Bill Text: MI HB5207 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Property; conveyances; certain parcels of state owned property conveyed to western Michigan university; revise conditions of conveyances and convey additional parcel. Creates land transfer act & repeals (See bill). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5205'09, HB 5206'09
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-6)
Status: (Passed) 2009-12-31 - Assigned Pa 217'09 With Immediate Effect 2009 Addenda [HB5207 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5207-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5207
July 16, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Robert Jones and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A bill to authorize the state administrative board to accept
and convey certain real property in Kalamazoo county; to prescribe
certain conditions for the acceptance and conveyance; and to
provide for disposition of the revenue derived from the conveyance.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. The state administrative board, on behalf of the
state, subject to and contingent upon the conveyance of the
property to western Michigan university as provided in section 2,
may accept from western Michigan university, for consideration of
$1.00, certain real property that was originally conveyed to
western Michigan university in the June 25, 1978 quitclaim deed to
western Michigan university recorded in Liber 1059 page 1057,
Kalamazoo county records, and is located in Kalamazoo county,
Michigan, and more particularly described as:
(a) All that part of the southeast 1/4 of section 25 lying
easterly of the east right of way line of highway U.S. 131
relocated which is described as: commencing at the east 1/4 corner
of section 25; thence north 00° 16' 40" east, 915.61 feet; thence
south 74° 09' 21" west, 600.56 feet; thence south 15° 50' 39" east,
78.00 feet to a point of beginning; thence south 38° 24' 10" west,
194.65 feet; thence south 15° 25' 14" west, 313.38 feet; thence
south 74° 34' 46" east, 25.00 feet; thence south 15° 25' 14" west,
500.00 feet; thence north 74° 34' 46" west, 25.00 feet; thence
south 15° 25' 14" west, 329.65 feet; thence south 01° 46' 06" west,
425.63 feet; thence south 07° 39' 46" east, 624.84 feet; thence
south 10° 54' 46" east, 418.39 feet to the point of curvature of a
curve to the left (radius 2761.79 feet) and being concentric to and
103.00 feet easterly of the center line of the northbound roadway
of highway U.S. 131 relocated; thence southeasterly along the arc
of said curve 670 feet, more or less, to the center line of
Parkview avenue and a point of ending; excepting therefrom the
south 75 feet of the southeast 1/4 of section 25 lying easterly of
the east right of way line of said highway U.S. 131 relocated.
(b) Also all of that part of the northeast 1/4 of section 25,
T2S, R12W, described in this subdivision which lies easterly of the
east right of way line of highway U.S. 131 relocated as described
in subdivision (a): beginning at the east 1/4 corner of section 25;
thence north along the east line of section 25, 62.0 feet; thence
south 89° 17' 15" west, 987.5 feet parallel to the east-west 1/4
line of section 25; thence south parallel to the east line of
section 25, 62.0 feet; thence north 89° 17' 15" east, 987.5 feet
along the east-west 1/4 line of section 25 to the point of
beginning.
Sec. 2. The description of the parcel in section 1 is
approximate and for purposes of the conveyances is subject to
adjustment as the state administrative board or attorney general
considers necessary by survey or other legal description.
Sec. 3. The state administrative board, on behalf of the
state, after receiving the conveyance authorized in section 1, may
convey to western Michigan university, for consideration of $1.00,
the real property described in section 1.
Sec. 4. The conveyance authorized by section 3 shall provide
for all of the following:
(a) The property shall be used exclusively for the purpose of
expanding and improving the business technology and research park
located on western Michigan university's parkview campus, and if
any fee, term, or condition for the use of the property is imposed
on members of the public, or if any of those fees, terms, or
conditions are waived for use of this property, resident and
nonresident members of the public shall be subject to the same
fees, terms, conditions, and waivers.
(b) In the event of activity inconsistent with subdivision
(a), the state may reenter and repossess the property, terminating
the grantee's estate in the property.
(c) 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.
(d) If the state reenters and repossesses the property, the
state shall not be liable to reimburse any party for any
improvements made on the property.
Sec. 5. The conveyance of property under section 3 shall
provide that the state reserves all aboriginal antiquities
including mounds, earthworks, forts, burial and village sites,
mines, and other relics, on, within, or under the property, with
power to the state, and all others acting under its authority, to
enter the property for any purpose related to exploring,
excavating, and taking away aboriginal antiquities.
Sec. 6. The conveyance authorized by section 3 shall be by
quitclaim deed or other instrument approved by the attorney
general.
Enacting section 1. This act does not take effect unless all
of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are enacted into
law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5205(request no.
02738'09).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 5206(request no.
02740'09).
