1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public lands; providing that participation 
  1.3             in certain tax programs will not reduce damage awards 
  1.4             granted in an eminent domain proceeding; modifying 
  1.5             prior private sale of tax-forfeited land in Carlton 
  1.6             county; authorizing public and private sales, 
  1.7             conveyances, and exchanges of certain tax-forfeited 
  1.8             lands that border public water or wetland in Anoka, 
  1.9             Cass, Chisago, Cook, Douglas, Hennepin, Hubbard, 
  1.10            Itasca, Kandiyohi, Le Sueur, Mower, Olmsted, Red Lake, 
  1.11            Roseau, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Wabasha, Wadena, and 
  1.12            Washington counties; authorizing private sales and 
  1.13            conveyances of certain tax-forfeited land in 
  1.14            Koochiching, Ramsey, and St. Louis counties; 
  1.15            authorizing private sale and conveyances of certain 
  1.16            surplus land in Aitkin, Anoka, Houston, Otter Tail, 
  1.17            St. Louis, and Wright counties and to the Bloomington 
  1.18            housing and redevelopment authority; authorizing 
  1.19            certain land conveyances in connection with the 
  1.20            transfer of state land in Steele county; authorizing 
  1.21            private sales and conveyances of certain county land 
  1.22            in Goodhue and Itasca counties; authorizing 
  1.23            Koochiching county to exercise the power of eminent 
  1.24            domain for acquisition of certain trust fund land; 
  1.25            authorizing the city of Bemidji to exercise the power 
  1.26            of eminent domain for acquisition of certain trust 
  1.27            fund land that borders public waters and wetlands; 
  1.28            amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 117.085; 
  1.29            Laws 1997, chapter 207, section 7, as amended. 
  1.30  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.31     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 117.085, is 
  1.32  amended to read: 
  1.33     117.085 [COMMISSIONERS, POWERS, DUTIES.] 
  1.34     The commissioners, having been duly sworn and qualified 
  1.35  according to law, shall meet as directed by the order of 
  1.36  appointment and hear the allegations and proofs of all persons 
  1.37  interested touching the matters to them committed.  They may 
  2.1   adjourn from time to time and from place to place within the 
  2.2   county, giving oral notice to those present of the time and 
  2.3   place of their next meeting.  All testimony taken by them shall 
  2.4   be given publicly, under oath, and in their presence.  They 
  2.5   shall view the premises, and any of them may subpoena witnesses, 
  2.6   which shall be served as subpoenas in civil actions are served, 
  2.7   and at the cost of the parties applying therefor.  If deemed 
  2.8   necessary, they may require the petitioner or owner to furnish 
  2.9   for their use maps, plats, and other information which the 
  2.10  petitioner or owner may have showing the nature, character, and 
  2.11  extent of the proposed undertaking and the situation of lands 
  2.12  desired therefor.  In proper cases they may reserve to the owner 
  2.13  a right of way or other privilege in or over the land taken, or 
  2.14  attach reasonable conditions to such taking in addition to the 
  2.15  damages given or they may make an alternative award, conditioned 
  2.16  upon the granting or withholding of the right specified.  
  2.17  Without unreasonable delay they shall make a separate assessment 
  2.18  and award of the damages which in their judgment will result to 
  2.19  each of the owners of the land by reason of such taking and 
  2.20  report the same to the court.  The commissioners shall not 
  2.21  reduce the amount of the damages awarded because the land being 
  2.22  taken is, at the time of the taking, valued under section 
  2.23  273.111, designated as an agricultural preserve under chapter 
  2.24  473H.  The commissioners, in all such proceedings, may in their 
  2.25  discretion allow and show separately in addition to the award of 
  2.26  damages, reasonable appraisal fees not to exceed a total of 
  2.27  $500.  Upon request of an owner the commissioners shall show in 
  2.28  their report the amount of the award of damages which is to 
  2.29  reimburse the owner and tenant or lessee for the value of the 
  2.30  land taken, and the amount of the award of damages, if any, 
  2.31  which is to reimburse the owner and tenant or lessee for damages 
  2.32  to the remainder involved, whether or not described in the 
  2.33  petition.  The amounts awarded to each person shall also be 
  2.34  shown separately.  The commissioners shall, if requested by any 
  2.35  party, make an express finding of the estimated cost of removal 
  2.36  and remedial actions that will be necessary on the taken 
  3.1   property because of existing environmental contamination. 
  3.2      Sec. 2.  Laws 1997, chapter 207, section 7, as amended by 
  3.3   Laws 1998, chapter 407, article 3, section 22, is amended to 
  3.4   read: 
  3.5      Sec. 7.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; CARLTON 
  3.6   COUNTY.] 
  3.7      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  3.8   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  3.9   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Carlton county may sell by 
  3.10  private sale the tax-forfeited land described in paragraph (d) 
  3.11  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  3.12  282. 
  3.13     (b) The land described in paragraph (d) may be sold by 
  3.14  private sale.  The consideration shall be the appraised value of 
  3.15  the land.  If the lands are sold, the conveyance must reserve a 
  3.16  perpetual easement for a public angler access and stream habitat 
  3.17  protection and enhancement for the benefit of the state of 
  3.18  Minnesota, department of natural resources, over the following 
  3.19  lands: 
  3.20     A strip of land lying in the North 6.66 acres of the West 
  3.21  Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of 
  3.22  Section 6, Township 48 North, Range 16 West, Carlton county.  
  3.23  Said strip lying 100 feet on each side of the centerline of 
  3.24  Slaughterhouse Creek. 
  3.25     (c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  3.26  attorney general. 
  3.27     (d) The land to be conveyed is located in Carlton county 
  3.28  and is described as: 
  3.29     North 6.66 acres of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter 
  3.30  of the Southwest Quarter, subject to pipeline easement, Section 
  3.31  6, Township 48 North, Range 16 West, City of Carlton. 
  3.32     (e) Carlton county has determined that this sale best 
  3.33  serves the land management interests of Carlton county. 
  3.34     Sec. 3.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; AITKIN 
  3.35  COUNTY.] 
  3.36     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 
  4.1   94.16, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
  4.2   sale for a consideration of not less than the appraised value, 
  4.3   excluding improvements, to the holder of the life estate, the 
  4.4   tract of land described in paragraph (c).  
  4.5      (b) The sale shall be in a form approved by the attorney 
  4.6   general.  
  4.7      (c) The land to be sold is in Aitkin county, Minnesota in 
  4.8   the Vendla Badger wildlife management area and is described as: 
  4.9      That part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
  4.10  of Section 12, Township 46 North, Range 26 West, Aitkin county, 
  4.11  Minnesota, described as follows:  
  4.12     Commencing at a 1-1/4 inch iron pipe at the south quarter 
  4.13  corner of said Section 12; thence EAST, bearing assumed, on the 
  4.14  south line of said Section 12, a distance of 141.85 feet to the 
  4.15  point of beginning; thence NORTH 725.00 feet; thence EAST 450.00 
  4.16  feet; thence SOUTH 725.00 feet to said south line; thence WEST 
  4.17  on said south line 450.00 feet to the point of beginning; 
  4.18  containing 7.5 acres, more or less.  
  4.19     (d) The buyer's predecessor donated land to the state for 
  4.20  the Vendla Badger wildlife management area, including the land 
  4.21  described in paragraph (c), but retained a possessory interest 
  4.22  in the land described in paragraph (c).  The sale gives the 
  4.23  buyer full title free of state interest. 
  4.24     Sec. 4.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  4.25  WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  4.26     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  4.27  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  4.28  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
  4.29  city of Coon Rapids the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
  4.30  water that is described in paragraph (c). 
  4.31     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  4.32  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
  4.33  if it is not used for park or open space purposes.  The 
  4.34  conveyance must provide that no landscape changes, stormwater 
  4.35  discharge, or watercourse alterations that affect the hydrology 
  4.36  and vegetative characteristics of the land are allowed beyond 
  5.1   those conditions that exist at the time of the conveyance in 
  5.2   order that the wetland characteristics and resulting wildlife 
  5.3   habitats are maintained in perpetuity. 
  5.4      (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
  5.5   county and is described as follows: 
  5.6      City of Coon Rapids, (PIN No. 14-31-24-43-0025) that part 
  5.7   of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and that part 
  5.8   of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter in Section 14, 
  5.9   Township 31 North, Range 24 West, Anoka county, Minnesota, 
  5.10  described as follows:  Commencing at the northwest corner of 
  5.11  said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence due East 
  5.12  (assumed bearing) along the north line of said Southeast Quarter 
  5.13  of the Southwest Quarter, a distance of 680 feet; thence South 7 
  5.14  degrees 16 minutes East 720.7 feet to the actual point of 
  5.15  beginning of the tract of land to be described; thence South 87 
  5.16  degrees 06 minutes East to the centerline of Coon Creek; thence 
  5.17  northerly, westerly and northwesterly along the centerline of 
  5.18  said creek to the north line of said Southeast Quarter of the 
  5.19  Southwest Quarter; thence East along said north line to the 
  5.20  southwesterly right-of-way line of United States Highway No. 10; 
  5.21  thence southeasterly along said highway right-of-way line to the 
  5.22  westerly railroad right-of-way line of Burlington Northern, 
  5.23  Inc.; thence southerly along said railroad right-of-way line to 
  5.24  the south line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
  5.25  Quarter; thence West along the south line of said Southwest 
  5.26  Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and along the south line of 
  5.27  said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to the southwest 
  5.28  corner of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; 
  5.29  thence North along the west line of said Southeast Quarter of 
  5.30  the Southwest Quarter to a point distant 900 feet South of the 
  5.31  initial point of commencement, as measured along the west line 
  5.32  of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence East 
  5.33  and parallel with the north line of said Southeast Quarter of 
  5.34  the Southwest Quarter to an intersection with a line drawn 
  5.35  southerly from the actual point of beginning and parallel with 
  5.36  the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
  6.1   Quarter, thence northerly to the actual point of beginning; 
  6.2   EXCEPT that part platted as Robinson's Preserve. 
  6.3      (d) The county has determined that its land management 
  6.4   interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the 
  6.5   city of Coon Rapids to use for park or open space purposes. 
  6.6      Sec. 5.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  6.7   WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  6.8      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  6.9   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  6.10  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
  6.11  city of St. Francis the tax-forfeited lands bordering public 
  6.12  water that are described in paragraph (c). 
  6.13     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
  6.14  attorney general and provide that the lands revert to the state 
  6.15  if they are not used for park or open space purposes.  The land 
  6.16  described in paragraph (c), clause (3), shall be used for open 
  6.17  space purposes only.  No landscape changes, stormwater 
  6.18  discharge, or watercourse alterations that affect the hydrology 
  6.19  and vegetative characteristics of the lands are allowed beyond 
  6.20  those conditions that exist at the time of the conveyances in 
  6.21  order that the wetland characteristics and resulting wildlife 
  6.22  habitats are maintained in perpetuity. 
