HF 3051

2nd Committee Engrossment - 86th Legislature (2009 - 2010) Posted on 03/19/2013 07:29pm

1.1A bill for an act

1.2relating to state lands; modifying method of determining value of acquired
1.3stream easements; providing for designation of certain state forest boundaries;
1.4modifying state forest acquisition provisions; permitting the exchange of riparian
1.5lands within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness; establishing a
1.6moratorium on public access development for public waters without a public
1.7access; adding to and deleting from state parks and state forests; providing for
1.8disposition of certain proceeds; requiring designation of certain school trust land
1.9as aquatic management area; authorizing and modifying public and private sales,
1.10conveyances, and exchanges of certain state land;amending Minnesota Statutes
1.112008, sections 84.0272, subdivision 2; 85.012, subdivision 40; 89.021, by adding
1.12a subdivision; 89.032, subdivision 2; 94.342, by adding a subdivision; 97A.141,
1.13subdivision 1; Laws 2009, chapter 176, article 4, section 9.
1.14BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.15    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0272, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.16    Subd. 2. Stream easements. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commissioner
1.17may acquire permanent stream easements for angler access, fish management, and habitat
1.18work for a onetime payment based on a value attributed to both the stream and the
1.19easement corridor. The payment shall equal:
1.20(1) the per linear foot of stream within the easement corridor times $5; plus
1.21(2) the easement corridor acres times the estimated market value.
1.22(b) The estimated market value is equal to:
1.23(1) the total farm market value plus the timberlands value agricultural market value
1.24plus the rural vacant market value plus the managed forest market value; divided by
1.25(2) the acres of deeded farmland plus the acres of timber agricultural land plus the
1.26rural vacant land plus the managed forest land.
1.27(c) The total farm market value, timberlands value, acres of deeded farmland, and
1.28acres of timber agricultural market value, rural vacant market value, and managed forest
2.1market value or equivalent are determined from data collected by the Department of
2.2Revenue during its annual spring mini abstract survey. If the Department of Revenue
2.3changes its property type groups for its annual spring mini abstract survey, the agricultural
2.4market value, the rural vacant market value, and the managed forest market value shall be
2.5determined by the commissioner from data collected by the Department of Revenue in a
2.6manner that provides the most reasonable substitute for the market values as presently
2.7reported. The commissioner must use the most recent available data for the city or
2.8township within which the easement corridor is located.
2.9(d) The commissioner shall periodically review the easement payment rates under
2.10this subdivision to determine whether the stream easement payments reflect current
2.11shoreland market values. If the commissioner determines that the easements do not reflect
2.12current shoreland market values, the commissioner shall report to the senate and house of
2.13representatives natural resources policy committees with recommendations for changes
2.14to this subdivision that are necessary for the stream easement payment rates to reflect
2.15current shoreland market values. The recommendations may include an adjustment to the
2.16dollar amount in paragraph (a), clause (1).

2.17    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.012, subdivision 40, is amended to read:
2.18    Subd. 40. McCarthy Beach State Park, St. Louis County and Itasca Counties, which
2.19is hereby renamed from McCarthy Beach Memorial State Park.

2.20    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 89.021, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.21to read:
2.22    Subd. 1a. Boundaries designated. The commissioner of natural resources may
2.23acquire by gift or purchase land or interests in land adjacent to or in the proximity of a
2.24state forest. The commissioner may change the boundaries of established state forests for
2.25the acquisition of land adjacent to or in the proximity of the state forests, provided that
2.26the lands meet the definition of forest land as defined in section 89.001, subdivision 4.
2.27The new boundaries shall be designated by the process provided for in section 86A.07,
2.28subdivision 3.

2.29    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 89.032, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.30    Subd. 2. Acquisition for state forests. The commissioner may acquire lands or
2.31interest in lands for state forest purposes. The land or interests in land may be subject
2.32to mineral reservations.

3.1    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 94.342, is amended by adding a subdivision
3.2to read:
3.3    Subd. 7. Exception for riparian land in Boundary Waters Canoe Area
3.4Wilderness. Notwithstanding subdivision 3, any state-owned riparian land within the
3.5Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness may be given in exchange for nonriparian land
3.6outside the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

3.7    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 97A.141, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.8    Subdivision 1. Acquisition; generally. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b),
3.9the commissioner shall acquire access sites adjacent to public waters and easements and
3.10rights-of-way necessary to connect the access sites with public highways. The land may
3.11be acquired by gift, lease, or purchase, or by condemnation with approval of the Executive
3.12Council.
3.13(b) Until July 1, 2015, the commissioner shall not develop public access sites
3.14adjacent to public waters that do not have a public access site until the commissioner
3.15completes an aquatic invasive species prevention plan for the specific public water.

3.16    Sec. 7. Laws 2009, chapter 176, article 4, section 9, is amended to read:
3.17    Sec. 9. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND; CLEARWATER COUNTY.
3.18(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
3.19of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph
3.20(c).
3.21(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
3.22attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
3.23ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to the White Earth Band of Ojibwe
3.24for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance
3.25must provide that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the band fails to
3.26provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land $26,500. The conveyance
3.27may reserve an easement for ingress and egress.
3.28(c) The land that may be sold is located in Clearwater County and is described as:
3.29the West 400 feet of the South 750 feet of Government Lot 3, Section 31, Township 145
3.30North, Range 38 West, containing 6.89 acres, more or less.
3.31(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land and building
3.32are no longer needed for natural resource purposes.

3.33    Sec. 8. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
4.1    Subdivision 1. [85.012] [Subd. 19.] Forestville Mystery Cave State Park,
4.2Fillmore County. The following areas are added to Forestville Mystery Cave State Park,
4.3all in Fillmore County:
4.4(1) commencing at the northeast corner of Section 14, Township 102 North, Range
4.512 West; thence West 1,608.8 feet; thence South 2 degrees 50 minutes West 1,260.4 feet;
4.6thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West 656 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes
4.7West 541.4 feet; thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West 302.7 feet; thence South 0
4.8degrees 39 minutes West 347.1 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes East 132 feet;
4.9thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes West 496 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes
4.10East 495 feet; thence South 54 degrees East 990 feet; thence South 39 degrees East 295
4.11feet; thence South 84 degrees East 594 feet; thence South 64 degrees East 148.5 feet;
4.12thence South 66 degrees East 462 feet; thence North 0 degrees 45 minutes East 3763
4.13feet to beginning;
4.14(2) that part of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14, Township 102
4.15North, Range 12 West, lying North of the south bank of the North Branch Creek, also
4.16known as Forestville Creek. Said parcel of real estate being more fully described as
4.17follows: commencing at the northeast corner of Section 14, proceed West, a distance
4.18of 1,608.8 feet; thence South 2 degrees 50 minutes West a distance of 1,260.4 feet;
4.19thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West, a distance of 656 feet; thence South 0 degrees
4.2039 minutes West, a distance of 541.4 feet to the beginning corner. From the point of
4.21beginning, continue North 89 degrees 57 minutes West, a distance of 302.7 feet; thence
4.22South 0 degrees 39 minutes West a distance of 347.1 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58
4.23minutes East, a distance of 132 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes West, a distance
4.24of 496 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes East a distance of 363 feet; thence South
4.2554 degrees East 990 feet; thence South 39 degrees East 295 feet; thence South 84 degrees
4.26East 594 feet; thence South 64 degrees East 148.5 feet; thence South 66 degrees East 462
4.27feet, to the section line; thence North on the section line, a distance of 1,783 feet; thence
4.28North 85 degrees 34 minutes West a distance of 2,340.2 feet to the beginning corner;
4.29(3) the South Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 102, Range
4.3012, Fillmore County, Minnesota, except the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the
4.31Southeast Quarter of said Northeast Quarter, and also except that part thereof lying West
4.32of the center of County Road No. 12;
4.33(4) that part of the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23, Township
4.34102, Range 12, Fillmore County, Minnesota, lying northerly and easterly of the following
4.35described line: commencing at a point 288.4 feet North of the southwest corner of the
4.36Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 23; thence North 132 feet, to
5.1the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence East 1,800 feet, to the center
5.2of river; thence South 6 degrees East 133 feet to intersect the hereinafter described Line
5.3X; thence easterly along said Line X to the hereinafter described Point A; thence South,
5.4parallel with the west line of said Southwest Quarter to the south line of said North Half of
5.5said Southwest Quarter and said line there terminating. Said Line X and Point A being
5.6described as follows: commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of
5.7the Southwest Quarter of said Section 23; thence running North 4.37 chains; thence East,
5.8along a line referred to as Line X in the above description, a distance of 27.25 chains to a
5.9point referred to as Point A in the above description;
5.10(5) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23,
5.11Township 102, Range 12, Fillmore County, Minnesota; and
5.12(6) the Southeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 102, Range 12, Fillmore County,
5.13Minnesota, except the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of
5.14said Southeast Quarter.
5.15    Subd. 2. [85.012] [Subd. 31.] Judge C. R. Magney State Park, Cook County.
5.16The following areas are added to Judge C. R. Magney State Park, all in Cook County:
5.17the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest
5.18Quarter, and the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 5, Township
5.1962 North, Range 3 East.
5.20    Subd. 3. [85.012] [Subd. 54.] Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Lake County.
5.21The following areas are added to Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, all in Lake County: the
5.22Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast
5.23Quarter, all in Section 32, Township 55 North, Range 8 West.
5.24    Subd. 4. [85.012] [Subd. 55a.] Tettegouche State Park, Lake County. The
5.25following areas are added to Tettegouche State Park:
5.26(1) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 15, Township 56, Range 7, Lake County,
5.27Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the quarter corner between said Section
5.2815 and Section 22, Township 56, Range 7; thence East, along the section line between said
5.29Sections 15 and 22, a distance of 503.0 feet; thence northeasterly, deflecting to the left 75
5.30degrees 00 minutes a distance of 425.0 feet, to a point designated by a two-inch iron pipe,
5.31being the point of beginning; thence northwesterly, to a point on the west line of said Lot 2
5.32distant approximately 970.0 feet North of said quarter corner between Sections 15 and 22;
5.33thence North along said west line to the northwest corner of said Lot 2; thence East, along
5.34the north line of said Lot 2, approximately 240.0 feet; thence in a southeasterly direction
5.35to a point on the east side of a point of rocks projecting into Lake Superior, being marked
5.36by an X; thence in a southwesterly direction, along the shore of said Lake Superior to the
6.1point of beginning. (X mark on rock being in line making a deflection angle of 45 degrees
6.251 minutes to the left with the east-west section line from a point on the section line 503.0
6.3feet East of the quarter corner between said Sections 15 and 22 and being approximately
6.4830 feet from said point on said section line.); and
6.5(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 56,
6.6Range 7, Lake County, Minnesota.

