1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to state lands; authorizing the conveyance 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 certain state lands to 
  1.7             wild rice lessees; authorizing the private sale of 
  1.8             surplus state land in Houston county. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
  1.11  PUBLIC WATERS; BLUE EARTH COUNTY.] 
  1.12     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, and 
  1.13  section 92.45, Blue Earth county may convey to the city of 
  1.14  Mankato for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering on 
  1.15  public waters that is described in paragraph (c). 
  1.16     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  1.17  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
  1.18  if the city stops using the land for public 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 
  1.27     westerly right-of-way line of the abandoned Union Pacific 
  2.1      Railroad Company; and on the West by the Minnesota River. 
  2.2      Containing 2.84 acres, more or less.  
  2.3      (d) The county has determined that it is in the public's 
  2.4   best interest to convey the parcel to the city of Mankato for 
  2.5   use in connection with the North Minnesota River Trail. 
  2.6      Sec. 2.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON PUBLIC 
  2.7   WATER OR INCLUDING WETLANDS; CASS COUNTY.] 
  2.8      Subdivision 1.  [SALE REQUIREMENTS.] (a) Notwithstanding 
  2.9   Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, 
  2.10  subdivision 1, Cass county may sell the tax-forfeited lands 
  2.11  bordering public water or natural wetlands that are described in 
  2.12  subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
  2.13  Statutes, chapter 282. 
  2.14     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
  2.15  attorney general. 
  2.16     Subd. 2.  [DESCRIPTIONS.] The parcels of land that may be 
  2.17  conveyed are described in paragraphs (a) and (b). 
  2.18     (a) The lands described in clauses (1) and (2) must be sold 
  2.19  under the alternate sale provisions in Minnesota Statutes, 
  2.20  section 282.01, subdivision 7a, with a nonseverability clause in 
  2.21  the conveyance document: 
  2.22     (1) that part of Lot 13 Lying South of the North line of 
  2.23  139-26, Sabin's Northburn Acres, Crooked Lake Township (PIN 
  2.24  12-371-0130); and 
  2.25     (2) Government Lot 1, Section 7-137-29, Wilson Township 
  2.26  (PIN 50-007-2201). 
  2.27     (b) The lands described in clauses (1) to (4) must be sold 
  2.28  as provided in subdivision 1: 
  2.29     (1) Outlot C, First Addition to Village of East Gull Lake 
  2.30  Section 17-134-29 (PIN 87-369-0141); 
  2.31     (2) Lot 3 Wedgewoods, Section 13-141-28, Kego Township (PIN 
  2.32  19-379-0030); 
  2.33     (3) Lots 4 & 5, Block 12, Forbes Addition to Pine River, 
  2.34  Section 31-138-29 (PIN 94-349-1260); and 
  2.35     (4) Lot 6, Block 2, Riverside, Section 6-137-29, Wilson 
  2.36  Township (PIN 50-358-0230). 
  3.1      (c) The county has determined that the county's land 
  3.2   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  3.3   returned to private ownership. 
  3.4      Sec. 3.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; CROW WING COUNTY.] 
  3.5      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  3.6   282.018, subdivision 1, Crow Wing county may sell the 
  3.7   tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
  3.8   paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
  3.9   Statutes, chapter 282. 
  3.10     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  3.11  attorney general. 
  3.12     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Crow Wing 
  3.13  county and is described as: 
  3.14     (1) Central Addition No. 2 to Crosby, Lot 1, Block 3; 
  3.15     (2) East 100 feet of West 1000 feet of Government Lot 4, 
  3.16  Section 6, Township 136 North, Range 26 West; and 
  3.17     (3) Seventeenth Addition to Breezy Point Estates to the 
  3.18  City of Breezy Point, Lot 98. 
  3.19     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  3.20  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  3.21  returned to private ownership. 
  3.22     Sec. 4.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; BECKER COUNTY.] 
  3.23     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  3.24  282.018, subdivision 1, Becker county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  3.25  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
  3.26  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  3.27  282. 
  3.28     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  3.29  attorney general. 
