Section 324.2101 - State lands; sale or transfer for public purpose; transfer of jurisdiction to other state agencies; reverter clause.
NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 451 of 1994
324.2101 State lands; sale or transfer for public purpose; transfer of jurisdiction to other state agencies; reverter clause.
Sec. 2101.
(1) The department may sell sites to school districts and churches and sell lands for public purposes to public educational institutions; to the United States; and to governmental units of the state and to agencies thereof from tax reverted state lands under the control of the department, at a price fixed by a formula determined by the state tax commission. The department may transfer jurisdiction of tax reverted state lands for public purposes to any department, board, or commission of the state. The application for the purchase or transfer of tax reverted state lands shall be made by the proper officers of a school district, church, public educational institution, the United States, governmental unit, agency, department, board, or commission upon forms prepared and furnished by the department for that purpose.
(2) The department may sell tax reverted lands to any agency described in subsection (1), and the transfer of the lands is not subject to a reverter clause. If a conveyance or transfer of lands is made to a governmental unit without a reverter clause, the department may convey or transfer the lands at an appraisal value as determined by the state tax commission or at a nominal fee that includes any amount paid by the department for maintaining the lands in a condition that is protective of the public health and safety. If lands are conveyed or transferred for a nominal fee and are subsequently sold by the governmental unit for a valuable consideration, the proceeds from such a sale, after deducting the fee and any amount paid by the local governmental units for maintaining the lands in a condition that is protective of the public health and safety, shall be accounted for to the state, county, township, and school district in which the lands are situated pro rata according to their several interests in the lands arising from the nonpayment of taxes and special assessments on the lands as the interest appears in the offices of the state treasurer or county, city, or village treasurers.
History: Add. 1995, Act 60, Imd. Eff. May 24, 1995
Popular Name: Act 451
Popular Name: NREPA