1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state lands; modifying the terms of a 
  1.3             tax-forfeited land sale in Carlton county; authorizing 
  1.4             the private sale of certain land in Aitkin county; 
  1.5             authorizing the conveyance of certain state land to 
  1.6             the city of Faribault; authorizing the public sale of 
  1.7             certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water 
  1.8             in Douglas county; amending Laws 1997, chapter 207, 
  1.9             section 7. 
  1.10  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.11     Section 1.  Laws 1997, chapter 207, section 7, is amended 
  1.12  to read: 
  1.13     Sec. 7.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; CARLTON 
  1.14  COUNTY.] 
  1.15     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  1.16  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  1.17  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Carlton county may sell by 
  1.18  private sale the tax-forfeited land described in paragraph (d) 
  1.19  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  1.20  282. 
  1.21     (b) The land described in paragraph (d) may be sold by 
  1.22  private sale.  The consideration for the conveyance must include 
  1.23  the taxes due on the property and any penalties, interest, and 
  1.24  costs shall be the appraised value of the land.  If the lands 
  1.25  are sold, the conveyance must reserve to the state a 
  1.26  conservation perpetual easement, in a form prescribed by the 
  1.27  commissioner of natural resources, for the land within 100 feet 
  2.1   of the ordinary high water level of Slaughterhouse creek for 
  2.2   public angler access and stream habitat protection and 
  2.3   enhancement for the benefit of the state of Minnesota, 
  2.4   department of natural resources, over the following lands: 
  2.5      A strip of land lying in the North 6.66 acres of the West 
  2.6   Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of 
  2.7   Section 6, Township 48 North, Range 16 West, Carlton county.  
  2.8   Said strip lying 100 feet on each side of the centerline of 
  2.9   Slaughterhouse Creek. 
  2.10     (c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  2.11  attorney general. 
  2.12     (d) The land to be conveyed is located in Carlton county 
  2.13  and is described as: 
  2.14     North 6.66 acres of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter 
  2.15  of the Southwest Quarter, subject to pipeline easement, Section 
  2.16  6, Township 48 North, Range 16 West, City of Carlton. 
  2.17     (e) Carlton county has determined that this sale best 
  2.18  serves the land management interests of Carlton county. 
  2.19     Sec. 2.  [AITKIN COUNTY; PRIVATE SALE.] 
  2.20     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 
  2.21  94.16, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
  2.22  sale for a consideration of not less than the appraised value, 
  2.23  excluding improvements, to the holder of the life estate in the 
  2.24  tract of land described in paragraph (c).  
  2.25     (b) The sale shall be in a form approved by the attorney 
  2.26  general.  
  2.27     (c) The land to be sold is in Aitkin county, Minnesota in 
  2.28  the Vendla Badger wildlife management area and is described as: 
  2.29     That part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
  2.30  of Section 12, Township 46 North, Range 26 West, Aitkin county, 
  2.31  Minnesota, described as follows:  
  2.32     Commencing at a 1-1/4 inch iron pipe at the south quarter 
  2.33  corner of said Section 12; thence EAST, bearing assumed, on the 
  2.34  south line of said Section 12, a distance of 141.85 feet to the 
  2.35  point of beginning; thence NORTH 725.00 feet; thence EAST 450.00 
  2.36  feet; thence SOUTH 725.00 feet to said south line; thence WEST 
  3.1   on said south line 450.00 feet to the point of beginning; 
  3.2   containing 7.5 acres, more or less.  
  3.3      (d) The buyer's predecessor donated land to the state for 
  3.4   the Vendla Badger wildlife management area, including the land 
  3.5   described in paragraph (c), but retained a possessory interest 
  3.6   in the land described in paragraph (c).  The sale gives the 
  3.7   buyer full title free of state interest. 
  3.8      Sec. 3.  [CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND TO CITY OF FARIBAULT.] 
  3.9      Subdivision 1.  [CONVEYANCE.] Notwithstanding Minnesota 
  3.10  Statutes, sections 92.45 and 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner of 
  3.11  administration shall convey to the city of Faribault for no 
  3.12  consideration the land described in subdivision 3. 