  3.30     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Becker county and 
  3.31  is described as: 
  3.32     (1) That part of Government Lot 5 of Section 14, Township 
  3.33  138 North, Range 43 West, described as follows: 
  3.34     Commencing at a cast iron monument which designates the 
  3.35  northwest corner of said Government Lot 5; thence South 04 
  3.36  degrees 17 minutes 38 seconds East 1786.20 feet on an assumed 
  4.1   bearing along the west line of said Section 14 to the point of 
  4.2   beginning; thence continuing South 04 degrees 17 minutes 38 
  4.3   seconds East 220.00 feet along the west line of said Section 14; 
  4.4   thence South 68 degrees 32 minutes 38 seconds East 100 feet, 
  4.5   more or less, to the water's edge of Big Cormorant Lake; thence 
  4.6   northerly along the water's edge of said Big Cormorant Lake to 
  4.7   the intersection with a line which bears South 68 degrees 32 
  4.8   minutes 38 seconds East from the point of beginning; thence 
  4.9   North 68 degrees 32 minutes 38 seconds West 25 feet, more or 
  4.10  less, to an iron monument; thence continuing North 68 degrees 32 
  4.11  minutes 38 seconds West 61.91 feet to an iron monument; thence 
  4.12  continuing North 68 degrees 32 minutes 38 seconds West 86.02 
  4.13  feet to an iron monument; thence continuing North 68 degrees 32 
  4.14  minutes 38 seconds West 8.78 feet to the point of beginning; 
  4.15     (2) A Twelve Hundredths (0.12) acre lakeshore tract of land 
  4.16  in Government Lot One of Section 34, Township 138 North, Range 
  4.17  43 West described as follows:  Beginning at a point that bears 
  4.18  South 50 degrees 7 minutes West 536.5 feet and South 62 degrees 
  4.19  36 minutes West 102 feet from the Northeast corner (Meander 
  4.20  Corner #45) of the said Government Lot One; thence running South 
  4.21  62 degrees 36 minutes West 51.0 feet; thence North 37 degrees 58 
  4.22  minutes West 106.4 feet to an iron stake on the shore line of 
  4.23  Lake Ida; thence North 62 degrees 36 minutes East 50.0 feet 
  4.24  along the shore line of Lake Ida; thence South 38 degrees 30 
  4.25  minutes East 106.6 feet to the point of beginning and there 
  4.26  terminating; 
  4.27     (3) Government Lot 5, Section 34, Township 139 North, Range 
  4.28  43 West; 
  4.29     (4) Lot 16 and Lot 17, Block 4, Bijou Heights, Section 29 
  4.30  and 30, Township 139 North, Range 43 West; 
  4.31     (5) That part of Government Lot 6 of Section 6, Township 
  4.32  138 North, Range 42 West described as follows:  Commencing at an 
  4.33  iron monument which designates the south quarter corner of said 
  4.34  Section 6; thence South 88 degrees 37 minutes 43 seconds West 
  4.35  237.00 feet on an assumed bearing along the south line of said 
  4.36  Section 6; thence North 01 degree 36 minutes 59 seconds West 
  5.1   145.37 feet parallel with the north-south quarter line of said 
  5.2   Section 6 to the northerly right of way line of County State Aid 
  5.3   Highway No. 6, said point is the point of beginning:  thence 
  5.4   continuing North 01 degree 36 minutes 59 seconds West parallel 
  5.5   with said north-south quarter line to the intersection with the 
  5.6   southerly line of Outlot C or its easterly extension, said 
  5.7   Outlot C is a part of the plat of SUMMER ISLAND which is on file 
  5.8   and of record in the office of the Recorder of said county; 
  5.9   thence westerly 580 feet, more or less, along the easterly 
  5.10  extension of the southerly line and along the southerly line of 
  5.11  said Outlot C to the southwesterly corner of said Outlot C; 
  5.12  thence southerly along the easterly line of said Outlot C; 
  5.13  thence southerly along the easterly line of a Dedicated Public 
  5.14  Road according to said SUMMER ISLAND to the northerly right of 
  5.15  way line of said County State Aid Highway No. 6, thence easterly 
  5.16  580 feet more or less, along the northerly right of way line of 
  5.17  said County State Aid Highway No. 6 to the point of beginning; 
  5.18     (6) All of the Northwest 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4 lying 
  5.19  East of Creek, Section 26, Township 138 North, Range 42 West; 
  5.20     (7) Lot 11, Black Hawk Mountain Beach, Section 6, Township 
  5.21  138 North, Range 42 West; 
  5.22     (8) Lot 26, Block 1, Lakeland Estates, Section 4, Township 
  5.23  138 North, Range 42 West; and 
  5.24     (9) Lot 4 and 5, Palin Beach, Section 30, Township 138 
  5.25  North, Range 42 West. 
  5.26     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  5.27  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  5.28  returned to private ownership. 
