Act No. 76

Public Acts of 1997

Approved by the Governor

July 22, 1997

Filed with the Secretary of State

July 22, 1997

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 22, 1997

STATE OF MICHIGAN

89TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 1997

Introduced by Reps. Gernaat and Lowe

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4840

AN ACT to authorize the department of natural resources to convey certain state owned property in Roscommon 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 department of natural resources, on behalf of the state, may convey to the Roscommon metropolitan recreational authority, for consideration of $1.00, certain real property under the jurisdiction of the department of natural resources and located in Roscommon county, Michigan, and further described as follows:

The south 660 feet of the east 40 rods of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4, subject to roadway easement over the east 30 feet thereof, Section 7, T24N, R2W.

Sec. 2. The conveyance authorized by this act shall provide for both of the following:

(a) That the property shall be used exclusively for public recreational purposes and that upon termination of that use or use for any other purpose, the state may reenter and repossess the property, terminating the grantee's estate in the property.

(b) That if the grantee disputes the state's exercise of its right of reentry and fails to promptly deliver possession of the property to the state, the attorney general, on behalf of the state, may bring an action to quiet title to, and regain possession of, the property.

Sec. 3. The conveyance authorized by this act shall be by quitclaim deed approved by the attorney general and shall convey all rights held by the state to coal, oil, gas, and other minerals, excluding sand, gravel, clay, or other nonmetallic minerals found on or under the property conveyed.

Sec. 4. The revenue received under this act shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Secretary of the Senate.

Approved

Governor.