1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public lands; authorizing public and 
  1.3             private sales, conveyances, and exchanges of certain 
  1.4             tax-forfeited lands that border public water in 
  1.5             Wabasha, Hubbard, Sherburne, Douglas, Mower, Hennepin, 
  1.6             Itasca, Le Sueur, Stearns, Cass, Washington, Cook, 
  1.7             Chisago, Wadena, Kandiyohi, Red Lake, and Roseau 
  1.8             counties; authorizing conveyance of certain 
  1.9             tax-forfeited land in Ramsey and Koochiching counties; 
  1.10            authorizing private sale of certain surplus land in 
  1.11            Houston and Anoka counties; authorizing certain land 
  1.12            conveyances in connection with the transfer of state 
  1.13            land in Steele county; authorizing public and private 
  1.14            sales and conveyances of certain tax-forfeited land 
  1.15            that borders public water or natural wetlands in 
  1.16            Hennepin, Washington, Olmsted, and Anoka counties; 
  1.17            authorizing private sales and conveyances of certain 
  1.18            county land in Goodhue and Itasca counties; 
  1.19            authorizing Koochiching county to exercise the power 
  1.20            of eminent domain for acquisition of certain trust 
  1.21            fund land; authorizing the city of Bemidji to exercise 
  1.22            the power of eminent domain for acquisition of certain 
  1.23            trust fund land that borders public waters and 
  1.24            wetlands. 
  1.25  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.26     Section 1.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  1.27  PUBLIC WATER; COOK COUNTY.] 
  1.28     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  1.29  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  1.30  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Cook county may sell by private 
  1.31  sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is 
  1.32  described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
  1.33  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
  1.34     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
  1.35  attorney general. 
  2.1      (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Cook county 
  2.2   and is described as: 
  2.3      (1) an undivided 1/3 interest in Government Lot 5, Section 
  2.4   28, Township 63 North, Range 1 East, containing approximately 
  2.5   14.08 acres; and 
  2.6      (2) an undivided 1/4 interest in the South one-half of the 
  2.7   SW 1/4, the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, and Government Lot 4, Section 
  2.8   23, Township 63 North, Range 4 East. 
  2.9      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  2.10  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  2.11  returned to private ownership. 
  2.12     Sec. 2.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  2.13  WATER AND WETLAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
  2.14     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
  2.15  103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
  2.16  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin county shall convey to 
  2.17  the city of Eden Prairie for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
  2.18  land bordering public water and wetland that is described in 
  2.19  paragraph (c). 
  2.20     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  2.21  attorney general and provide that, except for the portion of 
  2.22  land to be sold by the city of Eden Prairie under Minnesota 
  2.23  Statutes, chapter 469, for private development, the land reverts 
  2.24  to the state if the city of Eden Prairie stops using the land 
  2.25  for the public purposes described in paragraph (d). 
  2.26     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hennepin county 
  2.27  and is described as: 
  2.28     Outlot A, CASTLE RIDGE, Hennepin county, Minnesota and that 
  2.29     part of Lot 2, Block 2, CASTLE RIDGE, Hennepin county, 
  2.30     Minnesota, lying westerly and southerly of the following 
  2.31     described line: Beginning at a point on the north line of 
  2.32     said Lot 2, distant 364.69 feet East from the northwest 
  2.33     corner of said Lot 2; thence South 36 degrees 21 minutes 21 
  2.34     seconds West (assuming said north line has a bearing of 
  2.35     South 89 degrees 59 minutes 22 second East) a distance of 
  2.36     99.42 feet; thence southerly 436.16 feet along a tangential 
  3.1      curve, concave to the East, having a radius of 420 feet and 
  3.2      a central angle of 59 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds; thence 
  3.3      South 23 degrees 08 minutes 39 seconds East, tangent to 
  3.4      said curve, a distance of 142.19 feet; thence southeasterly 
  3.5      163.33 feet along a tangential curve, concave to the 
  3.6      northeast, having a radius of 140 feet and a central angle 
  3.7      of 66 degrees 50 minutes 43 seconds; thence South 89 
  3.8      degrees 59 minutes 22 seconds East a distance of 147.58 
  3.9      feet to the point of curvature which intersects the north 
  3.10     line of Castlemoor Drive and the south line of said Lot 2, 
  3.11     and there said described line terminating. 
  3.12     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
  3.13  the city of Eden Prairie for road, park, and wetland open space 
  3.14  purposes and for private development. 
  3.15     Sec. 3.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  3.16  WETLAND; WASHINGTON COUNTY.] 
  3.17     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 103F.535; 
  3.18  282.018, subdivision 2; and 282.241, the public sale provisions 
  3.19  of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the 
  3.20  contrary, Washington county shall sell by private sale to the 
  3.21  owner at the time of forfeiture the tax-forfeited land bordering 
  3.22  wetland that is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining 
  3.23  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
  3.24     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
  3.25  general for a consideration of taxes due on the property and any 
  3.26  penalties, interest, and costs. 
  3.27     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington county 
  3.28  and is described as: 
  3.29     Lot 12, Block 1, Brandon Acres, city of Hugo, identified as 
  3.30  PID number 28-031-21-33-0012.  
  3.31     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  3.32  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  3.33  returned to private ownership. 
  3.34     Sec. 4.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  3.35  WATER; CHISAGO COUNTY.] 
  3.36     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  4.1   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  4.2   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, the commissioner of revenue 
  4.3   shall convey by deed to the county of Chisago the tax-forfeited 
  4.4   land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c). 
  4.5      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  4.6   attorney general. 
  4.7      (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Chisago county 
  4.8   and is described as:  
  4.9      (1) Lot 18 of Lilygrens Beach; 
  4.10     (2) Lot 19 of Lilygrens Beach; and 
  4.11     (3) Lot 23 of Lilygrens Beach. 
  4.12     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed for 
  4.13  highway purposes. 
  4.14     Sec. 5.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  4.15  WATER AND WETLAND; OLMSTED COUNTY.] 
  4.16     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
  4.17  103.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
  4.18  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Olmsted county may convey to 
  4.19  the city of Rochester for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
  4.20  land bordering public water and wetland that is described in 
  4.21  paragraph (c). 
  4.22     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  4.23  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
  4.24  if the city of Rochester stops using the land for the public 
  4.25  purpose described in paragraph (d). 
  4.26     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Olmsted county 
  4.27  and is described as: 
  4.28     That part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
  4.29     East of County Road 1 and North of Pinewood Road and 
  4.30     easterly of Willow Creek, Section 13, Township 106 North, 
  4.31     Range 14 West. 
  4.32     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
  4.33  the city of Rochester to use as a public park. 
  4.34     Sec. 6.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  4.35  PUBLIC WATER; WADENA COUNTY.] 
  4.36     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  5.1   282.018, subdivision 1, Wadena county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  5.2   land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
  5.3   under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  5.4   282. 