6.7    Sec. 9. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
6.8    Subdivision 1. [85.012] [Subd. 1a.] Afton State Park, Washington County. The
6.9following area is deleted from Afton State Park: all that part of the Southwest Quarter of
6.10Section 3, Township 27, Range 20, Washington County, Minnesota, embraced within the
6.11recorded plat of ALPS ESTATES.
6.12    Subd. 2. [85.012] [Subd. 14.] Crow Wing State Park, Crow Wing, Cass, and
6.13Morrison Counties. The following areas are deleted from Crow Wing State Park:
6.14(1) all that part of Government Lots 7 and 8, Section 24, Township 44, Range 32,
6.15Crow Wing County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of RED RIVER
6.16TRAIL; and
6.17(2) all that part of Government Lot 7, Section 24, Township 44, Range 32, Crow
6.18Wing County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of LOGGER RUN.
6.19    Subd. 3. [85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County.
6.20The following area is deleted from Frontenac State Park: that part of the Southeast
6.21Quarter, Section 11, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, being described as BLOCK P,
6.22GARRARD'S SOUTH EXTENSION TO FRONTENAC according to the plat on file and
6.23of record in the Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota, including any
6.24portions of vacated roadway which have attached thereto.
6.25    Subd. 4. [85.012] [Subd. 26.] Hayes Lake State Park, Roseau County. The
6.26following area is deleted from Hayes Lake State Park: the West 45.00 feet of the North
6.27160.7 feet of the South 263.58 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of
6.28Section 32, Township 160, Range 38, Roseau County, Minnesota.
6.29    Subd. 5. [85.012] [Subd. 40.] McCarthy Beach State Park, St. Louis and
6.30Itasca Counties. The following area is deleted from McCarthy Beach State Park in
6.31Itasca County: all that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 1,
6.32Township 60 North, Range 22 West, embraced within the recorded plat of "TRUST,"
6.33as depicted thereon.
6.34    Subd. 6. [85.012] [Subd. 41.] Maplewood State Park, Otter Tail County. The
6.35following areas are deleted from Maplewood State Park:
7.1(1) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail
7.2County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of South Lida Shores, according to
7.3the recorded plat thereof;
7.4(2) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail
7.5County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of Greens Isle View Addition,
7.6according to the recorded plat thereof;
7.7(3) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail
7.8County, Minnesota, described as follows: beginning at a point located by running West
7.9401 feet from the northeast corner of said Government Lot 4 in Section 9; thence South 47
7.10degrees 10 minutes West 100 feet; thence South 52 degrees 19 minutes West along the
7.11lakeshore of Lake Lida a distance of 50 feet; thence South 42 degrees 50 minutes East
7.12200 feet; thence North 52 degrees 19 minutes East 50 feet; thence North 42 degrees 50
7.13minutes West 100 feet; thence North 47 degrees 10 minutes East 100 feet; thence North 42
7.14degrees 50 minutes West, 100 feet to the point of beginning;
7.15(4) that part of Government Lot 5, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter
7.16Tail County, Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the northeast corner of
7.17Government Lot 4 in said Section 9; thence on an assumed bearing of West, along the
7.18north line of said Government Lot 4, a distance of 130 feet, to intersect the shore of South
7.19Lida Lake, said point of intersection being the point of beginning of the tract of land to
7.20be described; thence return on a bearing of East, a distance of 130 feet, to said northeast
7.21corner of Government Lot 4; thence North 03 degrees 46 minutes 00 seconds West
7.22224.40 feet, along the centerline of a township road; thence North 08 degrees 31 minutes
7.2300 seconds East 346.60 feet along said centerline; thence North 81 degrees 14 minutes
7.2400 seconds West 34.00 feet to the westerly line of said township road; thence North 08
7.25degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds East along said westerly line 125.00 feet; thence North 36
7.26degrees 09 minutes 00 seconds West 230.00 feet; thence South 71 degrees 21 minutes 00
7.27seconds West 93.00 feet, more or less to the easterly shoreline of South Lida Lake; thence
7.28southeasterly along said shoreline to the point of beginning; and
7.29(5) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 33, Township 136, Range 42, Otter Tail
7.30County, Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the East Quarter corner of said
7.31Section 33; thence on an assumed bearing of West, along the east-west quarter line of
7.32said Section 33, a distance of 3,994.0 feet; thence North 25 degrees East, a distance of
7.33308.3 feet to the southwesterly right-of-way line of a public highway; thence North 40
7.34degrees 00 minutes West, a distance of 169.0 feet, along said right-of-way; thence South
7.3574 degrees 43 minutes West, a distance of 70.0 feet, more or less, to the shore of South
7.36Lida Lake; thence southwesterly, along said shoreline to the south line of said Government
8.1Lot 2; thence on a bearing of East, along the south line of said Government Lot 2, also
8.2being said east-west quarter line to the point of beginning.
8.3    Subd. 7. [85.012] [Subd. 54.] Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Lake County.
8.4The following area is deleted from Split Rock Lighthouse State Park: the Southeast
8.5Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 31, Township 55 North, Range 8 West, Lake
8.6County.

8.7    Sec. 10. ADDITIONS TO STATE FORESTS.
8.8[89.021] [Subd. 32.] Lyons State Forest. The following area is added to the Lyons
8.9State Forest: Section 16, Township 135 North, Range 32 West, Cass County.

8.10    Sec. 11. DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.
8.11Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.055, subdivision 2, the proceeds
8.12resulting from the 2010 sale of a transportation road easement on the Lamprey Pass
8.13Wildlife Management Area to construct a road overpass on County Road 83 in Washington
8.14County shall be deposited in the land acquisition account established under Minnesota
8.15Statutes, section 94.165.

8.16    Sec. 12. LAKE COUNTY LAND EXCHANGE.
8.17Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012, subdivision 1, the
8.18commissioner of natural resources shall compensate Lake County or exchange state land
8.19of substantially equal value for any tax-forfeited land administered by Lake County
8.20encompassed by the boundary change effected under section 8, subdivision 3.

8.21    Sec. 13. AQUATIC MANAGEMENT AREA DESIGNATION.
8.22(a) The commissioner of natural resources shall designate the following school
8.23trust land on Ada Lake in Cass County as an aquatic management area under Minnesota
8.24Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 14:
8.25(1) parcel 32-027-0001, Ponto Lake Township, Cass County; and
8.26(2) parcel 32-022-0001, Ponto Lake Township, Cass County.
8.27(b) The commissioner shall allow revenue-generating activities on the designated
8.28lands, consistent with sound natural resource conservation and management principles
8.29and Minnesota Statutes, section 127A.31.

8.30    Sec. 14. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND;
8.31ANTICIPATED SAVINGS TO GENERAL FUND.
9.1Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.10, the commissioner of natural
9.2resources may sell surplus land at public or private sale for less than the estimated or
9.3appraised value of the land or for less than the minimum sale price prescribed in Minnesota
9.4Statutes, section 94.10, provided the land is being sold to meet the requirements of Laws
9.52005, chapter 156, article 2, section 45, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 148, article 2,
9.6section 73, and Laws 2009, chapter 37, article 1, section 59.

9.7    Sec. 15. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; AITKIN COUNTY.
9.8(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of
9.9natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and
9.10direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
9.11(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
9.12attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
9.13and ensure accuracy.
9.14(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as:
9.15Government Lot 2 and the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, all in Section 19,
9.16Township 47 North, Range 24 West, containing 84.25 acres, more or less.
9.17(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
9.18for natural resource purposes.

