March 22, 2012, Introduced by Senators NOFS and RICHARDVILLE and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
A bill to authorize the state administrative board to exchange
certain parcels of property in Jackson county; to prescribe certain
conditions for the exchange; and to provide for disposition of
revenue derived from the exchange.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. (1) The state administrative board, on behalf of this
state, may exchange certain state-owned property under the
jurisdiction of the department of corrections for the ownership
rights and interests of the Grand river environmental action team
(GREAT), a domestic nonprofit corporation, in certain adjacent
property located in Blackman township, Jackson county, Michigan,
and described as those lands separated from the main campus of
southern Michigan prison or from the private owner's main parcel of
land by the man-made course change from the old Grand river and old
Portage river to the new Grand river drain and the Portage river
drain, respectively, for consideration as determined pursuant to
subsection (4).
(2) The properties subject to this section are properties
whose exchange will help clarify the property lines along the Grand
river drain and the Portage river drain, located in Blackman
township, Jackson county, and lying adjacent to the southern
Michigan prison campus which are more particularly described as
follows:
(a) The following parcel to the Grand river environmental
action team (GREAT) from this state:
PARCEL 1: A parcel of land in the Northwest ¼ of Section 14, T2S,
R1W, Blackman Township, Jackson County, Michigan, the surveyed
boundary of said parcel being described as Commencing at the West ¼
Corner of said Section 14; thence N00 22'00"E along the West line
of the Northwest ¼ of said Section 14 a distance of 449.28 feet;
thence N89 45'50"E parallel to the East – West ¼ line of said
Section 14 a distance of 585.22 feet to a point on the Westerly
bank of the Grand River Drain at its intersection with the
centerline of the old Grand River and the point of beginning of
this description; thence the following courses along the centerline
of the old Grand River: N71 07'55"W a distance of 62.93 feet;
thence N30 32'00"W a distance of 83.37 feet; thence N11 40'10"E a
distance of 123.23 feet; thence N12 02'10"E a distance of 170.64
feet; thence N21 57'40"W a distance of 250.38 feet; thence N09
58'30"E a distance of 237.62 feet; thence N27 58'50"E a distance of
341.17 feet; thence N30 02'35"E a distance of 306.55 feet; thence
N47 48'40"E a distance of 96.07 feet to a point on the Westerly
bank of the Grand River Drain; thence South 11 22'25"W along an
intermediate traverse line along the Westerly bank of the Grand
River Drain a distance of 1481.20 feet; thence South 02 06'30"E
along an intermediate traverse line along the Westerly bank of the
Grand River Drain a distance of 24.98 feet to the point of
beginning; said parcel to include all land between the intermediate
traverse line and the water's edge of the Grand River Drain; said
parcel containing 5.381 acres more or less to the intermediate
traverse line along the Grand River Drain and approximately 5.77
acres to the water's edge of the Grand River Drain; said parcel
subject to the correlative rights of other riparian owners and the
public trust in the waters of the Grand River; said parcel subject
to all other easements and restrictions of record.
(b) The following parcels to this state from the Grand river
environmental action Team (GREAT):
(i) PARCEL 2: A parcel of land situated in the Northwest one-
quarter of Section 14, Town 2 South, Range 1 West more particularly
described as commencing at the West one-quarter corner of said
Section 14; thence N89°45'50"E along the East-West one-quarter
line, 592.22 feet to a point on the Easterly bank of the Grand
River Drain; thence N12°29'40"E along an intermediate traverse line
along the Easterly Bank of the Grand River Drain, 186.89 feet to
the point of beginning; thence continuing N12°29'40"E along said
intermediate traverse line along the Easterly Bank of the Grand
River Drain, 258.37 feet to the centerline of the Old Grand River;
thence along following 4 courses along the centerline of the Old
Grand River, S82°22'50"E 207.08 feet, thence S56°37'50"E 204.80
feet, thence S22°12'50"E 116.30 feet, thence S03°27'50"E 2.52 feet;
thence S89°45'50"W parallel to the East-West one-quarter line,
476.31 feet to the point of beginning. Parcel contains 1.99 acres
of land, more or less; subject to the correlative rights of other
riparian owners and the public trust in the waters of the Grand
River; said parcel subject to all other easements and restrictions
of record.
(ii) PARCEL 3: A parcel of land in the Northwest ¼ of Section
14, T2S, R1W, Blackman Township, Jackson County, Michigan, the
surveyed boundary of said parcel being described as Commencing at
the Northwest Corner said Section 14; thence N89 40'30"E along the
North line of the Northwest ¼ of said Section 14 a distance of
1239.13 feet to a point on the Easterly bank of the Grand River
Drain and the point of beginning of this description; thence N89
40'30"E continuing along the North line of said Section 14 a
distance of 167.10 feet to the centerline of the old Grand River;
thence the following courses along the centerline of the old Grand
River: South 21 43'45"E a distance of 62.65 feet; thence South 31
21'50"W a distance of 121.90 feet; thence S56 30'25"W a distance of
142.45 feet; thence S50 48'40"W a distance of 126.24 feet: thence
S20 26'40"W a distance of 59.18 feet; thence S 13 19'35"W a
distance of 215.26 feet; thence S16 31'20"W a distance of 94.52
feet; thence S78 19'55"W a distance of 103.06 feet to a point on
the Easterly bank of the Grand River Drain; thence N03 04'25"E
along an intermediate traverse line along the Easterly bank of the
Grand River Drain a distance of 53.37 feet; thence N23 54'45"E
along an intermediate traverse line along the Easterly bank of the
Grand River Drain a distance of 703.17 feet to the North line of
said Section 14 and the point of beginning; said parcel to include
all land between the intermediate traverse line and the water's
edge of the Grand River Drain; said parcel containing 1.864 acres
more or less to the intermediate traverse line along the Grand
River Drain and approximately 2.06 acres to the water's edge of the
Grand River Drain; said parcel subject to the correlative rights of
other riparian owners and the public trust in the waters of the
Grand River; said parcel subject to all other easements and
restrictions of record.
(3) The parcel descriptions in subsection (2) are approximate
and subject to correction by a survey undertaken or otherwise
approved by the state surveyor for the department of technology,
management, and budget.
(4) The property exchanges authorized by this section shall be
negotiated, brokered, managed, approved, and implemented for this
state by the department of technology, management, and budget. The
department of corrections shall reimburse the department of
technology, management, and budget for all related appraisal and
closing costs incurred by the department of technology, management,
and budget in completing the property exchanges authorized by this
section.
(5) All conveyances authorized by this section shall be by
quitclaim deed approved by the attorney general. The state shall
not reserve oil, gas, or mineral rights to the property conveyed by
the state under this section. However, a conveyance by this state
under this section shall provide that, if the purchaser or any
grantee develops any oil, gas, or minerals found on, within, or
under the conveyed property, the purchaser or any grantee shall pay
this state 1/2 of the gross revenue generated from the development
of the oil, gas, or minerals. These payments shall be deposited as
provided in subsection (6).
(6) Revenue received under this section shall be deposited in
the state treasury and credited to the general fund.