1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to state lands; authorizing the sale of 
  1.3             certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water 
  1.4             in Blue Earth, Cass, Crow Wing, Becker, Aitkin, Mille 
  1.5             Lacs, Cook, Carlton, and Washington counties; 
  1.6             authorizing the private sale of surplus state land in 
  1.7             Houston county. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
  1.10  PUBLIC WATERS; BLUE EARTH COUNTY.] 
  1.11     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, and 
  1.12  section 92.45, Blue Earth county may convey to the city of 
  1.13  Mankato for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering on 
  1.14  public waters that is described in paragraph (c). 
  1.15     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  1.16  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
  1.17  if the city stops using the land for public recreational 
  1.18  purposes. 
  1.19     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Blue Earth 
  1.20  county and is described as: 
  1.21     That part of Government Lot 4 in Section 7, Township 108 
  1.22     North, Range 26 West, Blue Earth county, Minnesota, being 
  1.23     bounded by the following described lines: 
  1.24     On the North by the south line of a plat entitled Mankato 
  1.25     City and its westerly extension; on the South by the north 
  1.26     line of a plat entitled City of Mankato; on the East by the 
  2.1      westerly right-of-way line of the abandoned Union Pacific 
  2.2      Railroad Company; and on the West by the Minnesota River. 
  2.3      Containing 2.84 acres, more or less.  
  2.4      (d) The county has determined that it is in the public's 
  2.5   best interest to convey the parcel to the city of Mankato for 
  2.6   use in connection with the North Minnesota River Trail. 
  2.7      Sec. 2.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND NEXT TO PUBLIC WATER 
  2.8   OR WETLANDS; CASS COUNTY.] 
  2.9      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45; 
  2.10  103F.535; and 282.018, subdivision 1, Cass county may sell the 
  2.11  tax-forfeited lands bordering public water or natural wetlands 
  2.12  that are described in paragraph (c), under the remaining 
  2.13  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
  2.14     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
  2.15  attorney general. 
  2.16     (c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Cass 
  2.17  county and are described as follows: 
  2.18     (1) The lands described in subclauses (i) and (ii) must be 
  2.19  sold by the alternate sale provisions under Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.20  section 282.01, subdivision 7a:  
  2.21     (i) that part of Lot 13 lying S. of the N. line of 139-26, 
  2.22  Sabin's Northburn Acres, Crooked Lake Twp (PIN 12-371-0130); and 
  2.23     (ii) Govt. Lot 1, Sec. 7-137-29, Wilson Twp (PIN 
  2.24  50-007-2201). 
  2.25     (2) The lands described in subclauses (i) to (iv) may only 
  2.26  be sold through public auction:  
  2.27     (i) Outlet C, 1st Addition to Village of East Gull Lake, 
  2.28  Sec. 17-134-29 (PIN 87-369-0141); 
  2.29     (ii) Lot 3 Wedgewoods, Sec. 13-141-28, Kego Twnshp (PIN 
  2.30  19-379-0030); 
  2.31     (iii) Lots 4 & 5, Block 12, Forbes Addn to Pine River, Sec. 
  2.32  31-138-29 (PIN 94-349-1260); and 
  2.33     (iv) Lot 6, Blk 2, Riverside, Sec. 6-137-29, Wilson Twp 
  2.34  (PIN 50-358-0230). 
  2.35     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  2.36  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  3.1   returned to private ownership. 
  3.2      Sec. 3.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; CROW WING COUNTY.] 
  3.3      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  3.4   282.018, subdivision 1, Crow Wing county may sell the 
  3.5   tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
  3.6   paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
  3.7   Statutes, chapter 282. 
  3.8      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  3.9   attorney general. 
  3.10     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Crow Wing 
  3.11  county and is described as: 
  3.12     (1) Central Addition No. 2 to Crosby, Lot 1, Block 3; 
  3.13     (2) East 100 feet of West 1,000 feet of Government Lot 4, 
  3.14  Section 6, Township 136 North, Range 26 West; and 
  3.15     (3) Seventeenth Addition to Breezy Point Estates to the 
  3.16  City of Breezy Point, Lot 98. 
  3.17     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  3.18  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  3.19  returned to private ownership. 
  3.20     Sec. 4.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; BECKER COUNTY.] 
  3.21     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  3.22  282.018, subdivision 1, Becker county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  3.23  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
  3.24  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  3.25  282. 