9.19    Sec. 16. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ANOKA COUNTY.
9.20(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
9.21of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph
9.22(c).
9.23(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
9.24attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
9.25and ensure accuracy.
9.26(c) The land that may be sold is located in Anoka County and is described as: the
9.27East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 32 North, Range 22 West,
9.28Anoka County, Minnesota, containing 80 acres, more or less.
9.29(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land
9.30management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a local unit
9.31of government. A local unit of government would like to use this parcel as a wetland
9.32mitigation site.

9.33    Sec. 17. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BECKER COUNTY.
10.1(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of
10.2natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and
10.3direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
10.4(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
10.5attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
10.6and ensure accuracy.
10.7(c) The land that may be sold is located in Becker County and is described as:
10.8Government Lot 3, Section 1, Township 139 North, Range 37 West, containing 37.75
10.9acres, more or less.
10.10(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
10.11for natural resource purposes.

10.12    Sec. 18. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
10.13WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
10.14(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
10.15resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
10.16in paragraph (c).
10.17(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
10.18attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
10.19ensure accuracy. The conveyance must include a reservation of perpetual road easements
10.20described in paragraph (c) to the state for ingress and egress for constructing, repairing,
10.21maintaining, and operating an adjacent northern pike spawning and rearing area.
10.22(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as:
10.23All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and Government Lot 1,
10.24Section 21, Township 146 North, Range 31 West, bounded by the water's edge of Cass
10.25Lake and the following described lines: Commencing at the southwest corner of said
10.26section, thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 691.2 feet on and along the west line of
10.27said section to the point of beginning; thence South 58 degrees 27 minutes East, 177.64
10.28feet; thence South 65 degrees 00 minutes East, 162.35 feet; thence North 52 degrees
10.2907 minutes East, 175.70 feet; thence North 86 degrees 05 minutes East, 232.35 feet;
10.30thence South 41 degrees 50 minutes East, 186.35 feet; thence South 25 degrees 59 minutes
10.31East, 122.0 feet; thence South 33 degrees 47 minutes West, 176.13 feet; thence South 26
10.32degrees 31 minutes West, 157.26 feet; thence South 50 degrees 19 minutes East, 142.34
10.33feet; thence North 88 degrees 05 minutes East, 66.15 feet to point "A"; thence North 67
10.34degrees 06 minutes East, 442.0 feet; thence North 76 degrees 24 minutes East, 113.86
10.35feet; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 88.96 feet to point "B"; thence South 17
11.1degrees 17 minutes East, 138 feet, more or less, to the water's edge of Cass Lake and
11.2there terminating. And from the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes
11.3West, 630.92 feet on and along the west line of said Section 21; thence South 75 degrees
11.427 minutes East, 206.01 feet; thence South 35 degrees 36 minutes East, 210.68 feet;
11.5thence South 37 degrees 07 minutes East, 230.53 feet; thence South 51 degrees 18 minutes
11.6East, 124.95 feet; thence North 55 degrees 37 minutes East, 156.60 feet; thence South 48
11.7degrees 10 minutes East, 120.58 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes East, 197.76
11.8feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes East, 195.0 feet; thence South 38 degrees 25
11.9minutes East, 162.17 feet; thence South 56 degrees 38 minutes East, 410.58 feet; thence
11.10South 31 degrees 06 minutes West, 203.30 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West,
11.1114.84 feet; thence South 17 degrees 17 minutes East, 133 feet, more or less, to the water's
11.12edge of Cass Lake and there terminating. Including all riparian rights to the contained
11.1318.0 acres, more or less and subject to all existing easements.
11.14Subject to a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across the
11.15following described land in Government Lot 1 of said section described as follows:
11.16Beginning at point "B," said point being on the southerly boundary of the above described
11.17tract; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 20.2 feet; thence South 17 degrees 17
11.18minutes East, 33.33 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West, 20.2 feet; thence
11.19North 17 degrees 17 minutes West, 33.33 feet to point "B" and the point of beginning.
11.20Except that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 21, Township 146 North, Range
11.2131 West, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of said Section 21;
11.22thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 1,322.12 feet along the west line of said Section
11.2321; thence South 75 degrees 27 minutes East, 206.01 feet; thence South 35 degrees 36
11.24minutes East, 210.68 feet; thence South 37 degrees 07 minutes East, 230.53 feet; thence
11.25South 51 degrees 18 minutes East, 124.95 feet; thence North 55 degrees 37 minutes East,
11.26156.60 feet; thence South 48 degrees 10 minutes East, 120.58 feet; thence South 89
11.27degrees 59 minutes East, 197.76 feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes East, 195.0
11.28feet; thence South 38 degrees 25 minutes East, 162.17 feet; thence South 56 degrees 38
11.29minutes East, 383.52 feet, to the point of beginning; thence South 56 degrees 38 minutes
11.30East, 27.06 feet; thence South 31 degrees 06 minutes West, 203.30 feet; thence South 80
11.31degrees 48 minutes West, 2.52 feet; thence North 15 degrees 31 minutes West, 46.80
11.32feet; thence North 32 degrees 31 minutes East, 18.96 feet; thence North 59 degrees 39
11.33minutes East, 58.56 feet; thence North 20 degrees 23 minutes East, 105.29 feet to the
11.34point of beginning; containing 0.1 acres.
11.35Together with a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across the
11.36Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said section being a strip of land 33 feet
12.1wide, lying 16.5 feet on each side of the following described lines: Commencing at the
12.2southwest corner of said Section 21; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 656.4 feet
12.3on and along the west line of said section to the point of beginning; thence South 42
12.4degrees 51 minutes East, 52.16 feet; thence South 70 degrees 04 minutes East, 214.3 feet;
12.5thence South 37 degrees 58 minutes East, 219.4 feet; thence South 49 degrees 02 minutes
12.6East, 252.6 feet; thence South 45 degrees 15 minutes East, 152.5 feet; thence South 50
12.7degrees 19 minutes East, 119.9 feet, to the south line of Section 21 and there terminating.
12.8Together with a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across
12.9the northwesterly 16.5 feet of the following described land in Government Lot 1 and
12.10the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said section described as follows:
12.11Beginning at point "A," said point being on the southern boundary of the above described
12.12tract; thence North 67 degrees 06 minutes East, 442.0 feet; thence North 76 degrees 24
12.13minutes East, 113.86 feet; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 88.96 feet; thence
12.14South 17 degrees 17 minutes East, 33.33 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West,
12.1592.38 feet; thence South 76 degrees 24 minutes West, 109.91 feet; thence South 67
12.16degrees 06 minutes West, 353.28 feet; thence South 88 degrees 05 minutes West, 92.15
12.17feet to point "A" and the point of beginning.
12.18(d) The land borders Cass Lake. The land was acquired for a northern pike spawning
12.19area but has not been used for such purpose for 30 years. The Department of Natural
12.20Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

12.21    Sec. 19. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; CARLTON COUNTY.
12.22(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
12.23of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph
12.24(c).
12.25(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
12.26attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
12.27and ensure accuracy.
12.28(c) The land that may be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as: the
12.29Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except state trunk
12.30highway right-of-way, Section 26, Township 49 North, Range 17 West, containing 9.324
12.31acres, more or less.
12.32(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
12.33for natural resource purposes.

13.1    Sec. 20. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
13.2WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
13.3(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
13.4and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Carlton County may sell
13.5by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph
13.6(c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
13.7(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
13.8attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure
13.9accuracy.
13.10(c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as:
13.11(1) part of Government Lot 1 commencing 42 rods 17 links East of the northwest
13.12corner of Section 6, Township 46, Range 18; thence South 82 rods 11 links; thence West to
13.13Bear Lake; thence West on the shoreline to the section line; thence North to the northwest
13.14corner; thence East to the beginning; except the highway right-of-way and except the part
13.15northwest of Highway 35, Docket 214412 and except commencing at the northwest corner
13.16of said Government Lot 1; thence South 0 degrees 5 minutes 51 seconds West on the west
13.17line thereof 1,176.49 feet to a point on the southeast right-of-way line of the Interstate
13.18Highway 35 frontage road; thence North 51 degrees 42 minutes 51 seconds East on said
13.19right-of-way line 209.76 feet; thence South 19 degrees 45 minutes East 120.0 feet to the
13.20point of beginning; thence North 19 degrees 45 minutes West 120.0 feet; thence North 51
13.21degrees 42 minutes 51 seconds East 80.0 feet to the MNDOT right-of-way monument;
13.22thence South 71 degrees 36 minutes 52 seconds East 216.61 feet; thence South 3 degrees
13.2330 minutes West 195 feet, more or less, to the shore of Bear Lake; thence westerly on said
13.24shore 215 feet, more or less, to a point which bears 2 degrees 55 minutes East from the
13.25point of beginning; thence North 2 degrees 55 minutes West 150 feet, more or less, to the
13.26point of beginning, on Docket 240622 and except commencing at the northwest corner of
13.27said Government Lot 1; thence East along the north line 704.22 feet; thence South parallel
13.28to the west line 1,360.26 feet to the actual point of beginning; thence North 739.16 feet,
13.29more or less, to the southeast right-of-way line of the I-35 frontage road; thence southwest
13.30along said right-of-way line 608.48 feet, more or less, to the MNDOT monument; thence
13.31South 71 degrees 36 minutes 52 seconds East 216.61 feet; thence South 3 degrees 30
13.32minutes West 195 feet, more or less, to the shore of Bear Lake; thence East on said shore
13.33285 feet, more or less, to a point which bears North 00 degrees West from the point of
13.34beginning; thence South 90 degrees East 15 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning,
13.35Docket 282721 (parcel identification number 39-010-0920); and
14.1(2) that part of Government Lot 2 lying North of Moose Horn River, Docket 262968,
14.2272524, and 272525, Section 11, Township 46, Range 19 (parcel identification number
14.339-030-1220).
14.4(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
14.5best be served if the land was sold to adjoining landowners.

14.6    Sec. 21. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
14.7WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
14.8(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
14.9Carlton County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
14.10paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
14.11(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
14.12general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
14.13(c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as:
14.14(1) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 27, Township 48 North,
14.15Range 18 West (parcel number 33-010-6300);
14.16(2) the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, except that part East of the Kettle
14.17River, Section 26, Township 48 North, Range 20 West (parcel number 90-010-4630); and
14.18(3) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter or Government Lot 5, Section
14.1912, Township 49 North, Range 19 West (parcel number 94-026-2020).
14.20(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
14.21best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

14.22    Sec. 22. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
14.23WATER; CASS COUNTY.
14.24(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, and upon
14.25completion of exchange of the school trust land for acquired land, the commissioner of
14.26natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering public water that is
14.27described in paragraph (c).
14.28(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
14.29attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
14.30ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to a school district for less than the
14.31value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide
14.32that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for an educational unit managed forest and
14.33reverts to the state if the school district fails to provide for or abandons the educational
14.34unit managed forest use of the land.
15.1(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as:
15.2(1) the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 27;
15.3(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28;
15.4(3) Government Lot 11 of Section 33; and
15.5(4) Government Lot 14 of Section 34,
15.6all in Township 141 North, Range 28 West, containing a total of 98.7 acres, more or
15.7less.
15.8(d) The land borders Nellie Lake. Independent School District No. 118, Longville,
15.9has inadvertently trespassed upon the land for the establishment of an educational unit
15.10managed forest under Minnesota Statutes, section 89.41. The commissioner of natural
15.11resources has determined that the state's land management interests would best be served
15.12if the land was managed as an educational unit managed forest. Since the land is currently
15.13school trust land, the commissioner of natural resources shall first exchange the school
15.14trust land for acquired land prior to sale.

15.15    Sec. 23. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND
15.16BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; CASS COUNTY.
15.17(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the
15.18commissioner of natural resources may sell by public or private sale the surplus land
15.19bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c). Notwithstanding Minnesota
15.20Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of natural resources may sell the surplus land
15.21described in paragraph (c) and direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
15.22(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
15.23attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
15.24ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to a local unit of government for less than the
15.25value of the land, as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide
15.26that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the local unit of government
15.27fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
15.28(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as: Lot 7,
15.29Block 1, Dell's Sleepy Hollow, Cass County, Minnesota, according to the recorded plat
15.30thereof, containing 0.54 acres, more or less.
15.31(d) The land borders Woman Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has
15.32determined that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land was
15.33conveyed to a local unit of government.

15.34    Sec. 24. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; COOK COUNTY.
16.1(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of
16.2natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and
16.3direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
16.4(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
16.5attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
16.6and ensure accuracy.
16.7(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cook County and is described as: the
16.8South Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 32, Township 62 North, Range 1 East,
16.9containing 80 acres, more or less.
16.10(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
16.11for natural resource purposes.

16.12    Sec. 25. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; DOUGLAS COUNTY.
16.13(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of
16.14natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and
16.15direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
16.16(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
16.17attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
16.18and ensure accuracy.
16.19(c) The land that may be sold is located in Douglas County and is described as: the
16.20southerly 499.7 feet of the easterly 466.7 feet of the following described tract:
16.21Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 127 North,
16.22Range 37 West, excepting therefrom the right-of-way of the public road running on
16.23the south line of said tract, containing 5.00 acres, more or less.
16.24(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
16.25for natural resource purposes.

16.26    Sec. 26. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
16.27WATER; GOODHUE COUNTY.
16.28(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the
16.29commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering
16.30public water that is described in paragraph (c). Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
16.31section 86A.055, the commissioner of natural resources may sell the surplus land
16.32described in paragraph (c) and direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
16.33(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
16.34attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
17.1ensure accuracy. The conveyance must include the easement specified in paragraph (c).
17.2The purpose of the easement is to:
17.3(1) provide for the development of fish habitat, including tree planting, erosion
17.4control, installation of instream structures, posting of signs, and other improvements;
17.5(2) permit angling by the public; and
17.6(3) provide ingress and egress through the property sold to the easement area.
17.7(c) The land that may be sold is located in Goodhue County and is described as:
17.8that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and that part of the Northwest
17.9Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 7, Township 112, Range 15, Goodhue County,
17.10Minnesota, which lie westerly of the centerline of County State-Aid Highway No. 6,
17.11containing 2.6 acres, more or less.
17.12Reserving an easement over, under, and across that part of the above described
17.13property located within a strip of land 132 feet in width, and centered on the centerline
17.14of Spring Creek, as the same meanders through said Southwest Quarter of the Northeast
17.15Quarter and said Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter.
17.16(d) The land borders Spring Creek. The Department of Natural Resources has
17.17determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes provided that an
17.18easement right is retained. The land is separated from the wildlife management area by a
17.19county road and has been subject to inadvertent trespass by the adjacent landowner.

17.20    Sec. 27. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; GRANT COUNTY.
17.21(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of
17.22natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and
17.23direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
17.24(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
17.25attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
17.26and ensure accuracy.
17.27(c) The land that may be sold is located in Grant County and is described as: that
17.28part of the East 690 feet of the West 870 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast
17.29Quarter of Section 13, Township 127 North, Range 41 West, which lies southwesterly of a
17.30line run parallel to and distant 225 feet southwesterly of the Soo Line Railroad Company
17.31(formerly Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste Marie Railway Company) main track
17.32centerline as the same is now located and established over and across said Section 13,
17.33containing 4.00 acres, more or less.
17.34(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
17.35for natural resource purposes.

18.1    Sec. 28. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
18.2(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
18.3of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph
18.4(c). Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of natural
18.5resources may sell the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and direct the net proceeds
18.6to the general fund.
18.7(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
18.8attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
18.9ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to a local unit of government for less than the
18.10value of the land, as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide
18.11that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the local unit of government
18.12fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
18.13(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as:
18.14Outlot A, Block 1, Schendel Woods, Hennepin County, Minnesota, according to the
18.15recorded plat thereof, containing 13.92 acres, more or less.
18.16(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land
18.17management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a local unit of
18.18government. A local unit of government would like to use this parcel for a storm water
18.19runoff project.

18.20    Sec. 29. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HUBBARD COUNTY.
18.21(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of
18.22natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and
18.23direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
18.24(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
18.25attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
18.26and ensure accuracy.
18.27(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hubbard County and is described as: that
18.28part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 17, Township 143
18.29North, Range 35 West, Minnesota lying easterly of MN Highway No. 200, containing 30
18.30acres, more or less.
18.31(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
18.32for natural resource purposes.

18.33    Sec. 30. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
18.34WATERS; ITASCA COUNTY.
19.1(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
19.21, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may
19.3convey to the city of Cohasset for consideration as determined by Itasca County the land
19.4described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter
19.5282.
19.6(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
19.7that the land reverts to the state if the city of Cohasset fails to provide for the public use
19.8described in paragraph (d) or abandons the public use of the land. As a condition of
19.9conveyance, the city of Cohasset must provide to Itasca County a survey of the property,
19.10at no cost to Itasca County. The conveyance is subject to easements, restrictions, and
19.11reservations of record. The attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal
19.12description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
19.13(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Itasca County and is described as: that
19.14part of Government Lot 7, Section 23, Township 55 North, Range 26 West, described
19.15as follows:
19.16Commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest
19.17Quarter, Section 23, Township 55 North, Range 26 West; thence South 88 degrees 02
19.18minutes 11 seconds East, along the south line of said Northwest Quarter of Southwest
19.19Quarter and the south line of Government Lot 7 according to the plat of HILLCREST
19.20PARK, 1,351.90 feet to the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road and the point of beginning;
19.21thence northerly along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 123.51 feet along a
19.22nontangential curve concave to the East, said curve having a central angle of 12 degrees 08
19.23minutes 28 seconds, radius of 582.87 feet, a chord bearing of North 07 degrees 35 minutes
19.2437 seconds West, chord distance 123.28 feet; thence North 01 degrees 31 minutes 24
19.25seconds West, along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 167.83 feet; thence northerly
19.26along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 139.95 feet along a tangential curve concave
19.27to the West, said curve having a central angle of 11 degrees 26 minutes 28 seconds, radius
19.28of 700.85 feet; thence North 12 degrees 57 minutes 52 seconds West, along the centerline
19.29of the Tioga Beach Road 174.21 feet; thence northerly along the centerline of the Tioga
19.30Beach Road 70.93 feet, more or less, along a tangential curve concave to the East, said
19.31curve having a central angle of 08 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds, radius of 463.14 feet
19.32to intersect the north line of the South 665.00 feet of Government Lot 7; thence South
19.3388 degrees 02 minutes 11 seconds East along the north line of the South 665.00 feet of
19.34said Government Lot 7, a distance of 512.74 feet; thence South 65 degrees 39 minutes
19.3508 seconds East, 184 feet, more or less, to the waters edge of Pokegama Lake; thence
19.36southwesterly along the waters edge of Pokegama Lake to intersect the south line of said
20.1Government Lot 7; thence North 88 degrees 02 minutes 11 seconds West, along the south
20.2line of Government Lot 7, 220 feet, more or less, to the point of the beginning and there
20.3terminating. Parcel contains approximately 690 front feet of shoreland on Pokegama
20.4Lake and 6.8 acres.
20.5(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
20.6be best served if the lands are managed for a public beach and other public recreational
20.7purposes by the city of Cohasset.

20.8    Sec. 31. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
20.9WATER; MAHNOMEN COUNTY.
20.10(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
20.111, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Mahnomen County
20.12may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
20.13paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
20.14(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
20.15general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
20.16The conveyance must include a deed restriction that prohibits buildings, structures, tree
20.17cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations within an area 75 feet from the
20.18ordinary high water level. A 15-foot strip for lake access and a dock is allowed.
20.19(c) The land to be sold is located in Mahnomen County and is described as:
20.20Beginning at the northeast corner of Lot 1; thence 28 rods West to the point of
20.21beginning; thence West 7 rods; thence South to the shoreline of North Twin Lake 9 rods,
20.22more or less; thence southeast on the shoreline to a point South of the point of beginning;
20.23thence North 16 rods, more or less, to the point of beginning, all in Section 29, Township
20.24144 North, Range 39 West (parcel number R16 029 0200).
20.25(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
20.26best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

20.27    Sec. 32. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; MARTIN COUNTY.
20.28(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of
20.29natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and
20.30direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
20.31(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
20.32attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
20.33and ensure accuracy.
21.1(c) The land that may be sold is located in Martin County and is described as: all of
21.2Tract A described below:
21.3Tract A:
21.4That part of Government Lot 3 and the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter,
21.5both in Section 32, Township 103 North, Range 30 West, described as follows:
21.6Beginning at the point of intersection of a line run parallel with and distant 100 feet
21.7northerly of Line 1 described below with a line run parallel with and distant 50
21.8feet southeasterly of Line 3, described below; thence run easterly on said 100 foot
21.9parallel line to its intersection with a line run parallel with and distant 100 feet
21.10westerly of Line 2 described below; thence run northerly of the last described 100
21.11foot parallel line to a point thereon, distant 100 feet southerly of its intersection
21.12with a line run parallel with and distant 50 feet southerly of said Line 3; thence run
21.13northwesterly to a point on said 50 foot parallel line distant 100 feet westerly of the
21.14last described intersection (when measured along said 50 foot parallel line), said
21.15point being hereinafter referred to as "Point B"; thence run southwesterly on said 50
21.16foot parallel line to the point of beginning.
21.17Line 1:
21.18Beginning at a point on the east line of said Section 32, distant 516.9 feet South
21.19of the east quarter corner thereof; thence run westerly at an angle of 89 degrees
21.2020 minutes 15 seconds from said east section line (measured from North to West)
21.21for 5,337.2 feet and there terminating.
21.22Line 2:
21.23Beginning at a point of Line 1, described above, distant 1,545 feet easterly of its
21.24point of termination; thence run northerly at right angles to said Line 1 for 590 feet
21.25and there terminating.
21.26Line 3:
21.27Beginning at the point of termination of Line 2 described above; thence run westerly
21.28at right angles to said Line 2 for 134.26 feet; thence deflect to the left on a 07 degree
21.2900 minute 00 second curve (delta angle 35 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds) for 500
21.30feet; thence on a tangent to said curve for 280.6 feet; thence deflect to the right
21.31on a 07 degree 00 minute 00 second curve (delta angle 35 degrees 00 minutes 00
21.32seconds) for 500 feet and there terminating.
21.33Containing 5.75 acres, more or less. Subject to the following restriction:
21.34No access shall be permitted to Trunk Highway 391 renumbered 90 or to County
21.35Road No. 59 from the lands herein conveyed; except that access shall be permitted
21.36along a line run parallel with and distant 50 feet southeasterly of Line 3 described
22.1above, between the point of beginning of Tract A hereinbefore described and "Point
22.2B" hereinbefore described.
22.3(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
22.4for natural resource purposes.

22.5    Sec. 33. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; MARTIN COUNTY.
22.6(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
22.7of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph
22.8(c). Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of natural
22.9resources may sell the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and direct the net proceeds
22.10to the general fund.
22.11(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
22.12attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
22.13and ensure accuracy.
22.14(c) The land that may be sold is located in Martin County and is described as: the
22.15North 700 feet of a strip of land 100 feet in width extending over and across the West Half
22.16of the Northwest Quarter and the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section
22.1725, Township 101 North, Range 32 West, Martin County, Minnesota. The centerline of
22.18said strip being the centerline of the main track (now removed) of the Minnesota and Iowa
22.19Railway Company, as said centerline was originally located and established over and
22.20across said Section 25. This parcel contains 1.6 acres, more or less.
22.21(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
22.22for natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best
22.23be served if the land were conveyed to the adjacent landowner to improve access to the
22.24landowner's property.

22.25    Sec. 34. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN LAKE MARIA WILDLIFE
22.26MANAGEMENT AREA; MURRAY COUNTY.
22.27(a) The commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land
22.28Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and
22.29according to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange
22.30the land described in paragraph (b).
22.31(b) The land that may be exchanged is located in Murray County and is described as:
22.32(1) the North 866 feet of the South 1555 feet of the Southwest Quarter of Section 7,
22.33Township 108, Range 41, lying West of the East 450 feet thereof;
23.1(2) the South 689 feet of the Southwest Quarter of Section 7, Township 108, Range
23.241; and
23.3(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 108, Range 41,
23.4described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said Section 7, Township
23.5108, Range 41; thence running easterly along the north line of said Section 7 a distance of
23.62,769.50 feet to the intersection with the centerline of the township road; thence southerly
23.7along the centerline of said township road a distance of 2,653.75 feet; thence deflecting
23.800 degrees 31 minutes right and continuing along the centerline of said township road a
23.9distance of 2,051.75 feet; thence easterly and parallel to the south line of the Southwest
23.10Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 7, a distance of 464 feet; thence South
23.11and parallel to the west line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 18, a distance of
23.123,198.00 feet, to the south line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 18, and the point
23.13of beginning of the land to be described; thence return northerly, along the last described
23.14course, a distance of 2,635 feet to the north line of said Northeast Quarter; thence
23.15southwesterly, a distance of 999 feet, to a point on the west line of said Northeast Quarter,
23.16distant 421.5 feet South of the northwest corner of said Northeast Quarter, thence South
23.17along said west line, to the southwest corner of said Northeast Quarter; thence East, along
23.18the south line of said Northeast Quarter, a distance of 910 feet to the point of beginning.
23.19(c) The land was acquired in part with bonding appropriations. The exchange
23.20with the adjacent landowner will provide additional wildlife acres and additional water
23.21frontage to the state.

