1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public lands; authorizing public and 
  1.3             private sales of certain tax-forfeited lands; 
  1.4             authorizing private conveyance of certain state land; 
  1.5             authorizing an exchange of certain county land; 
  1.6             amending Laws 1999, chapter 161, section 30. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  1.9   PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.] 
  1.10     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  1.11  282.018, subdivision 1, Aitkin county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  1.12  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
  1.13  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  1.14  282.  If the lands described in paragraph (c), clauses (1) and 
  1.15  (3), meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 
  1.16  282.01, subdivision 7a, the county may use the alternative sale 
  1.17  procedure described under that section. 
  1.18     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  1.19  attorney general. 
  1.20     (c) The land to be sold is located in Aitkin county and is 
  1.21  described as: 
  1.22     (1) Lot 3, less the North 60 feet, Plat of Bridge Park; 
  1.23     (2) all that part of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 lying 
  1.24  northeast of the creek, Section 28, Township 52 North, Range 23 
  1.25  West; and 
  1.26     (3) all that part of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 
  2.1   lying south and east of the Snake river, Section 9, Township 43 
  2.2   North, Range 23 West.  
  2.3      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  2.4   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  2.5   returned to private ownership. 
  2.6      Sec. 2.  [PRIVATE CONVEYANCE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
  2.7   LAND; BELTRAMI COUNTY.] 
  2.8      (a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale 
  2.9   provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A, 94, and 282, the 
  2.10  commissioner of natural resources may convey to Waskish 
  2.11  township, for no consideration, the consolidated conservation 
  2.12  land that is described in paragraph (c). 
  2.13     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  2.14  attorney general and must provide that the land reverts to the 
  2.15  state if it is not used for public airport purposes. 
  2.16     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Beltrami 
  2.17  county and is described as follows:  Southwest Quarter of 
  2.18  Northeast Quarter, Section Twenty, Township 154 North, Range 30 
  2.19  West. 
  2.20     Sec. 3.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  2.21  PUBLIC WATER; DAKOTA COUNTY.] 
  2.22     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  2.23  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  2.24  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Dakota county may sell to the 
  2.25  city of Farmington, housing and redevelopment authority, the 
  2.26  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
  2.27  paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
  2.28  Statutes, chapter 282. 
  2.29     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
  2.30  general and subject to a conservation easement, in a form 
  2.31  prescribed by the commissioner of natural resources, that 
  2.32  includes at least a 100-foot strip for protection along the 
  2.33  Vermillion river, protection of associated wetlands and uplands, 
  2.34  and public recreational use. 
  2.35     (c) The land to be sold is located in Dakota county and is 
  2.36  described as: 
  3.1      That part of the Northeast Quarter (NE-1/4) of the 
  3.2   Northwest Quarter (NW-1/4) of Section 31, Township 114 North, 
  3.3   Range 19 West, Dakota county, Minnesota, described as follows:  
  3.4   Beginning at the intersection of the northerly right-of-way line 
  3.5   of the Milwaukee Road Railway with the east line of the NE-1/4 
  3.6   of the NW-1/4 of said Section, said point being 1155.3 feet 
  3.7   South of the Northeast corner of the NE-1/4 of the NW-1/4 of 
  3.8   said Section; thence bearing North (assumed bearing) along the 
  3.9   said east line 450.00 feet; thence bearing West 65.89 feet; 
  3.10  thence bearing South 32 degrees 02 minutes East 45.51 feet; 
  3.11  thence bearing South 4 degrees 41 minutes East 39.62 feet; 
  3.12  thence bearing South 35 degrees 39 minutes West 135.10 feet; 
  3.13  thence bearing South 68 degrees 43 minutes West 59.91 feet; 
  3.14  thence bearing North 63 degrees 44 minutes West 39.11 feet; 
  3.15  thence bearing South 47 degrees 14 minutes West 14.80 feet to a 
  3.16  point which is 219.00 feet West of the east line of the NE-1/4 
  3.17  of the NW-1/4 of said Section (when measured on a line 
  3.18  perpendicular to said east line); thence bearing South parallel 
  3.19  with said east line 285.00 feet to the northerly right-of-way 
  3.20  line of said Milwaukee Road Railway; thence easterly along said 
  3.21  northerly right-of-way line on a nontangent curve; concave to 
  3.22  the North with a radius of 2814.79 feet, a distance of 222.16 
  3.23  feet to the point of beginning (the chord of said curve bearing 
  3.24  North 30 degrees 19 minutes 24 seconds East). 
  3.25     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  3.26  management interests would best be served if the land was 
  3.27  returned to private ownership. 
