1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; modifying land 
  1.3             acquisition procedures; modifying certain local 
  1.4             planning regulations; adding to and deleting from 
  1.5             certain state parks and state recreation areas; 
  1.6             establishing the Cuyuna Lakes state trail; restricting 
  1.7             the taking of fish on certain waters; authorizing 
  1.8             public and private sales, conveyances, and exchanges 
  1.9             of certain state land; modifying provisions for sale 
  1.10            of tax-forfeited land; appropriating money; amending 
  1.11            Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 84.0272; 85.015, by 
  1.12            adding a subdivision; 97C.025; 282.018, subdivision 1; 
  1.13            394.36, by adding a subdivision; 462.357, by adding a 
  1.14            subdivision. 
  1.15  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.16     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.0272, is 
  1.17  amended to read: 
  1.18     84.0272 [PROCEDURE IN ACQUIRING LANDS.] 
  1.19     Subdivision 1.  [ACQUISITION PROCEDURE.] When the 
  1.20  commissioner of natural resources is authorized to acquire lands 
  1.21  or interests in lands the procedure set forth in this section 
  1.22  shall apply.  The commissioner of natural resources shall first 
  1.23  prepare a fact sheet showing the lands to be acquired, the legal 
  1.24  authority for their acquisition, and the qualities of the land 
  1.25  that make it a desirable acquisition.  The commissioner of 
  1.26  natural resources shall cause the lands to be appraised.  An 
  1.27  appraiser shall before entering upon the duties of office take 
  1.28  and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge 
  1.29  the duties as appraiser according to the best of the appraiser's 
  1.30  ability and that the appraiser is not interested directly or 
  2.1   indirectly in any of the lands to be appraised or the timber or 
  2.2   improvements thereon or in the sale thereof and has entered into 
  2.3   no agreement or combination to purchase the same or any part 
  2.4   thereof, which oath shall be attached to the report of the 
  2.5   appraisal.  The commissioner of natural resources may pay less 
  2.6   than the appraised value, but shall not agree to pay more than 
  2.7   ten percent above the appraised value, except that if the 
  2.8   commissioner pays less than the appraised value for a parcel of 
  2.9   land, the difference between the purchase price and the 
  2.10  appraised value may be used to apply to purchases at more than 
  2.11  the appraised value.  The sum of accumulated differences between 
  2.12  appraised amounts and purchases for more than the appraised 
  2.13  amount may not exceed the sum of accumulated differences between 
  2.14  appraised amounts and purchases for less than the appraised 
  2.15  amount.  New appraisals may be made at the discretion of the 
  2.16  commissioner of natural resources. 
  2.17     Subd. 2.  [STREAM EASEMENTS.] (a) Notwithstanding 
  2.18  subdivision 1, the commissioner may acquire permanent stream 
  2.19  easements for angler access, fish management, and habitat work 
  2.20  for a one-time payment based on a value attributed to both the 
  2.21  stream and the easement corridor.  The payment shall equal: 
  2.22     (1) the per linear foot of stream within the easement 
  2.23  corridor times $5; plus 
  2.24     (2) the easement corridor acres times the estimated market 
  2.25  value. 
  2.26     (b) The estimated market value is equal to: 
  2.27     (1) the total farm market value plus the timberlands value; 
  2.28  divided by 
  2.29     (2) the acres of deeded farmland plus the acres of timber. 
  2.30     (c) The total farm market value, timberlands value, acres 
  2.31  of deeded farmland, and acres of timber are determined from data 
  2.32  collected by the department of revenue during its annual spring 
  2.33  mini abstract survey.  The commissioner must use the most recent 
  2.34  available data for the city or township within which the 
  2.35  easement corridor is located. 
