1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to natural resources; providing for certain 
  1.3             state land acquisition; establishing Greenleaf Lake 
  1.4             State Park; modifying the Mississippi whitewater 
  1.5             trail; modifying provisions of the outdoor recreation 
  1.6             system; establishing a mineral coordinating committee; 
  1.7             modifying a 2001 appropriation for goose management; 
  1.8             adding to and deleting from state parks, state 
  1.9             recreation areas, state forests, and wildlife 
  1.10            management areas; authorizing sales of certain surplus 
  1.11            state land in Beltrami, St. Louis, and Scott counties; 
  1.12            providing for the reconveyance of land to Cook county 
  1.13            free of a reversionary clause; requiring a land 
  1.14            exchange in Lake of the Woods and St. Louis counties; 
  1.15            authorizing conveyance of certain surplus state land 
  1.16            bordering public water; authorizing private sale of 
  1.17            certain tax-forfeited land in Aitkin, Crow Wing, 
  1.18            Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, Norman, and St. Louis 
  1.19            counties; providing for the first offer of 
  1.20            tax-forfeited land within the Fond du Lac Indian 
  1.21            Reservation to the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa 
  1.22            Indians; appropriating money; amending Minnesota 
  1.23            Statutes 2002, sections 85.013, subdivision 1; 
  1.24            85.0156, subdivision 1; 86A.04; Laws 2001, First 
  1.25            Special Session chapter 2, section 14, subdivision 4; 
  1.26            proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.27            chapter 93. 
  1.28  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.29     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 85.013, 
  1.30  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.31     Subdivision 1.  [NAMES, ACQUISITION; ADMINISTRATION.] ~~State~~ 
  1.32  ~~parks,~~ (a) Designated monuments, recreation reserves, and 
  1.33  waysides heretofore established and hereby confirmed as state 
  1.34  monuments, state recreation areas and state waysides together 
  1.35  with the counties in which they are situated are listed in this 
  1.36  section and shall hereafter be named as indicated in this 
  2.1   section.  
  2.2      (b) Any land that now is or hereafter becomes tax-forfeited 
  2.3   land and is located within the described boundaries of a state 
  2.4   recreation area as defined by session laws is hereby withdrawn 
  2.5   from sale and is transferred from the custody, control, and 
  2.6   supervision of the county board of the county to the 
  2.7   commissioner of natural resources, free from any trust in favor 
  2.8   of the interested taxing districts.  The commissioner shall 
  2.9   execute a certificate of acceptance of the lands on behalf of 
  2.10  the state for such purposes and transmit the same to the county 
  2.11  auditor of the county for record as provided by law in the case 
  2.12  of tax-forfeited land transferred to the commissioner by 
  2.13  resolution of the county board for conservation purposes. 
  2.14     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 85.0156, 
  2.15  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.16     Subdivision 1.  [CREATION.] An urban whitewater trail is 
  2.17  created along the Mississippi river in the ~~lower~~ St. Anthony 
  2.18  falls area ~~below the stone arch bridge~~ in Minneapolis.  The 
  2.19  trail must be primarily developed for whitewater rafters, 
  2.20  canoers, and kayakers. 
  2.21     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 86A.04, is 
  2.22  amended to read: 
  2.23     86A.04 [COMPOSITION OF SYSTEM.] 
  2.24     The outdoor recreation system shall consist of all state 
  2.25  parks; state recreation areas; state trails established pursuant 
  2.26  to sections 84.029, subdivision 2, ~~and~~ 85.015, 85.0155, and 
  2.27  85.0156; state scientific and natural areas; state wilderness 
  2.28  areas; state forests; state wildlife management areas; state 
  2.29  water access sites, which include all lands and facilities 
  2.30  established by the commissioner of natural resources or the 
  2.31  commissioner of transportation to provide public access to 
  2.32  water; state wild, scenic, and recreational rivers; state 
  2.33  historic sites; state rest areas, which include all facilities 
  2.34  established by the commissioner of transportation for the 
  2.35  safety, rest, comfort and use of the highway traveler, and shall 
  2.36  include all existing facilities designated as rest areas and 
  3.1   waysides by the commissioner of transportation; and any other 
  3.2   units not listed in this section that are classified under 
  3.3   section 86A.05.  Each individual state park, state recreation 
  3.4   area, and so forth is called a "unit." 
  3.5      Sec. 4.  [93.0015] [MINERAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE.] 
  3.6      Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT; MEMBERSHIP.] The mineral 
  3.7   coordinating committee is established to plan for diversified 
  3.8   mineral development.  The mineral coordinating committee 
  3.9   consists of: 
  3.10     (1) the commissioner of natural resources; 
  3.11     (2) the deputy commissioner of the Minnesota pollution 
  3.12  control agency; 
  3.13     (3) the director of United Steelworkers of America, 
  3.14  district 11, or the director's designee; 
  3.15     (4) the commissioner of iron range resources and 
  3.16  rehabilitation; 
  3.17     (5) the director of the Minnesota geological survey; 
  3.18     (6) the dean of the University of Minnesota institute of 
  3.19  technology; 
  3.20     (7) the director of the natural resources research 
  3.21  institute; and 
  3.22     (8) three individuals appointed by the governor for a 
  3.23  four-year term, one each representing the iron ore and taconite, 
  3.24  nonferrous metallic minerals, and industrial minerals industries 
  3.25  within the state. 
  3.26     Subd. 2.  [STAFFING.] The commissioner of natural resources 
  3.27  shall serve as chair of the committee.  A member of the 
  3.28  committee may designate another person of the member's 
  3.29  organization to act in the member's place.  The commissioner 
  3.30  shall provide staff and administrative services necessary for 
  3.31  the committee's activities. 
  3.32     Subd. 3.  [EXPIRATION.] Notwithstanding section 15.059, 
  3.33  subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the committee 
  3.34  expires June 30, 2007.  
  3.35     Subd. 4.  [ADVICE.] The mineral coordinating committee is 
  3.36  encouraged to solicit and receive advice from representatives of 
  4.1   the United States Geological Survey, United States Environmental 
  4.2   Protection Agency, and United States Department of Energy. 
  4.3      Sec. 5.  Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 2, 
  4.4   section 14, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  4.5   Subd. 4.  Fish and Wildlife 
  4.6   Habitat                               10,042,000      8,238,000
  4.7                 Summary by Fund
  4.8   Future Resources 
  4.9   Fund                  1,805,000         -0-  
  4.10  Trust Fund            8,237,000     8,238,000
  4.11  (a) Forest and Prairie Stewardship of 
  4.12  Private Lands
  4.13  $272,000 the first year and $273,000 
  4.14  the second year are from the trust fund 
  4.15  to the commissioner of natural 
  4.16  resources, in cooperation with the 
  4.17  Minnesota Forestry Association and the 
  4.18  Nature Conservancy, to develop 
  4.19  stewardship plans for private prairie 
  4.20  and forested lands and to implement 
  4.21  natural resource projects by providing 
  4.22  matching money on a one-to-one basis to 
  4.23  private landowners.  This appropriation 
  4.24  is available until June 30, 2004, at 
  4.25  which time the project must be 
  4.26  completed and final products delivered, 
  4.27  unless an earlier date is specified in 
  4.28  the work program.  
  4.29  (b) State Fish Hatchery Rehabilitation
  4.30  $145,000 is from the future resources 
  4.31  fund to the commissioner of natural 
  4.32  resources to accelerate hatchery 
  4.33  rehabilitation. 
  4.34  (c) Enhancing Canada Goose      
  4.35  Hunting and Management              
  4.36  $340,000 is from the future resources 
  4.37  fund to the commissioner of natural 
  4.38  resources ~~for an agreement with the~~ 
  4.39  ~~Minnesota Waterfowl Association to~~ 
  4.40  ~~acquire leases~~ to enter into 
  4.41  professional and technical agreements 
  4.42  on private farmlands for development of 
  4.43  foraging sites and public hunting 
  4.44  opportunities and to provide technical 
  4.45  assistance to local units of government 
  4.46  in developing controlled hunts for 
  4.47  nuisance geese.  This appropriation is 
  4.48  available until June 30, 2004. 
