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MI SB0374

Bill

Status

Passed

12/29/2010

Primary Sponsor

Patricia Birkholz

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Origin

Senate

95th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Establishes the Indiana-Michigan boundary line commission with 10 members (5 from each state) to survey and remonument the Michigan-Indiana border based on the 1827 federal survey.

  • Requires Michigan's governor to appoint 5 licensed professional surveyors as state commissioners, with one resident from each of Berrien, Cass, St. Joseph, Branch, and Hillsdale counties.

  • Commission shall recover or reestablish permanent monuments at mileposts and posts originally set at or near lakes and large rivers, compile records verifying monument locations, and resolve boundary controversies.

  • Requires filing of Michigan land recordation certificates with appropriate county registers of deeds and submission to the Department of Energy, Labor, and Economic Growth.

  • Act does not take effect unless Indiana enacts similar legislation enabling interstate cooperation and providing for shared responsibilities and costs; repeals effective January 1, 2015.

Legislative Description

Land use; other; remonumentation of the Indiana-Michigan state line; provide for. Creates & repeals new act.

Property, other

Last Action

Assigned Pa 0259'10 With Immediate Effect

12/29/2010

Committee Referrals

Government Operations5/6/2009
Local, Urban & State Affairs3/12/2009

Full Bill Text

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