SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5186

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to authorize the state administrative board to accept

 

and convey certain parcels of property in Branch county; to

 

prescribe certain conditions for the acceptance and conveyance of

 

those parcels; and to provide for disposition of certain revenue.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. The state administrative board, on behalf of this

 

state, subject to and contingent upon the conveyance of the

 

property to the Branch intermediate school district board of

 

education as provided in section 3, may accept from the Branch

 

intermediate school district board of education, for consideration

 

of $1.00, the following 2 parcels of real property that were

 

originally conveyed to the Branch intermediate school district

 

board of education:

 


     (a) Parcel A, which was conveyed to the Branch intermediate

 

school district board of education in the March 23, 1972 deed that

 

was recorded in Liber 324 page 467A, Branch county records, is

 

located in the county of Branch, Michigan, and is described in the

 

deed as follows:

 

The south 1,000 feet of the southeast 1/4 of the northwest 1/4 of

 

section 15, T6S, R6W, City of Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan

 

     (b) Parcel B, which was conveyed to the Branch intermediate

 

school district board of education in the April 21, 1978 deed that

 

was recorded in Liber 388 page 520, Branch county records, is

 

located in the county of Branch, Michigan, and is described in the

 

deed as follows:

 

That part of section 15, T6S, R6W, city of Coldwater, county of

 

Branch, state of Michigan, described as: the east 3/4 of the north

 

1/2 of section 15, T6S, R6W, except therefrom: the south 1000 feet

 

of the southeast 1/4 of the northwest 1/4 of section 15 and also

 

land described as: beginning at the northwest corner of northeast

 

1/4 of the northwest 1/4 of section 15; thence east along the north

 

line of section 15, 1219 feet; thence south at an angle of

 

90°16'30" (interior angle) with the north line of section 15, 337.4

 

feet; thence west at right angle 140 feet; thence south at right

 

angle 832 feet; thence west at right angle 892 feet; thence south

 

parallel with the west line of the east 1/2 of the northwest 1/4 of

 

section 15 to a line that is 1000 feet north and parallel with the

 

south line of the northwest 1/4 of section 15; thence west along a

 

line that is 1000 feet north and parallel with the south line of

 

the northwest 1/4 of section 15, 187 feet, more or less, to the

 


west line of the east 1/2 of the northwest 1/4 of section 15;

 

thence north along the said west line of the east 1/2 of the

 

northwest 1/4 of section 15 to the point of beginning.

 

     Sec. 2. The description of the parcels in section 1 are

 

approximate and for purposes of the conveyances are 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,

 

shall reconvey to the Branch intermediate school district board of

 

education, for consideration of $1.00, the 2 parcels of real

 

property described in section 1.

 

     Sec. 4. The reconveyance of the property under section 3 shall

 

provide for all of the following:

 

     (a) The property shall be used exclusively for public

 

purposes, such as a community college.

 

     (b) Upon termination of the public purpose use described in

 

subdivision (a) or in the event of use for any nonpublic purpose,

 

this state may reenter and repossess the property, terminating the

 

grantee's estate in the property.

 

     (c) If the grantee disputes this state's exercise of its right

 

of reentry and fails to promptly deliver possession of the property

 

to this state, the attorney general, on behalf of this state, or

 

the grantee, its successors in interest or assigns, may bring an

 

action to quiet title to the property and, as applicable, regain or

 

retain possession of the property.

 

     Sec. 5. The instrument reconveying the property under section

 


3 shall reserve to this state all aboriginal antiquities including

 

mounds, earthworks, forts, burial and village sites, mines, and

 

other relics, on, within, or under the property, with power to this

 

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 reconveyance authorized by section 3 shall be by

 

quitclaim deed or other instrument approved by the attorney

 

general.