1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain consolidated 
1.3 	conservation lands.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; 
1.6 	MARSHALL COUNTY.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
1.8 	Statutes, chapters 84A, 97A, and 282, Marshall County may sell by private sale to the 
1.9 	adjoining landowner the consolidated conservation lands that are described in paragraph 
1.10 	(c).
1.11 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
1.12 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
1.13 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
1.14 	appraised value of the land and timber and survey costs. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
1.15 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
1.16 	(c) The land to be sold is in Marshall County and is described as:
1.17 	(1) starting on the northeast corner of the Southeast Quarter, a strip of land 33 feet 
1.18 	wide extending to the South to a point 440 feet North of the southeast corner of the 
1.19 	Southeast Quarter of Section 34, Township 156 North, Range 40 West;
1.20 	(2) starting at the northwest corner of the Southeast Quarter, a strip of land 33 feet 
1.21 	wide extending to the East to a point 880 feet West of the northeast corner of the Southeast 
1.22 	Quarter of Section 34, Township 156 North, Range 40 West;
2.1 	(3) starting at the northwest corner of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter a 
2.2 	strip of land 33 feet wide extending to the East to a point 1,320 feet East of the northwest 
2.3 	corner of the Southwest Quarter of Section 34, Township 156 North, Range 40 West; and
2.4 	(4) a strip of land 33 feet wide on the South side of the Northeast Quarter of the 
2.5 	Northeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 155 North, 40 West.
2.6 	(d) The land was recently surveyed and property boundaries corrected. The land to 
2.7 	be conveyed contains drainage ditches of the adjoining landowner and the public interest 
2.8 	would be best served if the land was returned to private ownership.