  3.13     Subd. 2.  [FORM.] The conveyance must be in a form approved 
  3.14  by the attorney general and must provide that the land reverts 
  3.15  to the state if Parcels A and B cease to be used for a nature 
  3.16  interpretive center and recreational trail system or if Parcel C 
  3.17  ceases to be used for a municipal park. 
  3.18     Subd. 3.  [DESCRIPTION.] (a) The land to be conveyed are 
  3.19  those parts of Sections 31, 32, and 33 in Township 110 North, 
  3.20  Range 20 West, and those parts of Sections 4, 5, 6, and 8 in 
  3.21  Township 109 North, Range 20 West, in the city of Faribault, 
  3.22  Rice county, Minnesota, described as follows: 
  3.23     (1) Parcel A:  Beginning at the Southeast corner of the 
  3.24     Southeast Quarter of said Section 31; thence South 89 
  3.25     degrees, 58 minutes, 35 seconds West, along the South line 
  3.26     of said Southeast Quarter (for purposes of this description 
  3.27     bearings are assumed and based on said South line being 
  3.28     South 89 degrees, 58 minutes, 35 seconds West), 299.47 feet 
  3.29     to a point in the easterly right-of-way line of the 
  3.30     Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railroad; thence North 8 
  3.31     degrees, 28 minutes, 35 seconds East, along said easterly 
  3.32     right-of-way line, 64.53 feet to a point in the center line 
  3.33     of the Straight river; thence along said river center line 
  3.34     on the following six courses:  (1) North 38 degrees, 39 
  3.35     minutes, 35 seconds East, 291.75 feet; (2) thence North 20 
  3.36     degrees, 9 minutes, 45 seconds East, 681.78 feet; (3) 
  4.1      thence North 34 degrees, 19 minutes, 49 seconds East, 
  4.2      248.24 feet; (4) thence North 0 degrees, 39 minutes, 31 
  4.3      seconds East, 435.03 feet; (5) thence North 18 degrees, 9 
  4.4      minutes, 34 seconds West, 657.76 feet; (6) thence North 46 
  4.5      degrees, 16 minutes, 23 seconds West, 98.54 feet to a point 
  4.6      in the West line of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 
  4.7      32; thence North 0 degrees, 5 minutes, 56 seconds West, 
  4.8      along said West line, 161.66 feet to a point in the 
  4.9      southwesterly right-of-way line of a street known as 
  4.10     Institute Place; thence along said southwesterly line of 
  4.11     Institute Place on the following three courses:  (1) South 
  4.12     61 degrees, 31 minutes, 27 seconds East, 56.14 feet; (2) 
  4.13     thence South 53 degrees, 22 minutes, 44 seconds East, 87.77 
  4.14     feet; (3) thence South 44 degrees, 26 minutes, 3 seconds 
  4.15     East, 215.06 feet to the Northeast corner of Block 1 in 
  4.16     AUDITOR'S PLAT NO. 1 OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 
  4.17     32, TOWNSHIP 110 NORTH, RANGE 20 WEST OF THE FIFTH 
  4.18     PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, FARIBAULT, RICE COUNTY, MINNESOTA; 
  4.19     thence North 89 degrees, 21 minutes, 4 seconds West, along 
  4.20     the North line of said Block 1, a distance of 111.58 feet 
  4.21     to the Northwest corner of said Block 1; thence South 11 
  4.22     degrees, 41 minutes, 14 seconds East, along the West line 
  4.23     of said Block 1, a distance of 202.66 feet; thence South 12 
  4.24     degrees, 51 minutes, 4 seconds East, along said westerly 
  4.25     line of Block 1, a distance of 349.14 feet to the Southwest 
  4.26     corner of said Block 1; thence South 74 degrees, 6 minutes, 
  4.27     4 seconds East, along the southerly line of said Block 1, a 
  4.28     distance of 205.26 feet; thence South 82 degrees, 21 
  4.29     minutes, 4 seconds East, along said southerly line of Block 
  4.30     1, a distance of 106.92 feet to the Southeast corner of 
  4.31     said Block 1; thence South 38 degrees, 13 minutes, 56 
  4.32     seconds West, 194.00 feet; thence South 0 degrees, 13 
  4.33     minutes, 56 seconds West, 1000.00 feet; thence South 46 
  4.34     degrees, 15 minutes, 16 seconds West, 626.46 feet to said 
  4.35     point of beginning; 
  4.36     (2) Parcel B:  Commencing at the Northwest corner of the 
  5.1      Northeast Quarter of said Section 5; thence South 89 
  5.2      degrees, 30 minutes, 57 seconds East, along the North line 