  4.49  (d) Biological Control of   
  4.50  Eurasian Water Milfoil and
  4.51  Purple Loosestrife - Continuation    
  4.52  $45,000 the first year and $45,000 the 
  4.53  second year are from the trust fund to 
  4.54  the commissioner of natural resources 
  4.55  for the fifth biennium of a five 
  4.56  biennia project to develop and 
  5.1   implement biological controls for 
  5.2   Eurasian water milfoil and purple 
  5.3   loosestrife.  This appropriation is 
  5.4   available until June 30, 2004, at which 
  5.5   time the project must be completed and 
  5.6   final products delivered, unless an 
  5.7   earlier date is specified in the work 
  5.8   program. 
  5.9   (e) Restoring Minnesota's   
  5.10  Fish and Wildlife Habitat
  5.11  Corridors     
  5.12  $5,873,000 the first year and 
  5.13  $5,872,000 the second year are from the 
  5.14  trust fund to the commissioner of 
  5.15  natural resources for acceleration of 
  5.16  agency programs and cooperative 
  5.17  agreements with Minnesota Waterfowl 
  5.18  Association, Minnesota Deer Hunters 
  5.19  Association, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., 
  5.20  National Wild Turkey Federation, 
  5.21  Pheasants Forever, The Nature 
  5.22  Conservancy, Minnesota Land Trust, 
  5.23  Trust for Public Land, U.S. Fish and 
  5.24  Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian 
  5.25  Affairs, Natural Resources Conservation 
  5.26  Service, and the U.S. Forest Service to 
  5.27  restore and acquire fragmented 
  5.28  landscape corridors that connect areas 
  5.29  of quality habitat to sustain fish, 
  5.30  wildlife, and plants.  $352,000 is for 
  5.31  program coordination, corridor 
  5.32  identification, and mapping.  
  5.33  $3,343,000 is for restoration and 
  5.34  management activities in wildlife 
  5.35  management areas, wetland habitat, 
  5.36  lakes, wild rice beds, grasslands, and 
  5.37  fisheries habitat.  $2,650,000 is for 
  5.38  conservation easement programs on 
  5.39  riparian areas, big woods forests, 
  5.40  native prairies, and wetlands.  
  5.41  $5,400,000 is for habitat acquisition 
  5.42  activities on prairies, riparian areas, 
  5.43  and other fish and wildlife habitat 
  5.44  corridors.  As part of the required 
  5.45  work program, criteria and priorities 
  5.46  for planned acquisition and restoration 
  5.47  activities must be submitted to the 
  5.48  legislative commission on Minnesota 
  5.49  resources for review and approval.  
  5.50  Land acquired with this appropriation 
  5.51  must be sufficiently improved to meet 
  5.52  at least minimum management standards 
  5.53  as determined by the commissioner of 
  5.54  natural resources.  Any land acquired 
  5.55  in fee title by the commissioner of 
  5.56  natural resources with money from this 
  5.57  appropriation must be designated: 
  5.58  (1) as an outdoor recreation unit under 
  5.59  Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07; or 
  5.60  (2) as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
  5.61  sections 89.018, subdivision 2, 
  5.62  paragraph (a); 97A.101; 97A.125; 
  5.63  97C.001; and 97C.011.  
  5.64  The commissioner may so designate any 
  5.65  lands acquired in less than fee title.  
  5.66  This appropriation is available until 
  6.1   June 30, 2004, at which time the 
  6.2   project must be completed and final 
  6.3   products delivered, unless an earlier 
  6.4   date is specified in the work program. 
  6.5   (f) Engineering Support for    
  6.6   Public Lands Waterfowl
  6.7   Projects 
  6.8   $275,000 is from the future resources 
  6.9   fund to the commissioner of natural 
  6.10  resources for an agreement with Ducks 
  6.11  Unlimited, Inc., to provide survey and 
  6.12  engineering support to natural 
  6.13  resources agencies for waterfowl 
  6.14  projects on public lands. 
  6.15  (g) Metro Greenways                       
  6.16  $1,365,000 the first year and 
  6.17  $1,365,000 the second year are from the 
  6.18  trust fund to the commissioner of 
  6.19  natural resources for the metro 
  6.20  greenways program for planning, 
  6.21  improving, and protecting important 
  6.22  natural areas in the metropolitan 
  6.23  region through grants, contracted 
  6.24  services, conservation easements, and 
  6.25  fee acquisition.  Land acquired with 
  6.26  this appropriation must be sufficiently 
  6.27  improved to meet at least minimum 
  6.28  management standards as determined by 
  6.29  the commissioner of natural resources.  
  6.30  This appropriation is available until 
  6.31  June 30, 2004, at which time the 
  6.32  project must be completed and final 
  6.33  products delivered, unless an earlier 
  6.34  date is specified in the work program. 
  6.35  (h) Acquisition of Lands as 
  6.36  Scientific and Natural Areas                   
  6.37  $227,000 the first year and $228,000 
  6.38  the second year are from the trust fund 
  6.39  to the commissioner of natural 
  6.40  resources to acquire land with natural 
  6.41  features of statewide significance in 
  6.42  the scientific and natural area program 
  6.43  long-range plan and to improve land 
  6.44  acquired with this appropriation.  Land 
  6.45  acquired with this appropriation must 
  6.46  be sufficiently improved to meet at 
  6.47  least minimum management standards as 
  6.48  determined by the commissioner of 
  6.49  natural resources. 
  6.50  (i) Big Rivers Partnership: 
  6.51  Helping Communities to Restore
  6.52  Habitat   
  6.53  $455,000 the first year and $455,000 
  6.54  the second year are from the trust fund 
  6.55  to the commissioner of natural 
  6.56  resources for an agreement with Great 
  6.57  River Greening to implement private and 
  6.58  public habitat projects on a cost-share 
  6.59  basis in the Mississippi and Minnesota 
  6.60  river valleys.  This appropriation is 
  6.61  available until June 30, 2004, at which 
  6.62  time the project must be completed and 
  6.63  final products delivered, unless an 
  7.1   earlier date is specified in the work 
  7.2   program. 
  7.3   (j) Acquisition of    
  7.4   Eagle Creek's Last Private Land                   
  7.5   $910,000 is from the future resources 
  7.6   fund to the commissioner of natural 
  7.7   resources for an agreement with the 
  7.8   city of Savage to acquire a buffer 
  7.9   strip along Eagle Creek for transfer 
  7.10  and dedication as an aquatic management 
  7.11  area.  Acquisition expenses incurred 
  7.12  prior to July 1, 2001, may be 
  7.13  reimbursed by the commissioner.  Land 
  7.14  acquired with this appropriation must 
  7.15  be sufficiently improved to meet at 
  7.16  least minimum management standards as 
  7.17  determined by the commissioner of 
  7.18  natural resources. 
  7.19  (k) Neighborhood Wilds      
  7.20  Program    
  7.21  $135,000 is from the future resources 
  7.22  fund to the commissioner of natural 
  7.23  resources for the neighborhood wilds 
  7.24  program to assist neighborhoods 
  7.25  adjacent to public lands and natural 
  7.26  areas in restoration and management of 
  7.27  habitat through demonstration 
  7.28  projects.  This appropriation is 
  7.29  available until June 30, 2004, at which 
  7.30  time the project must be completed and 
  7.31  final products delivered, unless an 
  7.32  earlier date is specified in the work 
  7.33  program. 
  7.34     Sec. 6.  [GREENLEAF LAKE STATE PARK.] 
  7.35     Subdivision 1.  [85.012] [Subd. 24b.] [GREENLEAF LAKE STATE 
  7.36  PARK, MEEKER COUNTY.] Greenleaf Lake State Park is established 
  7.37  in Meeker County.  
