HF 2218

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; providing for public 
  1.3             and private sales of certain state lands; removing 
  1.4             land from certain state forests; amending Laws 2003, 
  1.5             First Special Session chapter 13, section 16. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 13, 
  1.8   section 16, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Sec. 16.  [PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; 
  1.10  BELTRAMI COUNTY.] 
  1.11     (a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale 
  1.12  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the 
  1.13  commissioner of natural resources may sell to Waskish township 
  1.14  the consolidated conservation state's interest in land that is 
  1.15  described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of 
  1.16  Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282. 
  1.17     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  1.18  attorney general and must provide that the land reverts to the 
  1.19  state if it is not used for public airport purposes.  The 
  1.20  conveyance must reserve an easement to ensure public access and 
  1.21  state management access to the public and private lands to the 
  1.22  west and south.  The attorney general may make necessary changes 
  1.23  in the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.  
  1.24  The consideration for the conveyance must not be less than the 
  1.25  appraised value of the land and timber and any survey costs.  
  2.1   Proceeds shall be disposed of according to Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.2   chapter 84A.  No payments made under State Lease Numbered 
  2.3   144-015-0558 will be refunded, but payments made may be credited 
  2.4   against the payments due. 
  2.5      (c) The land and interests in land that may be conveyed is 
  2.6   located in Beltrami county and is described as:  the Southwest 
  2.7   Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; the Northeast Quarter of the 
  2.8   Southwest Quarter; the North 10 acres of the Southeast Quarter 
  2.9   of the Southwest Quarter; and the West 10 acres of the Northwest 
  2.10  Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, all in Section 20, Township 
  2.11  154 North, Range 30 West. 
  2.12     Sec. 2.  [DELETION FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON STATE FOREST.] 
  2.13     [89.021] [Subd. 21.] [GEORGE WASHINGTON STATE FOREST.] The 
  2.14  following area is deleted from George Washington State Forest, 
  2.15  Itasca County:  that part of the Northeast Quarter of the 
  2.16  Southeast Quarter of Section 1, Township 59 North, Range 25 
  2.17  West, lying northeasterly of County State-Aid Highway 7, 
  2.18  containing 1.20 acres more or less. 
  2.19     Sec. 3.  [PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BELTRAMI 
  2.20  COUNTY.] 
  2.21     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.10, the 
  2.22  commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale, for 
  2.23  less than the appraised value, the surplus land that is 
  2.24  described in paragraph (c). 
  2.25     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  2.26  attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary 
  2.27  changes in the legal description to correct errors and ensure 
  2.28  accuracy. 
  2.29     (c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami County and 
  2.30  is described as:  the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
  2.31  of Section 32 and the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
  2.32  of Section 33, all in Township 147 North, Range 34 West. 
  2.33     (d) The land described in paragraph (c) is a former gravel 
  2.34  pit and the commissioner of natural resources has determined 
  2.35  that the land is no longer necessary for natural resource 
  2.36  purposes.  The land has been offered at public auction and 
  3.1   received no bids. 
  3.2      Sec. 4.  [PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; COOK COUNTY.] 
  3.3      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
  3.4   94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell 
  3.5   the surplus land and buildings bordering on public waters that 
  3.6   are described in paragraph (c). 
  3.7      (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
  3.8   general for consideration no less than the appraised value of 
  3.9   the land and buildings.  The conveyance shall reserve an 
  3.10  easement to the state along the waterfront for angling and 
  3.11  management purposes and an access easement across said lands to 
  3.12  ensure ingress and egress to the public for access to the Flute 
  3.13  Reed River, which is a designated trout stream.  The exact 
  3.14  location and legal description of the easements shall be 
  3.15  determined by the commissioner of natural resources. 