  5.3      of said Northeast Quarter of Section 5 (for purposes of 
  5.4      this description bearings are assumed and based on said 
  5.5      North line being South 89 degrees, 30 minutes, 57 seconds 
  5.6      East), a distance of 937.89 feet to the point of beginning 
  5.7      of the parcel to be herein described; thence northwesterly 
  5.8      along a nontangential curve, concave southwesterly (curve 
  5.9      data:  delta angle = 64 degrees, 8 minutes, 9 seconds; 
  5.10     radius = 500.00 feet; chord bearing and distance = North 57 
  5.11     degrees, 57 minutes, 11 seconds West, 530.92 feet), an arc 
  5.12     distance of 559.69 feet; thence South 89 degrees, 58 
  5.13     minutes, 44 seconds West, 175.00 feet; thence 
  5.14     northwesterly, along a tangential curve, concave 
  5.15     northeasterly (curve data:  delta angle = 90 degrees, 0 
  5.16     minutes, 0 seconds; radius = 80.00 feet; chord bearing and 
  5.17     distance = North 45 degrees, 1 minute, 16 seconds West, 
  5.18     113.14 feet), an arc distance of 125.66 feet; thence North 
  5.19     0 degrees, 1 minute, 16 seconds West, 309.89 feet to a 
  5.20     point in the North line of the South One-fourth of the 
  5.21     Southeast Quarter of said Section 32; thence South 89 
  5.22     degrees, 28 minutes, 9 seconds East, along said North line, 
  5.23     2413.98 feet to a point in the East line of said Southeast 
  5.24     Quarter of Section 32; thence South 0 degrees, 1 minute, 9 
  5.25     seconds East, along said East line, 399.59 feet; thence 
  5.26     South 89 degrees, 38 minutes, 30 seconds East, 826.74 feet; 
  5.27     thence South 0 degrees, 21 minutes, 30 seconds West, 264.00 
  5.28     feet to a point in the North line of the West One-half of 
  5.29     the Northwest Quarter of said Section 4; thence South 89 
  5.30     degrees, 38 minutes, 30 seconds East, along said North 
  5.31     line, 490.37 feet to the Northeast corner of said West 
  5.32     One-half of the Northwest Quarter; thence South 0 degrees, 
  5.33     24 minutes, 20 seconds West, along the East line of said 
  5.34     West One-half of the Northwest Quarter, 2670.04 feet to the 
  5.35     Southeast corner of said West One-half of the Northwest 
  5.36     Quarter; thence South 0 degrees, 24 minutes, 20 seconds 
  6.1      West, along the East line of the Northwest Quarter of the 
  6.2      Southwest Quarter of said Section 4, a distance of 598.97 
  6.3      feet to a point in the center line of the Straight river; 
  6.4      thence South 34 degrees, 34 minutes, 54 seconds West, along 
  6.5      said river center line, 447.98 feet; thence continue along 
  6.6      said river center line, South 13 degrees, 53 minutes, 50 
  6.7      seconds West, 359.52 feet to a point in the South line of 
  6.8      the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said 
  6.9      Section 4; thence North 89 degrees, 35 minutes, 28 seconds 
  6.10     West, along said South line of the Northwest Quarter of the 
  6.11     Southwest Quarter, 983.94 feet to the Southwest corner of 
  6.12     said Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence 
  6.13     North 89 degrees, 38 minutes, 42 seconds West, along the 
  6.14     South line of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast 
  6.15     Quarter of said Section 5, a distance of 1328.17 feet to 
  6.16     the Southwest corner of said Northeast Quarter of the 
  6.17     Southeast Quarter; thence South 0 degrees, 31 minutes, 57 
  6.18     seconds West, along the East line of the Southwest Quarter 
  6.19     of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 5, a distance of 
  6.20     1320.78 feet to the Southeast corner of said Southwest 
  6.21     Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence North 89 degrees, 
  6.22     54 minutes, 59 seconds West, along the South line of said 
  6.23     Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 1329.77 feet to 
  6.24     the Southwest corner of said Southwest Quarter of the 
  6.25     Southeast Quarter; thence North 89 degrees, 16 minutes, 29 
  6.26     seconds West, along the North line of the Northwest Quarter 
  6.27     of said Section 8, a distance of 435.63 feet to a point in 
  6.28     the northwesterly line of the City of Faribault Trail; 