  2.36     (d) The commissioner shall periodically review the easement 
  3.1   payment rates under this subdivision to determine whether the 
  3.2   stream easement payments reflect current shoreland market 
  3.3   values.  If the commissioner determines that the easements do 
  3.4   not reflect current shoreland market values, the commissioner 
  3.5   shall report to the senate and house of representatives natural 
  3.6   resources policy committees with recommendations for changes to 
  3.7   this subdivision that are necessary for the stream easement 
  3.8   payment rates to reflect current shoreland market values.  The 
  3.9   recommendations may include an adjustment to the dollar amount 
  3.10  in paragraph (a), clause (1). 
  3.11     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 85.015, is 
  3.12  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  3.13     Subd. 24.  [CUYUNA LAKES TRAIL, CROW WING AND AITKIN 
  3.14  COUNTIES.] The trail shall provide for separate alignments 
  3.15  insofar as practical, one paved and one unpaved, to maximize use 
  3.16  and to minimize user conflicts and maintenance costs.  The trail 
  3.17  alignments shall originate in Crow Wing county at the Paul 
  3.18  Bunyan trail in the city of Baxter and shall extend in an 
  3.19  east-northeasterly direction to the city of Riverton, Crow Wing 
  3.20  county, where they shall connect to the Sagamore Mine segment of 
  3.21  the Cuyuna Country state recreation area.  The trail alignments 
  3.22  shall then continue in a northeasterly direction, generally 
  3.23  along and using former railroad rights-of-way insofar as 
  3.24  practical, to connect with the main body of the Cuyuna Country 
  3.25  state recreation area, the communities of Ironton and Crosby in 
  3.26  Crow Wing county, and the Croft Mine historical park.  The trail 
  3.27  alignments shall then continue in an east-northeasterly 
  3.28  direction, generally along and using former railroad 
  3.29  rights-of-way insofar as practical, to the city of Cuyuna in 
  3.30  Crow Wing county, and then continue east to the city of Aitkin, 
  3.31  Aitkin county, and there terminate. 
  3.32     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 97C.025, is 
  3.33  amended to read: 
  3.34     97C.025 [FISHING AND MOTORBOATS PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN 
  3.35  AREAS.] 
  3.36     (a) The commissioner may prohibit fishing or restrict the 
  4.1   taking of fish or the operation of motorboats by posting waters 
  4.2   that: 
  4.3      (1) are designated as spawning beds or fish preserves; or 
  4.4      (2) are being used by the commissioner for fisheries 
  4.5   research or management activities; or 
  4.6      (3) are licensed by the commissioner as a private fish 
  4.7   hatchery or aquatic farm under section 97C.211, subdivision 1, 
  4.8   or 17.4984, subdivision 1. 
  4.9   An area may be posted under this paragraph if necessary to 
  4.10  prevent excessive depletion of fish or interference with 
  4.11  fisheries research or management activities or private fish 
  4.12  hatchery or aquatic farm operations.  
  4.13     (b) The commissioner will consider the following criteria 
  4.14  in determining if waters licensed under a private fish hatchery 
  4.15  or aquatic farm should be posted under paragraph (a): 
  4.16     (1) the waters contain game fish brood stock that are vital 
  4.17  to the private fish hatchery or aquatic farm operation; 
  4.18     (2) game fish are present in the licensed waters only as a 
  4.19  result of aquaculture activities by the licensee; and 
  4.20     (3) no public access to the waters existed when the waters 
  4.21  were first licensed. 
  4.22  A private fish hatchery or aquatic farm licensee may not take 
  4.23  fish or authorize others to take fish in licensed waters that 
  4.24  are posted under paragraph (a), except as provided in section 
  4.25  17.4983, subdivision 3, and except that if waters are posted to 
  4.26  allow the taking of fish under special restrictions, licensees 
  4.27  and others who can legally access the waters may take fish under 
  4.28  those special restrictions. 
  4.29     (b) (c) Except as provided in paragraph (c) paragraphs (b) 
  4.30  and (d), a person may not take fish or operate a motorboat if 
  4.31  prohibited by posting under paragraph (a). 
  4.32     (c) (d) An owner of riparian land adjacent to an area 
  4.33  posted under paragraph (a) may operate a motorboat through the 
  4.34  area by the shortest direct route at a speed of not more than 
  4.35  five miles per hour. 