  5.29     Sec. 5.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; AITKIN COUNTY.] 
  5.30     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  5.31  282.018, subdivision 1, Aitkin county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  5.32  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
  5.33  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  5.34  282. 
  5.35     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  5.36  attorney general. 
  6.1      (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Aitkin county and 
  6.2   is described as: 
  6.3      (1) Lots 4 and 5, Block 1, Plat of Blackrock Woods, City of 
  6.4   Aitkin; and 
  6.5      (2) Undivided 1/35 interest in Lot 5, Plat of Bakke's 
  6.6   Woodland Beach, Township 44 North, Range 25 West, Section 29. 
  6.7      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  6.8   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  6.9   returned to private ownership. 
  6.10     Sec. 6.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; MILLE LACS COUNTY.] 
  6.11     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  6.12  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  6.13  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Mille Lacs county may sell the 
  6.14  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
  6.15  paragraph (c) to adjacent land owners, under the alternate sale 
  6.16  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 7a.
  6.17     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  6.18  attorney general, and sold only to an adjacent landowner.  The 
  6.19  conveyance document must include a nonseverability clause.  
  6.20     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Mille Lacs 
  6.21  county, consists of about .29 acres, and is described as: 
  6.22     Government Lot No. 2, Section 2, Township 42 North, Range 
  6.23  27 West. 
  6.24     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  6.25  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  6.26  returned to private ownership. 
  6.27     Sec. 7.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; CARLTON 
  6.28  COUNTY.] 
  6.29     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  6.30  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  6.31  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Carlton county may sell by 
  6.32  private sale the tax-forfeited land described in paragraph (d) 
  6.33  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  6.34  282. 
  6.35     (b) The land described in paragraph (d) may be sold by 
  6.36  private sale.  The consideration for the conveyance must include 
  7.1   the taxes due on the property and any penalties, interest, and 
  7.2   costs.  If the lands are sold, the conveyance must reserve to 
  7.3   the state a conservation easement, in a form prescribed by the 
  7.4   commissioner of natural resources, for the land within 100 feet 
  7.5   of the ordinary high water level of Slaughterhouse creek for 
  7.6   public angler access and stream habitat protection and 
  7.7   enhancement. 
  7.8      (c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  7.9   attorney general. 
  7.10     (d) The land to be conveyed is located in Carlton county 
  7.11  and is described as: 
  7.12     North 6.66 acres of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter 
  7.13  of the Southwest Quarter, subject to pipeline easement, Section 
  7.14  6, Township 48 North, Range 16 West, City of Carlton. 
  7.15     (e) Carlton county has determined that this sale best 
  7.16  serves the land management interests of Carlton county. 
  7.17     Sec. 8.  [TRANSFER OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  7.18  WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.] 
  7.19     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  7.20  282.018, subdivision 1, Washington county shall transfer the 
  7.21  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
  7.22  paragraph (c) to the city of Oakdale, under the remaining 
  7.23  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
  7.24     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  7.25  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
  7.26  if the city of Oakdale stops using the land for a public purpose.
  7.27     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington county 
  7.28  and is described as follows:  Outlot A, Oakpond Terrace, 
  7.29  Washington county, Minnesota. 
  7.30     (d) Washington county has determined that the land is 
  7.31  needed by the city of Oakdale for public purposes. 
  7.32     (e) Development of this parcel is limited to the north 230 
  7.33  feet of Outlot A. 
  7.34     Sec. 9.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; WASHINGTON 
  7.35  COUNTY.] 
  7.36     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45; 
  8.1   103F.535; and 282.018, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), and the 
  8.2   public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
  8.3   Washington county may convey to the city of Hugo, without 
  8.4   consideration, the lands bordering public waters that are 
  8.5   described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of 
  8.6   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
  8.7      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  8.8   attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
  8.9   if the city of Hugo stops using the land for public purposes.  