  5.5      (b) The sales must be in a form approved by the attorney 
  5.6   general.  The attorney general may make necessary changes to the 
  5.7   legal descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
  5.8      (c) The lands to be sold are located in Wadena county and 
  5.9   are described as: 
  5.10     (1) part of Government Lot 9 commencing at the southeast 
  5.11  corner of Government Lot 10; thence South 146 feet; thence East 
  5.12  16 feet to a point of beginning; thence East 84 feet; thence 
  5.13  South 150 feet; thence West 84 feet; thence North to the point 
  5.14  of beginning, Section 14, Township 135 North, Range 33 West (PID 
  5.15  03-014-1260); 
  5.16     (2) part of Government Lot 10 commencing at the northwest 
  5.17  corner; thence South 300 feet; thence East 167 feet; thence 
  5.18  South 300 feet; thence West 167 feet; thence North 300 feet to 
  5.19  the point of beginning, Section 14, Township 135 North, Range 33 
  5.20  West (PID 03-014-2040); 
  5.21     (3) part of Government Lot 10 commencing at the northwest 
  5.22  corner of said Lot 10; thence East 200 feet; thence South 100 
  5.23  feet to a point of beginning; thence East 330 feet to the Crow 
  5.24  Wing river; thence southerly 100 feet along the Crow Wing river; 
  5.25  thence West 400 feet to a point due South of the point of 
  5.26  beginning; thence North 100 feet to the point of beginning, 
  5.27  Section 14, Township 135 North, Range 33 West (PID 03-014-2060); 
  5.28     (4) part of Government Lot 10 commencing at the northwest 
  5.29  corner of said Lot 10; thence East 167 feet; thence South 300 
  5.30  feet; thence West 167 feet; thence North 300 feet to the point 
  5.31  of beginning, Section 14, Township 135 North, Range 33 West (PID 
  5.32  03-014-2070); 
  5.33     (5) part of Government Lot 10 commencing at the northwest 
  5.34  corner of said Lot 10; thence East 200 feet; thence South 400 
  5.35  feet to a point of beginning; thence East 400 feet, more or 
  5.36  less, to the Crow Wing river; thence South 100 feet along said 
  6.1   river; thence West 400 feet, more or less, to a point due South 
  6.2   of the point of beginning; thence North 100 feet to the point of 
  6.3   beginning, Section 14, Township 135 North, Range 33 West (PID 
  6.4   03-014-2080); 
  6.5      (6) part of Government Lot 10 commencing at the northwest 
  6.6   corner of said Lot 10; thence East 200 feet; thence South 500 
  6.7   feet to a point of beginning; thence East 400 feet, more or 
  6.8   less, to the Crow Wing river; thence South 100 feet along said 
  6.9   river; thence West 400 feet, more or less, to a point due South 
  6.10  of the point of beginning; thence North 100 feet to the point of 
  6.11  beginning, Section 14, Township 135 North, Range 33 West (PID 
  6.12  03-014-2140); 
  6.13     (7) River Forest Acres Survey, Lot 13, 3.20 acres of 
  6.14  Government Lot 8, Section 10, Township 136 North, Range 33 West 
  6.15  (PID 06-003-3100 and 06-010-2020); 
  6.16     (8) Lot 1, Section 4, Township 136 North, Range 33 West, 
  6.17  consisting of 41.78 acres (PID 06-004-1010); 
  6.18     (9) Lot 2, Section 16, Township 137 North, Range 34 West, 
  6.19  consisting of 47.75 acres (PID 07-016-2020); 
  6.20     (10) Lot 4, Section 7, Township 137 North, Range 33 West, 
  6.21  consisting of 51.30 acres (PID 09-007-2040); 
  6.22     (11) Lot 5, Section 7, Township 137 North, Range 33 West, 
  6.23  consisting of 16.31 acres (PID 09-007-2030); 
  6.24     (12) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
  6.25  Section 12, Township 137 North, Range 33 West (PID 09-012-3030); 
  6.26     (13) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
  6.27  Section 12, Township 137 North, Range 33 West (PID 09-012-4010); 
  6.28     (14) the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
  6.29  Section 13, Township 137 North, Range 33 West (PID 09-013-1030); 
  6.30     (15) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
  6.31  Section 13, Township 137 North, Range 33 West (PID 09-013-2010); 
  6.32  and 
  6.33     (16) all of Lot 3, Block 5 and part of Lot 1, Block 5 
  6.34  beginning at a point on the east line of Lot 1, Block 5 Sharps 
  6.35  Addition 210 feet South of the northeast corner of said Lot 1; 
  6.36  thence South 70 feet to the north line of said Lot 3; thence 
  7.1   West 156 feet on the north line of Lot 3; thence southeasterly 
  7.2   124 feet to the point of beginning, city of Wadena (PID 
  7.3   22-480-0440). 
  7.4      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  7.5   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  7.6   returned to private ownership. 
  7.7      Sec. 7.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  7.8   PUBLIC WATER; WADENA COUNTY.] 
  7.9      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  7.10  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  7.11  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Wadena county may sell by 
  7.12  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
  7.13  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
  7.14  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
  7.15     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  7.16  attorney general. 
  7.17     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Wadena county and 
  7.18  is described as:  Reserve Lot C, except the east seven acres, 
  7.19  Borchart's Addition, city of Wadena (PID 22-600-0830). 
  7.20     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  7.21  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  7.22  returned to private ownership. 
  7.23     Sec. 8.  [PRIVATE CONVEYANCE OF COUNTY LAND; ITASCA 
  7.24  COUNTY.] 
  7.25     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, 
  7.26  subdivision 1, clause (4), Itasca county may privately convey 
  7.27  the land described in paragraph (b) to the former owner for no 
  7.28  consideration. 
  7.29     (b) The land to be conveyed is described as:  
  7.30     That portion of Government Lot 2 lying and being North of 
  7.31     the Ball Club river in Section 31, Township 145, Range 25, 
  7.32     according to the government survey thereof on file and of 
  7.33     record with the county recorder of and for said county and 
  7.34     state. 
  7.35     Subject to reservations, restrictions, and easements as 
  7.36     they appear of record.  
  8.1      (c) The land described in paragraph (b) was donated to 
  8.2   Itasca county to develop a park.  Itasca county has chosen not 
  8.3   to develop a park and has determined that the land should be 
  8.4   returned to the donor. 
  8.5      Sec. 9.  [AUTHORIZING EXERCISE OF EMINENT DOMAIN; CITY OF 
  8.6   BEMIDJI.] 
  8.7      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  8.8   103F.535, or other law to the contrary, the city council of 
  8.9   Bemidji may exercise the right of eminent domain in the manner 
  8.10  provided by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 117, to acquire the 
  8.11  following trust fund land bordering public waters and wetlands, 
  8.12  except minerals and mineral rights: 
  8.13     That part of Government Lot 2, Section 36, Township 147 
  8.14  North, Range 34 West, Beltrami county, Minnesota, described as 
  8.15  follows: 
  8.16     Beginning at MN/DOT right-of-way marker B4, as shown on 
  8.17  MN/DOT right-of-way plat numbered 04-23 as the same is on file 
  8.18  and of record in the office of the county recorder, Beltrami 
  8.19  county, Minnesota; thence Azimuth of 201 degrees 27 minutes 46 
  8.20  seconds a distance of 690.00 feet to MN/DOT right-of-way marker 
  8.21  B3; thence Azimuth of 291 degrees 27 minutes 46 seconds a 
  8.22  distance of 500.00 feet; thence Azimuth of 21 degrees 27 minutes 
  8.23  46 seconds a distance of 690.00 feet to the southwesterly 
  8.24  right-of-way line of Trunk Highway No. 2; thence Azimuth of 111 
  8.25  degrees 27 minutes 46 seconds along the southwesterly 
  8.26  right-of-way line of Trunk Highway No. 2 a distance of 500.00 
  8.27  feet to said MN/DOT right-of-way marker B4 and there 
  8.28  terminating, containing 7.9 acres.  
  8.29     (b) The city of Bemidji needs the land for economic 
  8.30  development purposes and, in particular, for the construction of 
  8.31  an office and laboratory facility to house the future northern 
  8.32  service center of the bureau of criminal apprehension.  The site 
  8.33  is adjacent to the northwest district headquarters of the 
  8.34  department of transportation. 
  8.35     (c) If the land in paragraph (a) is not used for a bureau 
  8.36  of criminal apprehension service center in paragraph (b), the 
  9.1   land reverts to the state. 
  9.2      Sec. 10.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  9.3   PUBLIC WATER; WABASHA COUNTY.] 
  9.4      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  9.5   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  9.6   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Wabasha county may sell by 
  9.7   private sale to the city of Hammond the tax-forfeited land 
  9.8   bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under 
  9.9   the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
  9.10     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
  9.11  general and shall not retain a reversionary interest to the 
  9.12  state.  The sale may be for less than the appraised value of the 
  9.13  land. 
  9.14     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Wabasha county 
  9.15  and is described as:  the East 103 feet of Lot 6 and the East 
  9.16  128 feet of Lot 7, Block 1, city of Hammond. 
  9.17     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  9.18  management interests would best be served if the lands were sold 
  9.19  to the city of Hammond. 
  9.20     Sec. 11.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HOUSTON 
  9.21  COUNTY.] 
  9.22     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 89.0211, 
  9.23  94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell 
  9.24  by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
  9.25  (c). 
  9.26     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  9.27  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
  9.28  value of the land.  The conveyance shall reserve to the state an 
  9.29  access easement to ensure access for state forest management. 
  9.30     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Houston county 
  9.31  and is described as: 
  9.32     That part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
  9.33     of Section 18, Township 104 North, Range 7 West, Houston 
  9.34     county, Minnesota, as described as follows: 
  9.35     Commencing at the southeast corner of said Southeast 
  9.36     Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence on an assumed 
 10.1      bearing of West along the south line of said Southeast 
 10.2      Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 555.0 feet to a 3/4 inch 
 10.3      by 24 inch rebar with a plastic cap stamped "MN DNR SURVEY 
 10.4      MARKER" (DNR MON) and the point of beginning; thence 
 10.5      continuing West along the south line of said Southeast 
 10.6      Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 279.99 feet to Point "A"; 
 10.7      thence continuing West along the south line of said 
 10.8      Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 113.01 feet; 
 10.9      thence North 82.50 feet; thence East 126.54 feet to Point 
 10.10     "B"; thence continuing East 137.46 feet; thence North 82.50 
 10.11     feet; thence West 162.50 feet to Point "C"; thence 
 10.12     continuing West 101.50 feet; thence North 34.71 feet to a 
 10.13     DNR MON; thence East 90.97 feet to Point "D"; thence 
 10.14     continuing East 302.03 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 
 10.15     199.71 feet to the point of beginning; containing 1.30 
 10.16     acres. 