  7.38     Subd. 2.  [BOUNDARIES.] The following described lands are 
  7.39  added to Greenleaf Lake State Park, all in Township 118 North, 
  7.40  Range 30 West, Meeker County:  
  7.41     (1) all of Government Lots 1 and 2, the East Half of the 
  7.42  South 23.61 acres of Government Lot 3, and Government Lot 4, 
  7.43  excepting that part described as follows:  Beginning at a point 
  7.44  109 feet South of a point on the section line which is 4301.5 
  7.45  feet East of the northwest corner of Section 20; thence in a 
  7.46  southwesterly direction South 14 degrees 36 seconds West 403.0 
  7.47  feet; thence in a southeasterly direction South 75 degrees 24 
  7.48  minutes East 402 feet, to a point on the meandered line of Sioux 
  7.49  Lake; thence in a northeasterly direction along the meandered 
  7.50  line North 14 degrees 36 minutes East 553 feet; thence in a 
  8.1   southwesterly direction along the meandered line South 84 
  8.2   degrees 00 minutes West 431 feet, to the point of beginning, 
  8.3   said exception containing 4.4 acres more or less; all in Section 
  8.4   20; 
  8.5      (2) all of Government Lot 2, the Southeast Quarter except 
  8.6   that described as follows:  Beginning at the northeast corner of 
  8.7   said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence on an 
  8.8   assumed bearing of South 0 degrees 08 minutes 46 seconds West, 
  8.9   along the east line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
  8.10  Quarter, a distance of 306.24 feet; thence on a bearing of North 
  8.11  84 degrees 17 minutes 23 seconds West, 628.50 feet; thence on a 
  8.12  bearing of North 0 degrees 08 minutes 46 seconds East, 338.05 
  8.13  feet; thence on a bearing of South 86 degrees 08 minutes East, 
  8.14  626.86 feet to the east line of the Northwest Quarter of the 
  8.15  Southeast Quarter; thence on a bearing of South 0 degrees 08 
  8.16  minutes 46 seconds West, along last said line, 52.07 feet to the 
  8.17  point of beginning.  Containing 2.5 acres, more or less.  
  8.18  Subject to the rights of the public in County Road No. 172; and 
  8.19  excepting the north nine and eighty-four hundredths (9.84) acres 
  8.20  of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter described as 
  8.21  follows:  Beginning at the northeast corner of the Southeast 
  8.22  Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and running; thence West 
  8.23  nineteen and ninety-two hundredths chains (19.92) to the 1/16 
  8.24  section corner; thence South on the 1/16 section line four and 
  8.25  sixty-four hundredths (4.64) chains; thence East nineteen and 
  8.26  ninety-three hundredths (19.93) chains to the section line; 
  8.27  thence North on section line five and twenty-four hundredths 
  8.28  (5.24) chains to the place of beginning; all in Section 21; 
  8.29     (3) the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the 
  8.30  Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Northeast 
  8.31  Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and the Northwest Quarter of 
  8.32  the Northwest Quarter, all in Section 28; 
  8.33     (4) all of Section 29, except that part of Government Lot 4 
  8.34  bounded by the following described lines:  Beginning at a point 
  8.35  of intersection with the center line of County Road No. 169 and 
  8.36  the north line of said Section 29; thence North 90 degrees 00 
  9.1   minutes East, 994.8 feet along the north line of said Section 
  9.2   29; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West, 17.9 feet; thence 
  9.3   South 75 degrees 28 minutes West, 1051.4 feet, to the center 
  9.4   line of County Road No. 169; thence North 04 degrees 39 minutes 
  9.5   East, 282.7 feet along the center line of County Road No. 169 to 
  9.6   the point of beginning:  Including all riparian rights to the 
  9.7   contained 3.4 acres more or less and subject to existing road 
  9.8   easements; all in Section 29; 
  9.9      (5) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, the 
  9.10  Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, the Southeast 
  9.11  Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and the Northeast Quarter of 
  9.12  the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 30; and 
  9.13     (6) the West 15 acres of the Northwest Quarter of the 
  9.14  Northwest Quarter of Section 32. 
  9.15     Sec. 7.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.] 
  9.16     Subdivision 1.  [85.012] [Subd. 18.] [FORT SNELLING STATE 
  9.17  PARK, RAMSEY, HENNEPIN, AND DAKOTA COUNTIES.] The following 
  9.18  areas are added to Ft. Snelling state park, Dakota and Hennepin 
  9.19  counties: 
  9.20     (1) the following is in Section 18, Township 27 North, 
  9.21  Range 23 West, Dakota county:  that part of Government Lot 8, 
  9.22  according to the Government Survey thereof, described as 
  9.23  follows:  commencing at the southwest corner of said Government 
  9.24  Lot 8; thence on an assumed bearing of South 88 degrees 21 
  9.25  minutes 46 seconds East, along the south line of said Government 
  9.26  Lot 8, a distance of 1287.93 feet to the actual point of 
  9.27  beginning of the property to be described; thence continuing 
  9.28  South 88 degrees 21 minutes 46 seconds East, along said south 
  9.29  line of Government Lot 8, a distance of 1055.38 feet to the 
  9.30  southwesterly right-of-way line of Cedar Avenue (Nicols Road); 
  9.31  thence northwesterly along said southwesterly right-of-way line 
  9.32  to a point distant 75.00 feet southeasterly, measured along said 
  9.33  southwesterly right-of-way line, from its intersection with the 
  9.34  southeasterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, St. Paul, 
  9.35  Minneapolis, and Omaha Railroad; thence South 48 degrees 15 
  9.36  minutes 09 seconds West, parallel with said southeasterly 
 10.1   right-of-way line, a distance of 150.00 feet; thence North 29 
 10.2   degrees 28 minutes 09 seconds West, parallel with said 
 10.3   southwesterly right-of-way line, a distance of 75.00 feet to the 
 10.4   southeasterly right-of-way line of said railroad; thence 
 10.5   southwesterly along said southeasterly right-of-way line to its 
 10.6   intersection with a line bearing North 32 degrees 45 minutes 39 
 10.7   seconds West from the point of beginning; thence South 32 
 10.8   degrees 45 minutes 39 seconds East a distance of 323.53 feet to 
 10.9   the point of beginning; EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part described 
 10.10  as follows:  beginning at the intersection of the south line of 
 10.11  said Government Lot 8 and the southwesterly right-of-way line of 
 10.12  Cedar Avenue (Nicols Road); thence northwesterly along said 
 10.13  southwesterly right-of-way line a distance of 285.00 feet; 
 10.14  thence South 57 degrees 40 minutes 36 seconds West a distance of 
 10.15  446.50 feet to a point on the south line of said Government Lot 
 10.16  8, distant 508.50 feet West of the point of beginning; thence 
 10.17  South 88 degrees 21 minutes 46 seconds East, along the south 
 10.18  line of said Government Lot 8, a distance 508.50 feet to the 
 10.19  point of beginning; 
 10.20     (2) that part of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter 
 10.21  North of Little Creek, Section 6, Township 27 North, Range 23 
 10.22  West, described as follows:  Beginning at the northeast corner 
 10.23  of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence South along 
 10.24  the east line of said Section 6, a distance of 2115.8 feet to 
 10.25  center of Little Creek so-called; thence with a bearing of North 
 10.26  74 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West from last mentioned 
 10.27  course, a distance of 750 feet along said center of creek; 
 10.28  thence North 38 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 
 10.29  170 feet along the center of said creek; thence North 14 degrees 
 10.30  44 minutes 00 seconds West, a distance of 250 feet along said 
 10.31  center line of creek; thence southwesterly along said center 
 10.32  line of creek a distance of 505 feet to a point on the west line 
 10.33  of the East Half of said Northeast Quarter of Section 6, said 
 10.34  point being 1790.6 feet South of the north line of said 
 10.35  Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North along the west line 
 10.36  of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6, a 
 11.1   distance of 1790.6 feet to the north line of said Northeast 
 11.2   Quarter; thence East 1320 feet to the point of beginning, the 
 11.3   title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of 
 11.4   Title No. 590582; which lies southerly of Line 1 described as 
 11.5   follows:  From the northeast corner of Section 6, Township 27 
 11.6   North, Range 23 West, run southerly on the east line of said 
 11.7   Section 6, on an azimuth of 179 degrees 57 minutes 16 seconds 
 11.8   for 50.13 feet to the point of beginning of Line 1 to be 
 11.9   described; thence on an azimuth of 235 degrees 01 minutes 06 
 11.10  seconds for 94.31 feet; thence on an azimuth of 224 degrees 33 
 11.11  minutes 00 seconds for 196.82 feet; thence on an azimuth of 230 
 11.12  degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds for 403.57 feet; thence on an 
 11.13  azimuth of 233 degrees 15 minutes 41 seconds for 276.59 feet; 