  6.23     (c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Anoka 
  6.24  county and are described as follows: 
  6.25     (1) City of St. Francis, (PIN No. 05-33-24-13-0001) Lot 14, 
  6.26  Oak Grove River Lots; 
  6.27     (2) City of St. Francis, (PIN No. 05-33-24-13-0002) Lot 15, 
  6.28  Oak Grove River Lots; and 
  6.29     (3) City of St. Francis (PIN No. 32-34-24-31-0016) all that 
  6.30  part of Outlot 19, Village of St. Francis, lying westerly of the 
  6.31  westerly right-of-way line of Butterfield Drive; EXCEPT the 
  6.32  south 190.00 feet of the west 150.00 feet of said Outlot 19; 
  6.33  ALSO EXCEPT the north 100.00 feet of the south 300.00 feet of 
  6.34  the west 150.00 feet of said Outlot 19; ALSO EXCEPT all that 
  6.35  part of said Outlot 19 described as follows:  Commencing at the 
  6.36  northeast corner of Lot 6, Block 5, Village of St. Francis; 
  7.1   thence North along said westerly right-of-way line of 
  7.2   Butterfield Drive 749.74 feet, more or less, to the north line 
  7.3   of said Outlot 19; thence westerly along said north line 230.00 
  7.4   feet to the point of beginning; thence continue westerly along 
  7.5   said north line to the northeast corner of Outlot 18, Village of 
  7.6   St. Francis; thence South along the east line of said Outlot 18 
  7.7   to the southeast corner thereof; thence West along the south 
  7.8   line of said Outlot 18 a distance of 81.00 feet; thence South at 
  7.9   right angles 284.74 feet; thence East at right angles 341.00 
  7.10  feet, more or less, to a point 230.00 feet west of said westerly 
  7.11  right-of-way line of Butterfield Drive, as measured along said 
  7.12  north line of Outlot 19; thence North to the actual point of 
  7.13  beginning; ALSO EXCEPT all that part of said Outlot 19 described 
  7.14  as follows:  Beginning at the northeast corner of said Lot 6, 
  7.15  Block 5, Village of St. Francis; thence North along said 
  7.16  westerly right-of-way line of Butterfield Drive 749.74 feet, 
  7.17  more or less, to said north line of Outlot 19; thence westerly 
  7.18  along said north line 230.00 feet; thence southerly parallel 
  7.19  with said westerly right-of-way line 749.74 feet, more or less, 
  7.20  to the south line of said Outlot 19; thence easterly 230.00 
  7.21  feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. 
  7.22     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
  7.23  interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the 
  7.24  city of St. Francis to use for park or open space purposes 
  7.25  according to paragraph (b). 
  7.26     Sec. 6.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  7.27  WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  7.28     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  7.29  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  7.30  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
  7.31  city of Ramsey the tax-forfeited land bordering public water 
  7.32  that is described in paragraph (c). 
  7.33     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  7.34  attorney general and must provide that the land reverts to the 
  7.35  state if it is not used for open space purposes.  The conveyance 
  7.36  must provide that no landscape changes, stormwater discharge, or 
  8.1   watercourse alterations that affect the hydrology and vegetative 
  8.2   characteristics of the land are allowed beyond those conditions 
  8.3   that exist at the time of the conveyance in order that the 
  8.4   wetland characteristics and resulting wildlife habitats are 
  8.5   maintained in perpetuity. 
  8.6      (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
  8.7   county and is described as follows: 
  8.8      City of Ramsey, (PIN No. 26-32-25-42-0017) Outlot B, 
  8.9   Chestnut Hill. 
  8.10     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
  8.11  interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the 
  8.12  city of Ramsey to use for open space purposes. 
  8.13     Sec. 7.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  8.14  WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  8.15     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  8.16  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  8.17  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
  8.18  town of Columbus the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water 
  8.19  that are described in paragraph (c). 
  8.20     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
  8.21  attorney general and must provide that the lands revert to the 
  8.22  state if they are not used for open space purposes.  The 
  8.23  conveyances must provide that no landscape changes, stormwater 
  8.24  discharge, or watercourse alterations that affect the hydrology 
  8.25  and vegetative characteristics of the lands are allowed beyond 
  8.26  those conditions that exist at the time of the conveyances in 
  8.27  order that the wetland characteristics and resulting wildlife 
  8.28  habitats are maintained in perpetuity. 
  8.29     (c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Anoka 
  8.30  county and are described as follows: 
  8.31     (1) Township of Columbus, (PIN No. 30-33-22-42-0007) Lot 
  8.32  31, Breezy Shore; and 
  8.33     (2) Township of Columbus, (PIN No. 30-33-22-42-0008) Lot 
  8.34  32, Breezy Shore. 
  8.35     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
  8.36  interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the 
  9.1   town of Columbus to use for open space purposes. 
  9.2      Sec. 8.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  9.3   WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
  9.4      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
  9.5   103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
  9.6   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
  9.7   city of Lino Lakes or the commissioner of natural resources the 
  9.8   tax-forfeited land bordering public water or natural wetlands 
  9.9   that is described in paragraph (c). 
  9.10     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  9.11  attorney general.  If the land is conveyed to the city of Lino 
  9.12  Lakes, the conveyance must provide that the land reverts to the 
  9.13  state if it is not used for open space purposes. 
  9.14     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
  9.15  county and is described as follows:  
  9.16     City of Lino Lakes, (PIN No. 11-31-22-34-0007) all that 
  9.17  part of Lot 6, Auditors Subdivision Number 55, Revised, lying 
  9.18  westerly of the westerly right-of-way line of Peltier Lake Drive 
  9.19  and lying southerly of the following described line:  Beginning 
  9.20  at the northeast corner of said Lot 6; thence West along the 
  9.21  north line of said Lot 6 a distance of 93.50 feet; thence South 
  9.22  05 degrees 49 minutes 00 seconds West along said westerly 
  9.23  right-of-way line of Peltier Lake Drive 300.00 feet; thence West 
  9.24  parallel with said north line of Lot 6 a distance of 86.68 feet 
  9.25  to the easterly line of land held by the St. Paul Water 
  9.26  Department; thence South 06 degrees 16 minutes 00 seconds East 
  9.27  along said easterly line 35.03 feet to the point of beginning of 
  9.28  the line to be described; thence East parallel with said north 
  9.29  line of Lot 6 a distance of 79.31 feet to said westerly 
  9.30  right-of-way line of Peltier Lake Drive and there terminating. 
  9.31     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
  9.32  interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the 
  9.33  city of Lino Lakes or the commissioner of natural resources for 
  9.34  open space purposes. 
  9.35     Sec. 9.  [CONVEYANCE OR SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND 
  9.36  BORDERING PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
 10.1      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 10.2   103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
 10.3   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
 10.4   city of Fridley the tax-forfeited land bordering public water or 
 10.5   natural wetlands that is described in paragraph (c) or may sell 
 10.6   the land to adjoining landowners under the remaining provisions 
 10.7   of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 10.8      (b) The conveyance or sale must be in a form approved by 
 10.9   the attorney general.  If the land is conveyed to the city of 
 10.10  Fridley, the conveyance must provide that the land reverts to 
 10.11  the state if it is not used for open space purposes.  If the 
 10.12  land is sold to adjoining landowners, a conservation easement in 
 10.13  a form prescribed by the commissioner of natural resources must 
 10.14  be reserved to the state. 
 10.15     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
 10.16  county and is described as follows:  
 10.17     City of Fridley, (PIN No. 15-30-24-11-0034) Tract D, 
 10.18  Registered Land Survey No. 51. 
 10.19     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
 10.20  interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the 
 10.21  city of Fridley to use for open space purposes or returned to 
 10.22  private ownership. 
 10.23     Sec. 10.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 10.24  PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
 10.25     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 10.26  103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
 10.27  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey to the 
 10.28  town of Linwood the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water 
 10.29  or natural wetlands that are described in paragraph (c).  
 10.30     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 10.31  attorney general and must provide that the lands revert to the 
 10.32  state if they are not used for open space purposes.  
 10.33     (c) The lands that may be conveyed are located in Anoka 
 10.34  county and are described as follows:  
 10.35     (1) Township of Linwood, (PIN No. 26-34-22-23-0021) Lot 1, 
 10.36  Block 2, Paradise Point Unit 4; and 
 11.1      (2) Township of Linwood (PIN No. 26-34-22-23-0042) Lot 6, 
 11.2   Block 4, Paradise Point Unit 4. 
 11.3      (d) The county has determined that its land management 
 11.4   interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to the 
 11.5   town of Linwood to use for open space purposes. 
 11.6      Sec. 11.  [CONVEYANCE OR SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND 
 11.7   BORDERING PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
 11.8      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 11.9   103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
 11.10  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Anoka county may convey the 
 11.11  tax-forfeited land bordering public water or natural wetlands 
 11.12  that is described in paragraph (c) to a political subdivision, 
 11.13  including the commissioner of natural resources. 
 11.14     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 11.15  attorney general.  If the land is conveyed to a political 
 11.16  subdivision other than the commissioner of natural resources, 
 11.17  the conveyance must provide that the land reverts to the state 
 11.18  if it is not used for open space purposes.  The conveyance must 
 11.19  provide that no changes may be made to the landscape that would 
 11.20  alter the hydrology and vegetative characteristics of the land 
 11.21  from those conditions existing at the time of conveyance in 
 11.22  order to maintain the upland and woodland characteristics of the 
 11.23  land and the resulting wildlife habitats in perpetuity.  If the 
 11.24  land is conveyed to a political subdivision other than the 
 11.25  commissioner of natural resources, a conservation easement in a 
 11.26  form prescribed by the commissioner of natural resources must be 
 11.27  reserved to the state. 
 11.28     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Anoka 
 11.29  county and is described as follows: 
 11.30     City of Oak Grove, (PIN No. 08-33-24-24-0001) an island 
 11.31  lying in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
 11.32  Section 8, Township 33 North, Range 24 West, said island being 
 11.33  located in the Rum river. 
 11.34     (d) The county has determined that its land management 
 11.35  interests would best be served if the lands were retained in 
 11.36  public ownership and conveyed to a political subdivision to use 
 12.1   for open space purposes. 
 12.2      Sec. 12.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 12.3   PUBLIC WATER; ANOKA COUNTY.] 
 12.4      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 12.5   282.18, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 12.6   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, the commissioner of revenue 
 12.7   shall convey the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 12.8   is described in paragraph (c) to Anoka county. 
 12.9      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 12.10  attorney general.  Anoka county may use the land for highway 
 12.11  ponding, public access to Round lake, and wildlife habitat. 
 12.12     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Anoka county and 
 12.13  is described as follows: 
 12.14     City of Andover (PIN No. 29-32-24-42-0055), Outlot A, 
 12.15  Brandon's Lakeview Estates, according to the plat on file in the 
 12.16  office of the Anoka county recorder. 
 12.17     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 12.18  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 12.19  conveyed to the county for the purposes described in paragraph 
 12.20  (b). 
 12.21     Sec. 13.  [PRIVATE SALE OF STATE WILDLIFE LAND; ANOKA 
 12.22  COUNTY.] 
 12.23     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 
 12.24  94.16 and 97A.135, subdivision 2, the commissioner of natural 
 12.25  resources may sell by private sale the land in the Lamprey Pass 
 12.26  wildlife management area described in paragraph (c). 
 12.27     (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
 12.28  attorney general for consideration of not less than the 
 12.29  appraised value. 
 12.30     (c) The land that may be sold is in the Lamprey Pass 
 12.31  wildlife management area in Anoka county and is described as: 
 12.32     The East 54 feet of the South 830 feet of the Southwest 
 12.33     Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 14, Township 32 
 12.34     North, Range 22 West, containing one acre, more or less. 
 12.35     (d) This conveyance will provide sufficient setback between 
 12.36  the adjacent landowner's buildings and the state land to meet 
 13.1   minimum zoning requirements to allow for any future alterations 
 13.2   or additions to the landowner's buildings and a buffer zone 
 13.3   between the adjacent landowner and public hunting activities on 
 13.4   the wildlife management area. 