  8.10     (c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in 
  8.11  Washington county, are designated by Washington county parcel 
  8.12  number 93030-2250, and are described as follows:  
  8.13     The West One-Half (W 1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (NE 1/4) 
  8.14  of Section 30, Township 31 North, Range 21 West, City of Hugo, 
  8.15  Washington County, Minnesota.  
  8.16     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  8.17  management interests would best be served if the lands described 
  8.18  in paragraph (c) were transferred to the city of Hugo to allow 
  8.19  improvements to Clearwater Creek, to make more effective use of 
  8.20  storage available on existing wetlands, to create several 
  8.21  regional ponding areas, to reserve areas for future recreational 
  8.22  uses including, but not limited to, nature parks and walking 
  8.23  trails, and to allow extension of various city streets.  
  8.24     Sec. 10.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
  8.25  PUBLIC WATERS; COOK COUNTY.] 
  8.26     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  8.27  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  8.28  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Cook county may sell by private 
  8.29  sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public waters that are 
  8.30  described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
  8.31  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
  8.32     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
  8.33  attorney general. 
  8.34     (c) The parcels of land that may be conveyed are located in 
  8.35  Cook county and are described as: 
  8.36     (1) an undivided 1/3 interest in Government Lot 5, Section 
  9.1   28, Township 63 North, Range 1 East, containing approximately 
  9.2   14.08 acres; and 
  9.3      (2) an undivided 1/4 interest in the South one-half of the 
  9.4   SW 1/4, the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, and Government Lot 4, Section 
  9.5   23, Township 63 North, Range 4 East. 
  9.6      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  9.7   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  9.8   returned to private ownership. 
  9.9      Sec. 11.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
  9.10  PUBLIC WATERS; COOK COUNTY.] 
  9.11     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  9.12  282.018, subdivision 1, Cook county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  9.13  lands bordering public waters that are described in paragraph 
  9.14  (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.15  chapter 282. 
  9.16     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  9.17  attorney general. 
  9.18     (c) The parcel of land that may be conveyed is located in 
  9.19  Cook county and is described as: 
  9.20     Part of Lot 2 and part of the NE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 22, 
  9.21  Township 63 North, Range 3 East, containing approximately 65 
  9.22  acres. 
  9.23     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  9.24  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  9.25  returned to private ownership. 
  9.26     Sec. 12.  [SALE OF STATE LANDS TO WILD RICE LESSEES.] 
  9.27     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 84A.56, 
  9.28  89.021, 89.27, and 92.45, and the public sale provisions of 
  9.29  Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.10, 282.14, and 282.221, the 
  9.30  commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale to 
  9.31  the wild rice lessees under leases authorized in Minnesota 
  9.32  Statutes, section 92.501, the acquired, consolidated 
  9.33  conservation and Volstead area lands described in paragraph (b) 
  9.34  under the remaining sale provisions in Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.35  sections 94.10 and 282.14 to 282.226.  The affected counties 
  9.36  must approve the sales of the consolidated conservation and 
 10.1   Volstead area lands described in paragraph (b). 
 10.2      (b) The land that may be sold is described as: 
 10.3      (1) The Southeast Quarter of Section 10; that part of the 
 10.4   West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 11 lying westerly 
 10.5   of the west bank of the Tamarac River; the Southeast Quarter of 
 10.6   the Northwest Quarter and that part of the Northeast Quarter 
 10.7   lying westerly of the west bank of the Tamarac River of Section 
 10.8   15; the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and the West 
 10.9   160 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
 10.10  Section 16, Township 154 North, Range 30 West, Beltrami county, 
 10.11  Minnesota; 
 10.12     (2) The Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
 10.13  11, Township 152 North, Range 32 West, Beltrami county, 
 10.14  Minnesota; 
 10.15     (3) The North Half of the Southwest Quarter, the North Half 
 10.16  of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and the North 
 10.17  Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of 
 10.18  Section 14, Township 152 North, Range 32 West; the Northeast 
 10.19  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 155 
 10.20  North, Range 31 West; and Government Lot 1, the East 330 feet of 
 10.21  Government Lot 2, and the North 330 feet of Government Lot 6, 
 10.22  Section 25, Township 155 North, Range 32 West, Beltrami county, 
 10.23  Minnesota; 
 10.24     (4) The South 330 feet of Government Lot 4 and the south 
 10.25  330 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of 