 11.14  thence on an azimuth of 237 degrees 46 minutes 24 seconds for 
 11.15  338.06 feet; thence on an azimuth of 247 degrees 21 minutes 24 
 11.16  seconds for 314.42 feet more or less to the west line of the 
 11.17  East Half of said Section 6, and there terminating.  Subject to 
 11.18  the following restrictions:  no access shall be permitted to 
 11.19  Trunk Highway 393, renumbered 494, from the lands herein 
 11.20  described and conveyed; and 
 11.21     (3) that part of Section 20, Township 28 North, Range 23 
 11.22  West, of the fourth principal meridian, Hennepin county, 
 11.23  Minnesota, as shown on an October 28, 1997, survey done by 
 11.24  William H. Herbst for Group No. 179 titled "TOWNSHIP 28 NORTH, 
 11.25  RANGE 23 WEST, OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MINNESOTA.  
 11.26  DEPENDENT RESURVEY AND SURVEY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, TWIN CITIES 
 11.27  RESEARCH CENTER, WITHIN THE FORT SNELLING MILITARY RESERVATION," 
 11.28  described as follows:  Commencing at Station H.H., said station 
 11.29  being a 1-inch-diameter steel rod firmly imbedded in concrete 
 11.30  (to get to Station H.H:  Commence at the southwest corner of 
 11.31  Section 17, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, said corner being 
 11.32  MCM 107 of the city of Minneapolis and state of Minnesota 
 11.33  coordinate grid systems; thence South 39 degrees 54 minutes 57 
 11.34  seconds East, a distance of 4,015.45 feet to monument number 2 
 11.35  located on a western extension of the south line of the U.S. 
 11.36  Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines reservation 
 12.1   heretofore established; thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 00 
 12.2   seconds East for a distance of 1,192 feet, more or less, along 
 12.3   the south boundary and fence line of the Bureau of Mines to 
 12.4   Station H.H.); thence on an assumed bearing of North 89 degrees 
 12.5   55.3 minutes West, a distance of 234.85 feet, along the south 
 12.6   line of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines 
 12.7   reservation to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence North 34 degrees 
 12.8   20.5 minutes West, a distance of 187.42 feet; thence North 23 
 12.9   degrees 39.6 minutes West, a distance of 80.18 feet; thence 
 12.10  North 19 degrees 26.3 minutes West, a distance of 75.69 feet; 
 12.11  thence North 16 degrees 31.6 minutes West, a distance of 70.66 
 12.12  feet; thence North 13 degrees 22.0 minutes West, a distance of 
 12.13  70.02 feet; thence North 10 degrees 30.0 minutes West, a 
 12.14  distance of 80.78 feet; thence North 08 degrees 56.6 minutes 
 12.15  West, a distance of 73.92 feet; thence North 07 degrees 52.2 
 12.16  minutes West, a distance of 1,189.90 feet to a point on the 
 12.17  north line of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
 12.18  Mines reservation (said point lying South 89 degrees 54.6 
 12.19  minutes West, a distance of 18.0 feet from Station A.A.); thence 
 12.20  South 89 degrees 54.6 minutes West, a distance of 740.84 feet 
 12.21  along said north line; thence South 14 degrees 43.1 minutes 
 12.22  East, a distance of 846.53 feet; thence South 13 degrees 29.7 
 12.23  minutes East, a distance of 57.42 feet; thence South 12 degrees 
 12.24  47.1 minutes East, a distance of 424.03 feet; thence South 25 
 12.25  degrees 57.4 minutes East, a distance of 283.01 feet; thence 
 12.26  South 38 degrees 45.3 minutes East, a distance of 303.20 feet to 
 12.27  the south line of said reservation; thence South 89 degrees 55.3 
 12.28  minutes East, a distance of 478.70 feet to the point of 
 12.29  beginning. 
 12.30     Subd. 2.  [85.012] [Subd. 33.] [LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK, 
 12.31  BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following area is added to Lake Bemidji 
 12.32  state park, all in Township 146 North, Range 33 West, Beltrami 
 12.33  county: 
 12.34     That part of Lot 1, Block 3 of LINDS ADDITION TO BEMIDJI, 
 12.35  according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in 
 12.36  the Beltrami county recorder's office, in Section 2, described 
 13.1   as follows:  commencing at the southeast corner of said Lot 1, 
 13.2   Block 3; thence westerly along the south line of said Lot 1, 
 13.3   Block 3 to a point being 25 feet easterly of, measured at right 
 13.4   angles to, the centerline of an existing trail and the point of 
 13.5   beginning of the land to be described; thence northwesterly 
 13.6   parallel with and 25 feet easterly of measured at right angles 
 13.7   to, the centerline of the existing trail to a point being 25 
 13.8   feet northerly of, measured at right angles to, the south line 
 13.9   of said Lot 1, Block 3; thence westerly, parallel with and 25 
 13.10  feet northerly of the south line of said Lot 1, Block 3, to a 
 13.11  point being 25 feet westerly of, measured at right angles to, 
 13.12  the centerline of the existing trail; thence southerly, 
 13.13  perpendicular to the south line of said Lot 1, Block 3, to the 
 13.14  said south line of Lot 1, Block 3; thence easterly along the 
 13.15  south line of said Lot 1, Block 3, to the point of beginning. 
 13.16     Subd. 3.  [85.012] [Subd. 55a.] [TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK, 
 13.17  LAKE COUNTY.] The following areas are added to Tettegouche state 
 13.18  park, Lake county:  the Northeast Quarter of Section 16, 
 13.19  Township 56 North, Range 7 West. 
 13.20     Sec. 8.  [DELETION FROM TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK.] 
 13.21     [85.012] [Subd. 55a.] [TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK, LAKE 
 13.22  COUNTY.] The following area is deleted from Tettegouche state 
 13.23  park, Lake county:  the Southwest Quarter of Section 16, 
 13.24  Township 56 North, Range 7 West. 
 13.25     Sec. 9.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE RECREATION AREAS.] 
 13.26     Subdivision 1.  [85.013] [Subd. 2c.] [BIG BOG STATE 
 13.27  RECREATION AREA, BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following area is added 
 13.28  to Big Bog state recreation area, Beltrami county:  That part of 
 13.29  Government Lot 6 lying east of Minnesota state trunk highway 72, 
 13.30  Section 5, Township 154, Range 30. 
 13.31     Subd. 2.  [85.013] [Subd. 12a.] [IRON RANGE OFF-HIGHWAY 
 13.32  VEHICLE RECREATION AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] The following areas 
 13.33  are added to Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle recreation area, St. 
 13.34  Louis county: 
 13.35     (1) the NW1/4, lying north of the Mesabi Trail, in Section 
 13.36  23, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, containing approximately 
 14.1   80 acres; and 
 14.2      (2) the N1/2 of the NW1/4, SW1/4 of the NW1/4, and the 
 14.3   NW1/4 of the SW1/4 all in Section 3, Township 58 North, Range 17 
 14.4   West, containing approximately 160 acres. 
 14.5      Sec. 10.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE FORESTS.] 
 14.6      Subdivision 1.  [89.021] [Subd. 38.] [PAUL BUNYAN STATE 
 14.7   FOREST.] The following area is added to Paul Bunyan state 
 14.8   forest: S1/2SE1/4 of Section 25, Township 143 North, Range 34 
 14.9   West; Lot 10 of Section 15, Township 141 North, Range 33 West; 
 14.10  Government Lot 4 and the SW1/4NW1/4 of Section 22, Township 141 
 14.11  North, Range 33 West; and the NW1/4SW1/4 of Section 9; the 
 14.12  N1/2NE1/4; W1/2NW1/4 and the SE1/4NW1/4 of Section 16, Township 
 14.13  141 North, Range 32 West. 
