May 24, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Lahti, Alma Smith, Lindberg, McDowell, Green, Bauer, Booher, Gillard, Casperson, Sak, Rick Jones, Meekhof, Brown, Polidori, Scott, Meadows, Young, Condino, Hammel, Bennett, Espinoza and Dean and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to authorize the state administrative board to convey
certain state owned property in Gogebic county; to prescribe
conditions for the conveyance; and to provide for disposition of
revenue derived from the conveyance.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. The state administrative board, on behalf of the
state, may convey to Gogebic community college in Gogebic county,
for consideration of $1.00, certain real property now under the
jurisdiction of the department of military and veterans affairs and
located in Gogebic county, Michigan, commonly known as the Ironwood
armory and more particularly described as:
PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (SE 1/4 OF
NW 1/4), SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 47 NORTH, RANGE 47 WEST, IRONWOOD
TOWNSHIP, GOGEBIC COUNTY, MICHIGAN PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED IN LIBER
104, PAGE 372 NOW MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS:
COMMENCING AT A BRASS CAP MARKING THE WEST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID
SECTION 15; THENCE ALONG THE EAST-WEST QUARTER LINE, SOUTH 89
DEGREES, 51 MINUTES AND 04 SECONDS EAST 2291.31 FEET TO AN IRON
ROD, BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 89 DEGREES, 51 MINUTES AND 04 SECONDS EAST
281.38 FEET TO AN IRON ROD ON THE WESTERLY RIGHT–OF-WAY LINE OF
GREENBUSH ROAD; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 89 DEGREES, 51 MINUTES AND
04 SECONDS EAST 33.01 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH-SOUTH QUARTER
LINE OF SAID SECTION 15 AND BEING THE CENTERLINE OF SAID GREENBUSH
ROAD; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTH-SOUTH QUARTER LINE AND SAID
CENTERLINE, NORTH 00 DEGREES, 57 MINUTES AND 48 SECONDS EAST
1330.91 FEET TO THE CENTER-NORTH ONE SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SAID
SECTION 15; THEN ALONG THE NORTH ONE-SIXTEENTH LINE OF SAID SECTION
15, SOUTH 89 DEGREES, 48 MINUTES AND 14 SECONDS WEST 33.01 FEET TO
AN IRON ROD ON SAID WESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF GREENBUSH ROAD;
THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 89 DEGREES, 48 MINUTES AND 14 SECONDS WEST
281.39 FEET TO AN IRON ROD; THENCE SOUTH 00 DEGREES, 57 MINUTES AND
48 SECONDS WEST 1329.01 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
Sec. 2. The description of the real property in section 1 is
approximate and for purposes of the conveyance is subject to
adjustment as the state administrative board or the attorney
general considers necessary by survey or other legal description.
Sec. 3. The conveyance authorized by section 1 shall provide
for all of the following:
(a) The property shall be used exclusively for educational
purposes, and upon termination of that use or upon use for any
other purpose, the state may reenter and repossess the property,
terminating the grantee's estate in the property.
(b) 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. 4. The conveyance authorized by this act shall be by
quitclaim deed designed or otherwise approved by the attorney
general and shall not reserve to the state any gas, oil, or mineral
rights found on, within, or under the conveyed property, but shall
provide for the exercise of the state's ongoing property interests
in and regulatory jurisdiction over any historic artifacts and
antiquities subsequently found on the site.
Sec. 5. The revenue received from the conveyance authorized by
this act shall be deposited in the state treasury and credited to
the general fund.