 13.5      Sec. 14.  [AUTHORIZING EXERCISE OF EMINENT DOMAIN; CITY OF 
 13.6   BEMIDJI.] 
 13.7      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 13.8   103F.535, or other law to the contrary, the city council of 
 13.9   Bemidji may exercise the right of eminent domain in the manner 
 13.10  provided by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 117, to acquire the 
 13.11  following trust fund land bordering public waters and wetlands, 
 13.12  except minerals and mineral rights: 
 13.13     That part of Government Lot 2, Section 36, Township 147 
 13.14  North, Range 34 West, Beltrami county, Minnesota, described as 
 13.15  follows: 
 13.16     Beginning at MN/DOT right-of-way marker B4, as shown on 
 13.17  MN/DOT right-of-way plat numbered 04-23 as the same is on file 
 13.18  and of record in the office of the county recorder, Beltrami 
 13.19  county, Minnesota; thence Azimuth of 201 degrees 27 minutes 46 
 13.20  seconds a distance of 690.00 feet to MN/DOT right-of-way marker 
 13.21  B3; thence Azimuth of 291 degrees 27 minutes 46 seconds a 
 13.22  distance of 500.00 feet; thence Azimuth of 21 degrees 27 minutes 
 13.23  46 seconds a distance of 690.00 feet to the southwesterly 
 13.24  right-of-way line of Trunk Highway No. 2; thence Azimuth of 111 
 13.25  degrees 27 minutes 46 seconds along the southwesterly 
 13.26  right-of-way line of Trunk Highway No. 2 a distance of 500.00 
 13.27  feet to said MN/DOT right-of-way marker B4 and there 
 13.28  terminating, containing 7.9 acres.  
 13.29     (b) The city of Bemidji needs the land for economic 
 13.30  development purposes and, in particular, for the construction of 
 13.31  an office and laboratory facility to house the future northern 
 13.32  service center of the bureau of criminal apprehension.  The site 
 13.33  is adjacent to the northwest district headquarters of the 
 13.34  department of transportation. 
 13.35     (c) If the land in paragraph (a) is not used for a bureau 
 13.36  of criminal apprehension service center in paragraph (b), the 
 14.1   land reverts to the state. 
 14.2      Sec. 15.  [PRIVATE SALE OF STATE LANDS TO CITY OF 
 14.3   BLOOMINGTON HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY.] 
 14.4      Subdivision 1.  [PRIVATE SALE.] (a) Notwithstanding 
 14.5   Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner of 
 14.6   human services, through the commissioner of administration, may 
 14.7   sell by private sale, lands described in paragraph (b), 
 14.8   including improvements located thereon, to the housing and 
 14.9   redevelopment authority in and for the city of Bloomington upon 
 14.10  terms agreeable to the parties.  The conveyance must be in a 
 14.11  form approved by the attorney general. 
 14.12     (b) The land that may be sold is described as: 
 14.13     The West 100 feet of the East 215 feet of the West one-half 
 14.14     of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the 
 14.15     Southwest Quarter of Section 20, Township 27, Range 24, 
 14.16     Hennepin county, Minnesota, lying North of the South 437 
 14.17     feet thereof and South of County Road No. 1 (also known as 
 14.18     Old Shakopee Road). 
 14.19     Subd. 2.  [USE OF PROCEEDS.] Notwithstanding Minnesota 
 14.20  Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, or any other law to the 
 14.21  contrary, the proceeds of the sale shall not be deposited in the 
 14.22  general fund.  The commissioner of human services, through the 
 14.23  commissioner of administration, shall use the proceeds of the 
 14.24  sale described in subdivision 1 to purchase replacement property.
 14.25     Sec. 16.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 14.26  PUBLIC WATER; CASS COUNTY.] 
 14.27     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 14.28  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 14.29  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Cass county may sell by private 
 14.30  sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are 
 14.31  described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 14.32  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 14.33     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 14.34  attorney general. 
 14.35     (c) The lands to be conveyed are located in Cass county and 
 14.36  are described as: 
 15.1      (1) the West Quarter of the West Half of the Southwest 
 15.2   Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, section 35, Township 141 
 15.3   North, Range 28 West; and 
 15.4      (2) Wilderness Park Estates and Wilderness Park Estates 
 15.5   Additions 1 through 9. 
 15.6      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 15.7   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 15.8   returned to private ownership. 
 15.9      Sec. 17.  [EXCHANGE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
 15.10  WATERS; CASS COUNTY.] 
 15.11     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 15.12  94.342, subdivision 3, 282.018, subdivision 1, or other law to 
 15.13  the contrary, Cass county may exchange land bordering public 
 15.14  water that is described in paragraph (c) under the provisions of 
 15.15  Minnesota Statutes, section 94.344. 
 15.16     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 15.17  attorney general. 
 15.18     (c) The land that may be exchanged is located in Cass 
 15.19  county and is described as: 
 15.20     That part of Government Lot 1, Section 5, Township 140 
 15.21     North, Range 28 West, Cass county, Minnesota, described as 
 15.22     follows: 
 15.23     Beginning at the northwest corner of Lot 22, Block 1, 
 15.24     BROADWATER ESTATES, according to the record plat thereof, 
 15.25     on file in the office of the Cass county recorder; thence 
 15.26     South 1 degree 53 minutes 19 seconds East, bearing 
 15.27     assigned, on the west lines of said Lot 22, also being the 
 15.28     east line of said Government Lot 1, a distance of 86.46 
 15.29     feet; thence South 88 degrees 41 minutes 00 seconds West 
 15.30     151 feet, more or less, to intersect the shore of Woman 
 15.31     Lake; thence northeasterly on said shore to intersect the 
 15.32     east line of said Government Lot 1; thence South 1 degree 
 15.33     53 minutes 19 seconds East 255 feet, more or less, to the 
 15.34     point of beginning and there terminate. 
 15.35     Subject to reservations, restrictions, and easements of 
 15.36     record. 
 16.1      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 16.2   management interests would best be served if the land was 
 16.3   exchanged for a private parcel. 
 16.4      Sec. 18.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 16.5   PUBLIC WATER; CHISAGO COUNTY.] 
 16.6      Subdivision 1.  [CONVEYANCE TO COUNTY.] (a) Notwithstanding 
 16.7   Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
 16.8   and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 16.9   282, the commissioner of revenue shall convey by deed to the 
 16.10  county of Chisago the tax-forfeited land bordering public water 
 16.11  that is described in paragraph (c). 
 16.12     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 16.13  attorney general. 
 16.14     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Chisago county 
 16.15  and is described as:  
 16.16     (1) Lot 18 of Lilygrens Beach; 
 16.17     (2) Lot 19 of Lilygrens Beach; and 
 16.18     (3) Lot 23 of Lilygrens Beach. 
 16.19     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed for 
 16.20  highway purposes. 
 16.21     Subd. 2.  [CONVEYANCE TO DNR.] The tax-forfeited land 
 16.22  bordering public water that is described as:  Lot 4 of the First 
 16.23  Addition to Labelle Isle, is withdrawn from sale and is 
 16.24  transferred from the custody, control, and supervision of the 
 16.25  Chisago county board to the commissioner of natural resources, 
 16.26  free from any trust in favor of the interested taxing districts. 
 16.27     Sec. 19.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 16.28  PUBLIC WATER; COOK COUNTY.] 
 16.29     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 16.30  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 16.31  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Cook county may sell by private 
 16.32  sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is 
 16.33  described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 16.34  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 16.35     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 16.36  attorney general. 
 17.1      (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Cook county 
 17.2   and is described as: 
 17.3      (1) an undivided 1/3 interest in Government Lot 5, Section 
 17.4   28, Township 63 North, Range 1 East, containing approximately 
 17.5   14.08 acres; and 
 17.6      (2) an undivided 1/4 interest in the South one-half of the 
 17.7   SW 1/4, the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, and Government Lot 4, Section 
 17.8   23, Township 63 North, Range 4 East. 
 17.9      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 17.10  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 17.11  returned to private ownership. 
 17.12     Sec. 20.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 17.13  PUBLIC WATER; DOUGLAS COUNTY.] 
 17.14     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 17.15  282.018, subdivision 1, Douglas county shall sell the 
 17.16  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 17.17  paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 17.18  Statutes, chapter 282. 
 17.19     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 17.20  general for consideration not less than the appraised value as 
 17.21  determined by the Douglas county board. 
 17.22     (c) The land to be sold is located in Douglas county and is 
 17.23  described as: 
 17.24     Lot 43, Block 1, Christinas Moon Lake Heights, Section 28, 
 17.25     Township 129 North, Range 39 West. 
 17.26     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 17.27  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 17.28  returned to private ownership. 
 17.29     Sec. 21.  [PRIVATE SALE OF COUNTY LAND; GOODHUE COUNTY.] 
 17.30     Subdivision 1.  [SALE TO ADJOINING LANDOWNERS.] (a) 
 17.31  Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 17.32  Statutes, section 373.01, subdivision 1, clause (4), or other 
 17.33  law to the contrary, Goodhue county may sell, lease, or 
 17.34  otherwise convey county owned land that abuts Lake Byllesby to 
 17.35  adjoining property owners for direct access to Lake Byllesby by 
 17.36  private sale. 
 18.1      (b) A sale, lease, or conveyance under this section shall 
 18.2   be for the appraised market value of the interest conveyed, as 
 18.3   determined by Goodhue county. 
 18.4      (c) A sale, lease, or conveyance under this section need 
 18.5   not comply with Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, subdivision 
 18.6   1, clause (4), except that: 
 18.7      (1) all iron ore and other valuable minerals, with the 
 18.8   right to explore for, mine, and remove the iron ore and other 
 18.9   valuable minerals shall be reserved to the county according to 
 18.10  Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, subdivision 1, clause (4); 
 18.11  and 
 18.12     (2) no minerals or mineral rights shall be disposed of 
 18.13  except according to Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, 
 18.14  subdivision 1, clause (4). 
 18.15     (d) A sale, lease, or conveyance under this section shall 
 18.16  be subject to reservation by Goodhue county of flowage easements 
 18.17  relating to water levels in Lake Byllesby. 
 18.18     Subd. 2.  [PUBLIC PARKS EXCLUDED FROM CONVEYANCE.] This 
 18.19  section does not apply to county owned land that is developed as 
 18.20  public parks. 
 18.21     Sec. 22.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
 18.22  PUBLIC WATER OR NATURAL WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
 18.23     Subdivision 1.  [AUTHORIZATION.] Notwithstanding Minnesota 
 18.24  Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
 18.25  and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 18.26  282, Hennepin county shall convey to the city of Eden Prairie, 
 18.27  for no consideration, the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
 18.28  water or natural wetlands that is described in subdivision 3. 
 18.29     Subd. 2.  [FORM.] (a) The conveyance must be in a form 
 18.30  approved by the attorney general and provide that the property 
 18.31  reverts to the state if: 
 18.32     (1) the city of Eden Prairie stops using the property for 
 18.33  park and open space purposes; or 
 18.34     (2) paragraph (b) or (c) is violated or not completed. 
 18.35     (b) The conveyance is subject to a conservation easement in 
 18.36  favor of and approved by the Minnesota Land Trust.  The 
 19.1   conservation easement shall be subject to a trail easement along 
 19.2   the northerly 14 feet of said property for pedestrians and 
 19.3   bicycles only. 
 19.4      (c) The conveyance is subject to a wetland replacement plan 
 19.5   for construction of approximately three acres of wetland, 
 19.6   approved under Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.2242, and 
 19.7   Minnesota Rules, chapter 8420.  
 19.8      (d) If the property reverts to the state, any duly recorded 
 19.9   conservation easement conveyed to the Minnesota Land Trust shall 
 19.10  remain in full force and effect. 
 19.11     Subd. 3.  [DESCRIPTION.] The land to be conveyed is located 
 19.12  in Hennepin county, designated as PIN No. 09-116-22-12-0066, and 
 19.13  described as:  
 19.14     Outlot A, Glenshire Addition, embraced within the West Half 
 19.15     of the Northeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 116 North, 
 19.16     Range 22 West, according to the plat on file in the office 
 19.17     of the Hennepin county recorder. 
 19.18     Sec. 23.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 19.19  PUBLIC WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
 19.20     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 19.21  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 19.22  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin county shall convey to 
 19.23  the city of Brooklyn Park for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
 19.24  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c). 
 19.25     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 19.26  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
 19.27  if the city of Brooklyn Park stops using the land for the public 
 19.28  purpose described in paragraph (d). 