 14.14     Subd. 2.  [89.021] [Subd. 46.] [SAVANNA STATE FOREST, 
 14.15  AITKIN COUNTY.] The following area is added to Savanna state 
 14.16  forest, Aitkin county: 
 14.17     (1) SW1/4-SW1/4 of Section 32, Township 48 North, Range 23 
 14.18  West. 
 14.19     Subd. 3.  [89.021] [Subd. 51a.] [WAUKENABO STATE FOREST, 
 14.20  AITKIN COUNTY.] The following areas are added to Waukenabo state 
 14.21  forest, Aitkin county: 
 14.22     (1) Lot 1 of section 4, Township 47 North, Range 26 West; 
 14.23     (2) Lot 2 and NE1/4-SW1/4 of section 1; Lot 8 of Section 2; 
 14.24  all in Township 48 North, Range 26 West; and 
 14.25     (3) NE1/4-NW1/4 and SW1/4-NW1/4 of Section 11, Township 48 
 14.26  North, Range 27 West. 
 14.27     Sec. 11.  [DELETIONS FROM STATE FORESTS.] 
 14.28     Subdivision 1.  [89.021] [Subd. 19.] [FOOT HILLS STATE 
 14.29  FOREST, CASS COUNTY.] The following areas are deleted from Foot 
 14.30  Hills state forest, Cass county: 
 14.31     (1) That part of Government Lot 4 lying west of County Road 
 14.32  No. 6, Section 8, Township 140 North, Range 31 West; 
 14.33     (2) That part of the SW1/4-NW1/4 lying northwest of County 
 14.34  Road No. 6, Section 15, Township 140 North, Range 31 West; and 
 14.35     (3) That part of the NE1/4-SW1/4 lying north of County Road 
 14.36  No. 6, Section 16, Township 140 North, Range 31 West. 
 15.1      Subd. 2.  [89.021] [Subd. 27.] [KABETOGAMA STATE FOREST, ST.
 15.2   LOUIS COUNTY.] The following areas are deleted from Kabetogama 
 15.3   state forest, St. Louis county: 
 15.4      (1) That portion of Government Lot 5, Section 1, Township 
 15.5   67 North, Range 17 West sold pursuant to section 10 of this act; 
 15.6   and 
 15.7      (2) Outlot B, Plat of Sunset Forest, located in Section 22, 
 15.8   Township 69 North, Range 21 West. 
 15.9      Subd. 3.  [89.021] [Subd. 34.] MISSISSIPPI HEADWATERS STATE 
 15.10  FOREST, BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following areas are deleted from 
 15.11  Mississippi Headwaters state forest, Beltrami county: 
 15.12     (1) SE1/4-NE1/4, Section 32, Township 147 North, Range 34 
 15.13  West; and 
 15.14     (2) SW1/4-NW1/4, Section 33, Township 147 North, Range 34 
 15.15  West. 
 15.16     Sec. 12.  [DELETIONS FROM RED LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 
 15.17  AREA.] 
 15.18     [97A.133] [Subd. 44.] [RED LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA; 
 15.19  BELTRAMI COUNTY] The following areas are deleted from Red Lake 
 15.20  wildlife management area: 
 15.21     (1) all of Sections 1 and 2; Lot 1, Lot 2, the S1/2 of the 
 15.22  NE1/4, and the SE1/4 of Section 3; the E1/2, the SE1/4 of the 
 15.23  NW1/4, the NE1/4 of the SW1/4, and the S1/2 of the SW1/4 of 
 15.24  Section 10; all of Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15; all in 
 15.25  Township 155 North, Range 31 West; and 
 15.26     (2) all of Sections 25, 26, and 27; the E1/2, the NW1/4, 
 15.27  and the N1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 34; the N1/2 and the SW1/4 
 15.28  of Section 35; the N1/2, the E1/2 of the SW1/4; the SW1/4 of the 
 15.29  SW1/4, the W1/2 of the SE1/4 and the SE1/4 of the SE1/4 of 
 15.30  Section 36; all in Township 156 North, Range 31 West. 
 15.31     Sec. 13.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 15.32  PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.] 
 15.33     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 15.34  282.018, subdivision 1, Aitkin county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 15.35  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 15.36  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 16.1   282. 
 16.2      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 16.3   attorney general.  
 16.4      (c) The land to be sold is located in Aitkin county and is 
 16.5   described as: 
 16.6      Six acres in Government Lot 3 as in Document #198469 less 
 16.7   2.69 acres plat Section 24, Township 52, Range 26, more 
 16.8   accurately described as:  That part of Government Lot 3, Section 
 16.9   24, Township 52 North, Range 26 West, Aitkin County, Minnesota, 
 16.10  described as follows:  Commencing at the southwest corner of 
 16.11  Government Lot 3, Section 24, thence North, assumed bearing, 
 16.12  along the west line of Government Lot 3 a distance of 819.59 
 16.13  feet; thence South 89 degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds East a 
 16.14  distance of 244.00 feet to the point of beginning of parcel to 
 16.15  be described; thence continuing South 89 degrees 50 minutes 32 
 16.16  seconds East a distance of 893 feet, more or less, to the mean 
 16.17  high water mark of Hill Lake; thence southeasterly along the 
 16.18  meandered shoreline of Hill Lake a distance of 416 feet, more or 
 16.19  less, to a point at the intersection of the mean high water line 
 16.20  of Hill Lake and line "A" as hereinafter described; thence South 
 16.21  69 degrees 27 minutes 14 seconds West a distance of 188 feet, 
 16.22  more or less; thence North 41 degrees 52 minutes 10 seconds West 
 16.23  a distance of 245.95 feet; thence North 76 degrees 23 minutes 39 
 16.24  seconds West a distance of 653.09 feet; thence due North a 
 16.25  distance of 139.56 feet to the point of beginning containing six 
 16.26  acres.  Line "A" is hereby described by commencing at the 
 16.27  previous point of beginning; thence due South a distance of 
 16.28  139.56 feet; thence South 76 degrees 23 minutes 39 seconds East 
 16.29  a distance of 653.09 feet; thence South 41 degrees 52 minutes 10 
 16.30  seconds East a distance of 245.95 feet to the beginning of line 
 16.31  "A"; thence North 69 degrees 27 minutes 14 seconds East a 
 16.32  distance of 188 feet, more or less, along line "A" to the mean 
 16.33  high water line of Hill Lake, which is also the end of line 
 16.34  "A."  Which lies easterly of the following described line:  
 16.35  Commencing at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 3; 
 16.36  thence on an assumed bearing of North along the west line of 
 17.1   said Government Lot 3, a distance of 819.59 feet; thence South 
 17.2   89 degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance of 818.97 feet 
 17.3   to the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence 
 17.4   South 0 degrees 09 minutes 28 seconds West, a distance of 154.06 
 17.5   feet; thence South 18 degrees 42 minutes 02 seconds West, a 
 17.6   distance of 120 feet more or less to the southerly line of the 
 17.7   above described tract and there terminating. 
 17.8      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 17.9   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 17.10  returned to private ownership. 
 17.11     Sec. 14.  [PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BELTRAMI 
 17.12  COUNTY.] 
 17.13     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.10, the 
 17.14  commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale for 
 17.15  less than the appraised value the surplus land that is described 
 17.16  in paragraph (c). 
 17.17     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 17.18  attorney general. 
 17.19     (c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami county and 
 17.20  is described as:  Lots 6 through 12, Block 11, First Addition to 
 17.21  Blackduck. 
 17.22     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 17.23  longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 17.24  state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 17.25  land was sold. 
