STATE POLICE PROPERTY CONVEYANCES S.B. 881 (S-2):
SUMMARY OF BILL
ON THIRD READING
Senate Bill 881 (Substitute S-2 as reported by the Committee of the Whole)
CONTENT
The bill would create a new act to do the following:
-- Permit the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) to convey or transfer by affidavit of jurisdictional transfer certain real property owned by the State that is under the jurisdiction of the Michigan Department of State Police.
-- Allow the property to be transferred with or without consideration to another State agency.
-- Allow the DTMB to take other necessary steps to convey the property using various means, including offering it for less than fair market value to the local unit in which a parcel is located.
-- Require conveyances under the proposed act to be approved by the State Administrative Board, and establish other conditions for the conveyances, including that property used by the State for certain purposes be maintained for those purposes in perpetuity.
-- Require net revenue from the sale of property to be credited to the General Fund.
-- Allow the State to re-enter and take conveyed property that was used in a manner that violated certain restrictions.
The property that the DTMB would be required to convey includes all or portions of the following:
-- Two parcels of land in the Village of L'Anse in Baraga County.
-- Certain lots located in Bangor Township in Bay County.
-- Two parcels located in Battle Creek Township in Calhoun County.
-- Land located in Gratiot County's Emerson Township.
-- Two parcels in Lenawee County along N. Adrian Highway (M-52), with the exception of certain property described in the bill, and subject to an easement described in the bill.
-- Property in the City of Manistee in Manistee County.
-- A parcel located in the City of South Haven in Van Buren County.
In addition, the bill would require the DTMB to convey by quitclaim deed a particular parcel in the Village of Blissfield, Lenawee County, to the village for $1.
Legislative Analyst: Patrick Affholter
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would authorize the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget to convey 10 parcels of State-owned property currently under the jurisdiction of the Department of State Police. Five of the parcels include State Police posts and the others involve adjacent property that either was used for parking or held for future expansion. The posts involved became vacant due to the Department of State Police 2011 Reorganization Plan.
Net revenue to the State General Fund would depend on the terms of sale, whether the property would be conveyed to a local unit for less than fair market value, future appraisals of the fair market value of the parcels, and whether the property would be transferred to the Land Bank Fast Track Authority (which has broad powers to transfer property for less than fair market value).
Date Completed: 9-21-16 Fiscal Analyst: Bill Bowerman
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.