 19.29     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hennepin county 
 19.30  and is described as: 
 19.31     Tract D, Registered Land Survey No. 0293 (PID 
 19.32     28-119-21-22-0087) 
 19.33     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
 19.34  the city of Brooklyn Park for open space or park purposes. 
 19.35     Sec. 24.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 19.36  PUBLIC WATER AND WETLAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
 20.1      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 20.2   103F.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
 20.3   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin county may convey to 
 20.4   the city of Eden Prairie for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
 20.5   land bordering public water and wetland that is described in 
 20.6   paragraph (c). 
 20.7      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 20.8   attorney general and provide that, except for the portion of 
 20.9   land not to exceed four acres to be sold by the city of Eden 
 20.10  Prairie under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 469, for private 
 20.11  development, the land reverts to the state if the city of Eden 
 20.12  Prairie stops using the land for the public purposes described 
 20.13  in paragraph (d). 
 20.14     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hennepin county 
 20.15  and is described as: 
 20.16     Outlot A, CASTLE RIDGE, Hennepin county, Minnesota and that 
 20.17     part of Lot 2, Block 2, CASTLE RIDGE, Hennepin county, 
 20.18     Minnesota, lying westerly and southerly of the following 
 20.19     described line: Beginning at a point on the north line of 
 20.20     said Lot 2, distant 364.69 feet East from the northwest 
 20.21     corner of said Lot 2; thence South 36 degrees 21 minutes 21 
 20.22     seconds West (assuming said north line has a bearing of 
 20.23     South 89 degrees 59 minutes 22 second East) a distance of 
 20.24     99.42 feet; thence southerly 436.16 feet along a tangential 
 20.25     curve, concave to the East, having a radius of 420 feet and 
 20.26     a central angle of 59 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds; thence 
 20.27     South 23 degrees 08 minutes 39 seconds East, tangent to 
 20.28     said curve, a distance of 142.19 feet; thence southeasterly 
 20.29     163.33 feet along a tangential curve, concave to the 
 20.30     northeast, having a radius of 140 feet and a central angle 
 20.31     of 66 degrees 50 minutes 43 seconds; thence South 89 
 20.32     degrees 59 minutes 22 seconds East a distance of 147.58 
 20.33     feet to the point of curvature which intersects the north 
 20.34     line of Castlemoor Drive and the south line of said Lot 2, 
 20.35     and there said described line terminating. 
 20.36     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
 21.1   the city of Eden Prairie for road, park, and wetland open space 
 21.2   purposes and for private development. 
 21.3      Sec. 25.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HOUSTON 
 21.4   COUNTY.] 
 21.5      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 89.0211, 
 21.6   94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell 
 21.7   by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
 21.8   (c). 
 21.9      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 21.10  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 21.11  value of the land.  The conveyance shall reserve to the state an 
 21.12  access easement to ensure access for state forest management. 
 21.13     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Houston county 
 21.14  and is described as: 
 21.15     That part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
 21.16     of Section 18, Township 104 North, Range 7 West, Houston 
 21.17     county, Minnesota, as described as follows: 
 21.18     Commencing at the southeast corner of said Southeast 
 21.19     Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence on an assumed 
 21.20     bearing of West along the south line of said Southeast 
 21.21     Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 555.0 feet to a 3/4 inch 
 21.22     by 24 inch rebar with a plastic cap stamped "MN DNR SURVEY 
 21.23     MARKER" (DNR MON) and the point of beginning; thence 
 21.24     continuing West along the south line of said Southeast 
 21.25     Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 279.99 feet to Point "A"; 
 21.26     thence continuing West along the south line of said 
 21.27     Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 113.01 feet; 
 21.28     thence North 82.50 feet; thence East 126.54 feet to Point 
 21.29     "B"; thence continuing East 137.46 feet; thence North 82.50 
 21.30     feet; thence West 162.50 feet to Point "C"; thence 
 21.31     continuing West 101.50 feet; thence North 34.71 feet to a 
 21.32     DNR MON; thence East 90.97 feet to Point "D"; thence 
 21.33     continuing East 302.03 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 
 21.34     199.71 feet to the point of beginning; containing 1.30 
 21.35     acres. 
 21.36     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 22.1   longer needed for any natural resource purpose, other than 
 22.2   access to be provided by easement, and that the state's land 
 22.3   management interests would best be served if the land was 
 22.4   returned to private ownership to correct an inadvertent trespass.
 22.5      Sec. 26.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 22.6   PUBLIC WATER; HUBBARD COUNTY.] 
 22.7      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 22.8   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 22.9   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hubbard county may sell by 
 22.10  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 22.11  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 22.12  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 22.13     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 22.14  attorney general for the appraised value as determined by the 
 22.15  Hubbard county board of commissioners.  
 22.16     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hubbard county, 
 22.17  consists of about two acres, and is described as:  the North 66 
 22.18  feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of 
 22.19  section 17, Township 144 North, Range 34 West.  Subject to 
 22.20  easements, restrictions, and reservation of record, if any. 
 22.21     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 22.22  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 22.23  returned to private ownership. 
 22.24     Sec. 27.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 22.25  PUBLIC WATER; HUBBARD COUNTY.] 
 22.26     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 22.27  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 22.28  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hubbard county may sell by 
 22.29  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 22.30  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 22.31  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 22.32     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 22.33  general. 
 22.34     (c) The land to be sold is located in Hubbard county, 
 22.35  consists of about 0.65 acres, and is described as: 
 22.36     That part of Government Lot 4, Section 15, Township 141 
 23.1      North, Range 33 West of the Fifth Principal Meridian, 
 23.2      Hubbard county, Minnesota described as follows:  Commencing 
 23.3      at the southeast corner of said Government Lot 4; thence on 
 23.4      a record bearing of North 87 degrees 38 minutes 33 seconds 
 23.5      West along the south line of said Government Lot 4 a 
 23.6      distance of 530.51 feet to the westerly right-of-way line 
 23.7      of Hubbard county road No. 2 and the POINT OF BEGINNING of 
 23.8      the parcel of land to be described; thence North 26 degrees 
 23.9      36 minutes 27 seconds West along said right-of-way line 
 23.10     125.00 feet; thence North 87 degrees 38 minutes 33 seconds 
 23.11     West 200.00 feet; thence South 28 degrees 56 minutes 56 
 23.12     seconds West 122.30 feet to the south line of said 
 23.13     Government Lot 4; thence South 87 degrees 38 minutes 33 
 23.14     seconds East along said south line 315.28 feet to the POINT 
 23.15     OF BEGINNING.  Subject to easements, restrictions and 
 23.16     reservations of record, if any.  
 23.17     (d) The sale corrects a trespass and the county has 
 23.18  determined that the county's land management interests would 
 23.19  best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership. 
 23.20     Sec. 28.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 23.21  PUBLIC WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.] 
 23.22     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 23.23  282.018, subdivision 1, Itasca county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 23.24  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 23.25  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 23.26  282. 
 23.27     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 23.28  general. 
 23.29     (c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca county and is 
 23.30  described as: 
 23.31     All of CONDOMINIUM NUMBER 4, POKEGAMA COMMONS, a 
 23.32     condominium, including the "Additional Real Estate" and 
 23.33     "Common Elements" delineated and described therein, except 
 23.34     Condominium Unit Number 1, Condominium Unit Number 2, 
 23.35     Townhouse Unit A102, Townhouse Unit A104, Townhouse Unit 
 23.36     A201, Townhouse Unit A202, Townhouse Unit A203, and 
 24.1      Townhouse Unit A204, according to the plat and declarations 
 24.2      thereof on file and of record in the office of the Itasca 
 24.3      county recorder, Itasca county, Minnesota. 
 24.4      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 24.5   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 24.6   returned to private ownership. 
 24.7      Sec. 29.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 24.8   PUBLIC WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.] 
 24.9      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 24.10  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 24.11  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca county may sell by 
 24.12  private sale the tax-forfeited land, some of which borders 
 24.13  public water, that is described in paragraph (c), under the 
 24.14  remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  The 
 24.15  lands allowed for sale may not include tax forfeited lands lying 
 24.16  within the Mesabi Range iron formation if the state owns the 
 24.17  mineral rights or has a claim against the mineral rights under 
 24.18  the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 93.55, provided 
 24.19  that Itasca county or the state may lease these lands as 
 24.20  provided by law.  
 24.21     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 24.22  attorney general. 
 24.23     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Itasca county and 
 24.24  is described as: 
 24.25     (1) Sections 1 to 4 and 9 to 15, Township 56 North, Range 
 24.26  23 West; 
 24.27     (2) Sections 3 to 10, 14 to 18, 20 to 23, and 26 to 29, 
 24.28  Township 56 North, Range 22 West; 
 24.29     (3) Sections 20 to 22 and 27 to 33, Township 57 North, 
 24.30  Range 22 West; and 
 24.31     (4) Sections 25 to 27 and 34 to 36, Township 57 North, 
 24.32  Range 23 West. 
 24.33     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 24.34  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 24.35  returned to private ownership. 
 24.36     Sec. 30.  [PRIVATE CONVEYANCE OF COUNTY LAND; ITASCA 
 25.1   COUNTY.] 
 25.2      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, 
 25.3   subdivision 1, clause (4), Itasca county may privately convey 
 25.4   the land described in paragraph (b) to the former owner for no 
 25.5   consideration. 
 25.6      (b) The land to be conveyed is described as:  
 25.7      That portion of Government Lot 2 lying and being North of 
 25.8      the Ball Club river in Section 31, Township 145, Range 25, 
 25.9      according to the government survey thereof on file and of 
 25.10     record with the county recorder of and for said county and 
 25.11     state. 
 25.12     Subject to reservations, restrictions, and easements as 
 25.13     they appear of record.  
 25.14     (c) The land described in paragraph (b) was donated to 
 25.15  Itasca county to develop a park.  Itasca county has chosen not 
 25.16  to develop a park and has determined that the land should be 
 25.17  returned to the donor. 
 25.18     Sec. 31.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; ITASCA COUNTY.] 
 25.19     Subdivision 1.  [SALE AUTHORIZED.] Notwithstanding 
 25.20  Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
 25.21  and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 25.22  282, Itasca county may in its sole discretion sell tax-forfeited 
 25.23  lands bordering public waters that are currently leased for 
 25.24  recreational purposes under Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04.  
 25.25  Itasca county may also sell other tax-forfeited lands that are 
 25.26  not necessary for public access to water and that have been 
 25.27  included in the plats of tax-forfeited lands authorized for sale 
 25.28  under this section or such adjacent tax-forfeited lands 
 25.29  necessary for roadway access and the creation of conforming lot 
 25.30  sizes. 
 25.31     Subd. 2.  [METHOD OF SALE.] (a) The leaseholder of a leased 
 25.32  parcel may at private sale purchase the leased parcel and any 
 25.33  other lands allocated to the parcel by the county under 
 25.34  subdivision 5 that is offered for sale under this section.  The 
 25.35  purchase price shall be the appraised value of the land 
 25.36  exclusive of improvements thereon.  To purchase a parcel, a 
 26.1   leaseholder must tender to the county in cash an amount equal to 
 26.2   the appraised value of the land within 180 days from the date of 
 26.3   mailing or service of notice of appraised value upon the 
 26.4   leaseholder by the county.  The 180-day period shall run from 
 26.5   the date of mailing of a copy of the appraisal to the 
 26.6   leaseholder at the address shown upon the most recent lease 
 26.7   agreement between the parties, exclusive of the date of mailing 
 26.8   or service.  The county may at its option use any alternative 
 26.9   method of notice as set forth in the Minnesota Rules of Civil 
 26.10  Procedure for the service of a summons and complaint.  
 26.11     (b) In the event the leaseholder does not purchase the 
 26.12  parcel so offered, the county may in its sole discretion offer 
 26.13  the lands for sale at public auction in accordance with the 
 26.14  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 
 26.15  3.  If a person other than the leaseholder purchases the parcel, 
 26.16  the purchaser must make payment in full to the leaseholder in 
 26.17  the manner provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 92.06, 
 26.18  subdivision 4, for the value of any improvements as determined 
 26.19  under subdivision 3.  