 17.26     Sec. 15.  [RECONVEYANCE OF LAND; COOK COUNTY.] 
 17.27     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 17.28  94.09 to 94.16, 161.44, or any other law, the commissioner of 
 17.29  transportation shall convey to Cook county for no consideration 
 17.30  the land bordering public water that is described in paragraph 
 17.31  (c).  The commissioner may not convey the land until Cook county 
 17.32  enters into an agreement with Mn/DOT to spend an amount equal to 
 17.33  the value of the land described in paragraph (c) for airport 
 17.34  purposes.  The value of the land shall be determined by a 
 17.35  current appraisal. 
 17.36     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 18.1   attorney general and must convey the land free and clear of any 
 18.2   requirement to use the land for a particular purpose. 
 18.3      (c) The land to be conveyed is described as: 
 18.4      (1) all of Government Lots 1, 2, 10, 11, and 12 of Section 
 18.5   30, Township 62 North, Range 1 East of the Fourth Principal 
 18.6   Meridian, Cook county, Minnesota, according to plat of resurvey 
 18.7   accepted by the United States of America, Department of 
 18.8   Interior, Bureau of Land Management, on May 22, 1951, except the 
 18.9   land lying South and East of the following described line: 
 18.10     From the northwest corner of said Section 30, South 2 
 18.11  degrees 18 minutes East for a distance of 1758.9 feet to the 
 18.12  meander corner Sections 25 and 30 on the north shore of Devils 
 18.13  Track Lake; thence North 2 degrees 18 minutes West 26.4 feet to 
 18.14  a point on the section line; thence south 87 degrees 05 minutes 
 18.15  East for a distance of 646.8 feet; thence South 88.4 feet to a 
 18.16  point on the north shore of Devils Track Lake which is the point 
 18.17  of beginning of the line to be described herein; from said point 
 18.18  of beginning North for a distance of 88.4 feet; thence South 87 
 18.19  degrees 05 minutes East for a distance of 1442.8 feet; thence 
 18.20  South 100 feet; thence South 87 degrees 05 minutes East for a 
 18.21  distance of 947.1 feet to a point on the North-South quarter 
 18.22  line of said Section 30, said point being 124.1 feet South of 
 18.23  the center of Section 30, subject to reservation of the coal and 
 18.24  other minerals and conditions and limitations provided by the 
 18.25  Federal Act of December 22, 1928 (45 Stat., 1069); and 
 18.26     (2) that part of Government Lot 3, Section 30, Township 62 
 18.27  North, Range 1 East, Cook county, Minnesota, lying within the 
 18.28  following described lines: 
 18.29     Beginning at the northwest corner of Section 30, Township 
 18.30  62 North, Range 1 East, Cook county, thence South 02 degrees 00 
 18.31  minutes East for a distance of 1747 feet; thence South 87 
 18.32  degrees 05 minutes East for a distance of 2089.6 feet; thence 
 18.33  South for a distance of 100 feet; thence South 87 degrees 05 
 18.34  minutes East for a distance of 947.1 feet to a point on the 
 18.35  North-South quarter line of Section 30 which is the point of 
 18.36  beginning of the property to be described herein; from said 
 19.1   point of beginning thence South 87 degrees 05 minutes East for a 
 19.2   distance of 450 feet; thence North 01 degrees 38 minutes East 
 19.3   for a distance of 840 feet; thence North 87 degrees 05 minutes 
 19.4   West for a distance of 450 feet to a point on the North-South 
 19.5   quarter line of Section 30; thence South 01 degrees 38 minutes 
 19.6   West on said North-South quarter line for a distance of 840 feet 
 19.7   to the point of beginning. 
 19.8      Sec. 16.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 19.9   PUBLIC WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.] 
 19.10     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 19.11  282.018, subdivision 1, Crow Wing county may sell the 
 19.12  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 19.13  paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 19.14  Statutes, chapter 282. 
 19.15     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 19.16  attorney general.  
 19.17     (c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing county and 
 19.18  is described as:  Undivided 303/720 interest in the Northeast 
 19.19  Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 36, Township 44 
 19.20  North, Range 32 West. 
 19.21     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 19.22  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 19.23  returned to private ownership. 
 19.24     Sec. 17.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 19.25  PUBLIC WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.] 
 19.26     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 19.27  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 19.28  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Crow Wing county may sell by 
 19.29  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 19.30  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 19.31  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 19.32     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 19.33  attorney general for a consideration of the appraised value. 
 19.34     (c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing county and 
 19.35  is described as:  
 19.36  All of the following: 
 20.1      That part of Railroad Lot 7, located in the Northwest 
 20.2      Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 43 
 20.3      North, Range 32 West, shown as Parcel 212A on Minnesota 
 20.4      department of transportation right-of-way plat numbered 
 20.5      18-79 as the same is on file and of record in the office of 
 20.6      the county recorder in and for Crow Wing county, Minnesota; 
 20.7   containing 0.770 hectare (1.90 acres), more or less; together 
 20.8   with other rights as set forth below, forming and being part of 
 20.9   said Parcel 212A: 
 20.10  Access:  
 20.11     All right of access as shown on said plat by the access 
 20.12     control symbol. 
 20.13  Temporary Easement: 
 20.14     A temporary easement for highway purposes as shown on said 
 20.15     plat as to said Parcel 212A by the temporary easement 
 20.16     symbol; said easement shall cease on December 1, 2008, or 
 20.17     on such earlier date upon which the commissioner of 
 20.18     transportation determines by formal order that it is no 
 20.19     longer needed for highway purposes. 
 20.20     Sec. 18.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA 
 20.21  COUNTY.] 
 20.22     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 20.23  Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Itasca 
 20.24  county may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described 
 20.25  in paragraph (c) to an adjoining landowner. 
 20.26     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 20.27  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 20.28  value of the land. 
 20.29     (c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca county and is 
 20.30  described as: 
 20.31     (1) that part of Outlot B, the north one-half of the 
 20.32  vacated roadway south of Outlot B of the Plat of GREEN-ROCK on 
 20.33  file at the Itasca county recorder's office, and Government Lot 
 20.34  3, Section 24, Township 60 North, Range 22 West of the Fourth 
 20.35  Principal Meridian described as follows: 
 20.36     Commencing at the northwest corner of said Outlot B; thence 
 21.1   South 88 degrees 30 minutes 57 seconds West, bearing assigned, 
 21.2   along the extended north line of said Outlot B, 14.64 feet; 
 21.3   thence North 06 degrees 25 minutes 20 seconds West 175.49 feet; 
 21.4   thence South 87 degrees 58 minutes 29 seconds East 377.61 feet 
 21.5   to the point of beginning of the tract to be described; thence 
 21.6   South 89 degrees 27 minutes 27 seconds East 269.45 feet; thence 
 21.7   South 02 degrees 43 minutes 38 seconds East 142.22 feet more or 
 21.8   less to the south line of said Government Lot 3 and the east 
 21.9   corner of said Outlot B; thence South 80 degrees 20 minutes 57 
 21.10  seconds West along the south line of Outlot B 85.55 feet more or 
 21.11  less to the intersection of the south line of Outlot B and the 
 21.12  west line of Scott Avenue projected north; thence South 09 
 21.13  degrees 39 minutes 03 seconds East along the west line of said 
 21.14  projected Scott Avenue 16.50 feet to the south line of the north 
 21.15  half of the vacated roadway lying south of Outlot B; thence 
 21.16  South 80 degrees 20 minutes 57 seconds West along said south 
 21.17  line of north half of vacated roadway 187.10 feet more or less 
 21.18  to intersect a line bearing South 02 degrees 43 minutes 38 
 21.19  seconds East from the point of beginning; thence North 02 
 21.20  degrees 43 minutes 38 seconds West 206.87 feet more or less to 
 21.21  the point of beginning.  Tract contains 1.1 acres more or less; 
 21.22     (2) that part of SE-NW, Section 24, Township 60 North, 
 21.23  Range 22 West, lying south and east of County Road 531; 
 21.24     (3) the South 295.16 feet of the West 295.16 feet of SE-SW 
 21.25  of Section 10, Township 60 North, Range 25 West; 
 21.26     (4) the North 100 feet of the South 768 feet of SW-NW, 
 21.27  Section 33, Township 62 North, Range 24 West, lying East of 
 21.28  State Highway No. 1 LESS AND EXCEPT the East 245 feet thereof; 
 21.29  and 
 21.30     (5) that part of Lot 3 lying East of a line drawn parallel 
 21.31  to and 66 feet West of the E 1/16th line of Section 20, Township 
 21.32  150 North, Range 28 West. 