  3.26     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  3.27  attorney general. 
  3.28     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Becker county and 
  3.29  is described as: 
  3.30     (1) That part of Government Lot 5 of Section 14, Township 
  3.31  138 North, Range 43 West, described as follows: 
  3.32     Commencing at a cast iron monument which designates the 
  3.33  northwest corner of said Government Lot 5; thence South 04 
  3.34  degrees 17 minutes 38 seconds East 1,786.20 feet on an assumed 
  3.35  bearing along the west line of said Section 14 to the point of 
  3.36  beginning; thence continuing South 04 degrees 17 minutes 38 
  4.1   seconds East 220.00 feet along the west line of said Section 14; 
  4.2   thence South 68 degrees 32 minutes 38 seconds East 100 feet, 
  4.3   more or less, to the water's edge of Big Cormorant Lake; thence 
  4.4   northerly along the water's edge of said Big Cormorant Lake to 
  4.5   the intersection with a line which bears South 68 degrees 32 
  4.6   minutes 38 seconds East from the point of beginning; thence 
  4.7   North 68 degrees 32 minutes 38 seconds West 25 feet, more or 
  4.8   less, to an iron monument; thence continuing North 68 degrees 32 
  4.9   minutes 38 seconds West 61.91 feet to an iron monument; thence 
  4.10  continuing North 68 degrees 32 minutes 38 seconds West 86.02 
  4.11  feet to an iron monument; thence continuing North 68 degrees 32 
  4.12  minutes 38 seconds West 8.78 feet to the point of beginning; 
  4.13     (2) A Twelve Hundredths (0.12) acre lakeshore tract of land 
  4.14  in Government Lot One of Section 34, Township 138 North, Range 
  4.15  43 West described as follows:  Beginning at a point that bears 
  4.16  South 50 degrees 7 minutes West 536.5 feet and South 62 degrees 
  4.17  36 minutes West 102 feet from the Northeast corner (Meander 
  4.18  Corner #45) of the said Government Lot One; thence running South 
  4.19  62 degrees 36 minutes West 51.0 feet; thence North 37 degrees 58 
  4.20  minutes West 106.4 feet to an iron stake on the shore line of 
  4.21  Lake Ida; thence North 62 degrees 36 minutes East 50.0 feet 
  4.22  along the shore line of Lake Ida; thence South 38 degrees 30 
  4.23  minutes East 106.6 feet to the point of beginning and there 
  4.24  terminating; 
  4.25     (3) Government Lot 5, Section 34, Township 139 North, Range 
  4.26  43 West; 
  4.27     (4) Lot 16 and Lot 17, Block 4, Bijou Heights, Sections 29 
  4.28  and 30, Township 139 North, Range 43 West; 
  4.29     (5) That part of Government Lot 6 of Section 6, Township 
  4.30  138 North, Range 42 West described as follows:  Commencing at an 
  4.31  iron monument which designates the south quarter corner of said 
  4.32  Section 6; thence South 88 degrees 37 minutes 43 seconds West 
  4.33  237.00 feet on an assumed bearing along the south line of said 
  4.34  Section 6; thence North 01 degree 36 minutes 59 seconds West 
  4.35  145.37 feet parallel with the north-south quarter line of said 
  4.36  Section 6 to the northerly right-of-way line of County State Aid 
  5.1   Highway No. 6, said point is the point of beginning:  thence 
  5.2   continuing North 01 degree 36 minutes 59 seconds West parallel 
  5.3   with said north-south quarter line to the intersection with the 
  5.4   southerly line of Outlot C or its easterly extension, said 
  5.5   Outlot C is a part of the plat of SUMMER ISLAND which is on file 
  5.6   and of record in the office of the Recorder of said county; 
  5.7   thence westerly 580 feet, more or less, along the easterly 
  5.8   extension of the southerly line and along the southerly line of 
  5.9   said Outlot C to the southwesterly corner of said Outlot C; 
  5.10  thence southerly along the easterly line of said Outlot C; 
  5.11  thence southerly along the easterly line of a Dedicated Public 
  5.12  Road according to said SUMMER ISLAND to the northerly 
  5.13  right-of-way line of said County State Aid Highway No. 6, thence 
  5.14  easterly 580 feet, more or less, along the northerly 
  5.15  right-of-way line of said County State Aid Highway No. 6 to the 
  5.16  point of beginning; 
  5.17     (6) All of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 lying 
  5.18  East of Creek, Section 26, Township 138 North, Range 42 West; 
  5.19     (7) Lot 11, Black Hawk Mountain Beach, Section 6, Township 
  5.20  138 North, Range 42 West; 
  5.21     (8) Lot 26, Block 1, Lakeland Estates, Section 4, Township 
  5.22  138 North, Range 42 West; and 
  5.23     (9) Lots 4 and 5, Palin Beach, Section 30, Township 138 
  5.24  North, Range 42 West. 
  5.25     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  5.26  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  5.27  returned to private ownership. 