 10.17     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 10.18  longer needed for any natural resource purpose, other than 
 10.19  access to be provided by easement, and that the state's land 
 10.20  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 10.21  returned to private ownership to correct an inadvertent trespass.
 10.22     Sec. 12.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 10.23  PUBLIC WATER; HUBBARD COUNTY.] 
 10.24     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 10.25  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 10.26  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hubbard county may sell by 
 10.27  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 10.28  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 10.29  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 10.30     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 10.31  general. 
 10.32     (c) The land to be sold is located in Hubbard county, 
 10.33  consists of about 0.65 acres, and is described as: 
 10.34     That part of Government Lot 4, Section 15, Township 141 
 10.35     North, Range 33 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, 
 10.36     Hubbard county, Minnesota described as follows:  Commencing 
 11.1      at the southeast corner of said Government Lot 4; thence on 
 11.2      a record bearing of North 87 degrees 38 minutes 33 seconds 
 11.3      West along the south line of said Government Lot 4 a 
 11.4      distance of 530.51 feet to the westerly right-of-way line 
 11.5      of Hubbard county road No. 2 and the POINT OF BEGINNING of 
 11.6      the parcel of land to be described; thence North 26 degrees 
 11.7      36 minutes 27 seconds West along said right-of-way line 
 11.8      125.00 feet; thence North 87 degrees 38 minutes 33 seconds 
 11.9      West 200.00 feet; thence South 28 degrees 56 minutes 56 
 11.10     seconds West 122.30 feet to the south line of said 
 11.11     Government Lot 4; thence South 87 degrees 38 minutes 33 
 11.12     seconds East along said south line 315.28 feet to the POINT 
 11.13     OF BEGINNING.  Subject to easements, restrictions and 
 11.14     reservations of record, if any.  
 11.15     (d) The sale corrects a trespass and the county has 
 11.16  determined that the county's land management interests would 
 11.17  best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership. 
 11.18     Sec. 13.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 11.19  PUBLIC WATER; HUBBARD COUNTY.] 
 11.20     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 11.21  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 11.22  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hubbard county may sell by 
 11.23  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 11.24  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 11.25  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 11.26     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 11.27  attorney general for the appraised value as determined by the 
 11.28  Hubbard county board of commissioners.  
 11.29     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hubbard county, 
 11.30  consists of about two acres, and is described as:  the North 66 
 11.31  feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of 
 11.32  section 17, Township 144 North, Range 34 West.  Subject to 
 11.33  easements, restrictions, and reservation of record, if any. 
 11.34     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 11.35  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 11.36  returned to private ownership. 
 12.1      Sec. 14.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 12.2   PUBLIC WATER; SHERBURNE COUNTY.] 
 12.3      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 12.4   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 12.5   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, the commissioner of revenue may 
 12.6   convey to the county of Sherburne for no consideration the 
 12.7   tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 12.8   paragraph (c). 
 12.9      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 12.10  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
 12.11  if the county of Sherburne stops using the land for the public 
 12.12  purpose described in paragraph (d).  The conveyance shall 
 12.13  reserve to the state all mineral rights in the property. 
 12.14     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Sherburne county 
 12.15  and is described as:  
 12.16     All that part of Government Lot 3 lying between county 
 12.17     state-aid highway Number 1 and Elk Lake, excepting 
 12.18     therefrom the North 150 feet as measured along the 
 12.19     centerline of county state-aid highway Number 1, located in 
 12.20     Section 36, Township 35 North, Range 27 West, Blue Hill 
 12.21     Township, Sherburne county, Minnesota.  Further that this 
 12.22     parcel is also part of Parcel Number 12, Sherburne county 
 12.23     highway right-of-way plat number 9, as recorded with the 
 12.24     Sherburne county recorder's office. 
 12.25     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed for a 
 12.26  road right-of-way. 
 12.27     Sec. 15.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; RAMSEY 
 12.28  COUNTY.] 
 12.29     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 12.30  Statutes, chapter 282, Ramsey county shall convey to the city of 
 12.31  New Brighton for no consideration the tax-forfeited land that is 
 12.32  described in paragraph (c). 
 12.33     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 12.34  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
 12.35  if the city of New Brighton stops using the land for the public 
 12.36  purpose described in paragraph (d). 
 13.1      (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Ramsey county, 
 13.2   consists of about 0.48 acres, and is described as that part 
 13.3   lying southerly of Long Lake Road of Lots 2 through 6, together 
 13.4   with all of Lot 7, Block 1.  West End Addition to Minneapolis 
 13.5   Stock Yards.  The street address for the property is 1760 Long 
 13.6   Lake Road. 
 13.7      (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
 13.8   the city of New Brighton for long-term stormwater retention 
 13.9   purposes. 
 13.10     Sec. 16.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 13.11  PUBLIC WATER; DOUGLAS COUNTY.] 
 13.12     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 13.13  282.018, subdivision 1, Douglas county shall sell the 
 13.14  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 13.15  paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 13.16  Statutes, chapter 282. 
 13.17     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 13.18  general for consideration not less than the appraised value as 
 13.19  determined by the Douglas county board. 
 13.20     (c) The land to be sold is located in Douglas county and is 
 13.21  described as: 
 13.22     Lot 43, Block 1, Christinas Moon Lake Heights, Section 28, 
 13.23     Township 129 North, Range 39 West. 
 13.24     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 13.25  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 13.26  returned to private ownership. 
 13.27     Sec. 17.  [LAND CONVEYANCES IN STEELE COUNTY.] 
 13.28     (a) Notwithstanding Laws 1987, chapter 146, section 1, the 
 13.29  city of Owatonna shall quitclaim and convey to the state for no 
 13.30  consideration the land described as: 
 13.31     All that part of the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 17, T 
 13.32  107 N, R 20 W, Steele county, Minnesota, described by: 
 13.33  Commencing at the southeast corner of said NE1/4; thence S 88 
 13.34  degrees 31 minutes 43 seconds W, assumed bearing, 347.08 feet 
 13.35  along the south line of said NE1/4 to the True Point of 
 13.36  Beginning; thence S 88 degrees 31 minutes 43 seconds W 210.00 
 14.1   feet along the south line of said NE1/4; thence N 1 degree 28 
 14.2   minutes 17 seconds W 110.00 feet; thence N 88 degrees 31 minutes 
 14.3   43 seconds E 118.58 feet; thence S 41 degrees 12 minutes 00 
 14.4   seconds E 143.03 feet to said True Point of Beginning. 
 14.5      Containing 0.415 acre, more or less. 
 14.6      Subject to easements and restrictions of record, if any. 
 14.7      (b) The private owner of the land described in this 
 14.8   paragraph shall quitclaim and convey to the state for no 
 14.9   consideration the land described as: 
 14.10     Outlot A and Outlot B, Ogle Addition. 
 14.11     (c) After the conveyances described in paragraphs (a) and 
 14.12  (b), the commissioner of administration shall quitclaim and 
 14.13  convey to the city of Owatonna for no consideration the land 
 14.14  described in paragraph (b).  The land reverts to the state if 
 14.15  the land is not used for park purposes and the state pays the 
 14.16  city of Owatonna for the appraised value of improvements. 
 14.17     (d) After the conveyances described in paragraphs (a) and 
 14.18  (b), the commissioner of administration shall quitclaim and 
 14.19  convey to the private owner described in paragraph (b) for no 
 14.20  consideration the land described in paragraph (a). 
 14.21     (e) The land conveyances described in this section shall be 
 14.22  in a form approved by the attorney general. 
 14.23     (f) The land conveyances described in this section are to 
 14.24  correct an inadvertent trespass on land conveyed by the state to 
 14.25  the city of Owatonna under Laws 1987, chapter 146, section 1. 
 14.26     Sec. 18.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
 14.27  PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
 14.28     Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORIZATION.] Notwithstanding Minnesota 
 14.29  Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
 14.30  and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 14.31  282, Hennepin county shall convey to the city of Eden Prairie, 
 14.32  for no consideration, the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
 14.33  water or natural wetlands that is described in subdivision 3. 
 14.34     Subd. 2.  [FORM.] (a) The conveyance must be in a form 
 14.35  approved by the attorney general and provide that the property 
 14.36  reverts to the state if: 
 15.1      (1) the city of Eden Prairie stops using the property for 
 15.2   park and open space purposes; or 
 15.3      (2) paragraph (b) or (c) is violated or not completed. 
 15.4      (b) The conveyance is subject to a conservation easement in 
 15.5   favor of and approved by the Minnesota Land Trust. The 
 15.6   conservation easement shall be subject to a trail easement along 
 15.7   the northerly 14 feet of said property for pedestrians and 
 15.8   bicycles only. 
