Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 259. Aviation § 259.651

Sec. 1. The Michigan department of aeronautics is hereby authorized for and in the name of the state of Michigan to accept and receive from the federal government such airports, including necessary operating equipment, which may be declared surplus by the federal government and which are made available to the state and its political subdivisions under the provisions of the surplus property act of 1944,  1 and any legislation amendatory or supplemental thereto. The department is further authorized to comply with the terms and conditions of disposal agreements covering such surplus public airports, including necessary operating equipment.