SB-1434, As Passed House, December 7, 2004                                  

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

    SUBSTITUTE FOR                                                              

                                                                                

    SENATE BILL NO. 1434                                                        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to allow the state to acquire and convey certain                           

                                                                                

    parcels of land in Otsego county; to provide conditions for the             

                                                                                

    conveyances; to provide for certain easements; and to provide for           

                                                                                

    disposition of the revenue derived from the conveyances.                    

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 1.  (1) The department of natural resources may acquire                

                                                                                

2   certain parcels of land previously conveyed by this state to the            

                                                                                

3   county of Otsego pursuant to section 1 of 1999 PA 232.  The                 

                                                                                

4   department of natural resources, on behalf of the state, shall              

                                                                                

5   accept the conveyance of that land by quitclaim deed from the               

                                                                                

6   county of Otsego.  The property that is subject to this section             

                                                                                

7   is described in section 2.                                                  

                                                                                

8       (2) After accepting the land under subsection (1), the                      

                                                                                

9   department of natural resources, on behalf of the state, shall              

                                                                                

10  convey the property described in section 2 to the county of                 

                                                                                


     Senate Bill No. 1434 (S-1) as amended December 7, 2004

   

1   Otsego for consideration of $1.00, subject to the following                 

                                                                                

2   conditions:                                                                 

                                                                                

3       (a) The property shall be used exclusively for a public                     

                                                                                

4   purpose open to the general public, including, but not limited              

                                                                                

5   to, leasing the property to a nonprofit corporation.  [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 the property, resident and nonresident members of the public shall be subject to the same fees, terms, conditions, and waivers.]  Upon                                          

                                                                                

6   termination of the public purpose use or in the event of use for            

                                                                                

7   any nonpublic purpose, the state may reenter and repossess the              

                                                                                

8   property, terminating the grantee's estate in the property.                 

                                                                                

9       (b) If the grantee disputes the state's exercise of its right               

                                                                                

10  of reentry and fails to promptly deliver possession of the                  

                                                                                

11  property to the state, the attorney general, on behalf of the               

                                                                                

12  state, may bring an action to quiet title to, and regain                    

                                                                                

13  possession of, the property.                                                

                                                                                

14      Sec. 2.  The parcels of land that the department of natural                 

                                                                                

15  resources shall accept and then convey as provided in section 1             

                                                                                

16  are described as follows:                                                   

                                                                                

17  Parcel #1:  commencing at the intersection of the South Line of             

                                                                                

18  Third Street (now called Fourth Street) and the West line of                

                                                                                

19  Michigan Central Railroad right of way, thence West along the               

                                                                                

20  South line of Third Street (now called Fourth Street) thirty (30)           

                                                                                

21  rods more or less to the East line of "B" Street, thence South              

                                                                                

22  along the East line of "B" Street to South 1/8 line of Sec. 4, T            

                                                                                

23  30N, R3W, which was the South line of said village (now City) of            

                                                                                

24  Gaylord, thence East along the former South line of said Village            

                                                                                

25  (now City) to the West line of the Michigan Central Railroad                

                                                                                

26  right of way, thence North along the West line of said Railroad             

                                                                                

27  right of way to the point of beginning excepting therefrom a                


                                                                                

1   parcel in the Northeast corner of the above described lands                 

                                                                                

2   beginning at the intersection of the South line of Third Street             

                                                                                

3   (now called Fourth Street) and the West line of the Michigan                

                                                                                

4   Central Railroad right of way, thence West along the South line             

                                                                                

5   of Third Street (now called Fourth Street) twelve (12) rods,                

                                                                                

6   thence in a southerly direction parallel with the West line of              

                                                                                

7   said Railroad right of way fifteen (15) rods, thence East                   

                                                                                

8   parallel with the South line of Third Street (now called Fourth             

                                                                                

9   Street) Twelve (12) rods to the West line of said Railroad right            

                                                                                

10  of way, thence Northerly along the West line of said Railroad               

                                                                                

11  right of way, fifteen (15) rods to the point of beginning, also             

                                                                                

12  reserving a right of way for road purposes of a strip of land two           

                                                                                

