State of Michigan
JENNIFER M. GRANHOLM governor	DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Lansing	REBECCA A. HUMPHRIES director

BILL ANALYSIS

BILL NUMBER:	ENROLLED SENATE BILL 972 PUBLIC ACT 308
TOPIC:	Prohibits Land Within a State Park from being Designated as Surplus
SPONSOR:	Sen. Birkholz
CO-SPONSORS:	Sens. Brown, Garcia, Basham, Patterson, Bishop, Prusi, Hardiman, George, Kuipers, McManus, Olshove
COMMITTEE:	Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs
Analysis Done:	August 28, 2006

POSITION

The Department supports this statute as enrolled.

PROBLEM/BACKGROUND

In an era of budget difficulties, various proposals to sell off state-held assets may be introduced in order to balance budgets or fund a variety of proposals. This statute represents an effort to ensure that state park lands cannot be deemed "surplus" and, thus, be made available for sale without a significant notification, review and approval process as identified in statute section 74102b.

DESCRIPTION OF BILL

SB 972 seeks to amend section 2131 of PA 451 by adding to the Land Exchange Facilitation Fund (LEFF) statute that the Department shall not designate land within a state park as surplus.

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENTS

Pro

Protects state park and recreation area lands from sale by prohibiting the designation of such lands as “surplus" without a thorough review and approval process.

Con

This statute will delay and complicate any proposed land transaction involving state park and recreation area lands.

FISCAL/ECONOMIC IMPACT

Are there revenue or budgetary implications in the bill to the --

(a) Department

Budgetary:

None

Revenue:

Restrictions on land sales could negatively impact Department revenues.

Comments:

None

(b) State

Budgetary:

None

Revenue:

None

Comments:

None

(c) Local Government

Comments:

N/A

OTHER STATE DEPARTMENTS

N/A

ANY OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION

N/A

ADMINISTRATIVE RULES IMPACT

N/A

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Rebecca A. Humphries

Director

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Date

PRD/OLAF