 21.33     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 21.34  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 21.35  returned to private ownership. 
 21.36     Sec. 19.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; KOOCHICHING 
 22.1   COUNTY.] 
 22.2      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 22.3   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 22.4   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Koochiching county may sell by 
 22.5   private sale to the Bois Forte band of Chippewa Indians the 
 22.6   tax-forfeited land, some of which borders public water, that is 
 22.7   described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 22.8   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 22.9      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 22.10  attorney general at a price agreed to by the Koochiching county 
 22.11  board and the Bois Forte tribal council. 
 22.12     (c) The land to be sold is located within the Nett Lake 
 22.13  Reservation in Koochiching county and is described as fractional 
 22.14  interests in: 
 22.15     (1) W1/2SW1/4, Section 2, Township 64 North, Range 22 West; 
 22.16     (2) E1/2NE1/4, Section 13, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 22.17  West; 
 22.18     (3) E1/2SE1/4, Section 7, Township 64 North, Range 23 West; 
 22.19     (4) NE1/4SW1/4 and NW1/4SE1/4, Section 18, Township 64 
 22.20  North, Range 23 West; 
 22.21     (5) N1/2SE1/4, Section 11, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 22.22  West; 
 22.23     (6) W1/2SE1/4, Section 28, Township 66 North, Range 23 
 22.24  West; 
 22.25     (7) W1/2NE1/4, Section 3, Township 65 North, Range 22 West; 
 22.26     (8) Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 3, Township 65 North, 
 22.27  Range 22 West; 
 22.28     (9) S1/2SW1/4, Section 3, Township 65 North, Range 22 West; 
 22.29     (10) S1/2SE1/4, Section 22, Township 64 North, Range 22 
 22.30  West; 
 22.31     (11) Lots 2 and 3, Section 19, Township 64 North, Range 22 
 22.32  West; 
 22.33     (12) Lot 2, Section 30, Township 64 North, Range 23 West; 
 22.34     (13) Lot 3, Section 30, Township 64 North, Range 23 West; 
 22.35     (14) W1/2NE1/4, Section 34, Township 66 North, Range 23 
 22.36  West; 
 23.1      (15) E1/2SW1/4, Section 28, Township 66 North, Range 22 
 23.2   West; 
 23.3      (16) SE1/4NE1/4 and NE1/4SE1/4, Section 25, Township 65 
 23.4   North, Range 23 West; 
 23.5      (17) N1/2NE1/4, Section 7, Township 64 North, Range 22 
 23.6   West; 
 23.7      (18) S1/2NE1/4, Section 4, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 23.8   West; 
 23.9      (19) SE1/4NW1/4 and NE1/4SW1/4, Section 4, Township 65 
 23.10  North, Range 23 West; 
 23.11     (20) S1/2NE1/4, Section 10, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 23.12  West; 
 23.13     (21) W1/2SW1/4, Section 12, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 23.14  West; 
 23.15     (22) SW1/4NW1/4 and NW1/4SW1/4, Section 11, Township 65 
 23.16  North, Range 23 West; 
 23.17     (23) SW1/4NE1/4 and Government Lot 2, Section 6, Township 
 23.18  64 North, Range 22 West; 
 23.19     (24) Lots 3 and 4, Section 4, Township 65 North, Township 
 23.20  23 West; 
 23.21     (25) S1/2SE1/4, Section 33, Township 66 North, Range 23 
 23.22  West; 
 23.23     (26) N1/2NE1/4, Section 20, Township 64 North, Range 23 
 23.24  West; and 
 23.25     (27) Lot 13 and NW1/4SE1/4, Section 6, Township 64 North, 
 23.26  Range 23 West. 
 23.27     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 23.28  management interests would best be served if the fractional 
 23.29  interests in the lands were consolidated and the lands were 
 23.30  returned to private ownership. 
 23.31     Sec. 20.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; LAKE 
 23.32  COUNTY.] 
 23.33     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 23.34  Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Lake county 
 23.35  may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described in 
 23.36  paragraph (c). 
 24.1      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 24.2   attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 24.3   value of the land. 
 24.4      (c) The land to be sold is located in Lake county and is 
 24.5   described as:  the North 600 feet of the Westerly 150 feet of 
 24.6   the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 24, Township 55 North, Range 9 
 24.7   West. 
 24.8      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 24.9   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 24.10  returned to private ownership. 
 24.11     Sec. 21.  [LAND EXCHANGE; LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.] 
 24.12     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342, 
 24.13  subdivision 3, and 94.343, subdivision 3, the commissioner of 
 24.14  natural resources shall, with the approval of the land exchange 
 24.15  board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
 24.16  section 10, and according to the remaining provisions of 
 24.17  Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.348, exchange the 
 24.18  following land bordering on public waters for the land described 
 24.19  in paragraph (b):  the North 859.83 feet of the Southwest 
 24.20  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and the North 859.83 feet of 
 24.21  Government Lot 7, Section 5, Township 167 North, Range 33 West. 
 24.22     (b) The land bordering on public waters to be obtained by 
 24.23  the commissioner in the exchange under paragraph (a) is 
 24.24  described as:  the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
 24.25  Section 5, Township 167 North, Range 33 West. 
 24.26     Sec. 22.  [CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING 
 24.27  PUBLIC WATER; LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.] 
 24.28     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 24.29  94.09 to 94.16, or other law to the contrary, the commissioner 
 24.30  of transportation may convey to the city of Baudette for no 
 24.31  consideration the surplus land bordering public water that is 
 24.32  described in paragraph (c). 
 24.33     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 24.34  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
 24.35  if the city of Baudette stops using the land for the public 
 24.36  purpose described in paragraph (d). 
 25.1      (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Lake of the Woods 
 25.2   county, consists of approximately 6.04 acres, and is described 
 25.3   as:  tract in Government Lot 4, Section 35, Township 161, Range 
 25.4   31 (parcel number R60.35.43.02E). 
 25.5      (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 25.6   longer needed for any state purpose and that the state's land 
 25.7   management interests would best be served if the land was 
 25.8   conveyed to and used by the city of Baudette as a rest area. 
 25.9      Sec. 23.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 25.10  PUBLIC WATER; NORMAN COUNTY.] 
 25.11     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 25.12  282.018, subdivision 1, Norman county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 25.13  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 25.14  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 25.15  282. 
 25.16     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 25.17  attorney general.  
 25.18     (c) The land to be sold is located in Norman county and is 
 25.19  described as: 
 25.20     Parcel #18-6909000:  a triangular piece or parcel of land 
 25.21  beginning at the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of 
 25.22  the Northwest Quarter (NE 1/4 NW 1/4) of Section Nineteen (19) 
 25.23  Township One Hundred Forty-six (146) North of Range Forty-eight 
 25.24  (48) West of the Fifth Principal Meridian; thence running North 
 25.25  on the quarter line fifty-six and one-half (56 1/2) rods; thence 
 25.26  due West fifty-six and one-half (56 1/2) rods; thence in a 
 25.27  southeasterly direction to the place of beginning, containing 
 25.28  ten (10) acres, more or less. 
 25.29     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 25.30  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 25.31  returned to private ownership. 
