March 19, 2003, Introduced by Senators PRUSI, ALLEN and GOSCHKA and referred to the Committee on Local, Urban and State Affairs.
A bill to allow the state to amend certain deeds.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 1. The state administrative board may enter into an
2 agreement with the county of Marquette amending the deed entered
3 into by this state and the county of Marquette dated December 31,
4 1982, pursuant to section 36 of 1982 PA 280, which conveyed to
5 the county of Marquette a parcel of approximately 460 acres in
6 Sands township. The agreement amending the deed shall provide
7 that the restriction and possibility of reverter shall be
8 modified as to that portion of the 460-acre parcel described in
9 section 2, so that the county of Marquette may sell that portion
10 of the property to a nonprofit organization for consideration of
11 $1.00, and subject to the following conditions:
12 (a) The nonprofit organization shall utilize all or part of
13 the property for purposes that benefit the public interest in
1 Marquette county, which may include establishing hiking and
2 bicycling trails and providing residential rehabilitative
3 services for minors.
4 (b) If the nonprofit organization ceases to use the property
5 in the manner required under subdivision (a), or offers the
6 property for sale, title to the property shall revert immediately
7 to the county of Marquette.
8 Sec. 2. The portion of the 460-acre parcel to which the
9 restriction and possibility of reverter may be modified as
10 provided in section 1 is described as follows:
11 All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter
12 (SW1/4-SE1/4), Excepting the East Five-hundred and thirty feet
13 (530.00); and the East Five-hundred and forty-one feet (541.00)
14 of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE1/4-SW1/4 of
15 Section Eleven (11), in T.47 N.,R.25 W, in Sands Township,
16 Marquette Co., Michigan. Said parcel subject to a One Hundred-
17 fifty (150') wide right of way which crosses said parcel whose
18 centerline is described as follows: Commencing at the SW Corner
19 of said Section 11; thence S 89º40'05"E 659.77 feet (along the
20 South Section Line); thence N 0º13'05"E 945.51 feet, (along the
21 East Line of W1/2-SW1/4-SW1/4 and a point of curvature) and the
22 Point of Beginning of said C/L; thence 526.29 feet along a curve
23 to the right (D=21º03'06", R=1432.39 feet, L.C. bears S
24 70º47'08"E 523.33 feet); thence S 60º15'35"E 208.34 feet; thence
25 323.65 feet on a curve to the left (D=37º51'14", R=489.87 feet,
26 L.C. bears S 79º11'12"E 317.79 feet; thence N 81º53'11"E 193.51
27 feet; thence 599.14 feet on a curve to the right (D=53º33'30",
1 R=640.94 feet, L.C. bears S71º20'04"E 577.56 feet); thence 352.49
2 feet on a curve to the left (D=12º58'17", R=1556.98 feet,
3 L.C. bears S 51º02'27"E 351.73 feet); thence S 57º31'35"E 590.74
4 feet; thence 299.01 feet on a curve to the left (D=52º21'08",
5 R=327.25 feet, L.C. bears S 83º42'09"E 288.72 feet; thence 155.80
6 feet on a curve to the right (D=10º51'13", R=822.48 feet,
7 L.C. bears N 75º32'53"E 155.57 feet, to the West end of Silver
8 Creek Road, and Point of Ending. Also subject to all conditions
9 and reservations contained in the recorded chain of title to said
10 land. Said parcel contains 40.0+ acres including right of ways.
11 Sec. 3. That portion of the 460-acre parcel not described
12 in section 2 shall remain subject to the terms of the deed dated
13 December 31, 1982.
14 Sec. 4. The instruments necessary to implement this act
15 shall be approved by the attorney general.