Act No. 137

Public Acts of 2012

Approved by the Governor

May 15, 2012

Filed with the Secretary of State

May 16, 2012

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 2012

STATE OF MICHIGAN

96TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2012

Introduced by Rep. Kurtz

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5186

AN ACT 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 90º16'30" (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.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor