1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing conveyance of tax-forfeited lands bordering 
1.3 	public waters.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
1.6 	WATERS; ITASCA COUNTY.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
1.8 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may 
1.9 	convey to the city of Cohasset for consideration as determined by Itasca County the land 
1.10 	described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.11 	282.
1.12 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
1.13 	that the land reverts to the state if the city of Cohasset fails to provide for the public use 
1.14 	described in paragraph (d) or abandons the public use of the land. As a condition of 
1.15 	conveyance, the city of Cohasset must provide to Itasca County a survey of the property, 
1.16 	at no cost to Itasca County. The conveyance is subject to easements, restrictions, and 
1.17 	reservations of record. The attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal 
1.18 	description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.19 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Itasca County and is described as: that 
1.20 	part of Government Lot 7, Section 23, Township 55 North, Range 26 West, described 
1.21 	as follows:
1.22 	Commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
1.23 	Quarter, Section 23, Township 55 North, Range 26 West; thence South 88 degrees 02 
1.24 	minutes 11 seconds East, along the south line of said Northwest Quarter of Southwest 
2.1 	Quarter and the south line of Government Lot 7 according to the plat of HILLCREST 
2.2 	PARK, 1,351.90 feet to the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road and the point of beginning; 
2.3 	thence northerly along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 123.51 feet along a 
2.4 	nontangential curve concave to the East, said curve having a central angle of 12 degrees 08 
2.5 	minutes 28 seconds, radius of 582.87 feet, a chord bearing of North 07 degrees 35 minutes 
2.6 	37 seconds West, chord distance 123.28 feet; thence North 01 degrees 31 minutes 24 
2.7 	seconds West, along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 167.83 feet; thence northerly 
2.8 	along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 139.95 feet along a tangential curve concave 
2.9 	to the West, said curve having a central angle of 11 degrees 26 minutes 28 seconds, radius 
2.10 	of 700.85 feet; thence North 12 degrees 57 minutes 52 seconds West, along the centerline 
2.11 	of the Tioga Beach Road 174.21 feet; thence northerly along the centerline of the Tioga 
2.12 	Beach Road 70.93 feet, more or less, along a tangential curve concave to the East, said 
2.13 	curve having a central angle of 08 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds, radius of 463.14 feet 
2.14 	to intersect the north line of the South 665.00 feet of Government Lot 7; thence South 
2.15 	88 degrees 02 minutes 11 seconds East along the north line of the South 665.00 feet of 
2.16 	said Government Lot 7, a distance of 512.74 feet; thence South 65 degrees 39 minutes 
2.17 	08 seconds East, 184 feet, more or less, to the waters edge of Pokegama Lake; thence 
2.18 	southwesterly along the waters edge of Pokegama Lake to intersect the south line of said 
2.19 	Government Lot 7; thence North 88 degrees 02 minutes 11 seconds West, along the south 
2.20 	line of Government Lot 7, 220 feet, more or less, to the point of the beginning and there 
2.21 	terminating. Parcel contains approximately 690 front feet of shoreland on Pokegama 
2.22 	Lake and 6.8 acres.
2.23 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
2.24 	be best served if the lands are managed for a public beach and other public recreational 
2.25 	purposes by the city of Cohasset.