 10.26  Section 18; Government Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, the East Half of the 
 10.27  Northwest Quarter, the East Half of the Southwest Quarter, the 
 10.28  Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, the West 200 feet of 
 10.29  the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; and the West 900 
 10.30  feet of the South 700 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the 
 10.31  Southeast Quarter of Section 19; and the North Half of the 
 10.32  Northeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 154 North, Range 29 
 10.33  West, Koochiching county, Minnesota; 
 10.34     (5) The Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the 
 10.35  North 330 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
 10.36  of Section 22, Township 150 North, Range 39 West, Polk county, 
 11.1   Minnesota; 
 11.2      (6) The Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; that 
 11.3   part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying 
 11.4   east of County Road No. 24; that part of the Northwest Quarter 
 11.5   of the Northwest Quarter lying south of the south bank of State 
 11.6   Ditch No. 63 and east of County Road No. 24; and that part of 
 11.7   the North Half of the Northeast Quarter and the Northeast 
 11.8   Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying south of the south bank 
 11.9   of State Ditch No. 63; all in Section 27, Township 48 North, 
 11.10  Range 27 West, Aitkin county, Minnesota; 
 11.11     (7) The Northeast Quarter of Section 35, Township 48 North, 
 11.12  Range 27 West, Aitkin county, Minnesota; 
 11.13     (8) The Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of 
 11.14  Section 8, Township 48 North, Range 26 West, Aitkin county, 
 11.15  Minnesota; 
 11.16     (9) The West Half of the Northeast Quarter, the Southeast 
 11.17  Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and the South 660 feet of the 
 11.18  Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 10; and 
 11.19  the West 330 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest 
 11.20  Quarter of Section 11; Township 154 North, Range 30 West, 
 11.21  Beltrami county, Minnesota; 
 11.22     (10) The South 660 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the 
 11.23  Northwest Quarter, the South 660 feet of the West 660 feet of 
 11.24  the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, the North 660 
 11.25  feet of the West 660 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the 
 11.26  Northwest Quarter, and the South Half of the Northeast Quarter 
 11.27  of the Southwest Quarter of Section 21, Township 154 North, 
 11.28  Range 30 West, Beltrami county, Minnesota; and 
 11.29     (11) The Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
 11.30  Section 11, Township 153 North, Range 31 West, Beltrami county, 
 11.31  Minnesota. 
 11.32     (c) The conveyances shall be in a form approved by the 
 11.33  attorney general.  In determining the value of the described 
 11.34  lands, no improvements paid for by the lessee shall be added to 
 11.35  the value of the land.  The purchaser of the land described in 
 11.36  paragraph (b), clause (5), may not alter the existing 
 12.1   groundwater hydrology, and may alter the surface water hydrology 
 12.2   from the current operation only with the approval of the 
 12.3   commissioner. 
 12.4      Sec. 13.  [PRIVATE SALE OF STATE LAND; HOUSTON COUNTY.] 
 12.5      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
 12.6   94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may convey by 
 12.7   private sale the surplus state land described in paragraph (c).  
 12.8      (b) The land described in paragraph (c) may be sold by 
 12.9   private sale.  The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 12.10  attorney general.  
 12.11     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Houston county, 
 12.12  consists of about .14 acre, and is described as: 
 12.13     All that part of the CMC Real Estate Corporation's (the 
 12.14  former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 
 12.15  Company) real property in Government Lot 2, Section 25, Township 
 12.16  102 North, Range 4 West, Houston county, Minnesota, lying 
 12.17  northwesterly of a line parallel with and 50 feet 
 12.18  perpendicularly distant northwesterly of the center line of the 
 12.19  Soo Line Railroad Company's main track, and being a strip of 
 12.20  land 40 feet in width, lying northerly of, adjacent and 
 12.21  contiguous to the following described line:  
 12.22     Commencing at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 2 
 12.23  from which the northwest corner of said Government Lot 2 bears 
 12.24  North 01 degree 37 minutes 43 seconds East, bearing based on the 
 12.25  Houston County Coordinate System of 1983; thence North 14 
 12.26  degrees 32 minutes 00 seconds East 536.38 feet to the west line 
 12.27  of said CMC Real Estate Corporation's real property and the 
 12.28  point of beginning of the line to be described; thence South 66 
 12.29  degrees 33 minutes 17 seconds East 150.00 feet to a point on a 
 12.30  line parallel with and 50 feet perpendicularly distant 
 12.31  northwesterly of the center line of the said Soo Line Railroad 
 12.32  Company's main track and there terminating.  
 12.33     (d) The commissioner of natural resources has determined 
 12.34  that the land conveyance would have no impact on the adjacent 
 12.35  public access site and that the land would be put to better use 
 12.36  if returned to private use. 
 13.1      Sec. 14.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 13.2      This act is effective the day following final enactment.