CONTENT

The bill would authorize the State Administrative Board, on behalf of the State, to convey to the City of Flint for $1 property under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education and located in Flint, in Genesee County.

The conveyance would have to require that the property be used exclusively for public park and recreation purposes and that upon termination of that use, or upon use for any other purpose, title to the property revert immediately to the State, with the State assuming no liability for improvements made at the grantee’s expense.

The conveyance would have to be by quitclaim deed approved by the Attorney General, and would have to reserve to the State all rights to coal, oil, gas, and other minerals, excluding sand, gravel, clay, or other nonmetallic minerals found on or under the property conveyed. The revenue received under the bill would have to be deposited in the State Treasury and credited to the General Fund.

Legislative Analyst: L. Arasim

FISCAL IMPACT

The property in question comprises approximately 16 acres properly part of the Michigan School for the Deaf and Blind. The property has been leased by the State to the City of Flint for recreation purposes since 1948 for an annual charge of $1. The lease expires in December 1997.

To the degree that the property is already operated and maintained by the city as a park, conveyance of the property would have no substantive fiscal impact on the State or local unit of government.

Fiscal Analyst: R. Abent

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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.

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