  4.36     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 394.36, is 
  5.1   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  5.2      Subd. 1a.  [SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES.] Notwithstanding 
  5.3   subdivision 1, Minnesota Rules, parts 6105.0351 to 6105.0550, 
  5.4   may allow for the continuation and improvement of substandard 
  5.5   structures, as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 6105.0354, 
  5.6   subpart 30, in the Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway. 
  5.7      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 462.357, is 
  5.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  5.9      Subd. 1f.  [SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES.] Notwithstanding 
  5.10  subdivision 1e, Minnesota Rules, parts 6105.0351 to 6105.0550, 
  5.11  may allow for the continuation and improvement of substandard 
  5.12  structures, as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 6105.0354, 
  5.13  subpart 30, in the Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway. 
  5.14     Sec. 6.  [ADDITIONS TO CROW WING STATE PARK.] 
  5.15     [85.012] [Subd. 14.] [CROW WING STATE PARK, CROW WING, 
  5.16  CASS, AND MORRISON COUNTIES.] The following areas are added to 
  5.17  Crow Wing state park, Crow Wing county:  
  5.18     (1) all of Government Lots 1 and 2 of Section 7; all of 
  5.19  Government Lots 1, 2, and 4, the Southwest Quarter of the 
  5.20  Southwest Quarter, and the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
  5.21  Quarter of Section 8; that part of Government Lot 4 lying west 
  5.22  of Highway 371 and that part of the West Half of the Southwest 
  5.23  Quarter lying west of Highway 371 of Section 9; and all of 
  5.24  Government Lots 2 and 3 of Section 18; all in Township 44 North, 
  5.25  Range 31 West; 
  5.26     (2) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast 
  5.27  Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and 
  5.28  Government Lot 1, lying south, west, and north of the following 
  5.29  described line:  Beginning at the southeast corner of said 
  5.30  Section 13; thence North, assumed bearing, 66.00 feet along the 
  5.31  east line of said Section 13 to Point "A"; thence North 89 
  5.32  degrees 01 minutes 00 seconds West 367.23 feet; thence 
  5.33  northwesterly 1335.72 feet along a non-tangential curve concave 
  5.34  to the northeast, radius 4837.27 feet, central angle 15 degrees 
  5.35  49 minutes 16 seconds, the chord of which bears North 41 degrees 
  5.36  45 minutes 20 seconds West; thence North, not tangent to the 
  6.1   last described curve, 817.82 feet; thence northeasterly 650.80 
  6.2   feet along a non-tangential curve concave to the southeast, 
  6.3   radius 1230.00 feet, central angle 30 degrees 18 minutes 56 
  6.4   seconds the chord of which bears North 36 degrees 50 minutes 32 
  6.5   seconds East to Point "B"; thence East 868.26 feet, more or 
  6.6   less, to the east line of said Northeast Quarter of the 
  6.7   Southeast Quarter and there terminating of Section 13; and the 
  6.8   East Half of the Northeast Quarter and the East Half of the 
  6.9   Southeast Quarter of Section 24; all in Township 44 North, Range 
  6.10  32 West; and 
  6.11     (3) Government Lot 3 of Section 27, Township 133 North, 
  6.12  Range 29 West. 
  6.13     Sec. 7.  [CONVEYANCE TO WISCONSIN.] 
  6.14     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 161.43, 
  6.15  161.44, or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of 
  6.16  transportation may convey the land described in paragraph (b) to 
  6.17  the state of Wisconsin. 
