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.