  6.29     thence South 61 degrees, 6 minutes, 11 seconds West, along 
  6.30     said Faribault Trail, 20.70 feet to the beginning of a 
  6.31     spiral curve; thence southwesterly along said Faribault 
  6.32     Trail on said spiral curve, concave northwesterly (center 
  6.33     line curve data:  radius = 1644.62 feet; spiral angle = 3 
  6.34     degrees, 26 minutes, 57 seconds; spiral arc = 198.00 feet; 
  6.35     chord bearing and distance = South 62 degrees, 14 minutes, 
  6.36     7 seconds West, 191.95 feet), to the beginning of a 
  7.1      circular curve; thence continue southwesterly along said 
  7.2      Faribault Trail on a circular curve, concave northwesterly 
  7.3      (curve data:  delta angle = 1 degree, 55 minutes, 51 
  7.4      seconds; radius = 1544.62 feet; chord bearing and distance 
  7.5      = South 65 degrees, 31 minutes, 4 seconds West, 52.05 
  7.6      feet), an arc distance of 52.05 feet; thence continue along 
  7.7      said Faribault Trail, South 23 degrees, 31 minutes, 1 
  7.8      second East, 50.00 feet; thence continue southwesterly 
  7.9      along said Faribault Trail, on a curve, concave 
  7.10     northwesterly (curve data:  delta angle = 38 degrees, 51 
  7.11     minutes, 59 seconds; radius = 1594.62 feet; chord bearing 
  7.12     and distance = South 85 degrees, 54 minutes, 58 seconds 
  7.13     West, 1061.08 feet), an arc distance of 1081.70 feet; 
  7.14     thence South 21 degrees, 30 minutes, 5 seconds West, 465.54 
  7.15     feet to a point in the center line of Glynview Trail 
  7.16     (county state aid highway 19); thence North 48 degrees, 33 
  7.17     minutes, 14 seconds West, along said Glynview Trail center 
  7.18     line, 214.36 feet; thence North 29 degrees, 20 minutes, 41 
  7.19     seconds East, 285.93 feet to a point in the southwesterly 
  7.20     line of said Faribault Trail; thence North 11 degrees, 41 
  7.21     minutes, 14 seconds East, 101.49 feet to a point in the 
  7.22     northwesterly line of said Faribault Trail; thence North 40 
  7.23     degrees, 40 minutes, 22 seconds East, 265.18 feet to a 
  7.24     point in said North line of the Northwest Quarter of 
  7.25     Section 8; thence North 42 degrees, 10 minutes, 22 seconds 
  7.26     East, 308.20 feet; thence North 62 degrees, 10 minutes, 22 
  7.27     seconds East, 205.00 feet to a point in the West line of 
  7.28     the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said 
  7.29     Section 5; thence North 0 degrees, 40 minutes, 22 seconds 
  7.30     East, along said West line, 410.33 feet to a point in the 
  7.31     center line of said Straight river; thence northwesterly 
  7.32     along said river center line on the following 5 courses:  
  7.33     (1) North 54 degrees, 15 minutes, 52 seconds West, 456.31 
  7.34     feet; (2) North 32 degrees, 45 minutes, 20 seconds West, 
  7.35     850.19 feet; (3) North 6 degrees, 42 minutes, 35 seconds 
  7.36     East, 513.52 feet; (4) North 67 degrees, 45 minutes, 4 
  8.1      seconds West, 356.55 feet; (5) South 88 degrees, 6 minutes, 
  8.2      43 seconds West, 200.73 feet to a point in the West line of 
  8.3      the Southwest Quarter of said Section 5; thence North 0 
  8.4      degrees, 44 minutes, 44 seconds East, along said West line, 
  8.5      307.02 feet to the Southwest corner of the Northwest 
  8.6      Quarter of said Section 5; thence North 0 degrees, 37 
  8.7      minutes, 43 seconds East, along the West line of said 
  8.8      Northwest Quarter of Section 5, a distance of 264.00 feet; 
  8.9      thence North 30 degrees, 52 minutes, 17 seconds West, 
  8.10     396.00 feet; thence North 49 degrees, 52 minutes, 17 
  8.11     seconds West, 178.86 feet; thence South 51 degrees, 7 
  8.12     minutes, 43 seconds West, 264.00 feet; thence North 81 
  8.13     degrees, 22 minutes, 17 seconds West, 198.00 feet; thence 
  8.14     North 48 degrees, 22 minutes, 17 seconds West, 132.00 feet 
  8.15     to a point in the center line of said Straight river; 
  8.16     thence northerly and westerly along said river center line 
  8.17     on the following 4 courses:  (1) North 19 degrees, 25 
  8.18     minutes, 39 seconds East, 131.22 feet; (2) North 42 
  8.19     degrees, 27 minutes, 59 seconds West, 399.91 feet; (3) 