 15.9      (c) The conveyance is subject to a wetland replacement plan 
 15.10  for construction of approximately three acres of wetland, 
 15.11  approved under Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.2242, and 
 15.12  Minnesota Rules, chapter 8420.  
 15.13     (d) If the property reverts to the state, any duly recorded 
 15.14  conservation easement conveyed to the Minnesota Land Trust shall 
 15.15  remain in full force and effect. 
 15.16     Subd. 3.  [DESCRIPTION.] The land to be conveyed is located 
 15.17  in Hennepin county, designated as PIN No. 09-116-22-12-0066, and 
 15.18  described as:  
 15.19     Outlot A, Glenshire Addition, embraced within the West Half 
 15.20     of the Northeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 116 North, 
 15.21     Range 22 West, according to the plat on file in the office 
 15.22     of the Hennepin county recorder. 
 15.23     Sec. 19.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 15.24  PUBLIC WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
 15.25     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 15.26  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 15.27  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
 15.28  city of Coon Rapids the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
 15.29  water that is described in paragraph (c). 
 15.30     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 15.31  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
 15.32  if it is not used for park or open space purposes.  The 
 15.33  conveyance must provide that no landscape changes, stormwater 
 15.34  discharge, or watercourse alterations that affect the hydrology 
 15.35  and vegetative characteristics of the land are allowed beyond 
 15.36  those conditions that exist at the time of the conveyance in 
 16.1   order that the wetland characteristics and resulting wildlife 
 16.2   habitats are maintained in perpetuity. 
 16.3      (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
 16.4   county and is described as follows: 
 16.5      City of Coon Rapids, (PIN No. 14-31-24-43-0025) that part 
 16.6   of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and that part 
 16.7   of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter in Section 14, 
 16.8   Township 31 North, Range 24 West, Anoka county, Minnesota, 
 16.9   described as follows:  Commencing at the northwest corner of 
 16.10  said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence due East 
 16.11  (assumed bearing) along the north line of said Southeast Quarter 
 16.12  of the Southwest Quarter, a distance of 680 feet; thence South 7 
 16.13  degrees 16 minutes East 720.7 feet to the actual point of 
 16.14  beginning of the tract of land to be described; thence South 87 
 16.15  degrees 06 minutes East to the centerline of Coon Creek; thence 
 16.16  northerly, westerly and northwesterly along the centerline of 
 16.17  said creek to the north line of said Southeast Quarter of the 
 16.18  Southwest Quarter; thence East along said north line to the 
 16.19  southwesterly right-of-way line of United States Highway No. 10; 
 16.20  thence southeasterly along said highway right-of-way line to the 
 16.21  westerly railroad right-of-way line of Burlington Northern, 
 16.22  Inc.; thence southerly along said railroad right-of-way line to 
 16.23  the south line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
 16.24  Quarter; thence West along the south line of said Southwest 
 16.25  Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and along the south line of 
 16.26  said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to the southwest 
 16.27  corner of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; 
 16.28  thence North along the west line of said Southeast Quarter of 
 16.29  the Southwest Quarter to a point distant 900 feet South of the 
 16.30  initial point of commencement, as measured along the west line 
 16.31  of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence East 
 16.32  and parallel with the north line of said Southeast Quarter of 
 16.33  the Southwest Quarter to an intersection with a line drawn 
 16.34  southerly from the actual point of beginning and parallel with 
 16.35  the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 16.36  Quarter, thence northerly to the actual point of beginning; 
 17.1   EXCEPT that part platted as Robinson's Preserve. 
 17.2      (d) The county has determined that its land management 
 17.3   interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the 
 17.4   city of Coon Rapids to use for park or open space purposes. 
 17.5      Sec. 20.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 17.6   PUBLIC WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
 17.7      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 17.8   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 17.9   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
 17.10  city of St. Francis the tax-forfeited lands bordering public 
 17.11  water that are described in paragraph (c). 
 17.12     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 17.13  attorney general and provide that the lands revert to the state 
 17.14  if they are not used for park or open space purposes.  The land 
 17.15  described in paragraph (c), clause (3), shall be used for open 
 17.16  space purposes only.  No landscape changes, stormwater 
 17.17  discharge, or watercourse alterations that affect the hydrology 
 17.18  and vegetative characteristics of the lands are allowed beyond 
 17.19  those conditions that exist at the time of the conveyances in 
 17.20  order that the wetland characteristics and resulting wildlife 
 17.21  habitats are maintained in perpetuity. 
 17.22     (c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Anoka 
 17.23  county and are described as follows: 
 17.24     (1) City of St. Francis, (PIN No. 05-33-24-13-0001) Lot 14, 
 17.25  Oak Grove River Lots; 
 17.26     (2) City of St. Francis, (PIN No. 05-33-24-13-0002) Lot 15, 
 17.27  Oak Grove River Lots; and 
 17.28     (3) City of St. Francis (PIN No. 32-34-24-31-0016) all that 
 17.29  part of Outlot 19, Village of St. Francis, lying westerly of the 
 17.30  westerly right-of-way line of Butterfield Drive; EXCEPT the 
 17.31  south 190.00 feet of the west 150.00 feet of said Outlot 19; 
 17.32  ALSO EXCEPT the north 100.00 feet of the south 300.00 feet of 
 17.33  the west 150.00 feet of said Outlot 19; ALSO EXCEPT all that 
 17.34  part of said Outlot 19 described as follows:  Commencing at the 
 17.35  northeast corner of Lot 6, Block 5, Village of St. Francis; 
 17.36  thence North along said westerly right-of-way line of 
 18.1   Butterfield Drive 749.74 feet, more or less, to the north line 
 18.2   of said Outlot 19; thence westerly along said north line 230.00 
 18.3   feet to the point of beginning; thence continue westerly along 
 18.4   said north line to the northeast corner of Outlot 18, Village of 
 18.5   St. Francis; thence South along the east line of said Outlot 18 
 18.6   to the southeast corner thereof; thence West along the south 
 18.7   line of said Outlot 18 a distance of 81.00 feet; thence South at 
 18.8   right angles 284.74 feet; thence East at right angles 341.00 
 18.9   feet, more or less, to a point 230.00 feet west of said westerly 
 18.10  right-of-way line of Butterfield Drive, as measured along said 
 18.11  north line of Outlot 19; thence North to the actual point of 
 18.12  beginning; ALSO EXCEPT all that part of said Outlot 19 described 
 18.13  as follows:  Beginning at the northeast corner of said Lot 6, 
 18.14  Block 5, Village of St. Francis; thence North along said 
 18.15  westerly right-of-way line of Butterfield Drive 749.74 feet, 
 18.16  more or less, to said north line of Outlot 19; thence westerly 
 18.17  along said north line 230.00 feet; thence southerly parallel 
 18.18  with said westerly right-of-way line 749.74 feet, more or less, 
 18.19  to the south line of said Outlot 19; thence easterly 230.00 
 18.20  feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. 
 18.21     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
 18.22  interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the 
 18.23  city of St. Francis to use for park or open space purposes 
 18.24  according to paragraph (b). 
 18.25     Sec. 21.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 18.26  PUBLIC WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
 18.27     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 18.28  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 18.29  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
 18.30  city of Ramsey the tax-forfeited land bordering public water 
 18.31  that is described in paragraph (c). 
 18.32     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 18.33  attorney general and must provide that the land reverts to the 
 18.34  state if it is not used for open space purposes.  The conveyance 
 18.35  must provide that no landscape changes, stormwater discharge, or 
 18.36  watercourse alterations that affect the hydrology and vegetative 
 19.1   characteristics of the land are allowed beyond those conditions 
 19.2   that exist at the time of the conveyance in order that the 
 19.3   wetland characteristics and resulting wildlife habitats are 
 19.4   maintained in perpetuity. 
 19.5      (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
 19.6   county and is described as follows: 
 19.7      City of Ramsey, (PIN No. 26-32-25-42-0017) Outlot B, 
 19.8   Chestnut Hill. 
 19.9      (d) The county has determined that its land management 
 19.10  interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the 
 19.11  city of Ramsey to use for open space purposes. 
 19.12     Sec. 22.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 19.13  PUBLIC WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
 19.14     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 19.15  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 19.16  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
 19.17  town of Columbus the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water 
 19.18  that are described in paragraph (c). 
 19.19     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 19.20  attorney general and must provide that the lands revert to the 
 19.21  state if they are not used for open space purposes.  The 
 19.22  conveyances must provide that no landscape changes, stormwater 
 19.23  discharge, or watercourse alterations that affect the hydrology 
 19.24  and vegetative characteristics of the lands are allowed beyond 
 19.25  those conditions that exist at the time of the conveyances in 
 19.26  order that the wetland characteristics and resulting wildlife 
 19.27  habitats are maintained in perpetuity. 
 19.28     (c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Anoka 
 19.29  county and are described as follows: 
 19.30     (1) Township of Columbus, (PIN No. 30-33-22-42-0007) Lot 
 19.31  31, Breezy Shore; and 
 19.32     (2) Township of Columbus, (PIN No. 30-33-22-42-0008) Lot 
 19.33  32, Breezy Shore. 