 26.20     (c) Failure of a purchaser to comply with the terms of 
 26.21  payment voids the sale and the property may be reoffered for 
 26.22  sale.  
 26.23     Subd. 3.  [APPRAISAL.] (a) An appraisal shall be made in 
 26.24  accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 
 26.25  3, except as modified by this subdivision.  Improvements that 
 26.26  are owned by the lessee shall be appraised separately.  
 26.27     (b) An appraiser shall be selected by the county.  The 
 26.28  appraiser selected shall meet the minimal appraisal standards 
 26.29  established by the federal Farmers Home Administration or the 
 26.30  federal Veterans Administration, be licensed under Minnesota 
 26.31  Statutes, section 82B.03, and be approved by the department of 
 26.32  natural resources to appraise the property to be sold. 
 26.33     (c) The costs of appraisal shall be allocated by the county 
 26.34  to the lots offered for sale and the successful purchaser on 
 26.35  each lot shall reimburse the county for the appraisal costs 
 26.36  allocated to the lot purchased.  If no one purchases a lot, the 
 27.1   county is responsible for the appraisal cost.  
 27.2      (d) If a leaseholder disagrees with the appraised value of 
 27.3   the land or leasehold improvements, the leaseholder may select 
 27.4   an appraiser that meets the qualifications set forth herein to 
 27.5   reappraise the land and improvements.  The leaseholder must give 
 27.6   notice of its intent to object to the appraised value of the 
 27.7   land and buildings within ten days of the date of the mailing or 
 27.8   service of notice under subdivision 2, paragraph (a).  The 
 27.9   reappraisal must be delivered by the leaseholder to the county 
 27.10  auditor within 60 days of the date of mailing or service of 
 27.11  notice of appraised value under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), or 
 27.12  the initial appraisal shall be conclusive.  The leaseholder is 
 27.13  responsible for the costs of this reappraisal.  If the parcel is 
 27.14  reappraised within the time set forth herein and the county and 
 27.15  the leaseholder fail to agree on the value of the land and 
 27.16  improvements within 30 days of the date of delivery of the 
 27.17  reappraisal, each of the appraisers shall agree upon the 
 27.18  selection of a third appraiser to conduct a third appraisal that 
 27.19  shall be conclusive as to the value of the land and 
 27.20  improvements.  The cost of this appraisal shall be paid equally 
 27.21  by the county and the leaseholder. 
 27.22     Subd. 4.  [PROCEEDS.] The proceeds from the sale of land 
 27.23  described in subdivision 1 must be deposited by the county into 
 27.24  an environmental trust fund as provided in Laws 1998, chapter 
 27.25  389, article 16, section 31, subdivision 4. 
 27.26     Subd. 5.  [SURVEY.] (a) Itasca county shall cause to be 
 27.27  surveyed according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 505, and the 
 27.28  Itasca county platting and subdivision ordinance, each lot prior 
 27.29  to offering it for sale.  
 27.30     (b) The costs of survey shall be allocated by the county to 
 27.31  the lots offered for sale and the successful purchaser on each 
 27.32  lot shall reimburse the county for the survey costs allocated to 
 27.33  the lot purchased.  If no one purchases the lot, the county is 
 27.34  responsible for the survey costs.  All surveying must be 
 27.35  conducted by a licensed surveyor.  
 27.36     Subd. 6.  [ADDING LANDS; ZONING CONFORMANCE.] Any lands to 
 28.1   be sold under this section shall for zoning purposes be 
 28.2   considered lots of record.  Whenever possible, Itasca county may 
 28.3   add tax-forfeited land to the lots offered for sale to permit 
 28.4   conformance with zoning requirements.  The added lands must be 
 28.5   included in the appraised value of the lot.  
 28.6      Subd. 7.  [ROADWAYS.] Itasca county shall have the 
 28.7   authority to designate whether roads within minor subdivisions 
 28.8   under the county platting and subdivision ordinance are public 
 28.9   or private.  
 28.10     Subd. 8.  [SUNSET.] This section expires five years after 
 28.11  the day of final enactment. 
 28.12     Sec. 32.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 28.13  PUBLIC WATER; KANDIYOHI COUNTY.] 
 28.14     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 28.15  282.018, subdivision 1, Kandiyohi county may sell the 
 28.16  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 28.17  paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 28.18  Statutes, chapter 282. 
 28.19     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 28.20  general. 
 28.21     (c) The land to be sold is located in Kandiyohi county and 
 28.22  is described as:  Lot 1, Block 1, Diamond Woods, Section 28, 
 28.23  Township 120 North, Range 33 West. 
 28.24     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 28.25  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 28.26  returned to private ownership. 
 28.27     Sec. 33.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; KOOCHICHING 
 28.28  COUNTY.] 
 28.29     (a) Upon recommendation of the Koochiching county board, 
 28.30  the commissioner of revenue shall convey by deed in the name of 
 28.31  the state the tax-forfeited land described in paragraph (c) to 
 28.32  the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians.  Except as otherwise 
 28.33  provided by this section, the conveyance shall be in the manner 
 28.34  provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 
 28.35  1a, for conveyance of tax-forfeited land to a governmental 
 28.36  subdivision. 
 29.1      (b) The conveyance shall be for no consideration and in a 
 29.2   form approved by the attorney general.  Upon conveyance, the 
 29.3   lands are released from the trust in favor of Koochiching county.
 29.4      (c) The land that may be conveyed is in Koochiching county, 
 29.5   consists of approximately 9.6 acres, and is described as: 
 29.6   That part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
 29.7   Section 16, Township 65 North, Range 23 West, described as 
 29.8   follows: 
 29.9      Commencing at the southeast corner of said Southeast 
 29.10     Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and assuming the east 
 29.11     line thereof to have a bearing of North 00 degrees, 22 
 29.12     minutes, 29 seconds East; thence North 64 degrees, 39 
 29.13     minutes, 05 seconds West, 108.73 feet to the point of 
 29.14     beginning; thence North 63 degrees, 40 minutes, 58 seconds 
 29.15     West, 454.18 feet; thence North 89 degrees, 50 minutes, 06 
 29.16     seconds West, 423.42 feet; thence North 11 degrees, 54 
 29.17     minutes, 43 seconds East, 289.67 feet; thence North 89 
 29.18     degrees, 50 minutes, 45 seconds East, 59.10 feet; thence 
 29.19     South 03 degrees, 55 minutes, 37 seconds West, 866.09 feet 
 29.20     to the point of beginning.  
 29.21     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
 29.22  the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians to maintain burial 
 29.23  grounds and support the preservation of cultural, spiritual, and 
 29.24  historic interests. 
 29.25     Sec. 34.  [AUTHORIZING EXERCISE OF EMINENT DOMAIN; 
 29.26  KOOCHICHING COUNTY.] 
 29.27     Subdivision 1.  [EMINENT DOMAIN AUTHORIZED.] The 
 29.28  Koochiching county board may exercise the right of eminent 
 29.29  domain in the manner provided by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 29.30  117, reserving to the state all minerals and mineral rights, to 
 29.31  acquire the following trust fund lands: 
 29.32     That part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast 
 29.33     Quarter, Section 36, Township 71 North, Range 23 West, 
 29.34     Koochiching county, Minnesota, lying northerly of a line 
 29.35     described as follows:  Commencing at the northeast corner 
 29.36     of said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence 
 30.1      South 0 degrees 26 minutes 39 seconds East, bearing 
 30.2      assumed, along the east line of said Northeast Quarter of 
 30.3      the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 60.00 feet to the 
 30.4      point of beginning of the line to be described; thence 
 30.5      North 90 degrees 0 minutes West a distance of 173.04 feet; 
 30.6      thence North 83 degrees 31 minutes West a distance of 68.90 
 30.7      feet; thence South 88 degrees 09 minutes West a distance of 
 30.8      25.85 feet; thence South 70 degrees 06 minutes West a 
 30.9      distance of 77.87 feet; thence South 84 degrees 45 minutes 
 30.10     West a distance of 128.97 feet; thence South 63 degrees 22 
 30.11     minutes West a distance of 82.56 feet; thence South 79 
 30.12     degrees 59 minutes West a distance of 41.43 feet; thence 
 30.13     North 75 degrees 19 minutes West a distance of 77.77 feet; 
 30.14     thence South 84 degrees 04 minutes West a distance of 27.61 
 30.15     feet; thence South 66 degrees 39 minutes West a distance of 
 30.16     37.98 feet; thence South 54 degrees 07 minutes West a 
 30.17     distance of 43.20 feet; thence South 47 degrees 42 minutes 
 30.18     West a distance of 149.84 feet; thence North 77 degrees 20 
 30.19     minutes West a distance of 114.45 feet; thence North 63 
 30.20     degrees 40 minutes West a distance of 76.63 feet; thence 
 30.21     North 56 degrees 19 minutes West a distance of 161.20 feet; 
 30.22     thence South 65 degrees 26 minutes West a distance of 68.67 
 30.23     feet; thence South 75 degrees 42 minutes West a distance of 
 30.24     104.62 feet to the intersection with the west line of said 
 30.25     Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and said line 
 30.26     there terminating, which point of intersection is 165.84 
 30.27     feet South of the northwest corner of said Northeast 
 30.28     Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; said tract consisting of 
 30.29     4.06 acres, more or less. 
 30.30     Subd. 2.  [DISPOSITION OF LAND.] (a) After the Koochiching 
 30.31  county board acquires the land described in subdivision 1, the 
 30.32  county board shall convey to the nominal titleholders their 
 30.33  respective interest in the land described in subdivision 1, as 
 30.34  determined by the Koochiching county surveyor.  Minnesota 
 30.35  Statutes, section 373.01, clause (4), does not apply to 
 30.36  conveyances under this subdivision.  Each titleholder shall 
 31.1   reimburse the county board for a proportional share of the cost 
 31.2   of the eminent domain proceedings. 
 31.3      (b) The Koochiching county board may vacate the road 
 31.4   designated as Withrow Drive according to the plat of Withrow 
 31.5   Point and may relocate the road as county road 137, as county 
 31.6   road 137 exists on the effective date of this act.  The 
 31.7   Koochiching county surveyor shall prepare and file a corrected 
 31.8   plat of Withrow Point. 
 31.9      Sec. 35.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 31.10  PUBLIC WATER; LE SUEUR COUNTY.] 
 31.11     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 31.12  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 31.13  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Le Sueur county shall sell by 
 31.14  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 31.15  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 31.16  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 31.17     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 31.18  attorney general for the fair market value as determined by the 
 31.19  Le Sueur county board of commissioners. 
 31.20     (c) The land to be conveyed to adjacent landowners is 
 31.21  located in Le Sueur county and is described as: 
 31.22     That part of Government Lot 7, Section 35, Township 109 
 31.23     North, Range 24 West, described as follows:  Commencing at 
 31.24     a point 1165.40 feet North and 1465.20 feet East of the 
 31.25     west quarter corner of said Section 35; thence North 55 
 31.26     degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 524.80 feet to the 
 31.27     southeast corner of Lot 6, Block 2, ROEMHILDTS WATERS EDGE 
 31.28     ADDITION, according to the recorded plat thereof; thence 
 31.29     North 70 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds West 77.63 feet 
 31.30     along the south line of said Lot 6 to the point of 
 31.31     beginning; thence continuing North 70 degrees 37 minutes 00 
 31.32     seconds West 234.12 feet along the south line of Lots 6 and 
 31.33     5, said Block 2 to a southeasterly line of said Lot 5; 
 31.34     thence South 29 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 66.00 
 31.35     feet along said southeasterly line of Lot 5; thence South 
 31.36     70 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds East 234.12 feet; thence 
 32.1      North 29 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 66.00 feet to 
 32.2      the point of beginning. 