  8.20     North 85 degrees, 54 minutes, 52 seconds West, 280.71 feet; 
  8.21     (4) North 5 degrees, 57 minutes, 52 seconds West, 229.98 
  8.22     feet to a point in the North line of the South One-half of 
  8.23     the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence South 89 
  8.24     degrees, 55 minutes, 31 seconds East, along said North 
  8.25     line, 721.93 feet; thence North 29 degrees, 34 minutes, 29 
  8.26     seconds East, 384.78 feet; thence North 47 degrees, 4 
  8.27     minutes, 29 seconds East, 195.36 feet; thence South 86 
  8.28     degrees, 25 minutes, 31 seconds East, 108.44 feet to a 
  8.29     point in the southwesterly right-of-way line of the 
  8.30     Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad; thence 
  8.31     southeasterly along said railroad right-of-way line on a 
  8.32     curve, concave northeasterly (curve data:  delta angle = 0 
  8.33     degrees, 43 minutes, 5 seconds; radius = 2964.77 feet; 
  8.34     chord bearing and distance = South 23 degrees, 57 minutes, 
  8.35     58 seconds East, 37.16 feet), an arc distance of 37.16 
  8.36     feet; thence North 65 degrees, 40 minutes, 30 seconds East, 
  9.1      200.00 feet to a point in the northeasterly right-of-way 
  9.2      line of said railroad; thence South 78 degrees, 31 minutes, 
  9.3      31 seconds East, 644.57 feet; thence South 41 degrees, 58 
  9.4      minutes, 52 seconds East, 980.53 feet to a point in a line 
  9.5      49.50 feet westerly from and parallel with the East line of 
  9.6      the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said 
  9.7      Section 5; thence South 0 degrees, 36 minutes, 52 seconds 
  9.8      West, along said parallel line, 1003.61 feet to a point in 
  9.9      the North line of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
  9.10     Quarter of said Section 5; thence South 0 degrees, 40 
  9.11     minutes, 22 seconds West, along a line parallel with and 
  9.12     49.50 feet westerly of the East line of said Northwest 
  9.13     Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 5, a distance 
  9.14     of 86.04 feet; thence South 66 degrees, 3 minutes, 0 
  9.15     seconds West, 600.24 feet; thence South 9 degrees, 16 
  9.16     minutes, 10 seconds West, 117.00 feet; thence South 55 
  9.17     degrees, 34 minutes, 0 seconds East, 451.30 feet; thence 
  9.18     South 80 degrees, 13 minutes, 0 seconds East, 257.20 feet 
  9.19     to a point in a line 16.50 feet easterly from and parallel 
  9.20     with the West line of the Northeast Quarter of the 
  9.21     Southwest Quarter of said Section 5; thence North 0 
  9.22     degrees, 40 minutes, 22 seconds East, along said parallel 
  9.23     line, 410.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees, 19 minutes, 38 
  9.24     seconds East, 190.00 feet; thence North 0 degrees, 40 
  9.25     minutes, 22 seconds East, 200.00 feet; thence North 89 
  9.26     degrees, 19 minutes, 38 seconds West, 190.00 feet to a 
  9.27     point in said line 16.50 feet easterly from and parallel 
  9.28     with the West line of the Northeast Quarter of the 
  9.29     Southwest Quarter of said Section 5; thence North 0 
  9.30     degrees, 40 minutes, 22 seconds East, along said parallel 
  9.31     line, 133.39 feet to a point in the South line of the 
  9.32     Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 
  9.33     5; thence North 0 degrees, 36 minutes, 52 seconds East, 
  9.34     along a line parallel with and 16.50 feet easterly of the 
  9.35     West line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
  9.36     Quarter of Section 5, a distance of 720.09 feet; thence 
 10.1      South 89 degrees, 14 minutes, 13 seconds East, 1302.89 feet 
 10.2      to a point in the East line of said Southeast Quarter of 
 10.3      the Northwest Quarter of Section 5; thence South 89 
 10.4      degrees, 30 minutes, 56 seconds East, 70.81 feet; thence 
 10.5      North 40 degrees, 24 minutes, 41 seconds East, 564.03 feet; 
 10.6      thence North 18 degrees, 38 minutes, 14 seconds West, 
 10.7      124.13 feet; thence North 2 degrees, 6 minutes, 24 seconds 
 10.8      East, 187.00 feet; thence North 23 degrees, 19 minutes, 8 
 10.9      seconds East, 108.46 feet to a point designated as Point A; 