  5.28     Sec. 5.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; AITKIN COUNTY.] 
  5.29     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  5.30  282.018, subdivision 1, Aitkin county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  5.31  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
  5.32  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  5.33  282. 
  5.34     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  5.35  attorney general. 
  5.36     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Aitkin county and 
  6.1   is described as: 
  6.2      (1) Lots 4 and 5, Block 1, Plat of Blackrock Woods, City of 
  6.3   Aitkin; and 
  6.4      (2) Undivided 1/35 interest in Lot 5, Plat of Bakke's 
  6.5   Woodland Beach, Township 44 North, Range 25 West, Section 29. 
  6.6      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  6.7   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  6.8   returned to private ownership. 
  6.9      Sec. 6.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; MILLE LACS COUNTY.] 
  6.10     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  6.11  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  6.12  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Mille Lacs county may sell the 
  6.13  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
  6.14  paragraph (c) to adjacent land owners, under the alternate sale 
  6.15  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 7a.
  6.16     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  6.17  attorney general, and sold only to an adjacent landowner. 
  6.18     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Mille Lacs 
  6.19  county, consists of about .29 acres, and is described as: 
  6.20     Government Lot No. 2, Section 2, Township 42 North, Range 
  6.21  27 West. 
  6.22     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  6.23  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  6.24  returned to private ownership. 
  6.25     Sec. 7.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; WASHINGTON COUNTY.] 
  6.26     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45; 
  6.27  103F.535; and 282.018, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), and the 
  6.28  public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
  6.29  Washington county may convey to the city of Hugo, without 
  6.30  consideration, the lands bordering public waters that are 
  6.31  described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of 
  6.32  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
  6.33     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  6.34  attorney general.  
  6.35     (c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in 
  6.36  Washington county, are designated by Washington county parcel 
  7.1   number 93030-2250, and are described as follows:  
  7.2      The West One-Half (W 1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) 
  7.3   of Section 30, Township 31 North, Range 21 West, City of Hugo, 
  7.4   Washington County, Minnesota.  
  7.5      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  7.6   management interests would best be served if the lands described 
  7.7   in paragraph (c) were transferred to the city of Hugo to allow 
  7.8   improvements to Clearwater Creek, to make more effective use of 
  7.9   storage available on existing wetlands, to create several 
  7.10  regional ponding areas, to reserve areas for future recreational 
  7.11  uses including, but not limited to, nature parks and walking 
  7.12  trails, and to allow extension of various city streets.  
  7.13     Sec. 8.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HOUSTON 
  7.14  COUNTY.] 
  7.15     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
  7.16  94.10, or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of 
  7.17  natural resources may convey by private sale the surplus state 
  7.18  land described in paragraph (c).  
  7.19     (b) The land described in paragraph (c) may be sold by 
  7.20  private sale to Pat White of Houston county, Minnesota.  The 
  7.21  conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general.  
  7.22     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Houston county, 
  7.23  consists of about .14 acre, and is described as: 
  7.24     All that part of the CMC Real Estate Corporation's (the 
  7.25  former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 
  7.26  Company) real property in Government Lot 2, Section 25, Township 
  7.27  102 North, Range 4 West, Houston county, Minnesota, lying 
  7.28  northwesterly of a line parallel with and 50 feet 
  7.29  perpendicularly distant northwesterly of the center line of the 
  7.30  Soo Line Railroad Company's main track, and being a strip of 
  7.31  land 40 feet in width, lying northerly of, adjacent and 
  7.32  contiguous to the following described line:  