 19.34     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
 19.35  interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the 
 19.36  town of Columbus to use for open space purposes. 
 20.1      Sec. 23.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 20.2   PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
 20.3      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 20.4   103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
 20.5   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
 20.6   city of Lino Lakes or the commissioner of natural resources the 
 20.7   tax-forfeited land bordering public water or natural wetlands 
 20.8   that is described in paragraph (c). 
 20.9      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 20.10  attorney general.  If the land is conveyed to the city of Lino 
 20.11  Lakes, the conveyance must provide that the land reverts to the 
 20.12  state if it is not used for open space purposes. 
 20.13     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
 20.14  county and is described as follows:  
 20.15     City of Lino Lakes, (PIN No. 11-31-22-34-0007) all that 
 20.16  part of Lot 6, Auditors Subdivision Number 55, Revised, lying 
 20.17  westerly of the westerly right-of-way line of Peltier Lake Drive 
 20.18  and lying southerly of the following described line:  Beginning 
 20.19  at the northeast corner of said Lot 6; thence West along the 
 20.20  north line of said Lot 6 a distance of 93.50 feet; thence South 
 20.21  05 degrees 49 minutes 00 seconds West along said westerly 
 20.22  right-of-way line of Peltier Lake Drive 300.00 feet; thence West 
 20.23  parallel with said north line of Lot 6 a distance of 86.68 feet 
 20.24  to the easterly line of land held by the St. Paul Water 
 20.25  Department; thence South 06 degrees 16 minutes 00 seconds East 
 20.26  along said easterly line 35.03 feet to the point of beginning of 
 20.27  the line to be described; thence East parallel with said north 
 20.28  line of Lot 6 a distance of 79.31 feet to said westerly 
 20.29  right-of-way line of Peltier Lake Drive and there terminating. 
 20.30     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
 20.31  interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the 
 20.32  city of Lino Lakes or the commissioner of natural resources for 
 20.33  open space purposes. 
 20.34     Sec. 24.  [CONVEYANCE OR SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND 
 20.35  BORDERING PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
 20.36     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 21.1   103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
 21.2   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
 21.3   city of Fridley the tax-forfeited land bordering public water or 
 21.4   natural wetlands that is described in paragraph (c) or may sell 
 21.5   the land to adjoining landowners under the remaining provisions 
 21.6   of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 21.7      (b) The conveyance or sale must be in a form approved by 
 21.8   the attorney general.  If the land is conveyed to the city of 
 21.9   Fridley, the conveyance must provide that the land reverts to 
 21.10  the state if it is not used for open space purposes.  If the 
 21.11  land is sold to adjoining landowners, a conservation easement in 
 21.12  a form prescribed by the commissioner of natural resources must 
 21.13  be reserved to the state. 
 21.14     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
 21.15  county and is described as follows:  
 21.16     City of Fridley, (PIN No. 15-30-24-11-0034) Tract D, 
 21.17  Registered Land Survey No. 51. 
 21.18     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
 21.19  interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the 
 21.20  city of Fridley to use for open space purposes or returned to 
 21.21  private ownership. 
 21.22     Sec. 25.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 21.23  PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
 21.24     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 21.25  103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
 21.26  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
 21.27  town of Linwood the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water 
 21.28  or natural wetlands that are described in paragraph (c).  
 21.29     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 21.30  attorney general and must provide that the lands revert to the 
 21.31  state if they are not used for open space purposes.  
 21.32     (c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Anoka 
 21.33  county and are described as follows:  
 21.34     (1) Township of Linwood, (PIN No. 26-34-22-23-0021) Lot 1, 
 21.35  Block 2, Paradise Point Unit 4; and 
 21.36     (2) Township of Linwood (PIN No. 26-34-22-23-0042) Lot 6, 
 22.1   Block 4, Paradise Point Unit 4. 
 22.2      (d) The county has determined that its land management 
 22.3   interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the 
 22.4   town of Linwood to use for open space purposes. 
 22.5      Sec. 26.  [CONVEYANCE OR SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND 
 22.6   BORDERING PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
 22.7      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 22.8   103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
 22.9   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey the 
 22.10  tax-forfeited land bordering public water or natural wetlands 
 22.11  that is described in paragraph (c) to a political subdivision, 
 22.12  including the commissioner of natural resources. 
 22.13     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 22.14  attorney general.  If the land is conveyed to a political 
 22.15  subdivision other than the commissioner of natural resources, 
 22.16  the conveyance must provide that the land reverts to the state 
 22.17  if it is not used for open space purposes.  The conveyance must 
 22.18  provide that no changes may be made to the landscape that would 
 22.19  alter the hydrology and vegetative characteristics of the land 
 22.20  from those conditions existing at the time of conveyance in 
 22.21  order to maintain the upland and woodland characteristics of the 
 22.22  land and the resulting wildlife habitats in perpetuity.  If the 
 22.23  land is conveyed to a political subdivision other than the 
 22.24  commissioner of natural resources, a conservation easement in a 
 22.25  form prescribed by the commissioner of natural resources must be 
 22.26  reserved to the state. 
 22.27     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
 22.28  county and is described as follows: 
 22.29     City of Oak Grove, (PIN No. 08-33-24-24-0001) an island 
 22.30  lying in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
 22.31  Section 8, Township 33 North, Range 24 West, said island being 
 22.32  located in the Rum river. 
 22.33     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
 22.34  interests would best be served if the lands were retained in 
 22.35  public ownership and conveyed to a political subdivision to use 
 22.36  for open space purposes. 
 23.1      Sec. 27.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 23.2   PUBLIC WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
 23.3      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 23.4   282.18, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 23.5   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, the commissioner of revenue 
 23.6   shall convey the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 23.7   is described in paragraph (c) to Anoka county. 
 23.8      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 23.9   attorney general.  Anoka county shall use the land for highway 
 23.10  ponding, public access to Round lake, and wildlife habitat. 
 23.11     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Anoka county and 
 23.12  is described as follows: 
 23.13     City of Andover (PIN No. 29-32-24-42-0055), Outlot A, 
 23.14  Brandon's Lakeview Estates, according to the plat on file in the 
 23.15  office of the Anoka county recorder. 
 23.16     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 23.17  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 23.18  conveyed to the county for the purposes described in paragraph 
 23.19  (b). 
 23.20     Sec. 28.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; MOWER COUNTY.] 
 23.21     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 23.22  282.018, subdivision 1, Mower county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 23.23  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 23.24  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 23.25  282. 
 23.26     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 23.27  general. 
 23.28     (c) The land to be sold is located in Mower county and is 
 23.29  described as: 
 23.30     The following portion of the South Half of the Northwest 
 23.31     Quarter and the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of 
 23.32     Section 33, Township 101 North, Range 18 West:  Beginning 
 23.33     at a point 703.9 feet East of a point on the West Section 
 23.34     line 1729 feet North of the Southwest corner of said 
 23.35     Section 33; thence due East 1216 feet to the center of the 
 23.36     Cedar river; thence North 30 degrees 52 minutes West along 
 24.1      the centerline of said river 534 feet; thence North 35 
 24.2      degrees 50 minutes West along said centerline 272 feet; 
 24.3      thence North 51 degrees 20 minutes West along said 
 24.4      centerline 357 feet; thence North 12 degrees 26 minutes 
 24.5      East along said centerline 359 feet to a point 605 feet due 
 24.6      East of a point 1264.9 feet North of the place of 
 24.7      beginning; thence 605 feet due West to said point 1264.9 
 24.8      feet North of the place of beginning; thence 1264.9 feet 
 24.9      South to the place of beginning, containing 25 acres.  Also 
 24.10     an easement for cartway purposes for ingress to and egress 
 24.11     from the above-described 25 acre tract, upon a strip of 
 24.12     land 33 feet North and South, the north line of which 
 24.13     borders upon the south line of the land conveyed to the 
 24.14     Woodbury cemetery association of Lyle, Mower county, 
 24.15     Minnesota, by the deed recorded in Book 14 of Deeds, page 
 24.16     488, in the office of the register of deeds of said county, 
 24.17     and which extends from the highway along the west line of 
 24.18     said section, eastward to the said 25-acre tract. 
 24.19     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 24.20  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 24.21  returned to private ownership. 
 24.22     Sec. 29.  [PRIVATE SALE OF COUNTY LAND.] 
 24.23     Subdivision 1.  [SALE TO ADJOINING LANDOWNERS.] (a) 
 24.24  Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 24.25  Statutes, section 373.01, subdivision 1, clause (4), or other 
 24.26  law to the contrary, Goodhue county may sell, lease, or 
 24.27  otherwise convey county owned land that abuts Lake Byllesby to 
 24.28  adjoining property owners for direct access to Lake Byllesby by 
 24.29  private sale. 
