HOUSE BILL No. 4080

 

January 22, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Foster and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

     A bill to authorize the state administrative board to convey

 

certain parcels of state-owned property in Chippewa county; to

 

prescribe conditions for the conveyance; and to provide for certain

 

powers and duties of certain state departments in regard to the

 

property.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) The state administrative board, on behalf of this

 

state, may convey by quitclaim deed to the township of Kinross or

 

the county of Chippewa all or portions of certain state-owned

 

property under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections,

 

located in the township of Kinross, Chippewa county, Michigan, and

 

further described as follows:

 

Parcel A

 

Part of Lot 4, of "Chippewa County Industrial Air Park Plat"; Part

 


of Sections 31 & 32, T45N, R1W, Kinross Township, Chippewa County,

 

Michigan, more particularly described as, commencing at the

 

Northeast corner of Section 31; thence along the north line of said

 

Section, N 89° 59' 39" W 1075.01 feet; thence S 00° 16' 05" E 33.00

 

feet to the South Right-of-Way of Tone Road and the Point of

 

Beginning; thence along said Right-of-Way S 89° 59' 39" E 470.94

 

feet; thence S 05° 39' 59" E 240.61 feet; thence S 89° 43' 17" W

 

493.57 feet, thence N 00° 16' 05" W 241.88 feet to the South Right-

 

of-Way of Tone Road and the Point of Beginning containing 2.68

 

acres more or less and excepting all easements and restrictions of

 

record, if any.

 

Parcel B

 

Part of Lot 4, of "Chippewa County Industrial Air Park Plat"; Part

 

of Sections 31 & 32, T45N, R1W, Kinross Township, Chippewa County,

 

Michigan, more particularly described as, commencing at the

 

Northeast corner of Section 31; thence along the north line of said

 

Section, N 89° 59' 39" W 1075.01 feet; thence S 00° 16' 05" E 33.00

 

feet to the South Right-of-Way of Tone Road and the Point of

 

Beginning; thence continuing S 00° 16' 05" E 241.88 feet; thence S

 

89° 43' 17" W 57.32 feet; thence N 05° 35' 43" W 243.33 feet to the

 

South Right-of-Way of Tone Road; thence along said Right-of-Way S

 

89° 59' 39" E 79.92 feet to the Point of Beginning containing 0.38

 

acres more or less and excepting all easements and restrictions of

 

record, if any.

 

     (2) The description of the property in subsection (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.

 

     (3) The property includes all surplus, salvage, and scrap

 

property or equipment remaining on the property as of the date of

 

the conveyance.

 

     (4) The director of the department of technology, management,

 

and budget shall first offer the property for sale for $1.00 to the

 

township of Kinross. If all of the property is not sold to the

 

township of Kinross as provided in subsection (5), the director of

 

the department shall offer the remaining property for sale for

 

$1.00 to the county of Chippewa.

 

     (5) To purchase the property under subsection (4), a local

 

unit of government shall enter into a purchase agreement within 60

 

days after the date of the offer to that local unit of government

 

and complete the purchase within 120 days after the date of the

 

offer.

 

     (6) A conveyance authorized by subsection (4) shall provide

 

for all of the following:

 

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

 

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, all members of

 

the public shall be subject to the same fees, terms, conditions,

 

and waivers.

 

     (b) If a provision of the conveyance described in subdivision

 

(a) is violated, this state may reenter and repossess the property,

 

terminating the grantee's or successor's estate in the property.

 

     (c) If the grantee or successor disputes this state's exercise

 


of its right of reentry and fails to promptly deliver possession of

 

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

 

state, may bring an action to quiet title to, and regain possession

 

of, the property.

 

     (d) If this state reenters and repossesses the property, this

 

state is not liable to reimburse any party for any improvements

 

made on the property.

 

     (7) If requested by this state, the grantee shall reimburse

 

this state for costs necessary to prepare the property for

 

conveyance.

 

     (8) The quitclaim deed authorized by this section shall be

 

approved as to legal form by the department of attorney general.

 

     (9) This state shall not reserve oil, gas, or mineral rights

 

to property conveyed under this section. However, a conveyance

 

authorized under this section 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 grantee shall pay

 

this 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.

 

     (10) This 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

 

this 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.