  3.16     (c) The land to be sold is located in Cook County and 
  3.17  described as:  Part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
  3.18  Quarter, Section 20, Township 62 North, Range 4 East, beginning 
  3.19  at the quarter post between Sections 17 and 20; thence running 
  3.20  South 16 rods (264 feet); thence West 10 rods (165 feet); thence 
  3.21  North 16 rods (264 feet); thence East 10 rods (165 feet) to the 
  3.22  place of beginning.  That portion of the Northeast Quarter of 
  3.23  the Northwest Quarter, Section 20, Township 62 North, Range 4 
  3.24  East, described as follows:  Starting from a point on the east 
  3.25  line of said forty-acre tract 264 feet South of the northeast 
  3.26  corner thereof as the point of beginning; thence West 165 feet 
  3.27  along the south line of the tract of land heretofore deeded by 
  3.28  the grantors herein to the town of Hovland, which deed is 
  3.29  recorded in the office of the register of deeds of Cook County, 
  3.30  in Book R of Deeds on page 262 thereof; thence West five feet; 
  3.31  thence South 115 feet more or less to the north bank of Flute 
  3.32  Reed River; thence southeasterly along the north bank of said 
  3.33  river 214 feet more or less to the east line of the above 
  3.34  described forty-acre tract; thence North along said east line 
  3.35  237 feet more or less to the point of beginning. 
  3.36     (d) The parcel described in paragraph (c) is removed from 
  4.1   the Grand Portage State Forest. 
  4.2      (e) The parcel described in paragraph (c) is a former 
  4.3   forestry office site and it has been determined that this site 
  4.4   is no longer needed for natural resources purposes. 
  4.5      Sec. 5.  [PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; 
  4.6   LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.] 
  4.7      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A, 94, 
  4.8   and 282, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by 
  4.9   private sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) 
  4.10  according to this section. 
  4.11     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
  4.12  general and may be for less than the appraised value.  The 
  4.13  attorney general may make necessary changes in the legal 
  4.14  description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.  Proceeds 
  4.15  shall be disposed of according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  4.16  84A. 
  4.17     (c) The land to be sold is located in Lake of the Woods 
  4.18  County and described as:  1 acre, more or less, located in the 
  4.19  North Half of the North Half of Northeast Quarter of the 
  4.20  Northwest Quarter, Section 23, Township 160 North, Range 33 
  4.21  West, known as Potamo Cemetery. 
  4.22     (d) The land described in paragraph (c) is a burial ground 
  4.23  and thus not suitable for natural resource purposes. 
  4.24     Sec. 6.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TRUST FUND LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  4.25  WATER; MILLE LACS COUNTY.] 
  4.26     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
  4.27  commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale the 
  4.28  school trust fund land bordering public water that is described 
  4.29  in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions in Minnesota 
  4.30  Statutes, chapter 92.  
  4.31     (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
  4.32  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
  4.33  value of the land.  The attorney general may make necessary 
  4.34  changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure 
  4.35  accuracy. 
  4.36     (c) The land that may be sold is located in Mille Lacs 
  5.1   County and is described as follows:  Lot 2, Section 16, Township 
  5.2   42 North, Range 26 West. 
  5.3      (d) The commissioner of natural resources has determined 
  5.4   that the land is no longer needed for any natural resource 
  5.5   purpose and that the state's land management interests would 
  5.6   best be served if the land was sold. 
  5.7      Sec. 7.  [PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING 
  5.8   PUBLIC WATER; MILLE LACS COUNTY.] 
  5.9      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
  5.10  commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale the 
  5.11  surplus state land bordering public water that is described in 
  5.12  paragraph (c) under the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.13  chapter 94, or Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 1, 
  5.14  article 1, section 31.  
  5.15     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  5.16  attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary 
  5.17  changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure 
  5.18  accuracy. 
  5.19     (c) The land that may be sold is located in Mille Lacs 
  5.20  County and is described as:  Government Lots 1 and 2 of Section 
  5.21  21, Township 43 North, Range 27 West, except the south 560 feet 
  5.22  of said Government Lot 2 lying between U.S. Highway No. 169 and 
  5.23  Mille Lacs Lake; also except the north 205.97 feet of said 
  5.24  Government Lot 1 lying west of the westerly right-of-way line of 
  5.25  U.S. Highway No. 169; also except that portion taken for trunk 
  5.26  highway purposes in addition to the existing highway, together 
  5.27  with all right of access being the right of ingress to and 
  5.28  egress from all that portion of the above-described property to 
  5.29  Trunk Highway No. 169. 
  5.30     (d) The commissioner has determined that the state's land 
  5.31  management interests would best be served if the land was sold.