  6.18     (b) The lands to be conveyed are all those parts or parcels 
  6.19  of land situated in the county of Buffalo, state of Wisconsin, 
  6.20  more particularly described as follows: 
  6.21     (1) a strip of land for road purposes 200 feet in width, 
  6.22  being 100 feet on each side of a center line described as 
  6.23  follows:  Beginning at a point on the south line of the 
  6.24  Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 1, 
  6.25  Township 22 North, Range 14 West, 635 feet West of the southeast 
  6.26  corner of said Section 1; thence North 27 degrees East a 
  6.27  distance of 1,400 feet to a point in the east line of said 
  6.28  Section 1, 85 feet South of the northeast corner of the 
  6.29  Southeast Quarter of said Section 1, containing 6.3 acres more 
  6.30  or less, according to the survey thereof and being a part of the 
  6.31  Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 1, 
  6.32  Township 21 North, Range 14 West; 
  6.33     (2) a tract of land for road purposes situated in the 
  6.34  southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast 
  6.35  Quarter of Section 1, Township 22 North, Range 14 West, 
  6.36  described as follows:  Beginning at the southeast corner of said 
  7.1   Northeast Quarter of said Southeast Quarter of said Section 1, 
  7.2   running thence North 125 feet; thence South 27 degrees West a 
  7.3   distance of 140.3 feet; thence East 63.7 feet to the place of 
  7.4   beginning, containing one-tenth of an acre; 
  7.5      (3) a strip of land for road purposes 200 feet in width, 
  7.6   being 100 feet on each side of a center line described as 
  7.7   follows:  Beginning at a point 72.6 feet North of the southwest 
  7.8   corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
  7.9   Section 13, Township 22 North, Range 14 West; thence South 30 
  7.10  degrees West, 350 feet to the north bank of the Mississippi 
  7.11  river, containing 1.6 acres and being a part of Government Lot 5 
  7.12  in said Section, Township, and Range; and 
  7.13     (4) a strip of land for road purposes 200 feet in width, 
  7.14  being 100 feet on each side of a center line described as 
  7.15  follows:  Beginning at a point in the west line of the Northeast 
  7.16  Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 13, Township 22 
  7.17  North, Range 14 West, 72.6 feet North of the southwest corner of 
  7.18  said Northeast Quarter of said Northwest Quarter of said Section 
  7.19  13; thence North 27 degrees East a distance of 1,400 feet to a 
  7.20  point in the north line of said Section 13, 684.4 feet West of 
  7.21  the northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
  7.22  Quarter of said Section 13; thence continuing said center line 
  7.23  in a straight line North 27 degrees, East an additional distance 
  7.24  of 2,963 feet to a point in the east and west quarter line of 
  7.25  said Section 12, Township and Range aforesaid, 660 feet East of 
  7.26  center of said Section 12, said strip containing 19.90 acres and 
  7.27  being a part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
  7.28  of said Section 13 and the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of 
  7.29  said Section 12 and the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast 
  7.30  Quarter of said Section 12, in the county of Buffalo and the 
  7.31  state of Wisconsin. 
  7.32     (c) The deed authorized by this law is intended to convey 
  7.33  to the state of Wisconsin all the interest of the state of 
  7.34  Minnesota in lands situated in the state of Wisconsin that the 
  7.35  state of Minnesota received by deed from the Wabasha-Nelson 
  7.36  Bridge Company, dated March 24, 1947, and filed of record in 
  8.1   Book 91 of Deeds, page 101, files of the register of deeds in 
  8.2   and for Buffalo county, Wisconsin. 
  8.3      Sec. 8.  [DELETIONS FROM BIG STONE LAKE STATE PARK.] 
  8.4      [85.012] [Subd. 6.] [BIG STONE LAKE STATE PARK, BIG STONE 
  8.5   COUNTY.] The following areas are deleted from Big Stone Lake 
  8.6   state park, Big Stone county: 
  8.7      All those parts of Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 
  8.8   13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of the plat SECOND ADDITION TO 
  8.9   SUNSET VIEW, according to the plat on file and of record in the 
  8.10  office of the recorder of Big Stone county, Minnesota, being in 
  8.11  Government Lot 1, Section 13, Township 122 North, Range 47 West; 
  8.12  and that part of Government Lot 1, Section 13, Township 122 
  8.13  North, Range 47 West, Big Stone county, Minnesota, being a strip 
  8.14  of land 80 feet in width lying northerly of the plat SECOND 
  8.15  ADDITION TO SUNSET VIEW, according to the plat on file and of 
  8.16  record in the office of the recorder for Big Stone county, 
  8.17  Minnesota, the southerly line of said strip is coincident with 
  8.18  the northerly lines of Lots 3 through 19, inclusive, of said 
  8.19  plat, the westerly boundary of said strip being the northerly 
  8.20  extension of the west line of Lot 19 of said plat. 