  7.33     Commencing at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 2 
  7.34  from which the northwest corner of said Government Lot 2 bears 
  7.35  North 01 degree 37 minutes 43 seconds East, bearing based on the 
  7.36  Houston County Coordinate System of 1983; thence North 14 
  8.1   degrees 32 minutes 00 seconds East 536.38 feet to the west line 
  8.2   of said CMC Real Estate Corporation's real property and the 
  8.3   point of beginning of the line to be described; thence South 66 
  8.4   degrees 33 minutes 17 seconds East 150.00 feet to a point on a 
  8.5   line parallel with and 50 feet perpendicularly distant 
  8.6   northwesterly of the center line of the said Soo Line Railroad 
  8.7   Company's main track and there terminating.  
  8.8      (d) The commissioner of natural resources has determined 
  8.9   that the land conveyance would have no impact on the adjacent 
  8.10  public access site and that the land would be put to better use 
  8.11  if returned to private use. 
  8.12     Sec. 9.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
  8.13  PUBLIC WATERS; COOK COUNTY.] 
  8.14     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  8.15  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  8.16  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Cook county may sell by private 
  8.17  sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public waters that are 
  8.18  described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
  8.19  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
  8.20     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
  8.21  attorney general. 
  8.22     (c) The parcels of land that may be conveyed are located in 
  8.23  Cook county and are described as: 
  8.24     (1) an undivided 1/3 interest in Government Lot 5, Section 
  8.25  28, Township 63 North, Range 1 East, containing approximately 
  8.26  14.08 acres; and 
  8.27     (2) an undivided 1/4 interest in the South one-half of the 
  8.28  SW 1/4, the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, and Government Lot 4, Section 
  8.29  23, Township 63 North, Range 4 East. 
  8.30     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  8.31  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  8.32  returned to private ownership. 
  8.33     Sec. 10.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
  8.34  PUBLIC WATERS; COOK COUNTY.] 
  8.35     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  8.36  282.018, subdivision 1, Cook county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  9.1   lands bordering public waters that are described in paragraph 
  9.2   (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.3   chapter 282. 
  9.4      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  9.5   attorney general. 
  9.6      (c) The parcel of land that may be conveyed is located in 
  9.7   Cook county and is described as: 
  9.8      Part of Lot 2 and part of the NE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 22, 
  9.9   Township 63 North, Range 3 East, containing approximately 65 
  9.10  acres. 
  9.11     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  9.12  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  9.13  returned to private ownership. 
  9.14     Sec. 11.  [TRANSFER OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  9.15  WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.] 
  9.16     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  9.17  282.018, subdivision 1, Washington county shall transfer the 
  9.18  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
  9.19  paragraph (c) to the city of Oakdale, under the remaining 
  9.20  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
  9.21     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  9.22  attorney general. 
  9.23     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington county 
  9.24  and is described as follows:  Outlot A, Oakpond Terrace, 
  9.25  Washington county, Minnesota. 
  9.26     (d) Washington county has determined that the land is 
  9.27  needed by the city of Oakdale for construction of a new fire 
  9.28  station. 
  9.29     (e) Development of this parcel is limited to the north 230 
  9.30  feet of Outlot A. 
  9.31     Sec. 12.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; CARLTON 
  9.32  COUNTY.] 
  9.33     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
  9.34  public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
  9.35  other law to the contrary, Carlton county may convey by private 
  9.36  sale the tax-forfeited land described in paragraph (c). 
 10.1      (b) The land described in paragraph (c) may be sold by 
 10.2   private sale to Interfaith Social Services of Carlton, 
 10.3   Minnesota.  The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 10.4   attorney general for a consideration of taxes due on the 
 10.5   property and any penalties, interest, and costs. 
 10.6      (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Carlton county 
 10.7   and is described as: 
 10.8      North 6.66 acres of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter 
 10.9   of the Southwest Quarter, subject to pipeline easement, Section 
 10.10  6, Township 48 North, Range 16 West, City of Carlton. 
 10.11     (d) A conservation easement, in a form prescribed by the 
 10.12  commissioner of natural resources, must be reserved to the state 
 10.13  within 100 feet of the ordinary high water mark of 
 10.14  Slaughterhouse creek for public angler access and stream habitat 
 10.15  protection and enhancement. 
 10.16     (e) Carlton county finds that the property would be put to 
 10.17  better use if returned to private use. 
 10.18     Sec. 13.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 10.19     Sections 1, 3 to 7, 9, 10, and 12 are effective the day 
 10.20  following final enactment.  Sections 2 and 11 are effective 30 
 10.21  days after final enactment.