 32.3      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 32.4   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 32.5   returned to private ownership. 
 32.6      Sec. 36.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 32.7   PUBLIC WATER; LE SUEUR COUNTY.] 
 32.8      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 32.9   282.01, subdivision 1a, and 282.018, subdivision 1, and upon the 
 32.10  recommendation of the Le Sueur county board, the commissioner of 
 32.11  revenue shall convey by deed the tax-forfeited land bordering 
 32.12  public water described in paragraph (c) to the commissioner of 
 32.13  natural resources for its fair market value as determined by the 
 32.14  Le Sueur county board of commissioners. 
 32.15     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 32.16  attorney general and shall release the land from the trust in 
 32.17  favor of Le Sueur county. 
 32.18     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Le Sueur county 
 32.19  and is described as: 
 32.20     That part of Government Lots 6 and 7, Section 35, Township 
 32.21     109 North, Range 24 West, described as follows:  Commencing 
 32.22     at a point 1165.40 feet North and 1465.20 feet East of the 
 32.23     west quarter of said Section 35 and the point of beginning; 
 32.24     thence North 55 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 524.80 
 32.25     feet to the southeast corner of Lot 6, Block 2, ROEMHILDTS 
 32.26     WATERS EDGE ADDITION, according to the recorded plat 
 32.27     thereof; thence North 70 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds West 
 32.28     77.63 feet along the south line of said Lot 6; thence South 
 32.29     29 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 66.00 feet; thence 
 32.30     South 70 degrees 37 minutes 00 seconds East 77.63 feet; 
 32.31     thence South 55 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East 315.80; 
 32.32     thence South 29 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West 190 
 32.33     feet, more or less, to the water's edge of Frances lake; 
 32.34     thence southeasterly along the water's edge of said lake to 
 32.35     a point South of the point of beginning; thence North 190 
 32.36     feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. 
 33.1      (d) The department of natural resources shall use the land 
 33.2   for fish management. 
 33.3      Sec. 37.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
 33.4   WATER; MOWER COUNTY.] 
 33.5      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 33.6   282.018, subdivision 1, Mower county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 33.7   land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 33.8   under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 33.9   282. 
 33.10     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 33.11  general. 
 33.12     (c) The land to be sold is located in Mower county and is 
 33.13  described as: 
 33.14     The following portion of the South Half of the Northwest 
 33.15     Quarter and the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of 
 33.16     Section 33, Township 101 North, Range 18 West:  Beginning 
 33.17     at a point 703.9 feet East of a point on the West Section 
 33.18     line 1729 feet North of the Southwest corner of said 
 33.19     Section 33; thence due East 1216 feet to the center of the 
 33.20     Cedar river; thence North 30 degrees 52 minutes West along 
 33.21     the centerline of said river 534 feet; thence North 35 
 33.22     degrees 50 minutes West along said centerline 272 feet; 
 33.23     thence North 51 degrees 20 minutes West along said 
 33.24     centerline 357 feet; thence North 12 degrees 26 minutes 
 33.25     East along said centerline 359 feet to a point 605 feet due 
 33.26     East of a point 1264.9 feet North of the place of 
 33.27     beginning; thence 605 feet due West to said point 1264.9 
 33.28     feet North of the place of beginning; thence 1264.9 feet 
 33.29     South to the place of beginning, containing 25 acres.  Also 
 33.30     an easement for cartway purposes for ingress to and egress 
 33.31     from the above-described 25 acre tract, upon a strip of 
 33.32     land 33 feet North and South, the north line of which 
 33.33     borders upon the south line of the land conveyed to the 
 33.34     Woodbury cemetery association of Lyle, Mower county, 
 33.35     Minnesota, by the deed recorded in Book 14 of Deeds, page 
 33.36     488, in the office of the register of deeds of said county, 
 34.1      and which extends from the highway along the west line of 
 34.2      said section, eastward to the said 25-acre tract. 
 34.3      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 34.4   management interests would best be served if the land was 
 34.5   returned to private ownership. 
 34.6      Sec. 38.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 34.7   PUBLIC WATER AND WETLAND; OLMSTED COUNTY.] 
 34.8      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 34.9   103.535, and 282.018, and the public sale provisions of 
 34.10  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Olmsted county may convey to 
 34.11  the city of Rochester for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
 34.12  land bordering public water and wetland that is described in 
 34.13  paragraph (c). 
 34.14     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 34.15  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
 34.16  if the city of Rochester stops using the land for the public 
 34.17  purpose described in paragraph (d). 
 34.18     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Olmsted county 
 34.19  and is described as: 
 34.20     That part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
 34.21     East of County Road 1 and North of Pinewood Road and 
 34.22     easterly of Willow Creek, Section 13, Township 106 North, 
 34.23     Range 14 West. 
 34.24     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
 34.25  the city of Rochester to use as a public park. 
 34.26     Sec. 39.  [CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; OTTER TAIL 
 34.27  COUNTY.] 
 34.28     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 
 34.29  94.13, the commissioner of administration shall convey the land 
 34.30  and associated buildings described in paragraph (c) to Otter 
 34.31  Tail county. 
 34.32     (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
 34.33  attorney general.  The attorney general may require a survey, at 
 34.34  the expense of Otter Tail county, and may make necessary changes 
 34.35  to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
 34.36     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Otter Tail 
 35.1   county, city of Fergus Falls, and lies within the area defined 
 35.2   by a line beginning at the intersection of Fir Avenue and State 
 35.3   Highway No. 297; thence northwesterly along State Highway No. 
 35.4   297 to Fourth Street; thence along Fourth Street to West Circle 
 35.5   Drive; thence along West Circle Drive to Incinerator Road; 
 35.6   thence southwesterly along Incinerator Road to Fir Avenue; 
 35.7   thence east along Fir Avenue to the point of beginning. 
 35.8      (d) The commissioner of human services has determined that 
 35.9   the land described in paragraph (c) and the buildings on the 
 35.10  described land are no longer needed for the Fergus Falls 
 35.11  regional treatment center. 
 35.12     Sec. 40.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; RAMSEY 
 35.13  COUNTY.] 
 35.14     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 35.15  Statutes, chapter 282, Ramsey county shall convey to the city of 
 35.16  New Brighton for no consideration the tax-forfeited land that is 
 35.17  described in paragraph (c). 
 35.18     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 35.19  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
 35.20  if the city of New Brighton stops using the land for the public 
 35.21  purpose described in paragraph (d). 
 35.22     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Ramsey county, 
 35.23  consists of about 0.48 acres, and is described as that part 
 35.24  lying southerly of Long Lake Road of Lots 2 through 6, together 
 35.25  with all of Lot 7, Block 1.  West End Addition to Minneapolis 
 35.26  Stock Yards.  The street address for the property is 1760 Long 
 35.27  Lake Road. 
 35.28     (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
 35.29  the city of New Brighton for long-term stormwater retention 
 35.30  purposes. 
 35.31     Sec. 41.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 35.32  PUBLIC WATER; RED LAKE COUNTY.] 
 35.33     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 35.34  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 35.35  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Red Lake county shall sell by 
 35.36  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 36.1   is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 36.2   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 36.3      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 36.4   attorney general. 
 36.5      (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Red Lake county, 
 36.6   consists of about 13.35 acres, and is described as:  Government 
 36.7   Lot 1, Section 36, Township 152 North, Range 40 West. 
 36.8      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 36.9   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 36.10  returned to private ownership. 
 36.11     Sec. 42.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 36.12  PUBLIC WATER; ROSEAU COUNTY.] 
 36.13     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 36.14  282.018, subdivision 1, Roseau county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 36.15  land that is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining 
 36.16  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 36.17     (b) The conveyance must be in a form that is approved by 
 36.18  the attorney general. 
 36.19     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Roseau county and 
 36.20  is described as: 
 36.21     The Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 
 36.22     20, Township 163 North, Range 36 West. 
 36.23     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 36.24  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 36.25  returned to private ownership. 
 36.26     Sec. 43.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
 36.27  COUNTY.] 
 36.28     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 36.29  Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell and convey by 
 36.30  private sale the tax-forfeited land described in paragraph (c). 
 36.31     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 36.32  attorney general for a consideration equal to the fair market 
 36.33  value of the property. 
 36.34     (c) The property to be sold consists of approximately 43 
 36.35  acres, and is described as:  Government Lot 1, Section 3, 
 36.36  Township 64 North, Range 17 West, St. Louis county. 
 37.1      Sec. 44.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING 
 37.2   PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 37.3      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 37.4   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 37.5   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell by 
 37.6   private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in 
 37.7   paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 37.8   Statutes, chapter 282. 
 37.9      (b) The land described in paragraph (c) may be sold by 
 37.10  private sale to the Iron Range Resource and Rehabilitation Board 
 37.11  for economic development.  The conveyance must be in a form 
 37.12  approved by the attorney general.  The attorney general may make 
 37.13  necessary changes to the legal descriptions to correct errors 
 37.14  and ensure accuracy.  The consideration for the conveyance must 
 37.15  be equal to the fair market value of the land plus the cost of 
 37.16  appraisal. 
 37.17     (c) The lands to be conveyed are located in St. Louis 
 37.18  county and are described as:  
 37.19     (1) the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 
 37.20  5, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
 37.21     (2) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 
 37.22  5, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
 37.23     (3) the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 
 37.24  5, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
 37.25     (4) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
 37.26  5, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
 37.27     (5) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 
 37.28  6, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
 37.29     (6) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
 37.30  6, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
 37.31     (7) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
 37.32  6, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
 37.33     (8) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
 37.34  6, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
 37.35     (9) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
 37.36  6, Township 58 North, Range 15 West; 
 38.1      (10) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
 38.2   Section 31, Township 59 North, Range 15 West; 
 38.3      (11) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
 38.4   Section 31, Township 59 North, Range 15 West; 
 38.5      (12) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
 38.6   Section 32, Township 59 North, Range 15 West; 
 38.7      (13) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
 38.8   Section 32, Township 59 North, Range 15 West; 
 38.9      (14) the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
 38.10  Section 32, Township 59 North, Range 15 West; and 
 38.11     (15) the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
 38.12  Section 32, Township 59 North, Range 15 West. 
 38.13     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 38.14  longer needed for any state purpose and that the state's land 
 38.15  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 38.16  returned to private ownership.  
 38.17     Sec. 45.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
 38.18  COUNTY.] 
 38.19     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 38.20  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 38.21  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell by 
 38.22  private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in 
 38.23  paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 38.24  Statutes, chapter 282. 
 38.25     (b) The land described in paragraph (c) may be sold by 
 38.26  private sale to the Iron Range Resource and Rehabilitation Board 
 38.27  for economic development.  The conveyance must be in a form 
 38.28  approved by the attorney general.  The attorney general may make 
 38.29  necessary changes to the legal descriptions to correct errors 
 38.30  and ensure accuracy.  The consideration for the conveyance must 
 38.31  be equal to the fair market value of the land plus the cost of 
 38.32  appraisal. 