 24.30     (b) A sale, lease, or conveyance under this section shall 
 24.31  be for the appraised market value of the interest conveyed, as 
 24.32  determined by Goodhue county. 
 24.33     (c) A sale, lease, or conveyance under this section need 
 24.34  not comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, subdivision 
 24.35  1, clause (4), except that: 
 24.36     (1) all iron ore and other valuable minerals, with the 
 25.1   right to explore for, mine, and remove the iron ore and other 
 25.2   valuable minerals shall be reserved to the county according to 
 25.3   Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, subdivision 1, clause (4); 
 25.4   and 
 25.5      (2) no minerals or mineral rights shall be disposed of 
 25.6   except according to Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, 
 25.7   subdivision 1, clause (4). 
 25.8      (d) A sale, lease, or conveyance under this section shall 
 25.9   be subject to reservation by Goodhue county of flowage easements 
 25.10  relating to water levels in Lake Byllesby. 
 25.11     Subd. 2.  [PUBLIC PARKS EXCLUDED FROM CONVEYANCE.] This 
 25.12  section does not apply to county owned land that is developed as 
 25.13  public parks. 
 25.14     Sec. 30.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 25.15  PUBLIC WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
 25.16     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 25.17  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 25.18  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin county shall convey to 
 25.19  the city of Brooklyn Park for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
 25.20  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c). 
 25.21     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 25.22  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
 25.23  if the city of Brooklyn Park stops using the land for the public 
 25.24  purpose described in paragraph (d). 
 25.25     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hennepin county 
 25.26  and is described as: 
 25.27     Tract D, Registered Land Survey No. 0293 (PID 
 25.28     28-119-21-22-0087) 
 25.29     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
 25.30  the city of Brooklyn Park for open space or park purposes. 
 25.31     Sec. 31.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 25.32  PUBLIC WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.] 
 25.33     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 25.34  282.018, subdivision 1, Itasca county shall sell the 
 25.35  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 25.36  paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 26.1   Statutes, chapter 282. 
 26.2      (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 26.3   general. 
 26.4      (c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca county and is 
 26.5   described as: 
 26.6      All of CONDOMINIUM NUMBER 4, POKEGAMA COMMONS, a 
 26.7      condominium, including the "Additional Real Estate" and 
 26.8      "Common Elements" delineated and described therein, except 
 26.9      Condominium Unit Number 1, Condominium Unit Number 2, 
 26.10     Townhouse Unit A102, Townhouse Unit A104, Townhouse Unit 
 26.11     A201, Townhouse Unit A202, Townhouse Unit A203, and 
 26.12     Townhouse Unit A204, according to the plat and declarations 
 26.13     thereof on file and of record in the office of the Itasca 
 26.14     county recorder, Itasca county, Minnesota. 
 26.15     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 26.16  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 26.17  returned to private ownership. 
 26.18     Sec. 32.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; KOOCHICHING 
 26.19  COUNTY.] 
 26.20     (a) Upon recommendation of the Koochiching county board, 
 26.21  the commissioner of revenue shall convey by deed in the name of 
 26.22  the state the tax-forfeited land described in paragraph (c) to 
 26.23  the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians.  Except as otherwise 
 26.24  provided by this section, the conveyance shall be in the manner 
 26.25  provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 
 26.26  1a, for conveyance of tax-forfeited land to a governmental 
 26.27  subdivision. 
 26.28     (b) The conveyance shall be for no consideration and in a 
 26.29  form approved by the attorney general.  Upon conveyance, the 
 26.30  lands are released from the trust in favor of Koochiching county.
 26.31     (c) The land that may be conveyed is in Koochiching county, 
 26.32  consists of approximately 9.6 acres, and is described as: 
 26.33  That part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
 26.34  Section 16, Township 65 North, Range 23 West, described as 
 26.35  follows: 
 26.36     Commencing at the southeast corner of said Southeast 
 27.1      Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and assuming the east 
 27.2      line thereof to have a bearing of North 00 degrees, 22 
 27.3      minutes, 29 seconds East; thence North 64 degrees, 39 
 27.4      minutes, 05 seconds West, 108.73 feet to the point of 
 27.5      beginning; thence North 63 degrees, 40 minutes, 58 seconds 
 27.6      West, 454.18 feet; thence North 89 degrees, 50 minutes, 06 
 27.7      seconds West, 423.42 feet; thence North 11 degrees, 54 
 27.8      minutes, 43 seconds East, 289.67 feet; thence North 89 
 27.9      degrees, 50 minutes, 45 seconds East, 59.10 feet; thence 
 27.10     South 03 degrees, 55 minutes, 37 seconds West, 866.09 feet 
 27.11     to the point of beginning.  
 27.12     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
 27.13  the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians to maintain burial 
 27.14  grounds and support the preservation of cultural, spiritual, and 
 27.15  historic interests. 
 27.16     Sec. 33.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 27.17  PUBLIC WATER; LE SUEUR COUNTY.] 
 27.18     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 27.19  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 27.20  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Le Sueur county shall sell by 
 27.21  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 27.22  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 27.23  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 27.24     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 27.25  attorney general for the fair market value as determined by the 
 27.26  Le Sueur county board of commissioners. 
 27.27     (c) The land to be conveyed to adjacent landowners is 
 27.28  located in Le Sueur county and is described as: 
 27.29     That part of Government Lot 7, Section 35, Township 109 
 27.30     North, Range 24 West, described as follows:  Commencing at 
 27.31     a point 1165.40 feet North and 1465.20 feet East of the 
 27.32     west quarter corner of said Section 35; thence North 55 
 27.33     degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 524.80 feet to the 
 27.34     southeast corner of Lot 6, Block 2, ROEMHILDTS WATERS EDGE 
 27.35     ADDITION, according to the recorded plat thereof; thence 
 27.36     North 70 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds West 77.63 feet 
 28.1      along the south line of said Lot 6 to the point of 
 28.2      beginning; thence continuing North 70 degrees 37 minutes 00 
 28.3      seconds West 234.12 feet along the south line of Lots 6 and 
 28.4      5, said Block 2 to a southeasterly line of said Lot 5; 
 28.5      thence South 29 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 66.00 
 28.6      feet along said southeasterly line of Lot 5; thence South 
 28.7      70 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds East 234.12 feet; thence 
 28.8      North 29 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 66.00 feet to 
 28.9      the point of beginning. 
 28.10     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 28.11  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 28.12  returned to private ownership. 
 28.13     Sec. 34.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 28.14  PUBLIC WATER; LE SUEUR COUNTY.] 
 28.15     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 28.16  282.01, subdivision 1a, and 282.018, subdivision 1, and upon the 
 28.17  recommendation of the Le Sueur county board, the commissioner of 
 28.18  revenue shall convey by deed the tax-forfeited land bordering 
 28.19  public water described in paragraph (c) to the commissioner of 
 28.20  natural resources for its fair market value as determined by the 
 28.21  Le Sueur county board of commissioners. 
 28.22     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 28.23  attorney general and shall release the land from the trust in 
 28.24  favor of Le Sueur county. 
 28.25     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Le Sueur county 
 28.26  and is described as: 
 28.27     That part of Government Lots 6 and 7, Section 35, Township 
 28.28     109 North, Range 24 West, described as follows:  Commencing 
 28.29     at a point 1165.40 feet North and 1465.20 feet East of the 
 28.30     west quarter of said Section 35 and the point of beginning; 
 28.31     thence North 55 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 524.80 
 28.32     feet to the southeast corner of Lot 6, Block 2, ROEMHILDTS 
 28.33     WATERS EDGE ADDITION, according to the recorded plat 
 28.34     thereof; thence North 70 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds West 
 28.35     77.63 feet along the south line of said Lot 6; thence South 
 28.36     29 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 66.00 feet; thence 
 29.1      South 70 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds East 77.63 feet; 
 29.2      thence South 55 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 315.80; 
 29.3      thence South 29 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 190 
 29.4      feet, more or less, to the water's edge of Frances lake; 
 29.5      thence southeasterly along the water's edge of said lake to 
 29.6      a point South of the point of beginning; thence North 190 
 29.7      feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. 
 29.8      (d) The department of natural resources shall use the land 
 29.9   for fish management. 
 29.10     Sec. 35.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; STEARNS COUNTY.] 
 29.11     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 29.12  282.018, subdivision 1, Stearns county may sell the 
 29.13  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 29.14  paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 29.15  Statutes, chapter 282. 
 29.16     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 29.17  attorney general. 