13  (2) rods wide running North and South adjacent to the West side             

                                                                                

14  of the above described exception, also excepting therefrom a                

                                                                                

15  parcel of land commencing at intersection of South One-eighth               

                                                                                

16  line and West line of Penn-Central Railroad (formerly MCRR) right           

                                                                                

17  of way, thence North Eighty-one Degrees (81º) Eighteen Minutes              

                                                                                

18  (18') Thirty Seconds (30") West Four Hundred Sixty and Thirty-two           

                                                                                

19  Hundredths (460.32) feet to East line of S. Illinois Avenue                 

                                                                                

20  (formerly "B" Street), North Zero Degrees (00º) Seven Minutes               

                                                                                

21  (07') Fifty Seconds (50") East along said East line Forty-six               

                                                                                

22  (46) feet, South Eighty-three Degrees (83º) Forty-nine Minutes              

                                                                                

23  (49') Ten Seconds (10") East Four Hundred Sixty-one and                     

                                                                                

24  Thirty-one Hundredths (461.31) feet to a point on West line of              

                                                                                

25  said Penn-Central Railroad right of way that is Sixty-six (66)              

                                                                                

26  feet North Three Degrees (03º) Thirteen Minutes (13') Zero                  

                                                                                

27  Seconds (00") East of the point of beginning, South Three Degrees           


                                                                                

1   (03º) Thirteen Minutes (13') Zero Seconds (00") West Sixty-six              

                                                                                

2   (66) feet to said point of beginning.                                       

                                                                                

3   Parcel #2:  commencing at a point on the West line of "D" street            

                                                                                

4   twenty rods South of the South line of Third Street (now called             

                                                                                

5   Fourth Street) in the city of Gaylord, running thence Westerly              

                                                                                

6   parallel with the South line of Third Street (now called Fourth             

                                                                                

7   Street) to the East line of the Michigan Central Railroad right             

                                                                                

8   of way thence Southerly along the East line of the Michigan                 

                                                                                

9   Central Railroad right of way to a point in line with the North             

                                                                                

10  line of Fourth street thence easterly parallel to the South line            

                                                                                

11  of Third street (now called Fourth Street) to the West line of              

                                                                                

12  "D" street, thence northerly along the West line of "D" street to           

                                                                                

13  the place of beginning.                                                     

                                                                                

14      Sec. 3.  The conveyances authorized by section 1 shall be by                

                                                                                

15  quitclaim deed approved by the department of attorney general.              

                                                                                

16  The state shall not reserve mineral rights in the parcels of                

                                                                                

17  property, but the quitclaim deeds shall provide that if the                 

                                                                                

18  grantee develops the mineral rights, the state shall receive not            

                                                                                

19  less than 1/2 of the net royalties derived from that                        

                                                                                

20  development.                                                                

                                                                                

21      Sec. 4.  The conveyances authorized by section 1 shall                      

                                                                                

22  provide that the department of natural resources reserves an                

                                                                                

23  easement for the remediation of groundwater contamination,                  

                                                                                

24  including, but not limited to, the treatment buildings,                     

                                                                                

25  monitoring wells, flow lines, utility rights-of-way, and ingress            

                                                                                

26  and egress to the same which are supporting the remediation                 

                                                                                

27  effort.  The boundaries of the easement shall be delineated in a            


                                                                                

1   survey conducted by the department of natural resources.  The               

                                                                                

2   easement shall remain in effect until completion of the                     

                                                                                

3   groundwater remediation as determined by the department of                  

                                                                                

4   natural resources.  Any uses that interfere with or damage the              

                                                                                

5   operation and maintenance of the remediation effort and equipment           

                                                                                

6   are prohibited.  The county of Otsego, by acceptance of this                

                                                                                

7   conveyance, agrees not to disrupt the area defined in the                   

                                                                                

8   easement by excavation, wells, or other subsurface disturbance              

                                                                                

9   without written permission of the department of natural                     

                                                                                

10  resources.                                                                  

                                                                                

11      Sec. 5.  The revenue received pursuant to the conveyances                   

                                                                                

12  authorized by section 1 shall be deposited in the state treasury            

                                                                                

13  and credited to the general fund.