  3.28     (e) The commissioner of natural resources shall review the 
  3.29  city of Farmington's landfill clean up plan for the land 
  3.30  described in paragraph (c) to determine its impact on the 
  3.31  Vermillion river. 
  3.32     Sec. 4.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  3.33  PUBLIC WATER; ISANTI COUNTY.] 
  3.34     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  3.35  282.018, subdivision 1, Isanti county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  3.36  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
  4.1   under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  4.2   282. 
  4.3      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  4.4   attorney general. 
  4.5      (c) The land to be sold is located in Isanti county and is 
  4.6   described as: 
  4.7      Lot 1, Block 1, River Ridge Second Addition (02.065.0020). 
  4.8      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  4.9   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  4.10  returned to private ownership. 
  4.11     Sec. 5.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  4.12  PUBLIC WATER; ISANTI COUNTY.] 
  4.13     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  4.14  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  4.15  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Isanti county may sell by 
  4.16  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
  4.17  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
  4.18  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
  4.19     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  4.20  attorney general for the fair market value as determined by the 
  4.21  Isanti county board of commissioners. 
  4.22     (c) The land to be sold is located in Isanti county and is 
  4.23  described as: 
  4.24     (1) Lot A, Block 17, Third Francis Lake Shores 
  4.25  (02.055.1110); 
  4.26     (2) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 21, Township 35, 
  4.27  Range 24 described as follows: 
  4.28     Commencing at the southwest corner of said Lot 2; thence 
  4.29     North along the west line thereof 147.73 feet; thence East 
  4.30     at right angles with the west line of said Government Lot 2 
  4.31     to the shore of Lake Francis; thence southerly along the 
  4.32     shore line of Lake Francis to its intersection with the 
  4.33     south line of Government Lot 2; thence West along the south 
  4.34     line of Government Lot 2 to the point of beginning and 
  4.35     there to terminate.  Subject to an easement for road 
  4.36     purposes over the West 33 feet thereof (02.021.2100); 
  5.1      (3) Lot 19, Block 1, River Ridge (02.064.0150); 
  5.2      (4) Lot 5, Block 1, River Ridge Second Addition 
  5.3   (02.065.0060); 
  5.4      (5) Lot 6, Block 1, River Ridge Second Addition 
  5.5   (02.065.0070); 
  5.6      (6) Lot 7, Block 1, River Ridge Second Addition 
  5.7   (02.065.0080); 
  5.8      (7) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 21, Township 34, 
  5.9   Range 22, described as follows: 
  5.10     Beginning at the northeast corner of said Section 21; 
  5.11     thence South, along the east line thereof, 1,380 feet; 
  5.12     thence South 66 degrees 26 minutes West for 570 feet; 
  5.13     thence South 5 degrees 4 minutes West for 560 feet; thence 
  5.14     South 50 degrees 35 minutes West for 240 feet; thence South 
  5.15     35 degrees 11 minutes West for 181 feet to the point of 
  5.16     beginning of the tract hereby described; thence South 69 
  5.17     degrees 17 minutes East for 112.48 feet to a point near the 
  5.18     top of the bank adjacent to the shore of Typo Lake; thence 
  5.19     South 35 degrees 11 minutes West, along or near said bank, 
  5.20     for 59 feet; thence North 83 degrees 49 minutes West for 
  5.21     124.4 feet; thence North 35 degrees 11 minutes East for 91 
  5.22     feet to the point of beginning (08.021.1900); 
  5.23     (8) the East half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast 
  5.24  Quarter, Section 10, Township 34, Range 25 (12.010.1900); and 
  5.25     (9) the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 
  5.26  11, Township 34, Range 25 (12.011.1900). 
  5.27     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  5.28  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  5.29  returned to private ownership. 
  5.30     Sec. 6.  Laws 1999, chapter 161, section 30, is amended to 
  5.31  read: 
  5.32     Sec. 30.  [PRIVATE CONVEYANCE OF COUNTY LAND; ITASCA 
  5.33  COUNTY.] 
  5.34     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section sections 
  5.35  282.018, subdivision 1, and 373.01, subdivision 1, clause 
  5.36  (4), Itasca county may privately and the public sale provisions 
  6.1   of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, the commissioner of revenue 
  6.2   shall convey the land described in paragraph (b) as 
  6.3   tax-forfeited to the former owner for no consideration. 