  8.21     Sec. 9.  [ADDITIONS TO MYRE-BIG ISLAND STATE PARK, FREEBORN 
  8.22  COUNTY.] 
  8.23     [85.012] [Subd. 27.] [MYRE-BIG ISLAND STATE PARK, FREEBORN 
  8.24  COUNTY.] 
  8.25     The following areas are added to Myre-Big Island state 
  8.26  park, all in Township 102 North, Range 21 West, Freeborn county: 
  8.27     (1) the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
  8.28  11, less therefrom land deeded to the State of Minnesota by deed 
  8.29  dated December 19, 1968, and filed January 20, 1969 in the 
  8.30  Office of the Recorder in and for Freeborn County, Minnesota in 
  8.31  Book 195 of Deeds, page 332; and 
  8.32     (2) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 
  8.33  14, less therefrom land deeded to the State of Minnesota by deed 
  8.34  dated December 19, 1968, and filed January 20, 1969 in the 
  8.35  Office of the Recorder in and for Freeborn County, Minnesota in 
  8.36  Book 195 of Deeds, page 332. 
  9.1      Sec. 10.  [DELETIONS FROM CUYUNA COUNTRY STATE RECREATION 
  9.2   AREA.] 
  9.3      [85.013] [Subd. 5c.] [CUYUNA COUNTRY STATE RECREATION AREA, 
  9.4   CROW WING COUNTY.] 
  9.5      The following area is deleted from Cuyuna Country state 
  9.6   recreation area, Crow Wing county:  Government Lots 1 and 5 of 
  9.7   Section 4, Township 46 North, Range 29 West. 
  9.8      Sec. 11.  [ADDITION TO BIG BOG STATE RECREATION AREA; 
  9.9   BELTRAMI COUNTY.] 
  9.10     [85.013] [Subd. 2c.] [BIG BOG STATE RECREATION AREA, 
  9.11  BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following areas are added to Big Bog state 
  9.12  recreation area, all in Township 156 North, Range 31 West, 
  9.13  Beltrami county: 
  9.14     (1) the Southeast Quarter of Section 35; and 
  9.15     (2) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and the 
  9.16  Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 36. 
  9.17     Sec. 12.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
  9.18  COUNTY.] 
  9.19     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 459.06, 
  9.20  subdivision 3, the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
  9.21  chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, St. Louis county may 
  9.22  sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described in 
  9.23  paragraph (c). 
  9.24     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  9.25  attorney general.  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.26  459.06, subdivision 3, the land described in paragraph (c) is 
  9.27  withdrawn from memorial forest status. 
  9.28     (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and 
  9.29  is described as: 
  9.30     the westerly 100 feet of the northerly 300 feet of the 
  9.31     NW1/4 of the NW1/4, Section 34, Township 61 North, Range 15 
  9.32     West of the Fourth Principal Meridian located in St. Louis 
  9.33     county. 
  9.34     Sec. 13.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BIG STONE 
  9.35  COUNTY.] 
  9.36     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
 10.1   94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
 10.2   sale to the township of Prior the surplus land that is described 
 10.3   in paragraph (c). 
 10.4      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 10.5   attorney general and may be for consideration less than the 
 10.6   appraised value of the land.  The conveyance shall include a 
 10.7   restriction on the use of the land to allow only utility use and 
 10.8   prohibit all other permanent structures. 