 29.18     (c) The land that may be sold is located in Stearns county 
 29.19  and is described as: 
 29.20     (1) Lot 3, Block 1, Jody Estates First Addition to 
 29.21  Wakefield Township; 
 29.22     (2) Government Lot 2 lying westerly of county state aid 
 29.23  highway No. 22, less the north 50 feet, Section 14, Township 122 
 29.24  North, Range 31 West, which must be sold under Minnesota 
 29.25  Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 7a; 
 29.26     (3) Lot B, Holiday Heights Addition to Oak Township; and 
 29.27     (4) the east 200 feet of the west 650 feet of Government 
 29.28  Lot 1, Section 3, Township 126 North, Range 34 West, which must 
 29.29  be sold under Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 7a.
 29.30     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 29.31  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 29.32  returned to private ownership. 
 29.33     Sec. 36.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; ITASCA COUNTY.] 
 29.34     Subdivision 1.  [SALE AUTHORIZED.] Notwithstanding 
 29.35  Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
 29.36  and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 30.1   282, Itasca county may in its sole discretion sell tax-forfeited 
 30.2   lands bordering public waters that are currently leased for 
 30.3   recreational purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04.  
 30.4   Itasca county may also sell other tax-forfeited lands that are 
 30.5   not necessary for public access to water and that have been 
 30.6   included in the plats of tax-forfeited lands authorized for sale 
 30.7   under this section or such adjacent tax-forfeited lands 
 30.8   necessary for roadway access and the creation of conforming lot 
 30.9   sizes. 
 30.10     Subd. 2.  [METHOD OF SALE.] (a) The leaseholder of a leased 
 30.11  parcel may at private sale purchase the leased parcel and any 
 30.12  other lands allocated to the parcel by the county under 
 30.13  subdivision 5 that is offered for sale under this section.  The 
 30.14  purchase price shall be the appraised value of the land 
 30.15  exclusive of improvements thereon.  To purchase a parcel, a 
 30.16  leaseholder must tender to the county in cash an amount equal to 
 30.17  the appraised value of the land within 180 days from the date of 
 30.18  mailing or service of notice of appraised value upon the 
 30.19  leaseholder by the county.  The 180-day period shall run from 
 30.20  the date of mailing of a copy of the appraisal to the 
 30.21  leaseholder at the address shown upon the most recent lease 
 30.22  agreement between the parties, exclusive of the date of mailing 
 30.23  or service.  The county may at its option use any alternative 
 30.24  method of notice as set forth in the Minnesota Rules of Civil 
 30.25  Procedure for the service of a summons and complaint.  
 30.26     (b) In the event the leaseholder does not purchase the 
 30.27  parcel so offered, the county may in its sole discretion offer 
 30.28  the lands for sale at public auction in accordance with the 
 30.29  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 
 30.30  3.  If a person other than the leaseholder purchases the parcel, 
 30.31  the purchaser must make payment in full to the leaseholder in 
 30.32  the manner provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 92.06, 
 30.33  subdivision 4, for the value of any improvements as determined 
 30.34  under subdivision 3.  
 30.35     (c) Failure of a purchaser to comply with the terms of 
 30.36  payment voids the sale and the property may be reoffered for 
 31.1   sale.  
 31.2      Subd. 3.  [APPRAISAL.] (a) An appraisal shall be made in 
 31.3   accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 
 31.4   3, except as modified by this subdivision.  Improvements that 
 31.5   are owned by the lessee shall be appraised separately.  
 31.6      (b) An appraiser shall be selected by the county.  The 
 31.7   appraiser selected shall meet the minimal appraisal standards 
 31.8   established by the federal Farmers Home Administration or the 
 31.9   federal Veterans Administration, be licensed under Minnesota 
 31.10  Statutes, section 82B.03, and be approved by the department of 
 31.11  natural resources to appraise the property to be sold. 
 31.12     (c) The costs of appraisal shall be allocated by the county 
 31.13  to the lots offered for sale and the successful purchaser on 
 31.14  each lot shall reimburse the county for the appraisal costs 
 31.15  allocated to the lot purchased.  If no one purchases a lot, the 
 31.16  county is responsible for the appraisal cost.  
 31.17     (d) If a leaseholder disagrees with the appraised value of 
 31.18  the land or leasehold improvements, the leaseholder may select 
 31.19  an appraiser that meets the qualifications set forth herein to 
 31.20  reappraise the land and improvements.  The leaseholder must give 
 31.21  notice of its intent to object to the appraised value of the 
 31.22  land and buildings within ten days of the date of the mailing or 
 31.23  service of notice under subdivision 2, paragraph (a).  The 
 31.24  reappraisal must be delivered by the leaseholder to the county 
 31.25  auditor within 60 days of the date of mailing or service of 
 31.26  notice of appraised value under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), or 
 31.27  the initial appraisal shall be conclusive.  The leaseholder is 
 31.28  responsible for the costs of this reappraisal.  If the parcel is 
 31.29  reappraised within the time set forth herein and the county and 
 31.30  the leaseholder fail to agree on the value of the land and 
 31.31  improvements within 30 days of the date of delivery of the 
 31.32  reappraisal, each of the appraisers shall agree upon the 
 31.33  selection of a third appraiser to conduct a third appraisal that 
 31.34  shall be conclusive as to the value of the land and 
 31.35  improvements.  The cost of this appraisal shall be paid equally 
 31.36  by the county and the leaseholder. 
 32.1      Subd. 4.  [PROCEEDS.] The proceeds from the sale of land 
 32.2   described in subdivision 1 must be deposited by the county into 
 32.3   an environmental trust fund as provided in Laws 1998, chapter 
 32.4   389, article 16, section 31, subdivision 4. 
 32.5      Subd. 5.  [SURVEY.] (a) Itasca county shall cause to be 
 32.6   surveyed according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 505, and the 
 32.7   Itasca county platting and subdivision ordinance, each lot prior 
 32.8   to offering it for sale.  
 32.9      (b) The costs of survey shall be allocated by the county to 
 32.10  the lots offered for sale and the successful purchaser on each 
 32.11  lot shall reimburse the county for the survey costs allocated to 
 32.12  the lot purchased.  If no one purchases the lot, the county is 
 32.13  responsible for the survey costs.  All surveying must be 
 32.14  conducted by a licensed surveyor.  
 32.15     Subd. 6.  [ADDING LANDS; ZONING CONFORMANCE.] Any lands to 
 32.16  be sold under this section shall for zoning purposes be 
 32.17  considered lots of record.  Whenever possible, Itasca county may 
 32.18  add tax-forfeited land to the lots offered for sale to permit 
 32.19  conformance with zoning requirements.  The added lands must be 
 32.20  included in the appraised value of the lot.  
 32.21     Subd. 7.  [ROADWAYS.] Itasca county shall have the 
 32.22  authority to designate whether roads within minor subdivisions 
 32.23  under the county platting and subdivision ordinance are public 
 32.24  or private.  
 32.25     Subd. 8.  [SUNSET.] This section expires five years after 
 32.26  the day of final enactment. 
 32.27     Sec. 37.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 32.28  PUBLIC WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.] 
 32.29     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 32.30  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 32.31  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca county shall sell by 
 32.32  private sale the tax-forfeited land, some of which borders 
 32.33  public water, that is described in paragraph (c), under the 
 32.34  remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  The 
 32.35  lands allowed for sale may not include tax forfeited lands lying 
 32.36  within the Mesabi Range iron formation if the state owns the 
 33.1   mineral rights or has a claim against the mineral rights under 
 33.2   the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 93.55, provided 
 33.3   that Itasca county or the state may lease these lands.  
 33.4      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 33.5   attorney general. 
 33.6      (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Itasca county and 
 33.7   is described as: 
 33.8      (1) Sections 1 to 4 and 9 to 15, Township 56 North, Range 
 33.9   23 West; 
 33.10     (2) Sections 3 to 10, 14 to 18, 20 to 23, and 26 to 29, 
 33.11  Township 56 North, Range 22 West; 
 33.12     (3) Sections 20 to 22 and 27 to 33, Township 57 North, 
 33.13  Range 22 West; and 
 33.14     (4) Sections 25 to 27 and 34 to 36, Township 57 North, 
 33.15  Range 23 West. 
 33.16     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 33.17  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 33.18  returned to private ownership. 
 33.19     Sec. 38.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 33.20  PUBLIC WATER; CASS COUNTY.] 
 33.21     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 33.22  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 33.23  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Cass county may sell by private 
 33.24  sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are 
 33.25  described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 33.26  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 33.27     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 33.28  attorney general. 
 33.29     (c) The lands to be conveyed are located in Cass county and 
 33.30  are described as: 
 33.31     (1) the West Quarter of the West Half of the Southwest 
 33.32  Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, section 35, Township 141 
 33.33  North, Range 28 West; and 
 33.34     (2) Wilderness Park Estates and Wilderness Park Estates 
 33.35  Additions 1 through 9. 
 33.36     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 34.1   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 34.2   returned to private ownership. 