  6.4      (b) The land to be conveyed is described as:  
  6.5      That portion of Government Lot 2 lying and being North of 
  6.6      the Ball Club river in Section 31, Township 145, Range 25, 
  6.7      according to the government survey thereof on file and of 
  6.8      record with the county recorder of and for said county and 
  6.9      state. 
  6.10     Subject to reservations, restrictions, and easements as 
  6.11     they appear of record.  
  6.12     (c) The land described in paragraph (b) was donated to 
  6.13  Itasca county to develop a park.  Itasca county has chosen not 
  6.14  to develop a park and has determined that the land should be 
  6.15  returned to the donor. 
  6.16     Sec. 7.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  6.17  PUBLIC WATER; LAKE COUNTY.] 
  6.18     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  6.19  282.018, subdivision 1, Lake county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  6.20  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
  6.21  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  6.22  282. 
  6.23     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  6.24  attorney general. 
  6.25     (c) The land to be sold is located in Lake county and is 
  6.26  described as: 
  6.27     (1) an undivided 1/200 interest in Government Lot 7, North 
  6.28  of CSAH 16, Section 30, Township 63 North, Range 11 West; 
  6.29     (2) an undivided 24 percent interest in Government Lot 8, 
  6.30  Section 30, Township 63 North, Range 11 West; and 
  6.31     (3) a 1/200 interest in the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Section 
  6.32  30, Township 63 North, Range 11 West. 
  6.33     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  6.34  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  6.35  returned to private ownership. 
  6.36     Sec. 8.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  7.1   PUBLIC WATER; MARTIN COUNTY.] 
  7.2      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  7.3   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  7.4   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Martin county may sell by 
  7.5   private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
  7.6   is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
  7.7   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.  
  7.8      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  7.9   attorney general. 
  7.10     (c) The land to be sold is located in Martin county and is 
  7.11  described as: 
  7.12     (1) Parcel No. 23-164-0010, Lot 001, Block 001, Lake Park 
  7.13  Addition, city of Fairmont; 
  7.14     (2) Parcel No. 23-164-0380, Lot 021, Block 002, Lake Park 
  7.15  Addition, city of Fairmont; 
  7.16     (3) Parcel No. 23-164-0400, Lot 025, Block 002, Lake Park 
  7.17  Addition, city of Fairmont; and 
  7.18     (4) Parcel No. 23-164-0450, Lot 004, Block 003, Lake Park 
  7.19  Addition, city of Fairmont.  
  7.20     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  7.21  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  7.22  returned to private ownership. 
  7.23     Sec. 9.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  7.24  PUBLIC WATER; MORRISON COUNTY.] 
  7.25     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
  7.26  103F.535, and 282.018, Morrison county may sell the 
  7.27  tax-forfeited land bordering public water or wetlands that is 
  7.28  described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
  7.29  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
  7.30     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  7.31  attorney general. 
  7.32     (c) The land to be sold is located in Morrison county and 
  7.33  is described as: 
  7.34     (1) Lot 13, Block 10, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
  7.35     (2) Lot 11, Block 10, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
  7.36     (3) Lot 10, Block 13, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
  8.1      (4) Lot 12, Block 13, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
  8.2      (5) Lot 20, Block 13, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
  8.3      (6) Lot 24, Block 13, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
  8.4      (7) Lot 26, Block 13, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
  8.5      (8) Lot 6, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
  8.6      (9) Lot 7, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
  8.7      (10) Lot 11, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
  8.8      (11) Lot 14, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
  8.9      (12) Lot 38, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
  8.10     (13) Lot 41, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
  8.11     (14) Lot 8, Block 2, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
  8.12     (15) Lot 10, Block 2, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
  8.13     (16) Lot 22, Block 2, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
  8.14     (17) Lot 33, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood South; 
  8.15     (18) Lot 8, Edgewater; 
  8.16     (19) Lot 4, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
  8.17     (20) Lot 32, Block 2, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
  8.18     (21) Lot 4, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
  8.19     (22) Lot 12, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
  8.20     (23) Lot 13, Block 5, Enchanted-Lakes Golf Course; 
  8.21     (24) Lot 15, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
  8.22     (25) Lot 17, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
  8.23     (26) Lot 18, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
  8.24     (27) Lot 19, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
  8.25     (28) Lot 3, Block 11, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
  8.26     (29) Lot 1, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Overlook; 
  8.27     (30) Lot 34, Block 3, Enchanted Lakes-Overlook; 
  8.28     (31) Lot 3A, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Overlook; 
  8.29     (32) S 1/2 of S 1/2 of S 1/2 and S 1/2 of N 1/2 of S 1/2 of 
  8.30  S 1/2, all of the SW 1/4, Lakin township, Section 12, Township 
  8.31  39 North, Range 28 West; 
  8.32     (33) SE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Platte township, Section 4, Township 
  8.33  42 North, Range 30 West; 
  8.34     (34) NW 1/4 of SE 1/4, town of Pulaski, Section 14, 
  8.35  Township 42 North, Range 29 West; 
  8.36     (35) Lot 3, Ripley township, Section 22, Township 42 North, 
  9.1   Range 31 West; 
  9.2      (36) Lot 4, Block 1, Lincoln Beach of Fish Trap; 
  9.3      (37) Outlot A, Block 1, The Summit, town of Scandia Valley; 
  9.4      (38) Lot 15, Shamineau Park 10th Addition; 
  9.5      (39) Lot 93, Shamineau Park 10th Addition; and 
  9.6      (40) Lot 94, Shamineau Park 10th Addition. 