 10.10     thence North 56 degrees, 4 minutes, 42 seconds East, 446.55 
 10.11     feet; thence North 52 degrees, 19 minutes, 41 seconds East, 
 10.12     270.10 feet; thence North 2 degrees, 38 minutes, 16 seconds 
 10.13     West, 500.00 feet; thence along a tangential curve, concave 
 10.14     westerly (curve data:  delta angle = 23 degrees, 14 
 10.15     minutes, 51 seconds; radius = 500.00 feet; chord bearing 
 10.16     and distance = North 14 degrees, 15 minutes, 41 seconds 
 10.17     West, 201.48 feet), an arc distance of 202.87 feet to said 
 10.18     point of beginning; and 
 10.19     (3) Parcel C:  Beginning at the Northeast corner of the 
 10.20     Southwest Quarter of said section 32; thence southerly, 
 10.21     along the East line of said Southwest Quarter (for purposes 
 10.22     of this description bearing of said East line is assumed 
 10.23     South 0 degrees, 4 minutes, 9 seconds West), a distance of 
 10.24     1638.76 feet; thence North 89 degrees, 18 minutes, 51 
 10.25     seconds West, 33.00 feet to the Southeast corner of Block 
 10.26     1, FARIBAULT STATE HOSPITAL ADDITION, FARIBAULT, RICE 
 10.27     COUNTY, MINNESOTA, said Southeast corner being a point in 
 10.28     the West line of Tenth Avenue Northeast and the true point 
 10.29     of beginning of the parcel to be herein described; thence 
 10.30     South 0 degrees, 4 minutes, 9 seconds West, along said West 
 10.31     line of Tenth Avenue Northeast, 360.00 feet; thence North 
 10.32     89 degrees, 18 minutes, 51 seconds West, 826.98 feet to a 
 10.33     point in the East line of vacated State Avenue; thence 
 10.34     North 0 degrees, 4 minutes, 9 seconds East, along said East 
 10.35     line of vacated State Avenue, 360.00 feet to the Southwest 
 10.36     corner of said Block 1; thence South 89 degrees, 18 
 11.1      minutes, 51 seconds East, along the South line of said 
 11.2      Block 1, 826.98 feet to said true point of beginning. 
 11.3      (b) The following land is excepted from the land described 
 11.4   in paragraph (a): 
 11.5      (1) Parcel D:  That part of the North One-half of the 
 11.6      Northeast Quarter of Section 6 and that part of the North 
 11.7      One-half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 5, all in 
 11.8      Township 109 North, Range 20 West, in the city of 
 11.9      Faribault, Rice county, Minnesota, described as follows:  
 11.10     Beginning at a point in the East line of said Northeast 
 11.11     Quarter of Section 6 (for purposes of this description 
 11.12     bearings are assumed and based on said East line being 
 11.13     South 0 degrees, 37 minutes, 43 seconds West), a distance 
 11.14     of 1309.61 feet southerly from the Northeast corner of said 
 11.15     Northeast Quarter; thence South 86 degrees, 27 minutes, 58 
 11.16     seconds West, 153.73 feet; thence North 0 degrees, 13 
 11.17     minutes, 34 seconds East, 252.29 feet; thence South 89 
 11.18     degrees, 34 minutes, 30 seconds East, 82.53 feet to a point 
 11.19     in the southwesterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Rock 
 11.20     Island and Pacific railroad; thence southeasterly, along 
 11.21     said railroad right-of-way line, on a curve, concave 
 11.22     northeasterly (curve data:  radius = 2914.77 feet; delta 
 11.23     angle = 5 degrees, 27 minutes, 8 seconds; chord bearing and 
 11.24     distance = South 30 degrees, 58 minutes, 52 seconds East, 
