Michigan act lets the state sell former Jackson County landfill land, offering it to the county first for $1

The State Administrative Board may convey about 81 acres of state-owned land, the former Dalton Road Landfill site, and the state must first offer it to Jackson County. The land is in Leoni Township, Jackson County, and is under the Department of Corrections. Jackson County may buy all or, with approval, part of the property for $1, subject to public-use conditions. The act does not take effect unless Senate Bill 478 of the 103rd Legislature is enacted. The county has the first right to buy for 2 years after the act's effective date.

If the county does not buy it, the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget may sell the land by competitive bidding, auction, a real estate broker, or a negotiated value-for-value deal. It may also offer the land to local governments, for fair market value or less, or give it to a land bank authority. Fair market value sales need an independent appraisal. Net sale revenue, after the state's sale costs, goes to the general fund.

A local government that buys the land under the $1 offer or a below-market sale must use it only for public use and follow resale rules. Public use includes government offices, law enforcement, schools, public transportation, parks, public health, and wildlife conservation; it excludes for-profit use and uses closed to the public. If the buyer plans to resell, the state may first buy it back at the original price within 1 year, and otherwise gets 100 percent of any higher resale price. The buyer must repay the state's costs of preparing the property.

Deeds must keep the state's rights over certain items and let the state take the land back if rules are broken. The state keeps no oil, gas, or mineral rights, but the owner must pay it half of the gross revenue from developing those resources. The state also keeps rights to aboriginal antiquities on the land. If the owner breaks the public-use, mineral payment, or antiquities rules, the state may take the property back and owes nothing for improvements.