Michigan Laws 254.332 – Expenditure of funds for construction of state police post; lease agreement; payments; expiration or termination of lease; use
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(1) The authority may expend not more than $995,000.00 from funds under its jurisdiction to construct a building and lease it to the department of state police for use as a regional state police post. The building shall be located on authority owned property adjacent to the north terminal of the bridge.
(2) The authority shall not construct a building pursuant to this section until the authority and the department of state police enter into a lease agreement that contains all of the following terms:
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 254.332
- Authority: means the Mackinac bridge authority created in 1950 (Ex Sess) PA 21, MCL 254. See Michigan Laws 254.311
- Bridge: means the project for the acquisition of which this act is adopted and means a bridge or structure extending from the Upper Peninsula to the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and includes all of the following forming any part of the bridge or connected with or used or useful in the operation of the bridge, causeways, bridges, tunnels, roads, fills and approaches, or any combination thereof, parking space and facilities, park and recreation facilities, lighting facilities, terminal facilities consisting of areas, structures, and buildings in which rest rooms, waiting rooms, restaurant and similar facilities, and other accommodations for the traveling public may be installed, including all fixtures, utility lines, accessories, and equipment relating to any or all of the above, and including the improvement and beautification of terminal areas at each end of the structure as may be designed to increase the use of the structure, and including all real and personal property, tangible or intangible, licenses, franchises, easements, and rights-of-way necessary thereto. See Michigan Laws 254.311
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- state: means the state of Michigan. See Michigan Laws 254.311
- To construct: means to acquire through construction, purchase, gift, condemnation, or any combination thereof. See Michigan Laws 254.311
(a) A provision that the building be used for a regional state police post.
(b) A provision that the initial term of the lease shall be 10 years, with renewals as agreed to by the authority and department of state police.
(c) A provision that the lease amount be equivalent to the fair market lease value of the leased building. However, the lease may provide for a reduction in the lease amount equivalent to the reasonable cost incurred by the department of state police in providing a certain level of law enforcement services incident to the operation of the bridge.
(d) Except as otherwise agreed by the authority and department of state police, a requirement that the department of state police pay the costs of maintaining the building in reasonable repair.
(e) Any other terms that may be agreed to by the authority and the department of state police regarding the use of the building.
(3) Lease payments that are received by the authority under a lease agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (2) shall be regarded and treated as revenues of the bridge for all purposes under this act.
(4) Upon the expiration or termination of a lease agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (2), the authority may use the building for any reasonable purpose in carrying out its duties under this act.