Bill Text: MI HB5571 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Property; conveyances; property in city of Springfield in Calhoun County; eliminate reverter clause. Creates land transfer act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-12-31 - Assigned Pa 523'16 With Immediate Effect [HB5571 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5571-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5571
April 19, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Bizon and Maturen and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to require the state administrative board to convey
land located in Calhoun County to remove any possibility of
reverter in favor of this state from the land; and to provide for
the powers and duties of state officials and agencies.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. (1) The state administrative board shall convey to the
City of Springfield land located in section 5 of Battle Creek
Township, Calhoun County, Michigan, T2S, R8W, described as follows:
The E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 5, except the N 495 feet
thereof, also except a parcel described as commencing on the NE
corner of section 5, thence S 89°47'10" W 1323.85 feet, thence S
00°33'25" E 495 feet to the point of beginning, thence S 00°33'25"
E 602.35 feet, thence S 86°56'25" E 397.75 feet, thence S 00°33'25"
E 70.58 feet, thence S 77°39'25" E 210.18 feet, thence N 89°26'33"
E 74.45 feet, thence N 00°33'25" W 740.89 feet, S 89°47'10" W
676.30 feet to the point of beginning.
Also, commencing on the E 1/8 line 1097.35 feet S of the N section
line, thence S 86°56'25" E 397.75 feet, thence S 00°33'25" E 70.58
feet, thence S 77°39'25" E 210.18 feet, thence S 00°33'25" E 287.20
feet, thence N 86°56'25" W 603.05 feet to the E 1/8 line, thence N
00°33'25" W 391.75 feet to the point of beginning.
(2) The legal description in subsection (1) is approximate and
may be adjusted by the state administrative board or the department
of attorney general as they determine necessary.
Sec. 2. (1) The state administrative board shall make the
conveyance under this act by a quitclaim deed approved by the
department of attorney general.
(2) The quitclaim deed required by this act must state that
its purpose is to release the possibility of reverter held by this
state and created by 1969 PA 50 and 1974 PA 267 and any conveyance
made in accordance with those acts. That possibility of reverter is
that the land is to be used for health care facilities and that on
termination of that use or on use for another purpose the land
reverts to this state.
(3) The quitclaim deed required under this act must contain no
conditions on the conveyance or possibilities of reverter nor
reserve any ownership rights to this state.
Sec. 3. The conveyance under this act must be for $1.00. Money
received from this conveyance must be deposited in the general fund
of this state.