 10.9      (c) The land to be sold is located in Big Stone county and 
 10.10  is described as:  That part of Government Lot 1, Section 13, 
 10.11  Township 122 North, Range 47 West, Big Stone county, Minnesota, 
 10.12  being a strip of land 80 feet in width lying northerly of the 
 10.13  plat SECOND ADDITION TO SUNSET VIEW, according to the plat on 
 10.14  file and of record in the office of the recorder for Big Stone 
 10.15  county, Minnesota, the southerly line of said strip is 
 10.16  coincident with the northerly lines of Lots 3 through 19, 
 10.17  inclusive, of said plat, the westerly boundary of said strip 
 10.18  being the northerly extension of the west line of Lot 19 of said 
 10.19  plat.  EXCEPTING therefrom the south 30 feet thereof.  
 10.20     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 10.21  longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 10.22  state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 10.23  land was sold to the township of Prior to allow for upgrading 
 10.24  the septic systems and other utilities in the area. 
 10.25     Sec. 14.  [ADDITIONS TO CUYUNA COUNTRY STATE RECREATION 
 10.26  AREA, CROW WING COUNTY.] 
 10.27     [85.013] [Subd. 5c.] [CUYUNA COUNTRY STATE RECREATION AREA, 
 10.28  CROW WING COUNTY.] 
 10.29     The following areas are added to Cuyuna Country state 
 10.30  recreation area, Crow Wing county, all in Township 46 North, 
 10.31  Range 29 West: 
 10.32     That part of the Northwest Quarter lying East of the 
 10.33  westerly right-of-way line of the Soo Line Railroad of Section 
 10.34  1; the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest 
 10.35  Quarter and the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of 
 10.36  Section 2; and the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of the 
 11.1   Northwest Quarter of Section 11. 
 11.2      Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 282.018, 
 11.3   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 11.4      Subdivision 1.  [LAND ON OR ADJACENT TO PUBLIC WATERS.] (a) 
 11.5   All land which is the property of the state as a result of 
 11.6   forfeiture to the state for nonpayment of taxes, regardless of 
 11.7   whether the land is held in trust for taxing districts, and 
 11.8   which borders on or is adjacent to meandered lakes and other 
 11.9   public waters and watercourses, and the live timber growing or 
 11.10  being thereon, is hereby withdrawn from sale except as 
 11.11  hereinafter provided.  The authority having jurisdiction over 
 11.12  the timber on any such lands may sell the timber as otherwise 
 11.13  provided by law for cutting and removal under such conditions as 
 11.14  the authority may prescribe in accordance with approved, 
 11.15  sustained yield forestry practices.  The authority having 
 11.16  jurisdiction over the timber shall reserve such timber and 
 11.17  impose such conditions as the authority deems necessary for the 
 11.18  protection of watersheds, wildlife habitat, shorelines, and 
 11.19  scenic features.  Within the area in Cook, Lake, and St. Louis 
 11.20  counties described in the Act of Congress approved July 10, 1930 
 11.21  (46 Stat. 1020), the timber on tax-forfeited lands shall be 
 11.22  subject to like restrictions as are now imposed by that act on 
 11.23  federal lands.  
 11.24     (b) Of all tax-forfeited land bordering on or adjacent to 
 11.25  meandered lakes and other public waters and watercourses and so 
 11.26  withdrawn from sale, a strip two rods in width, the ordinary 
 11.27  high-water mark being the waterside boundary thereof, and the 
 11.28  land side boundary thereof being a line drawn parallel to the 
 11.29  ordinary high-water mark and two rods distant landward 
 11.30  therefrom, hereby is reserved for public travel thereon, and 
 11.31  whatever the conformation of the shore line or conditions 
 11.32  require, the authority having jurisdiction over such lands shall 
 11.33  reserve a wider strip for such purposes.  
 11.34     (c) Any tract or parcel of land which has 50 150 feet or 
 11.35  less of waterfront may be sold by the authority having 
 11.36  jurisdiction over the land, in the manner otherwise provided by 
 12.1   law for the sale of such lands, if the authority determines that 
 12.2   it is in the public interest to do so.  If the authority having 
 12.3   jurisdiction over the land is not the commissioner of natural 
 12.4   resources, the land may not be offered for sale without the 
 12.5   prior approval of the commissioner of natural resources. 