  9.7      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  9.8   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  9.9   returned to private ownership. 
  9.10     Sec. 10.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  9.11  PUBLIC WATER; NORMAN COUNTY.] 
  9.12     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  9.13  282.018, subdivision 1, Norman county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  9.14  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
  9.15  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  9.16  282. 
  9.17     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  9.18  attorney general. 
  9.19     (c) The land to be sold is located in Norman county and is 
  9.20  described as: 
  9.21     (1) Section 12, Township 146, Range 49, commencing at a 
  9.22  point 369.13 feet North and 2318.07 feet West of the southeast 
  9.23  corner of Section 12-146-49; East 363.3 feet, North 514.71 feet, 
  9.24  northwest and westerly 1193.15 feet, South 290.6 feet, to the 
  9.25  center of Marsh river, southerly along the river center line to 
  9.26  the south line of Section 12 (Parcel 18-7034000); and 
  9.27     (2) Section 13, Township 146, Range 49, that part of the S 
  9.28  1/2 of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, south of river (Parcel 
  9.29  18-7049000). 
  9.30     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  9.31  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  9.32  returned to private ownership. 
  9.33     Sec. 11.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  9.34  PUBLIC WATER; NORMAN COUNTY.] 
  9.35     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  9.36  282.018, subdivision 1, Norman county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 10.1   land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 10.2   under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 10.3   282. 
 10.4      (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 10.5   general. 
 10.6      (c) The land to be sold is located in Norman county and is 
 10.7   described as:  2.73 acres beginning at a point 26 rods North of 
 10.8   the northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest 
 10.9   Quarter; North 44 rods; East 19 rods; Southwest 48 rods to 
 10.10  beginning, Section 20, Township 146 North, Range 48 West. 
 10.11     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 10.12  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 10.13  returned to private ownership. 
 10.14     Sec. 12.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 10.15  PUBLIC WATER; POLK COUNTY.] 
 10.16     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 10.17  282.018, subdivision 1, Polk county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 10.18  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 10.19  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 10.20  282. 
 10.21     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 10.22  attorney general. 
 10.23     (c) The land to be sold is located in Polk county and is 
 10.24  described as: 
 10.25     Lots 1 to 8, Block 1, Park Addition to Erskine. 
 10.26     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 10.27  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 10.28  returned to private ownership. 
 10.29     Sec. 13.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 10.30  PUBLIC WATER; RAMSEY COUNTY.] 
 10.31     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 10.32  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 10.33  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Ramsey county may sell by 
 10.34  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 10.35  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 10.36  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 11.1      (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 11.2   general. 
 11.3      (c) The land to be sold is located in Ramsey county and is 
 11.4   described as:  
 11.5      (1) that part of Government Lot 1 lying within the 
 11.6   Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and southerly of 
 11.7   North Owasso Boulevard, subject to easements, Section 36, 
 11.8   Township 30, Range 23 (PIN:  36-30-23-23-0015-2); and 
 11.9      (2) the North 41-6/10 feet of part of Government Lot 1 
 11.10  lying within the Southwest Quarter, except that part West of the 
 11.11  extended westerly line of Lot 1, Lake Owasso Heights, subject to 
 11.12  roads and easements, Section 36, Township 30, Range 23 (PIN:  
 11.13  36-30-23-32-0001-5). 
 11.14     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 11.15  management interests would best be served if the land was sold 
 11.16  to the Ramsey county department of public works to install a 
 11.17  permanent water aeration system for Lake Owasso. 
