Bill Text: MI SB0799 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Property: conveyances; property in Gogebic County previously conveyed to the county road commission; provide for reconveyance to Watersmeet Township. Creates land transfer act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-09-22 - Assigned Pa 0160'20 With Immediate Effect [SB0799 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0799-Chaptered.html
Act No. 160
Public Acts of 2020
Approved by the Governor
September 17, 2020
Filed with the Secretary of State
September 17, 2020
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 17, 2020
state of michigan
100th Legislature
Regular session of 2020
Introduced by Senator McBroom
ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 799
AN ACT to authorize the department of natural resources to accept and convey real property in Gogebic 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. (1) The department of natural resources, on behalf of this state, subject to and contingent on the conveyance of the property to the Township of Watersmeet, Gogebic County, as provided in subsection (2), may accept from the county road commission of Gogebic County, for consideration of $1.00, real property that was originally conveyed, in accordance with 1988 PA 183, by a July 28, 1988 quitclaim deed. The property is located in Gogebic County, Michigan and more particularly described as:
Township 45 North, Range 39 West, Section 23, Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter (NE 1/4 SW 1/4).
(2) The department of natural resources, on behalf of this state, after receiving the conveyance authorized in subsection (1), shall convey to the Township of Watersmeet, for consideration of $1.00, the property conveyed, with an exception, the property and the exception to be described as follows:
Township 45 North, Range 39 West, Section 23, Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter (NE 1/4 SW 1/4), EXCEPT a strip of land 100 feet in width, being 50 feet in width on each side of the center line of the main track (now removed) of the Iron River Railway Company (now the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company), as said main track center line was originally located and established.
(3) The description of the property in subsections (1) and (2) are approximate and for purposes of the conveyances are subject to adjustment as the department of natural resources or attorney general considers necessary by survey or other legal description.
(4) Any conveyance of property under subsection (2) must contain a restriction that the property be used exclusively for township park purposes, and that the township park be open to all residents of this state on the same terms, fees, and conditions.
(5) If property conveyed under this act is used in a manner that violates any of the restrictions imposed under subsection (4), this state may reenter and take the property, terminating the grantee’s or any successor’s estate in the property. An action to regain possession of the property may be brought and maintained by the attorney general on behalf of this state.
(6) If this state reenters and repossesses property
under subsection (5), this state is not liable to reimburse any person for any
improvements made on the property or to compensate any person for any part of
an unfulfilled contract or license issued to provide goods or services on or
for the property.
(7) Any conveyance of property under subsection (2) must reserve to this state rights to all coal, oil, gas, and metallic minerals found on, in, or under the property.
(8) The department of natural resources shall make the conveyance authorized by subsection (2) by quitclaim deed or other instrument approved by the attorney general.
(9) Revenue received under this act must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund.
This
act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Approved___________________________________________
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Governor