 38.33     (c) The lands to be conveyed, except for any highway 
 38.34  right-of-way, are described as: 
 38.35     (1) (235-0010-03890) the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 
 38.36  26; 
 39.1      (2) (235-0010-03910) the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 and part of 
 39.2   the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 lying S and W of HWY Niles Reserve, of 
 39.3   Section 26; 
 39.4      (3) (141-0030-00410) the NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, surface 
 39.5   only, of Section 35; 
 39.6      (4) (141-0030-00440) the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 
 39.7   35; 
 39.8      (5) (141-0030-00620) the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 
 39.9   35, all in Township 58 North of Range 20 West; 
 39.10     (6) (235-0010-03860) the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 ex HWY R/W of 
 39.11  Section 26; 
 39.12     (7) (235-0010-03873) the und 1/16 of the NW 1/4 of the SW 
 39.13  1/4 ex RY R/W 7.60 ac and ex HWY R/W of Section 26; 
 39.14     (8) (235-0010-03885) the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 
 39.15  26; 
 39.16     (9) (235-0010-03900) the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 
 39.17  26; 
 39.18     (10) (141-0030-00425) North 40 ft of the NW 1/4 of the NE 
 39.19  1/4 of Section 35; 
 39.20     (11) (141-0030-00450) the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 ex 7 60/100 
 39.21  ac on North side and ex 5 71/100 ac on West side, surface only, 
 39.22  of Section 35; 
 39.23     (12) (141-0030-00451) part of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 beg 
 39.24  1100 30/100 ft W of NE corner thence 1025 30/100 ft Ely thence 
 39.25  Sly 250 ft thence Wly 785 03/100 ft thence NWly 109 91/100 ft 
 39.26  thence NWly 167 74/100 ft thence Nly to point of beginning, 
 39.27  surface only, of Section 35; 
 39.28     (13) (141-0030-00452) part of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 beg 
 39.29  75 ft W and 250 ft S of NE corner thence S 150 ft thence Ely 700 
 39.30  ft thence NWly 163 52/100 ft thence Ely 785 03/100 ft to point 
 39.31  of beginning, surface only, of Section 35; 
 39.32     (14) (141-0030-00453) part of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 beg 
 39.33  75 ft S of NW corner thence SEly 1045 ft thence SWly to a point 
 39.34  on the West line of said forty 50 ft N of SW corner thence N 
 39.35  along W line to point of beginning, surface only, of Section 35; 
 39.36     (15) (141-0030-00460) the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 ex 12 61/100 
 40.1   ac E of RY RT of Way, surface only, of Section 35; 
 40.2      (16) (141-0030-00465) part of the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 beg 
 40.3   75 ft S of NE corner thence S along E line to a point 50 ft N of 
 40.4   SE corner thence W to E line of RY RT of Way thence N along said 
 40.5   E line of RY RT of Way to a point 75 ft S of NW cor thence E to 
 40.6   point of beg, surface only, Section 35; 
 40.7      (17) (141-0030-00475) that part of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 
 40.8   East of RY, surface only, Section 35; 
 40.9      (18) (141-0030-00480) the SE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 
 40.10  35; 
 40.11     (19) (141-0030-00430) the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 
 40.12  35; 
 40.13     (20) (141-0030-00490) the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 
 40.14  35; 
 40.15     (21) (141-0030-00500) the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 lying NWly 
 40.16  of D M and N RY RT of Way ex part lying between the N line of 
 40.17  forty the G N RY RT of Way the D M and I R RY RT of Way and the 
 40.18  Wilpen Road and ex RY RT of Way and part for Road, Section 35; 
 40.19     (22) (141-0030-00530) that part of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 
 40.20  lying SW of the D M and N RY and also Northwest of the G N RY, 
 40.21  Section 35; 
 40.22     (23) (141-0030-00560) that part of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 
 40.23  lying SEly of the G N RY and also SWly of the D M and N RY, 
 40.24  Section 35; and 
 40.25     (24) (141-0030-00630) the NW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of Section 
 40.26  35; all in Township 58 North of Range 20 West. 
 40.27     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 40.28  management interests would best be served by this private sale. 
 40.29     Sec. 46.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS 
 40.30  COUNTY.] 
 40.31     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
 40.32  94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
 40.33  sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c). 
 40.34     (b) The land described in paragraph (c) may be sold by 
 40.35  private sale to the Iron Range Resource and Rehabilitation Board 
 40.36  for economic development.  The conveyance must be in a form 
 41.1   approved by the attorney general.  The attorney general may make 
 41.2   necessary changes to the legal descriptions to correct errors 
 41.3   and ensure accuracy.  The consideration for the conveyance must 
 41.4   be equal to the fair market value of the land plus the cost of 
 41.5   appraisal. 
 41.6      (c) The lands to be conveyed, except for any highway 
 41.7   right-of-way, are described as: 
 41.8      (1) SWSW, Sect. 26, T58N, R20W; 
 41.9      (2) NWNE, Sect. 35, T58N, R20W; and 
 41.10     (3) that part of the SW 1/4 of NW 1/4 West of RY, surface 
 41.11  only, Sect. 35, T58N, R20W. 
 41.12     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 41.13  longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 41.14  state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 41.15  land was returned to private ownership.  
 41.16     Sec. 47.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 41.17  PUBLIC WATER; SHERBURNE COUNTY.] 
 41.18     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 41.19  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 41.20  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, the commissioner of revenue may 
 41.21  convey to the county of Sherburne for no consideration the 
 41.22  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 41.23  paragraph (c). 
 41.24     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 41.25  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
 41.26  if the county of Sherburne stops using the land for the public 
 41.27  purpose described in paragraph (d).  The conveyance shall 
 41.28  reserve to the state all mineral rights in the property. 
 41.29     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Sherburne county 
 41.30  and is described as:  
 41.31     All that part of Government Lot 3 lying between county 
 41.32     state-aid highway Number 1 and Elk Lake, excepting 
 41.33     therefrom the North 150 feet as measured along the 
 41.34     centerline of county state-aid highway Number 1, located in 
 41.35     Section 36, Township 35 North, Range 27 West, Blue Hill 
 41.36     Township, Sherburne county, Minnesota.  Further that this 
 42.1      parcel is also part of Parcel Number 12, Sherburne county 
 42.2      highway right-of-way plat number 9, as recorded with the 
 42.3      Sherburne county recorder's office. 
 42.4      (d) The county has determined that the land is needed for a 
 42.5   road right-of-way. 
 42.6      Sec. 48.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
 42.7   WATER; STEARNS COUNTY.] 
 42.8      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 42.9   282.018, subdivision 1, Stearns county may sell the 
 42.10  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 42.11  paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 42.12  Statutes, chapter 282. 
 42.13     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 42.14  attorney general. 
 42.15     (c) The land that may be sold is located in Stearns county 
 42.16  and is described as: 
 42.17     (1) Lot 3, Block 1, Jody Estates First Addition to 
 42.18  Wakefield Township; 
 42.19     (2) Government Lot 2 lying westerly of county state aid 
 42.20  highway No. 22, less the north 50 feet, Section 14, Township 122 
 42.21  North, Range 31 West, which must be sold under Minnesota 
 42.22  Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 7a; 
 42.23     (3) Lot B, Holiday Heights Addition to Oak Township; 
 42.24     (4) the east 200 feet of the west 650 feet of Government 
 42.25  Lot 1, Section 3, Township 126 North, Range 34 West, which must 
 42.26  be sold under Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 
 42.27  7a; and 
 42.28     (5) Lots 29 and 30, Birchwood Shores Addition to Munson 
 42.29  Township. 
 42.30     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 42.31  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 42.32  returned to private ownership. 
 42.33     Sec. 49.  [LAND CONVEYANCES IN STEELE COUNTY.] 
 42.34     (a) Notwithstanding Laws 1987, chapter 146, section 1, the 
 42.35  city of Owatonna shall quitclaim and convey to the state for no 
 42.36  consideration the land described as: 
 43.1      All that part of the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 17, T 
 43.2   107 N, R 20 W, Steele county, Minnesota, described by: 
 43.3   Commencing at the southeast corner of said NE1/4; thence S 88 
 43.4   degrees 31 minutes 43 seconds W, assumed bearing, 347.08 feet 
 43.5   along the south line of said NE1/4 to the True Point of 
 43.6   Beginning; thence S 88 degrees 31 minutes 43 seconds W 210.00 
 43.7   feet along the south line of said NE1/4; thence N 1 degree 28 
 43.8   minutes 17 seconds W 110.00 feet; thence N 88 degrees 31 minutes 
 43.9   43 seconds E 118.58 feet; thence S 41 degrees 12 minutes 00 
 43.10  seconds E 143.03 feet to said True Point of Beginning. 
 43.11     Containing 0.415 acre, more or less. 
 43.12     Subject to easements and restrictions of record, if any. 
 43.13     (b) The private owner of the land described in this 
 43.14  paragraph shall quitclaim and convey to the state for no 
 43.15  consideration the land described as: 
 43.16     Outlot A and Outlot B, Ogle Addition. 
 43.17     (c) After the conveyances described in paragraphs (a) and 
 43.18  (b), the commissioner of administration shall quitclaim and 
 43.19  convey to the city of Owatonna for no consideration the land 
 43.20  described in paragraph (b).  The land reverts to the state if 
 43.21  the land is not used for park purposes and the state pays the 
 43.22  city of Owatonna for the appraised value of improvements. 
 43.23     (d) After the conveyances described in paragraphs (a) and 
 43.24  (b), the commissioner of administration shall quitclaim and 
 43.25  convey to the private owner described in paragraph (b) for no 
 43.26  consideration the land described in paragraph (a). 
 43.27     (e) The land conveyances described in this section shall be 
 43.28  in a form approved by the attorney general. 
 43.29     (f) The land conveyances described in this section are to 
 43.30  correct an inadvertent trespass on land conveyed by the state to 
 43.31  the city of Owatonna under Laws 1987, chapter 146, section 1. 
 43.32     Sec. 50.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 43.33  PUBLIC WATER AND WETLAND; TODD COUNTY.] 
 43.34     Subdivision 1.  [PRIVATE SALE.] (a) Notwithstanding 
 43.35  Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, and the public 
 43.36  sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Todd county 
 44.1   may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
 44.2   water or wetland that is described in paragraph (c), under the 
 44.3   remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 44.4      (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 44.5   attorney general. 
 44.6      (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Todd county and 
 44.7   is described as: 
 44.8      (1) Lot 3, Block 1, Severson's Addition, Section 28, 
 44.9   Township 130 North, Range 33 West; 
 44.10     (2) Lot 5, Block 1, Sylvan Shores #1, Section 30, Township 
 44.11  132 North, Range 32 West; 
 44.12     (3) Lot 2, Block 2, Fawn Lake Meadows, Section 30, Township 
 44.13  132 North, Range 32 West; 
 44.14     (4) Lot 8, Block 3, Fawn Lake Meadows, Section 30, Township 
 44.15  132 North, Range 32 West; 
 44.16     (5) Lot 10, Block 3, Fawn Lake Meadows, Section 30, 
 44.17  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 44.18     (6) Lot 13, Block 3, Fawn Lake Meadows, Section 30, 
 44.19  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 44.20     (7) Lot 7, Block 4, Fawn Lake Meadows, Section 29, Township 
 44.21  132 North, Range 32 West; 
 44.22     (8) Lot 9, Block 4, Fawn Lake Meadows, Section 29, Township 
 44.23  132 North, Range 32 West; 
 44.24     (9) Lot 10, Block 4, Fawn Lake Meadows, Section 29, 
 44.25  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 44.26     (10) Lot 22, Block 4, Fawn Lake Meadows, Section 29, 
 44.27  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 44.28     (11) Lot 35, Block 4, Fawn Lake Meadows, Section 29, 
 44.29  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 44.30     (12) Lot 15, Block 3, Pine Island Heights, Section 30, 
 44.31  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 44.32     (13) Lot 35, Block 7, Pine Island Heights, Section 31, 
 44.33  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 44.34     (14) Lot 39, Block 7, Pine Island Heights, Section 31, 
 44.35  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 44.36     (15) Lot 44, Block 7, Pine Island Heights, Section 30, 
 45.1   Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.2      (16) Lot 4, Block 9, Pine Island Heights, Section 31, 
 45.3   Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.4      (17) Lot 15, Block 9, Pine Island Heights, Section 31, 
 45.5   Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.6      (18) Lot 23, Block 9, Pine Island Heights, Section 30, 
 45.7   Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.8      (19) Lot 15, Block 10, Pine Island Heights, Section 30, 
 45.9   Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.10     (20) Lot 22, Block 10, Pine Island Heights, Section 30, 
 45.11  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.12     (21) Lot 23, Block 10, Pine Island Heights, Section 30, 
 45.13  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.14     (22) Lot 15, Block 8, Sylvan Shores South, Section 6, 
 45.15  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.16     (23) Lot 27, Block 8, Sylvan Shores South, Section 6, 
 45.17  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.18     (24) Lot 39, Block 8, Sylvan Shores South, Section 31, 
 45.19  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.20     (25) Lot 40, Block 8, Sylvan Shores South, Section 31, 
 45.21  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.22     (26) Lot 41, Block 8, Sylvan Shores South, Section 31, 
 45.23  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.24     (27) Lot 43, Block 8, Sylvan Shores South, Section 31, 
 45.25  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.26     (28) Lot 45, Block 8, Sylvan Shores South, Section 31, 
 45.27  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.28     (29) Lot 49, Block 8, Sylvan Shores South, Section 31, 
 45.29  Township 132 North, Range 32 West; 
 45.30     (30) Lot 19, Block 1, Prairie River Heights, Section 35, 
 45.31  Township 132 North, Range 33 West; 
 45.32     (31) Lot 21, Block 1, Prairie River Heights, Section 35, 
 45.33  Township 132 North, Range 33 West; 
 45.34     (32) Lot 22, Block 1, Prairie River Heights, Section 35, 
 45.35  Township 132 North, Range 33 West; 
 45.36     (33) Lot 16, Block 4, Little Pine Shores, Section 36, 
 46.1   Township 132 North, Range 33 West; and 
 46.2      (34) Lot 44, Block 3, Timber Ridge, Section 35, Township 
 46.3   132 North, Range 33 West. 