 34.3      Sec. 39.  [EXCHANGE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
 34.4   WATERS; CASS COUNTY.] 
 34.5      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 34.6   94.342, subdivision 3, 282.018, subdivision 1, or other law to 
 34.7   the contrary, Cass county may exchange land bordering public 
 34.8   water that is described in paragraph (c) under the provisions of 
 34.9   Minnesota Statutes, section 94.344. 
 34.10     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 34.11  attorney general. 
 34.12     (c) The land that may be exchanged is located in Cass 
 34.13  county and is described as: 
 34.14     That part of Government Lot 1, Section 5, Township 140 
 34.15     North, Range 28 West, Cass county, Minnesota, described as 
 34.16     follows: 
 34.17     Beginning at the northwest corner of Lot 22, Block 1, 
 34.18     BROADWATER ESTATES, according to the record plat thereof, 
 34.19     on file in the office of the Cass county recorder; thence 
 34.20     South 1 degree 53 minutes 19 seconds East, bearing 
 34.21     assigned, on the west lines of said Lot 22, also being the 
 34.22     east line of said Government Lot 1, a distance of 86.46 
 34.23     feet; thence South 88 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds West 
 34.24     151 feet, more or less, to intersect the shore of Woman 
 34.25     Lake; thence northeasterly on said shore to intersect the 
 34.26     east line of said Government Lot 1; thence South 1 degree 
 34.27     53 minutes 19 seconds East 255 feet, more or less, to the 
 34.28     point of beginning and there terminate. 
 34.29     Subject to reservations, restrictions, and easements of 
 34.30     record. 
 34.31     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 34.32  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 34.33  exchanged for a private parcel. 
 34.34     Sec. 40.  [PRIVATE SALE OF STATE WILDLIFE LAND; ANOKA 
 34.35  COUNTY.] 
 34.36     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 
 35.1   94.16 and 97A.135, subdivision 2, the commissioner of natural 
 35.2   resources may sell by private sale the land in the Lamprey Pass 
 35.3   wildlife management area described in paragraph (c). 
 35.4      (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
 35.5   attorney general for consideration of not less than the 
 35.6   appraised value. 
 35.7      (c) The land that may be sold is in the Lamprey Pass 
 35.8   wildlife management area in Anoka county and is described as: 
 35.9      The East 54 feet of the South 830 feet of the Southwest 
 35.10     Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 32 
 35.11     North, Range 22 West, containing one acre, more or less. 
 35.12     (d) This conveyance will provide sufficient setback between 
 35.13  the adjacent landowner's buildings and the state land to meet 
 35.14  minimum zoning requirements to allow for any future alterations 
 35.15  or additions to the landowner's buildings and a buffer zone 
 35.16  between the adjacent landowner and public hunting activities on 
 35.17  the wildlife management area. 
 35.18     Sec. 41.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; WASHINGTON 
 35.19  COUNTY.] 
 35.20     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 35.21  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 35.22  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington county may sell by 
 35.23  private sale to an adjacent landowner the tax-forfeited land 
 35.24  bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under 
 35.25  the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 35.26     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 35.27  attorney general for not less than the appraised value. 
 35.28     (c) The parcel of land that may be conveyed is located in 
 35.29  Washington county and is described as Lot 6, Block 3, Valley 
 35.30  Hills, Section 12, Township 32 North, Range 21 West. 
 35.31     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 35.32  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 35.33  returned to private ownership. 
 35.34     Sec. 42.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 35.35  PUBLIC WATER; KANDIYOHI COUNTY.] 
 35.36     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 36.1   282.018, subdivision 1, Kandiyohi county may sell the 
 36.2   tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 36.3   paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 36.4   Statutes, chapter 282. 
 36.5      (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 36.6   general. 
 36.7      (c) The land to be sold is located in Kandiyohi county and 
 36.8   is described as:  Lot 1, Block 1, Diamond Woods, Section 28, 
 36.9   Township 120 North, Range 33 West. 
 36.10     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 36.11  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 36.12  returned to private ownership. 
 36.13     Sec. 43.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 36.14  PUBLIC WATER; RED LAKE COUNTY.] 
 36.15     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 36.16  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 36.17  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Red Lake county shall sell by 
 36.18  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 36.19  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 36.20  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 36.21     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 36.22  attorney general. 
 36.23     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Red Lake county, 
 36.24  consists of about 13.35 acres, and is described as:  Government 
 36.25  Lot 1, Section 36, Township 152 North, Range 40 West. 
 36.26     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 36.27  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 36.28  returned to private ownership. 
 36.29     Sec. 44.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 36.30  PUBLIC WATER; ROSEAU COUNTY.] 
 36.31     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 36.32  282.018, subdivision 1, Roseau county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 36.33  land that is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining 
 36.34  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 36.35     (b) The conveyance must be in a form that is approved by 
 36.36  the attorney general. 
 37.1      (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Roseau county and 
 37.2   is described as: 
 37.3      The Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 
 37.4      20, Township 163 North, Range 36 West. 
 37.5      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 37.6   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 37.7   returned to private ownership. 
 37.8      Sec. 45.  [AUTHORIZING EXERCISE OF EMINENT DOMAIN; 
 37.9   KOOCHICHING COUNTY.] 
 37.10     Subdivision 1.  [EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORIZED.] The 
 37.11  Koochiching county board may exercise the right of eminent 
 37.12  domain in the manner provided by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 37.13  117, reserving to the state all minerals and mineral rights, to 
 37.14  acquire the following trust fund lands: 
 37.15     That part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast 
 37.16     Quarter, Section 36, Township 71 North, Range 23 West, 
 37.17     Koochiching county, Minnesota, lying northerly of a line 
 37.18     described as follows:  Commencing at the northeast corner 
 37.19     of said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence 
 37.20     South 0 degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds East, bearing 
 37.21     assumed, along the east line of said Northeast Quarter of 
 37.22     the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 60.00 feet to the 
 37.23     point of beginning of the line to be described; thence 
 37.24     North 90 degrees 0 minutes West a distance of 173.04 feet; 
 37.25     thence North 83 degrees 31 minutes West a distance of 68.90 
 37.26     feet; thence South 88 degrees 09 minutes West a distance of 
 37.27     25.85 feet; thence South 70 degrees 06 minutes West a 
 37.28     distance of 77.87 feet; thence South 84 degrees 45 minutes 
 37.29     West a distance of 128.97 feet; thence South 63 degrees 22 
 37.30     minutes West a distance of 82.56 feet; thence South 79 
 37.31     degrees 59 minutes West a distance of 41.43 feet; thence 
 37.32     North 75 degrees 19 minutes West a distance of 77.77 feet; 
 37.33     thence South 84 degrees 04 minutes West a distance of 27.61 
 37.34     feet; thence South 66 degrees 39 minutes West a distance of 
 37.35     37.98 feet; thence South 54 degrees 07 minutes West a 
 37.36     distance of 43.20 feet; thence South 47 degrees 42 minutes 
 38.1      West a distance of 149.84 feet; thence North 77 degrees 20 
 38.2      minutes West a distance of 114.45 feet; thence North 63 
 38.3      degrees 40 minutes West a distance of 76.63 feet; thence 
 38.4      North 56 degrees 19 minutes West a distance of 161.20 feet; 
 38.5      thence South 65 degrees 26 minutes West a distance of 68.67 
 38.6      feet; thence South 75 degrees 42 minutes West a distance of 
 38.7      104.62 feet to the intersection with the west line of said 
 38.8      Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and said line 
 38.9      there terminating, which point of intersection is 165.84 
 38.10     feet South of the northwest corner of said Northeast 
 38.11     Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; said tract consisting of 
 38.12     4.06 acres, more or less. 
 38.13     Subd. 2.  [DISPOSITION OF LAND.] (a) After the Koochiching 
 38.14  county board acquires the land described in subdivision 1, the 
 38.15  county board shall convey to the nominal titleholders their 
 38.16  respective interest in the land described in subdivision 1, as 
 38.17  determined by the Koochiching county surveyor.  Minnesota 
 38.18  Statutes, section 373.01, clause (4), does not apply to 
 38.19  conveyances under this subdivision.  Each titleholder shall 
 38.20  reimburse the county board for a proportional share of the cost 
 38.21  of the eminent domain proceedings. 
 38.22     (b) The Koochiching county board may vacate the road 
 38.23  designated as Withrow Drive according to the plat of Withrow 
 38.24  Point and may relocate the road as county road 137, as county 
 38.25  road 137 exists on the effective date of this act.  The 
 38.26  Koochiching county surveyor shall prepare and file a corrected 
 38.27  plat of Withrow Point. 
 38.28     Sec. 46.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 38.29     Sections 2, 9, 10, 17 to 27, 30, 32, 39, and 44 are 
 38.30  effective the day following final enactment.  Section 29 is 
 38.31  effective on the day following approval by the Goodhue county 
 38.32  board and compliance with the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
 38.33  section 645.021.