 25.32     Sec. 24.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 25.33  PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 25.34     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 25.35  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 25.36  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell by 
 26.1   public or private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
 26.2   water that is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining 
 26.3   provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 26.4      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 26.5   attorney general for a consideration of taxes due on the 
 26.6   property and any penalties, interest, and costs.  The conveyance 
 26.7   must reserve fisheries easements of at least 75 feet on either 
 26.8   side of the stream for the property described in paragraph (c), 
 26.9   clauses (1) and (2), and at least 50 feet of shoreland for the 
 26.10  property described in paragraph (c), clauses (3) and (4). 
 26.11     (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and 
 26.12  is described as: 
 26.13     (1) the West 200 feet of W1/2 of S1/2 of NE1/4 of SE1/4, 
 26.14  Section 9, Township 50, Range 14, consisting of 3.03 acres, 
 26.15  Plat/Parcel Code:  10-2710-2750; 
 26.16     (2) the SW1/4SE1/4, except part southerly of center line of 
 26.17  Sargent Creek, Section 4, Township 48, Range 15, consisting of 
 26.18  20.47 acres, Plat/Parcel Code:  10-2730-540; 
 26.19     (3) Lots 6 and 7, Erickson Beach, Section 27, Township 57, 
 26.20  Range 17, consisting of .46 acre, Plat/Parcel Code:  340-90-60; 
 26.21  and 
 26.22     (4) Lot 8, except easterly 50 feet and the easterly 50 feet 
 26.23  of Lot 8, Erickson Beach, Section 27, Township 57, Range 17, 
 26.24  consisting of .5 acre, Plat/Parcel Codes:  340-90-80, 340-90-85. 
 26.25     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 26.26  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 26.27  returned to private ownership. 
 26.28     Sec. 25.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 26.29  PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 26.30     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 26.31  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 26.32  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell by 
 26.33  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 26.34  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 26.35  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 26.36     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 27.1   attorney general for a consideration of taxes due on the 
 27.2   property and any penalties, interest, and costs. 
 27.3      (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and 
 27.4   is described as:  Lots 54 and 55, Lake Nichols, town of 
 27.5   Northland (parcel code 490-0020-00560). 
 27.6      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 27.7   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 27.8   returned to private ownership. 
 27.9      Sec. 26.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 27.10  PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 27.11     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 27.12  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 27.13  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell by 
 27.14  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 27.15  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 27.16  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 27.17     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 27.18  attorney general for a consideration of the appraised value. 
 27.19     (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and 
 27.20  is described as: 
 27.21     (1) Lot 7, Block E, Endion Division (10-1440-70); 
 27.22     (2) Lots 10-13, Block 1, Endion Division (10-1440-180) and 
 27.23  Lot 7, Block 1, except part NW'ly of NE'ly extension of SE'ly 
 27.24  line of Lot 6, Endion Division (10-1440-150); 
 27.25     (3) Lot 9, Block 1, Endion Division (10-1440-170); and 
 27.26     (4) Lots 1-4, Block E, Endion Division (10-1440-10) and 
 27.27  that part of the easterly 33 feet of 24th Avenue East lying 
 27.28  south of Water Street. 
 27.29     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 27.30  management interests would best be served if the lands were sold 
 27.31  to the city of Duluth. 
 27.32     Sec. 27.  [LAND EXCHANGE.] 
 27.33     Subdivision 1.  [EXCHANGE REQUIRED.] The commissioner of 
 27.34  natural resources shall exchange, according to Laws 1998, 
 27.35  chapter 389, article 16, section 31, as amended by Laws 1999, 
 27.36  chapter 184; Laws 2000, chapter 488, article 3, section 31; and 
 28.1   Laws 2001, chapter 164, section 5, the following trust fund land 
 28.2   in St. Louis county:  Lot 11, Block 1 of Lake Leander Homesite 
 28.3   Plat No. 1, Section 16, Township 60 North, Range 19 West, for 
 28.4   county land. 
 28.5      Subd. 2.  [DEADLINE.] The exchange required under 
 28.6   subdivision 1 must be completed by June 30, 2004. 
 28.7      Sec. 28.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING 
 28.8   PUBLIC WATERS; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 28.9      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 28.10  94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell 
 28.11  by private sale to adjacent landowners the surplus land 
 28.12  bordering public waters that is described in paragraph (c). 
 28.13     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 28.14  attorney general and the consideration must be equal to the fair 
 28.15  market value of the land plus the cost of appraisal. 
 28.16     (c) The land to be sold is in St. Louis county and is a 
 28.17  parcel of land to be split from Government Lot 5, Section 1, 
 28.18  Township 67 North, Range 17 West.  The exact area to be sold 
 28.19  will be determined by completion of a further site analysis. 
 28.20     (d) The conveyance is necessary for installation of a 
 28.21  community septic system to benefit the adjacent land owners in 
 28.22  Government Lot 6, Section 1, Township 67 North, Range 17 West. 
 28.23     (e) The commissioner has determined that the parcel needed 
 28.24  for the purpose described in paragraph (d) is available for 
 28.25  surplus, will not be necessary for natural resources purposes, 
 28.26  and is best suited for the above-stated purpose. 
 28.27     Sec. 29.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
 28.28  WATERS; SCOTT COUNTY.] 
 28.29     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45; 
 28.30  94.09; 94.10; 97A.135, subdivision 2a; and 103F.535, the 
 28.31  commissioner of natural resources shall sell by private sale the 
 28.32  surplus land bordering public waters that is described in 
 28.33  paragraph (e). 
 28.34     (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
 28.35  attorney general for consideration of no less than the appraised 
 28.36  value of the land. 
 29.1      (c) The deed must contain a restrictive covenant that 
 29.2   prohibits altering, disturbing vegetation in, draining, filling, 
 29.3   or placing any material or structure of any kind on or in the 
 29.4   existing wetland area located on the land; prohibits any 
 29.5   increase in run-off rate or volume from the land or future 
 29.6   buildings into said wetland; and prohibits diverting or 
 29.7   appropriating water from said wetland. 
 29.8      (d) The consideration received for the conveyance shall be 
 29.9   deposited in the state treasury and credited to the wildlife 
 29.10  acquisition account in the game and fish fund.  The money is 
 29.11  appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for 
 29.12  wildlife land acquisition purposes. 
 29.13     (e) The land that may be sold is in the Prior Lake wildlife 
 29.14  management area in Scott county and is described as: 
 29.15     The East 1200 feet of the South 800 feet of the Southwest 
 29.16     Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 
 29.17     115 North, Range 22 West.  Including the abandoned 
 29.18     right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and 
 29.19     Pacific Railroad Company (formerly the Hastings and Dakota 
 29.20     Railway Company).  Containing 22 acres, more or less. 
 29.21     (f) This land no longer fits into the state wildlife 
 29.22  management area system because of hunting limitations, its small 
 29.23  size, and future development planned for the area.  Proceeds 
 29.24  from the sale will be used to purchase lands more suitable for 
 29.25  wildlife management and public use. 
 29.26     Sec. 30.  [FOND DU LAC RESERVATION LANDS.] 
 29.27     Before offering state-owned lands for public sale under 
 29.28  Minnesota Statutes, sections 282.01 to 282.13, the county 
 29.29  auditor shall first offer lands within the Fond du Lac Indian 
 29.30  Reservation to the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa Indians for sale 
 29.31  at the appraised value.  The costs of any survey or appraisal 
 29.32  must be added to and made a part of the appraised value.  To 
 29.33  determine whether the band wants to buy the land, the county 
 29.34  auditor shall give written notice to the band.  If the band 
 29.35  wants to buy the land, it shall submit a written offer to the 
 29.36  county auditor within two weeks after receiving the notice.  If 
 30.1   the offer is for at least the appraised value, including costs, 
 30.2   the county auditor shall accept it. 
 30.3      Sec. 31.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.] 
 30.4      (a) Section 30 is effective the day after the governing 
 30.5   body of Carlton county and its chief clerical officer timely 
 30.6   complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
 30.7   645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3. 
 30.8      (b) Sections 5, 17, and 27 are effective the day following 
 30.9   final enactment.