 46.4      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 46.5   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 46.6   returned to private ownership. 
 46.7      Subd. 2.  [PUBLIC SALE ALTERNATIVE.] Notwithstanding 
 46.8   Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, Todd county may 
 46.9   sell any of the land described in subdivision 1, paragraph (c), 
 46.10  by public sale under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 46.11  Statutes, chapter 282, if the county does not sell the land by 
 46.12  private sale.  
 46.13     Sec. 51.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 46.14  PUBLIC WATER; WABASHA COUNTY.] 
 46.15     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 46.16  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 46.17  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Wabasha county may sell by 
 46.18  private sale to the city of Hammond the tax-forfeited land 
 46.19  bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under 
 46.20  the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 46.21     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 46.22  general and shall not retain a reversionary interest to the 
 46.23  state.  The sale may be for less than the appraised value of the 
 46.24  land. 
 46.25     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Wabasha county 
 46.26  and is described as:  the East 103 feet of Lot 6 and the East 
 46.27  128 feet of Lot 7, Block 1, city of Hammond. 
 46.28     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 46.29  management interests would best be served if the lands were sold 
 46.30  to the city of Hammond. 
 46.31     Sec. 52.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 46.32  PUBLIC WATER; WADENA COUNTY.] 
 46.33     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 46.34  282.018, subdivision 1, Wadena county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 46.35  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 46.36  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 47.1   282. 
 47.2      (b) The sales must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 47.3   general.  The attorney general may make necessary changes to the 
 47.4   legal descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
 47.5      (c) The lands to be sold are located in Wadena county and 
 47.6   are described as: 
 47.7      (1) part of Government Lot 9 commencing at the southeast 
 47.8   corner of Government Lot 10; thence South 146 feet; thence East 
 47.9   16 feet to a point of beginning; thence East 84 feet; thence 
 47.10  South 150 feet; thence West 84 feet; thence North to the point 
 47.11  of beginning, Section 14, Township 135 North, Range 33 West (PID 
 47.12  03-014-1260); 
 47.13     (2) part of Government Lot 10 commencing at the northwest 
 47.14  corner; thence South 300 feet; thence East 167 feet; thence 
 47.15  South 300 feet; thence West 167 feet; thence North 300 feet to 
 47.16  the point of beginning, Section 14, Township 135 North, Range 33 
 47.17  West (PID 03-014-2040); 
 47.18     (3) part of Government Lot 10 commencing at the northwest 
 47.19  corner of said Lot 10; thence East 200 feet; thence South 100 
 47.20  feet to a point of beginning; thence East 330 feet to the Crow 
 47.21  Wing river; thence southerly 100 feet along the Crow Wing river; 
 47.22  thence West 400 feet to a point due South of the point of 
 47.23  beginning; thence North 100 feet to the point of beginning, 
 47.24  Section 14, Township 135 North, Range 33 West (PID 03-014-2060); 
 47.25     (4) part of Government Lot 10 commencing at the northwest 
 47.26  corner of said Lot 10; thence East 167 feet; thence South 300 
 47.27  feet; thence West 167 feet; thence North 300 feet to the point 
 47.28  of beginning, Section 14, Township 135 North, Range 33 West (PID 
 47.29  03-014-2070); 
 47.30     (5) part of Government Lot 10 commencing at the northwest 
 47.31  corner of said Lot 10; thence East 200 feet; thence South 400 
 47.32  feet to a point of beginning; thence East 400 feet, more or 
 47.33  less, to the Crow Wing river; thence South 100 feet along said 
 47.34  river; thence West 400 feet, more or less, to a point due South 
 47.35  of the point of beginning; thence North 100 feet to the point of 
 47.36  beginning, Section 14, Township 135 North, Range 33 West (PID 
 48.1   03-014-2080); 
 48.2      (6) part of Government Lot 10 commencing at the northwest 
 48.3   corner of said Lot 10; thence East 200 feet; thence South 500 
 48.4   feet to a point of beginning; thence East 400 feet, more or 
 48.5   less, to the Crow Wing river; thence South 100 feet along said 
 48.6   river; thence West 400 feet, more or less, to a point due South 
 48.7   of the point of beginning; thence North 100 feet to the point of 
 48.8   beginning, Section 14, Township 135 North, Range 33 West (PID 
 48.9   03-014-2140); 
 48.10     (7) River Forest Acres Survey, Lot 13, 3.20 acres of 
 48.11  Government Lot 8, Section 10, Township 136 North, Range 33 West 
 48.12  (PID 06-003-3100 and 06-010-2020); 
 48.13     (8) Lot 1, Section 4, Township 136 North, Range 33 West, 
 48.14  consisting of 41.78 acres (PID 06-004-1010); 
 48.15     (9) Lot 2, Section 16, Township 137 North, Range 34 West, 
 48.16  consisting of 47.75 acres (PID 07-016-2020); 
 48.17     (10) Lot 4, Section 7, Township 137 North, Range 33 West, 
 48.18  consisting of 51.30 acres (PID 09-007-2040); 
 48.19     (11) Lot 5, Section 7, Township 137 North, Range 33 West, 
 48.20  consisting of 16.31 acres (PID 09-007-2030); 
 48.21     (12) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
 48.22  Section 12, Township 137 North, Range 33 West (PID 09-012-3030); 
 48.23     (13) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
 48.24  Section 12, Township 137 North, Range 33 West (PID 09-012-4010); 
 48.25     (14) the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
 48.26  Section 13, Township 137 North, Range 33 West (PID 09-013-1030); 
 48.27     (15) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
 48.28  Section 13, Township 137 North, Range 33 West (PID 09-013-2010); 
 48.29  and 
 48.30     (16) all of Lot 3, Block 5 and part of Lot 1, Block 5 
 48.31  beginning at a point on the east line of Lot 1, Block 5 Sharps 
 48.32  Addition 210 feet South of the northeast corner of said Lot 1; 
 48.33  thence South 70 feet to the north line of said Lot 3; thence 
 48.34  West 156 feet on the north line of Lot 3; thence southeasterly 
 48.35  124 feet to the point of beginning, city of Wadena (PID 
 48.36  22-480-0440). 
 49.1      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 49.2   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 49.3   returned to private ownership. 
 49.4      Sec. 53.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 49.5   PUBLIC WATER; WADENA COUNTY.] 
 49.6      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 49.7   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 49.8   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Wadena county may sell by 
 49.9   private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 49.10  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 49.11  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 49.12     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 49.13  attorney general. 
 49.14     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Wadena county and 
 49.15  is described as:  Reserve Lot C, except the east seven acres, 
 49.16  Borchart's Addition, city of Wadena (PID 22-600-0830). 
 49.17     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 49.18  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 49.19  returned to private ownership. 
 49.20     Sec. 54.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 49.21  PUBLIC WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.] 
 49.22     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 49.23  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 49.24  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington county may sell by 
 49.25  private sale to an adjacent landowner the tax-forfeited land 
 49.26  bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under 
 49.27  the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 49.28     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 49.29  attorney general for not less than the appraised value. 
 49.30     (c) The parcel of land that may be conveyed is located in 
 49.31  Washington county and is described as Lot 6, Block 3, Valley 
 49.32  Hills, Section 12, Township 32 North, Range 21 West. 
 49.33     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 49.34  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 49.35  returned to private ownership. 
 49.36     Sec. 55.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 50.1   WETLAND; WASHINGTON COUNTY.] 
 50.2      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 103F.535; 
 50.3   282.018, subdivision 2; and 282.241, the public sale provisions 
 50.4   of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the 
 50.5   contrary, Washington county shall sell by private sale to the 
 50.6   owner at the time of forfeiture the tax-forfeited land bordering 
 50.7   wetland that is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining 
 50.8   provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
 50.9      (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 50.10  general for a consideration of taxes due on the property and any 
 50.11  penalties, interest, and costs. 
 50.12     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington county 
 50.13  and is described as: 
 50.14     Lot 12, Block 1, Brandon Acres, city of Hugo, identified as 
 50.15  PID number 28-031-21-33-0012.  
 50.16     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 50.17  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 50.18  returned to private ownership. 
 50.19     Sec. 56.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WRIGHT 
 50.20  COUNTY.] 
 50.21     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
 50.22  94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
 50.23  sale the surplus lands that are described in paragraph (c). 
 50.24     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 50.25  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 50.26  value of the lands.  The cost of any survey or appraisal shall 
 50.27  be added to and made part of the appraised value of the lands. 
 50.28     (c) The lands to be conveyed are located in Wright county 
 50.29  and are described as: 
 50.30     (1) beginning at a point 910 feet West and 612 feet South 
 50.31  of the East 1/4 corner of Section 14, Township 119 North, Range 
 50.32  28 West; thence South 14 degrees 46 minutes East, 350 feet; 
 50.33  thence South 75 degrees 14 minutes West, 100 feet; thence North 
 50.34  14 degrees 46 minutes West, 275.3 feet; thence North 38 degrees 
 50.35  29 minutes East, 124.8 feet, to the point of beginning; and 
 50.36     (2) beginning at a point 998 feet West and 555 feet South 
 51.1   of the East 1/4 corner of Section 14, Township 119 North, Range 
 51.2   28 West; thence North 28 degrees 19 minutes West, 190 feet; 
 51.3   thence North 73 degrees 19 minutes West, 70.71 feet; thence 
 51.4   South 28 degrees 19 minutes East, 261.43 feet; thence North 38 
 51.5   degrees 29 minutes East, 54.4 feet. 
 51.6      (d) The commissioner has determined that the lands are no 
 51.7   longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 51.8   state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 51.9   lands were sold to the adjoining landowner. 
 51.10     Sec. 57.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 51.11     Section 1 is effective for eminent domain proceedings 
 51.12  instituted after June 30, 1999.  Sections 2, 4 to 12, 14, 17, 22 
 51.13  to 24, 33, 42, 49, and 51 are effective the day following final 
 51.14  enactment.  Section 21 is effective on the day following 
 51.15  approval by the Goodhue county board and compliance with the 
 51.16  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021.