PROPERTY CONVEYANCE; ROOSEVELT RAMP H.B. 4942:
SUMMARY OF HOUSE-PASSED BILL
IN COMMITTEE
House Bill 4942 (as passed by the House)
Sponsor: Representative Emily Dievendorf
House Committee: Government Operations
Senate Committee: Committee of the Whole
CONTENT
The bill would authorize the State Administrative Board to convey two parcels of land in Lansing to the House of Representatives (House) for $1. These parcels collectively house a parking structure known as the Roosevelt Ramp, which is currently used by the House for parking for representatives and staff, as well as some non-legislative State employees.
The conveyance would be through a quitclaim deed from the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) to the House. The bill would specify a series of conditions regarding the use and future disposition of the property:
-- The parking ramp on the property would have to be used exclusively for parking for House members, staff, and guests.
-- 29 parking spaces would have to be maintained for use by non-legislative State employees; this number would be reduced to 25 as the first 4 of the 29 non-legislative State employees that park in the ramp leave State employment.
-- The rate charged to non-legislative employees who use the ramp would have to be the same as the rate charged to House members.
-- If the property were used for a purpose outside those specified in the bill, the State would be able to reenter and repossess the property; if the State did so, it would not be liable to reimburse the House for any improvements made to it.
-- If the House were to seek to convey the property to a third party, the State would maintain first right of refusal to repurchase the property for the original sale price of $1.
The bill specifies that the State would not maintain mineral rights to the property, but that the House or any subsequent purchaser would have to remit to the State half of the proceeds of any oil, gas, or mineral extraction performed at the site. The bill further specifies that the State would maintain any aboriginal antiquities discovered on the property as well as any naming rights for the property and the responsibility for maintaining signage.
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have a negligible fiscal impact on the State as a whole and have no fiscal impact on local units of government. Transferring the Roosevelt ramp from the DTMB to the House would not change the cost to maintain the property but would rather transfer that cost from the DTMB to the House. Any revenue resulting from the sale of the structure ($1) or from licensing rights would be deposited in the State General Fund.
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.