 11.25     277.26 feet), an arc distance of 277.37 feet; thence South 
 11.26     86 degrees, 27 minutes, 58 seconds West, 72.95 feet to said 
 11.27     point of beginning; and 
 11.28     (2) the property deeded to the Chicago, Rock Island and 
 11.29     Pacific railroad, and City of Faribault Trail. 
 11.30     (c) The land described in paragraph (a) is subject to: 
 11.31     (1) Glynview Trail (county state aid highway 19) over the 
 11.32     southwesterly side thereof; 
 11.33     (2) 220th Street East over part of the southerly side of 
 11.34     Section 5; 
 11.35     (3) Fifth Street Northeast over part of the northerly side 
 11.36     of the South One-quarter of the Southeast Quarter of 
 12.1      Section 32; 
 12.2      (4) an easement for ingress and egress over and across 
 12.3      Parcel B, said easement being a strip of land 30.00 feet in 
 12.4      width lying immediately adjacent to and southwesterly of 
 12.5      the southwesterly right-of-way line of said Chicago, Rock 
 12.6      Island and Pacific railroad, bounded on the North by the 
 12.7      southerly line of Parcel D, and bounded on the East by a 
 12.8      line 49.50 feet westerly of and parallel with said East 
 12.9      line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
 12.10     Section 5; and 
 12.11     (5) an easement for access to and maintenance of a deep 
 12.12     sewer tunnel over, under, and across part of Parcel B, 
 12.13     being a strip of land 100.00 feet in width, 50.00 feet on 
 12.14     both sides of the following described center line:  
 12.15     Commencing at said Point A in Parcel B; thence North 56 
 12.16     degrees, 4 minutes, 42 seconds East, 267.00 feet to the 
 12.17     point of beginning of said easement center line; thence 
 12.18     South 53 degrees, 14 minutes, 0 seconds East, 300.00 feet 
 12.19     and there terminating; the side lines of said easement to 
 12.20     be lengthened or shortened to meet in said course herein 
 12.21     described as North 56 degrees, 4 minutes, 42 seconds East. 
 12.22     Subd. 4.  [PURPOSE.] The land to be conveyed is no longer 
 12.23  utilized by the department of corrections in Faribault.  The 
 12.24  city of Faribault intends to continue to use Parcels A and B for 
 12.25  a nature interpretive center and recreational trail system and 
 12.26  Parcel C for a municipal park. 
 12.27     Sec. 4.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; DOUGLAS COUNTY.] 
 12.28     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 12.29  282.018, subdivision 1, Douglas county may sell the 
 12.30  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 12.31  paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 12.32  Statutes, chapter 282. 
 12.33     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 12.34  attorney general.  Consideration shall be for not less than the 
 12.35  appraised value as determined by the Douglas county board. 
 12.36     (c) The land to be sold is located in Douglas county and is 
 13.1   described as: 
 13.2      Lot 43, block 1, Christinas Moon Lake Heights, section 28, 
 13.3      Township 129 North, Range 39 West. 
 13.4      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 13.5   management interests would best be served if the land was 
 13.6   returned to private ownership. 
 13.7      Sec. 5.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 13.8      Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
 13.9   enactment.