23.22    Sec. 35. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ACQUISITION;
23.23NICOLLET COUNTY.
23.24    Subdivision 1. Conveyance of surplus land. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota
23.25Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.287, the commissioner of administration may upon
23.26recommendation of the commissioner of human services, convey to the city of St. Peter
23.27for no consideration the surplus land or any state interest in land that is described in
23.28paragraph (c).
23.29(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
23.30attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure
23.31accuracy. The commissioner of administration may grant utility easements for no
23.32consideration in conjunction with the conveyances under this section.
23.33(c) The land to be sold is located in Nicollet County and is described as:
23.34(1) all that part of the following described parcel lying westerly of the westerly
23.35right-of-way of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade Road.
24.1Said parcel described as follows:
24.2That part of Government Lot 6 in Section 29, Township 110 North, Range 26 West,
24.3city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, described as:
24.4Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29
24.5minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a
24.6distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast
24.7Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said
24.8Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet to the point of
24.9beginning; thence South 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 178.6 feet,
24.10more or less, to the centerline of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade
24.11Road; thence northeasterly, on said centerline, a distance of 98.3 feet, more or less, to the
24.12north line of said Government Lot 6; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds
24.13West, on said north line; a distance of 220.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;
24.14(2) all that part of the following described parcel lying easterly of the westerly
24.15right-of-way of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade Road.
24.16Said parcel described as follows:
24.17That part of Government Lot 6 in Section 29, Township 110 North, Range 26 West,
24.18city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, described as:
24.19Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29
24.20minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a
24.21distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast
24.22Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said
24.23Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet to the point of
24.24beginning; thence South 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 178.6 feet,
24.25more or less, to the centerline of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade
24.26Road; thence northeasterly, on said centerline, a distance of 98.3 feet, more or less, to the
24.27north line of said Government Lot 6; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West,
24.28on said north line; a distance of 220.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and
24.29(3) that part of the East 25.00 of a 150.00 foot wide railroad right-of-way acquired
24.30in Book R page 338, in the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29,
24.31Township 110 North, Range 26 West, city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota,
24.32lying South of the southerly right-of-way line of Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 99, per
24.33MN/DOT Right-of-Way Map 31-68 and North of the following described line:
24.34Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29
24.35minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a
24.36distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast
25.1Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said
25.2Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet; thence North 64
25.3degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds West, a distance of 86.15 feet; thence northwesterly 127.21
25.4feet on a tangential curve to the right, having a radius of 280.00 feet and a central angle of
25.526 degrees 01 minutes 59 seconds to the point of beginning of the line to be described;
25.6thence continuing northwesterly 31.24 feet on said tangential curve to the right, having
25.7a radius of 280.00 feet and a central angle of 06 degrees 23 minutes 34 seconds and
25.8there terminating.
25.9(d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no longer needed for any state
25.10purpose and that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land
25.11was conveyed to and used by the city of St. Peter.
25.12    Subd. 2. Acquisition authority. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the
25.13commissioner of administration, upon recommendation of the commissioner of human
25.14services, may acquire from the city of St. Peter, without monetary consideration, land
25.15located in Nicollet County, described as follows:
25.16(1) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29,
25.17Township 110 North, Range 26 West, city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota:
25.18Lying East of the east line of the 150.007 foot wide railroad right-of-way acquired in
25.19Book R page 338, in said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29;
25.20AND
25.21Lying South of the following described line:
25.22Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees
25.2329 minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast
25.24Quarter, a distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said
25.25Northeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south
25.26line of said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet to the
25.27point of beginning; thence North 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds West, a distance of
25.2886.15 feet; thence northwesterly 127.21 feet on a tangential curve to the right, having a
25.29radius of 280.00 feet and a central angle of 26 degrees 01 minutes 51 seconds to the
25.30point of termination. Said point of termination being on the east line of the previously
25.31referenced railroad right-of-way and there terminating; and
25.32(2) that part of Government Lot 6 in Section 29, Township 110 North, Range 26
25.33West, city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota described as:
25.34Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29
25.35minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a
25.36distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast
26.1Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said
26.2Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet; thence South 64
26.3degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 179 feet, more or less, to the centerline
26.4of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade Road, and the point of beginning;
26.5thence continuing South 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 25.8 feet,
26.6more or less, to the existing right-of-way of U.S. Highway No. 169, per Map 14-80;
26.7thence southwesterly along said right-of-way a distance of 91.7 feet, more or less, to the
26.8northerly line of a parcel recorded as Document No. 274882, Nicollet County records;
26.9thence northwesterly along the northerly line of said parcel a distance of 27.5 feet, more or
26.10less, to the centerline of said Freeman Drive; thence northeasterly along said centerline a
26.11distance of 93.2 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
26.12(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
26.13attorney general may make necessary changes to legal descriptions to correct errors and
26.14ensure accuracy.

26.15    Sec. 36. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; NOBLES COUNTY.
26.16(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of
26.17natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and
26.18direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
26.19(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
26.20attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
26.21and ensure accuracy.
26.22(c) The land that may be sold is located in Nobles County and is described as:
26.23(1) the North 500 feet of the West 450 feet of the East 1,650 feet of the North Half
26.24of the Northeast Quarter of Section 32, Township 102 North, Range 43 West, subject to
26.25the public road running on the north line of said North Half of the Northeast Quarter.
26.26Containing 4.83 acres, more or less; and
26.27(2) the westerly 500 feet of the southerly 468.6 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the
26.28Southeast Quarter of Section 17, Township 101 North, Range 43 West, subject to the
26.29public road running on the south line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter,
26.30containing 5.00 acres, more or less.
26.31(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
26.32for natural resource purposes.

26.33    Sec. 37. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; OLMSTED COUNTY.
27.1(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner
27.2of natural resources shall convey to the city of Oronoco for no consideration the surplus
27.3land that is described in paragraph (c).
27.4(b) The conveyance shall occur upon the operation of the reversion clause contained
27.5in the deed for the land described in paragraph (c) in accordance with Minnesota Statutes
27.61965, section 85.188, and after the passage of resolutions by the Olmsted County Board
27.7and the Oronoco City Council, each acknowledging that the requirements set forth in the
27.8Agreement for Transfer of Oronoco Park in the City of Oronoco to the City of Oronoco
27.9by Olmsted County have been sufficiently met to proceed with the conveyance. The
27.10conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general, the Olmsted County
27.11Board, and the Oronoco City Council. The conveyance must provide that the land reverts
27.12to the state if the city of Oronoco fails to maintain and operate the land as a public park.
27.13The attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and
27.14ensure accuracy.
27.15(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Olmsted County and is described as:
27.16(1) the East Half of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter,
27.17Section 7, Township 108 North, Range 14 West, subject to flowage rights in favor of
27.18Olmsted County; and
27.19(2) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 7,
27.20Township 108 North, Range 14 West.
27.21(d) The land is currently owned by Olmsted County and used as a public park,
27.22having been conveyed by the state according to Laws 1965, chapter 810, section 9. The
27.231965 law and the corresponding conveyance document require reversion to the state if
27.24the county stops operating the land as a public park. Olmsted County no longer wishes
27.25to operate the public park, but the city of Oronoco has agreed to pay consideration to
27.26Olmsted County to continue the park operation. The commissioner has determined that
27.27the state's land management interests would best be served if, upon the land's reversion to
27.28the state, the land was conveyed to and used by the city of Oronoco as a public park.

27.29    Sec. 38. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; PINE COUNTY.
27.30(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
27.31or other law to the contrary, Pine County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land
27.32described in paragraph (c).
27.33(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
27.34general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
28.1(c) The land to be sold is located in Pine County and is described as: the East 132
28.2feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 42 North,
28.3Range 17 West, Wilma Township, Pine County, Minnesota, subject to a public road
28.4easement over, under, and across the West 66 feet thereof, and the East 132 feet of the
28.5Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 42 North, Range 17
28.6West, Wilma Township, Pine County, Minnesota, subject to a public road easement over,
28.7under, and across the West 66 feet thereof.
28.8(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
28.9best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership. The county will be able to
28.10access adjacent tax-forfeited property by the public road easement.

28.11    Sec. 39. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; PIPESTONE COUNTY.
28.12(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of
28.13natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and
28.14direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
28.15(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
28.16attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
28.17and ensure accuracy.
28.18(c) The land that may be sold is located in Pipestone County and is described as:
28.19that part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 107 North,
28.20Range 45 West, described as follows:
28.21From the intersection of the east and west quarter line of said Section 27 with the
28.22southeasterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 39 as same is now located and
28.23established over and across said tract; run East along said east and west quarter line
28.24for a distance of 1,037 feet; thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00
28.25minutes for a distance of 540 feet to the point of beginning; thence deflect to the
28.26right at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance of 125 feet; thence deflect
28.27to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance of 249 feet; thence
28.28deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance of 350 feet;
28.29thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance of 249
28.30feet; thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance
28.31of 225 feet to the point of beginning;
28.32Together with all that part of the following described tract:
28.33That part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 27, Township
28.34107 North, Range 45 West, described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the
28.35east and west quarter line of said Section 27 with the southeasterly right-of-way line
29.1of Trunk Highway 39, as same is now located and established over and across said
29.2tract; thence run East along said east and west quarter line for a distance of 1,037
29.3feet; thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance of
29.4540 feet; thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance
29.5of 577 feet to the southeasterly right-of-way line of said Trunk Highway 39; thence
29.6run southeasterly along said right-of-way line to the point of beginning.
29.7Which lies southeasterly of a line run parallel with and distant 100 feet southeasterly
29.8of the following described line:
29.9Beginning at a point on the west line of Section 33, Township 107 North, Range
29.1045 West, distant 1,623.8 feet North of the southwest corner thereof; thence run
29.11northeasterly at an angle of 39 degrees 49 minutes with said section line for 2,631.4
29.12feet; thence deflect to the right on a 0 degree 30 minute curve (delta angle 4 degrees
29.1352 minutes) for 973.3 feet; thence on a tangent to said curve for 27.9 feet; thence
29.14deflect to the left on a 0 degree 30 minute curve (delta angle 4 degrees 52 minutes) for
29.15973.3 feet; thence on a tangent to said curve for 6,129.0 feet and there terminating.
29.16Containing 11.36 acres, more or less.
29.17(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
29.18for natural resource purposes.

29.19    Sec. 40. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
29.20WATER; ROSEAU COUNTY.
29.21(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural
29.22resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described
29.23in paragraph (c).
29.24(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
29.25attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
29.26and ensure accuracy.
29.27(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as:
29.28Government Lot 9, Section 30, Township 163 North, Range 36 West, containing 0.15
29.29acres, more or less.
29.30(d) The land borders the Warroad River and is not contiguous to other state lands.
29.31The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for
29.32natural resource purposes.