 11.18     Sec. 14.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
 11.19  COUNTY.] (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of 
 11.20  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, 
 11.21  St. Louis county may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land 
 11.22  described in paragraph (c). 
 11.23     (b) The land described in paragraph (c) may be sold by 
 11.24  private sale to the iron range resources and rehabilitation 
 11.25  board for economic development.  The sale must be in a form 
 11.26  approved by the attorney general for the appraised value of the 
 11.27  land. 
 11.28     (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county, 
 11.29  consists of approximately 40 acres, and is described as:  the 
 11.30  Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 5, Township 
 11.31  58 North, Range 15 West. 
 11.32     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 11.33  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 11.34  returned to private ownership. 
 11.35     Sec. 15.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 11.36  PUBLIC WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.] 
 12.1      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 12.2   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 12.3   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington county may sell by 
 12.4   private sale for not less than the appraised value the 
 12.5   tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 12.6   paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 12.7   Statutes, chapter 282.  
 12.8      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 12.9   attorney general. 
 12.10     (c) The land to be sold is located in Washington county and 
 12.11  is described as:  Lot 1, Block 1, Holiday Beach. 
 12.12     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 12.13  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 12.14  returned to private ownership. 
 12.15     Sec. 16.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
 12.16  COUNTY AND LAKE COUNTY.] 
 12.17     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 12.18  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 12.19  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county and Lake 
 12.20  county may sell lands located in their counties described in 
 12.21  paragraph (d) by private sale under the remaining provisions of 
 12.22  chapter 282 if acquired by the counties as tax-forfeited land 
 12.23  pursuant to a land exchange by the United States of America, 
 12.24  United States Forest Service, under the authority of Minnesota 
 12.25  Statutes, section 94.344. 
 12.26     (b) The sale must be in the form approved by the attorney 
 12.27  general. 
 12.28     (c) The parcels of land to be sold for private sale must be 
 12.29  sold for appraised value to the present United States Forest 
 12.30  Service special use permittees occupying these resort properties.
 12.31     (d) The parcels of land to be sold are as follows: 
 12.32     (1) St. Louis county, Big Lake Wilderness Lodge Resort, 
 12.33  described as:  
 12.34     Government Lot 3, Section 28, Township 65 North, Range 13 
 12.35  West of the 4th Principal Meridian; 
 12.36     (2) St. Louis county, Timber Bay Lodge and Houseboat 
 13.1   Resort, described as: 
 13.2      part of Government Lots 6 and 7, Section 31, Township 61 
 13.3   North, Range 12 West of the 4th Principal Meridian; 
 13.4      (3) Lake county, Riverpoint Resort, described as: 
 13.5      part of Government Lots 1, 2, 10 and 11, Section 6, 
 13.6   Township 61 North, Range 11 West of the 4th Principal Meridian; 
 13.7   and 
 13.8      (4) Lake county, Roaring Stoney Resort, described as: 
 13.9      part of Government Lots 8 and 9, Section 30, Township 61 
 13.10  North, Range 11 West of the 4th Principal Meridian. 
 13.11     (e) The county has determined that the counties' land 
 13.12  management interest would best be served if the lands were 
 13.13  returned to private ownership. 
 13.14     Sec. 17. [EXCHANGE OF LAND AUTHORIZED; CARLTON COUNTY.] 
 13.15     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale requirements of 
 13.16  Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, subdivision 1, or other law 
 13.17  to the contrary, Carlton county may exchange the land described 
 13.18  in paragraph (b) for the land owned by the Fond du Lac band of 
 13.19  Lake Superior Chippewa described in paragraph (c).  
 13.20  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, subdivision 
 13.21  1, Carlton county shall not reserve mineral rights in the land 
 13.22  described in paragraph (b). 
 13.23     (b) The land owned by Carlton county is described as:  the 
 13.24  Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 27, Township 
 13.25  49, Range 17. 
 13.26     (c) The land owned by the Fond du Lac band of Lake Superior 
 13.27  Chippewa is described as:  the Northwest Quarter of the 
 13.28  Southeast Quarter, except the South Half of the South Half 
 13.29  thereof, Section 28, Township 49, Range 17. 
 13.30     (d) Carlton county has determined that the lands to be 
 13.31  exchanged are of substantially equal value and that the exchange 
 13.32  is beneficial in creating contiguous ownership for both parties 
 13.33  of the exchange. 
 13.34     Sec. 18.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 13.35     Section 16 is effective the day following final enactment.