59'47"E 266.39 feet,

 

thence N89°59'49"W 647.44 feet to the point of beginning,

 

containing 3.96 acres and a parcel of land in the SE ¼ of Section

 

32, T. 5N., R. 2W., Dewitt Township, Clinton County, Michigan and

 

more particularly described as commencing at the N ¼ corner of

 

section 5, T. 4N., R. 2W. Lansing Township, Ingham County,

 

Michigan, thence along the south line said section 32, S89°59'49"E

 

632.44 feet, thence N00°06'02"W 267.69 feet, thence S89°52'39"E

 

420.92 to the point of beginning, thence N02°36'02"E 161.34 feet,

 

thence N17°13'20"E 128.78 feet, thence N88°07'13"E 171.95 feet to

 

the west right of way of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, thence

 

along said right of way S00°59'47"E 290.34 feet, thence N89°52'39"W

 

222.36 feet to the point of beginning, containing 1.36 acres.

 

     Sec. 2. (1) 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 legal description.

 

     (2) The property described in section 1 includes all surplus,

 

salvage, and scrap property or equipment.

 

     Sec. 3. The fair market value of the property described in

 

section 1 shall be determined by an appraisal prepared for the

 

department of management and budget by an independent appraiser.


 

     Sec. 4. If emergent biosolutions, inc., does not complete the

 

conveyance authorized under this act within 180 days after the

 

effective date of this act, the department of management and budget

 

shall take the necessary steps to prepare to convey the property

 

described in section 1 using any of the following at any time:

 

     (a) Competitive bidding designed to realize the best value to

 

the state, as determined by the department of management and

 

budget.

 

     (b) A public auction designed to realize the best value to the

 

state, as determined by the department of management and budget.

 

     (c) Use of real estate brokerage services designed to realize

 

the best value to the state, as determined by the department of

 

management and budget.

 

     (d) Offering the property for sale for fair market value to a

 

local unit or units of government.

 

     Sec. 5. (1) The conveyance authorized by this act shall be by

 

quitclaim deed designed or otherwise approved as to legal form by

 

the attorney general. 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 general fund.

 

     (2) 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 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. 6. The revenue received under this act shall be deposited

 

in the state treasury and credited to the general fund. As used in

 

this section, "net revenue" means the proceeds from the sale of the

 

property less reimbursement for any costs to the state associated

 

with the sale of property, including, but not limited to,

 

administrative costs; costs of reports and studies and other

 

materials necessary to the preparation of sale; environmental

 

remediation; legal fees; and any litigation related to the

 

conveyance of the property.