29.33    Sec. 41. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION
29.34LAND; ROSEAU COUNTY.
30.1(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota
30.2Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Roseau County may sell by public or private sale the
30.3consolidated conservation lands that are described in paragraph (c).
30.4(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
30.5attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
30.6and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the
30.7appraised value of the land and timber and survey costs. Proceeds shall be disposed of
30.8according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
30.9(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as:
30.10(1) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 4, Township 162 North, Range 36 West,
30.11lying southwesterly of the southwesterly right-of-way of the Canadian National Railway.
30.12Subject to the right-of-way of State Highway 11. Contains 0.75 acres, more or less; and
30.13(2) the South Half of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest
30.14Quarter, Section 34, Township 159 North, Range 39 West, containing 10 acres, more or
30.15less.
30.16(d) The lands are not contiguous to other state lands. The Department of Natural
30.17Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

30.18    Sec. 42. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ROSEAU COUNTY.
30.19(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
30.20or other law to the contrary, Roseau County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited
30.21land described in paragraph (c).
30.22(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
30.23general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
30.24(c) The land to be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: the
30.25Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast
30.26Quarter, Section 20, Township 163, Range 36.
30.27(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
30.28best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

30.29    Sec. 43. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
30.30(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
30.31or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited
30.32land described in paragraph (c).
31.1(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
31.2attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure
31.3accuracy.
31.4(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
31.5(1) Lot 90, Block 75, Duluth Proper Third Division, except the West six feet of the
31.6South 50 feet of the West Half, Section 28, Township 50 North, Range 14 West;
31.7(2) the northerly 100 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, except
31.8the westerly 233 feet, and except the easterly 1,037 feet, Section 14, Township 51 North,
31.9Range 13 West;
31.10(3) the South 150 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 5,
31.11Township 55 North, Range 18 West;
31.12(4) the West 33 feet of the North 208 feet of the South 1,040 feet of the Northwest
31.13Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
31.14(5) the North 45.27 feet of the South 1,085.27 feet of the West 449 feet of the
31.15Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13
31.16West;
31.17(6) the West 33 feet of the North 208 feet of the South 832 feet of the Northwest
31.18Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
31.19(7) the West 33 feet of the North 208 feet of the South 624 feet of the Northwest
31.20Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
31.21(8) the West 33 feet of the South 416 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
31.22Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West; and
31.23(9) part of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter, Section 20, Township 58 North,
31.24Range 15 West.
31.25(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
31.26best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

31.27    Sec. 44. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
31.28WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
31.29(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
31.301, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County
31.31may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
31.32paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
31.33(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
31.34attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure
31.35accuracy.
32.1(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
32.2(1) Lot 4, Block 4, Greenwood Beach, town of Duluth, Section 19, Township 51
32.3North, Range 12 West;
32.4(2) beginning at the southwest corner of Lot 4, running thence East 450 feet; thence
32.5North 200 feet; thence West 450 feet; thence South along the section line 200 feet to the
32.6point of beginning, except the northerly 40 feet, Section 7, Township 54 North, Range
32.719 West;
32.8(3) the South 560 feet of the East 300 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast
32.9Quarter, except the highway right-of-way and except the North 315 feet, Section 22,
32.10Township 61 North, Range 20 West;
32.11(4) an undivided 1/24 interest in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter,
32.12Section 8, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
32.13(5) an undivided 2/15 interest in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter,
32.14Section 20, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
32.15(6) an undivided 1/3 interest in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter,
32.16Section 21, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
32.17(7) an undivided 1/45 interest in the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter,
32.18Section 29, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
32.19(8) an undivided 1/12 interest in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter,
32.20Section 25, Township 50 North, Range 19 West;
32.21(9) an undivided 1/12 interest in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter,
32.22Section 25, Township 50 North, Range 19 West;
32.23(10) an undivided 1369/68040 interest in Lot 8, except the railway right-of-way,
32.24Section 28, Township 51 North, Range 18 West; and
32.25(11) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 10,
32.26Township 63 North, Range 18 West, St. Louis County, Minnesota, described as follows:
32.27Assuming the northeast line of Lot 9 in the plat of MANNIKKO (PINE RIDGE) to
32.28bear North 54 degrees 11 minutes 00 seconds West, and COMMENCING from the most
32.29northerly corner of said Lot 9 run North 28 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds East, a distance
32.30of 107.39 feet; thence South 28 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds West, a distance of 28.19
32.31feet; thence South 86 degrees 24 minutes 10 seconds West, a distance of 82.17 feet; thence
32.32South 77 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds West, a distance of 77.70 feet; thence South 82
32.33degrees 40 minutes 33 seconds West, a distance of 83.09 feet; thence South 71 degrees 26
32.34minutes 45 seconds West, a distance of 190.55 feet; thence North 70 degrees 55 minutes
32.3526 seconds West, a distance of 76.14 feet to a point on a nontangential curve, the center
32.36of which bears North 35 degrees 10 minutes 49 seconds West, being also a point on the
33.1east right-of-way of "Phillips Road" as it exists in January of 1995; thence northerly along
33.2said east right-of-way, on said nontangential curve, concave to the West, central angle of
33.388 degrees 57 minutes 37 seconds, radius of 90.00 feet, a distance of 139.74 feet; thence
33.4North 34 degrees 08 minutes 26 seconds west, along said east right-of-way, a distance of
33.5105.00 feet to a tangential curve; thence northerly along said east right-of-way on said
33.6tangential curve, concave to the East, central angle 69 degrees 38 minutes 31 seconds,
33.7radius 68.00 feet, a distance of 82.65 feet to a point of reverse curve; thence northerly
33.8along said east right-of-way, on said reverse curve, concave to the West, central angle of
33.918 degrees, more or less, radius of 116.25 feet, a distance of 36.5 feet, more or less, to
33.10the south line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the POINT OF
33.11BEGINNING of the land being described; thence northerly, continuing along said curve, a
33.12distance of 96.2 feet; thence North 29 degrees 54 minutes 20 seconds West, tangent to said
33.13curve and along said east right-of-way, a distance of 16.32 feet; thence South 89 degrees
33.1442 minutes 44 seconds East, a distance of 943.3 feet, more or less, to the east line of
33.15said Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence southerly, along said east line, a
33.16distance of 30 feet, more or less, to the shore of Lake Vermilion; thence southerly, along
33.17said shore, a distance of 100 feet, more or less, to the south line of said Southeast Quarter
33.18of the Northeast Quarter; thence westerly, along said south line, a distance of 880 feet,
33.19more or less, to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Containing 2.5 acres, more or less.
33.20(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
33.21best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

33.22    Sec. 45. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
33.23WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
33.24(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
33.251, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County
33.26may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
33.27paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
33.28(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
33.29attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and
33.30ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent
33.31conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements
33.32shall be up to 200 feet in width, lying 100 feet, to the extent possible given the location
33.33of property lines, on each side of the centerline of the designated trout stream to provide
33.34riparian protection and angler access.
33.35(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
34.1(1) Lot 22, Block 1, Wonderland 1st Addition, town of Duluth, except the highway
34.2right-of-way and including part of the adjacent vacated road, Section 17, Township 51
34.3North, Range 12 West; and
34.4(2) that part of the southerly 135 feet of the northerly 543 feet of the Northwest
34.5Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying East of the westerly 968 feet and West of the
34.6Sucker River, Section 30, Township 52 North, Range 12 West.
34.7(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
34.8best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

34.9    Sec. 46. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
34.10WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
34.11(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
34.12St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
34.13in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
34.14(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
34.15attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure
34.16accuracy.
34.17(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
34.18(1) the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest
34.19Quarter, Section 25, Township 51 North, Range 14 West, subject to an existing easement;
34.20(2) the North 407 feet of that part of Lot 4 lying South of the east and west centerline
34.21of Section 20, Section 20, Township 51 North, Range 16 West;
34.22(3) Lots 1, 2, and 3, Childs Birch Grove Tracts, Grand Lake, Section 20, Township
34.2351 North, Range 16 West;
34.24(4) Lots 28 and 29, Briar Lake Shores 3rd Addition, North Star, Section 15,
34.25Township 53 North, Range 13 West; and
34.26(5) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 26,
34.27Township 60 North, Range 17 West.
34.28(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
34.29best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

34.30    Sec. 47. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
34.31WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
34.32(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
34.33St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
34.34in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
35.1(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
35.2attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and
35.3ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent
35.4conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements
35.5shall be up to 200 feet in width, lying 100 feet, to the extent possible given the location
35.6of property lines, on each side of the centerline of the designated trout stream to provide
35.7riparian protection and angler access. For the parcels described in paragraph (c), clauses
35.8(6) and (7), a 33-foot strip across the easement shall be allowed for road access and utilities.
35.9(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
35.10(1) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except 4.56 acres for a road and
35.11except that part lying South and West of Highway 2, Section 8, Township 50 North,
35.12Range 16 West;
35.13(2) the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, except the
35.14railway right-of-way and except the highway right-of-way, Section 17, Township 51
35.15North, Range 12 West;
35.16(3) the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest
35.17Quarter, Section 25, Township 51 North, Range 14 West;
35.18(4) the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest
35.19Quarter, Section 25, Township 51 North, Range 14 West;
35.20(5) the West five acres of the South 15 acres of the North 30 acres of the Northeast
35.21Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 27, Township 51 North, Range 14 West;
35.22(6) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest
35.23Quarter, Section 27, Township 51 North, Range 14 West; and
35.24(7) the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest
35.25Quarter, except the West 25 feet, Section 27, Township 51 North, Range 14 West.
35.26(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
35.27best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

35.28    Sec. 48. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
35.29WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
35.30(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
35.31St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
35.32in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
35.33(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
35.34attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and
35.35ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent
36.1conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements
36.2shall be 150 feet in width, lying 75 feet on each side of the centerline of the stream to
36.3provide riparian protection and angler access. For the parcel described in paragraph (c),
36.4clause (4), a 33-foot strip across the easement shall be allowed for road access and utilities.
36.5(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
36.6(1) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except the North Half, Section
36.715, Township 50 North, Range 15 West;
36.8(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 19, Township 53 North,
36.9Range 20 West;
36.10(3) the westerly 330 feet of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest
36.11Quarter, Section 11, Township 56 North, Range 20 West; and
36.12(4) the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, except the South Half of the
36.13Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and except the North ten acres, Section
36.1434, Township 50 North, Range 15 West.
36.15(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
36.16best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

36.17    Sec. 49. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
36.18WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
36.19(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
36.20St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
36.21in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
36.22(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
36.23attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and
36.24ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent
36.25conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. For the parcel
36.26described in paragraph (c), clause (1), the easement must be 100 feet in width from the
36.27centerline of the designated trout stream to provide riparian protection and angler access.
36.28For the parcel described in paragraph (c), clause (2), the easement must be 200 feet in
36.29width from the centerline of the stream to provide riparian protection and angler access.
36.30(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
36.31(1) Lots 511 through 515, Homecroft Park, town of Rice Lake, Section 34, Township
36.3251 North, Range 14 West; and
36.33(2) that part of the Lot 2 lying East of a line parallel with and 150 feet East of the
36.34centerline of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway, Section 17, Township 51
36.35North, Range 17 West.
37.1(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
37.2best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

37.3    Sec. 50. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
37.4WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
37.5(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
37.6St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
37.7in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
37.8(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
37.9general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
37.10The conveyance must include a deed restriction that prohibits buildings, structures, tree
37.11cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations within an area 100 feet in width,
37.12lying 50 feet on each side of the centerline of streams that are tributaries to the Sand River.
37.13(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: the North
37.14416 feet of the East 416 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section
37.1510, Township 59 North, Range 17 West.
37.16(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
37.17best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

37.18    Sec. 51. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
37.19(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
37.20or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited
37.21land described in paragraph (c).
37.22(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
37.23general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
37.24(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is adjacent to a parcel
37.25described as: that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter beginning on the
37.26east line at the southerly road right-of-way; thence southerly along the east line 760.07
37.27feet; thence South 89 degrees 3 minutes 23 seconds West 290 feet; thence North 1 degree
37.2812 minutes 54 seconds East 764.79 feet; thence East along the southerly road right-of-way
37.29290 feet to the point of beginning, Section 20, Township 58 North, Range 15 West. St.
37.30Louis County shall sell an adjoining amount of land, determined by the county to rectify
37.31an inadvertent trespass. The sale will ensure that the buildings causing the inadvertent
37.32trespass will meet all setback requirements.
37.33(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
37.34best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

38.1    Sec. 52. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WADENA COUNTY.
38.2(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of
38.3natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and
38.4direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
38.5(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
38.6attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
38.7and ensure accuracy.
38.8(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wadena County and is described as: the
38.9Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28, Township 138 North, Range 33
38.10West, containing 40 acres, more or less.
38.11(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
38.12for natural resource purposes.

38.13    Sec. 53. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON
38.14COUNTY.
38.15(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
38.16of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph
38.17(c).
38.18(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
38.19attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
38.20and ensure accuracy.
38.21(c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
38.22(1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 19,
38.23Township 32, Range 21, lying South of the centerline of Highway 97; and
38.24(2) that part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 32 North, Range 21
38.25West, Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows: beginning at the southwest
38.26corner of said Southwest Quarter; thence on an assumed bearing of South 89 degrees
38.2750 minutes 33 seconds East along the south line of said Southwest Quarter 1555.59
38.28feet; thence North 11 degrees 40 minutes 58 seconds East 720.70 feet; thence North 53
38.29degrees 20 minutes 40 seconds West 436.77 feet; thence North 45 degrees 10 minutes 18
38.30seconds West 222.72 feet to the southerly boundary of the recorded plat of BASSWOOD
38.31ESTATES, on file and of record in the Office of the County Recorder; thence westerly
38.32along the southerly boundary of said BASSWOOD ESTATES to the southwesterly corner
38.33thereof; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of said BASSWOOD ESTATES to
38.34the most northerly corner of Lot 2 of Block 3 of said BASSWOOD ESTATES; thence
38.35westerly to a point on the west line of said Southwest Quarter 407.50 feet southerly of
39.1the northwest corner of said Southwest Quarter; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 19
39.2seconds East along the west line of said Southwest Quarter 2238.63 feet to the point
39.3of beginning.
39.4These parcels contain 57.2 acres, more or less.
39.5(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land
39.6management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a local unit of
39.7government. A local unit of government would like to use these parcels as wetland
39.8mitigation sites.

39.9    Sec. 54. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON
39.10COUNTY.
39.11(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner
39.12of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph
39.13(c). Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of natural
39.14resources may sell the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and direct the net proceeds
39.15to the general fund.
39.16(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
39.17attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
39.18and ensure accuracy.
39.19(c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described
39.20as: the West 750 feet of the East 1,130.6 feet of the North 786.72 feet of the Northwest
39.21Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 29 North, Range 20 West,
39.22containing 13.5 acres, more or less.
39.23(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
39.24for natural resource purposes. The state's land management interests would best be served
39.25if the land was sold to an adjacent landowner, as the property described in paragraph (c)
39.26does not have legal access to a public road.

39.27    Sec. 55. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
39.28WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
39.29(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
39.30and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County
39.31may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
39.32paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
40.1(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general for the fair
40.2market value of the land. The attorney general may make changes to the land description
40.3to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
40.4(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
40.5(1) Parcel A (PIN 29.031.19.22.0001): Section 29, Township 31, Range 19,
40.6Government Lot 5;
40.7(2) Parcel B (PIN 20.031.19.22.0001): Section 20, Township 31, Range 19,
40.8Government Lot 5;
40.9(3) Parcel C (PIN 17.031.19.32.0001): Section 17, Township 31, Range 19,
40.10Government Lot 4;
40.11(4) Parcel D (PIN 18.032.19.11.0001): Section 18, Township 32, Range 19,
40.12Government Lot 2; and
40.13(5) Parcel E (PIN 18.032.19.14.0001): Section 18, Township 32, Range 19,
40.14Government Lot 3.
40.15(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
40.16best be served if the lands were sold to the United States of America and managed by
40.17the National Park Service.

40.18    Sec. 56. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
40.19WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
40.20(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
40.21and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County
40.22may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
40.23paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
40.24(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
40.25general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
40.26(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as: Parcel
40.27A (PIN 09.032.21.43.0070): Lot 8, Block 3, excepting therefrom the East 200 feet thereof
40.28of Skoglund's Park Addition, as surveyed and platted and now on file and of record in the
40.29Office of the Registrar of Titles of said County of Washington, State of Minnesota.
40.30(d) The sale would be to an adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural
40.31Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.
40.32The county may split the parcel described in paragraph (c), as allowed in Minnesota
40.33Statutes, section 282.01, and sell the resulting parcels if the county finds a split to be
40.34advantageous for the purpose of sale.

41.1    Sec. 57. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WILKIN COUNTY.
41.2(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of
41.3natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and
41.4direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
41.5(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
41.6attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors
41.7and ensure accuracy.
41.8(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wilkin County and is described as: that
41.9part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 136 North, Range
41.1048 West, described as follows:
41.11Beginning at a point on the north and south quarter line of said Section 11, distant
41.121,470 feet North of the center thereof; thence run southerly along said north and
41.13south quarter line for a distance of 700 feet; thence deflect to the left at an angle
41.14of 90 degrees 00 minutes for 150 feet; thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90
41.15degrees 00 minutes for 700 feet; thence deflect to the left on an angle of 90 degrees
41.1600 minutes for 150 feet to the point of beginning.
41.17Together with the westerly 33 feet of the southerly 770 feet of the Southwest Quarter
41.18of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 11, to be used for road purposes.
41.19Containing 3.00 acres, more or less.
41.20(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
41.21for natural resource purposes.

41.22    Sec. 58. CONVEYANCE OF DRAINAGE DISTRICT LAND; WINONA
41.23COUNTY.
41.24The Rushford Area Drainage and Conservancy District, established by order of
41.25the Tenth Judicial District Court on February 20, 1953, was terminated on January 1,
41.261988, by Laws 1987, chapter 239, section 140. The land that was owned by the Rushford
41.27Area Drainage and Conservancy District in Winona County is now owned by the state
41.28of Minnesota and is hereby transferred to the commissioner of natural resources for
41.29administration and management for conservation purposes.

41.30    Sec. 59. EFFECTIVE DATE.
41.31Sections 13 to 58 are effective the day following final enactment.