 12.6      (d) Where the authority having jurisdiction over lands 
 12.7   withdrawn from sale under this section is not the commissioner 
 12.8   of natural resources, the authority may submit proposals for 
 12.9   disposition of the lands to the commissioner.  The commissioner 
 12.10  of natural resources shall evaluate the lands and their public 
 12.11  benefits and make recommendations on the proposed dispositions 
 12.12  to the committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over 
 12.13  natural resources.  The commissioner shall include any 
 12.14  recommendations of the commissioner for disposition of lands 
 12.15  withdrawn from sale under this section over which the 
 12.16  commissioner has jurisdiction.  The commissioner's 
 12.17  recommendations may include a public sale, sale to a private 
 12.18  party, acquisition by the department of natural resources for 
 12.19  public purposes, or a cooperative management agreement with, or 
 12.20  transfer to, another unit of government. 
 12.21     Sec. 16.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 12.22  PUBLIC WATER; DOUGLAS COUNTY.] 
 12.23     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 12.24  282.018, subdivision 1, Douglas county may sell the 
 12.25  tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 12.26  paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 12.27  Statutes, chapter 282. 
 12.28     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 12.29  attorney general.  
 12.30     (c) The land to be sold is located in Douglas county and is 
 12.31  described as: 
 12.32     Lot 4, Block 1, Cedar Hills 1st Addition, Section 8, 
 12.33     Township 130, Range 37. 
 12.34     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 12.35  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 12.36  returned to private ownership. 
 13.1      Sec. 17.  [PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND 
 13.2   BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; KANDIYOHI COUNTY.] 
 13.3      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 13.4   94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell 
 13.5   the surplus land and buildings bordering on public waters that 
 13.6   are described in paragraph (c) to the city of New London; or 
 13.7   notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 
 13.8   94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by public 
 13.9   sale the surplus land and buildings bordering on public waters 
 13.10  that are described in paragraph (c). 
 13.11     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 13.12  general for consideration no less than the appraised value of 
 13.13  the land and buildings.  The sale shall reserve to the state an 
 13.14  easement along the Crow river to ensure public access and access 
 13.15  for dam management and maintenance at the outlet of the mill 
 13.16  pond known as Mud lake. 
 13.17     (c) The land to be sold is located in Kandiyohi county and 
 13.18  is described as: 
 13.19     All of Lots 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 and that part of Lot 14 
 13.20  otherwise described as the Mill Lot lying north and east of the 
 13.21  Crow river, all being in Block 8 within the city of New London, 
 13.22  Minnesota, excepting therefrom the following three parcels: 
 13.23     (1) commencing at a point on the west line of Lot 8, Block 
 13.24  8 in the village of New London, 16-2/3 feet North of the 
 13.25  southwest corner of said Lot 8; running thence easterly on a 
 13.26  line parallel to the south line of said Lot 8, 100 feet to the 
 13.27  west line of Main Street; thence southerly on west line of Main 
 13.28  Street to a point, 50 feet; thence westerly on a line parallel 
 13.29  to the south line of said Lot 8 to a point, 70 feet; thence 
 13.30  northwesterly to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; 
 13.31     (2) commencing at a point 16 feet West from the northwest 
 13.32  corner of Lot 1, Block 8 of the village of New London; thence 
 13.33  120 feet South parallel with the west line of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 
 13.34  5, and 6; thence West to the bank of the Crow river; thence 
 13.35  along said bank of the Crow river to a point intersecting with a 
 13.36  line drawn North and South from a point, 100 feet West of the 
 14.1   PLACE OF BEGINNING; thence North to the north line of Block 8; 
 14.2   thence East to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; and 
 14.3      (3) commencing at a point on the north line of Block 8, 220 
 14.4   feet West of the northeast corner of said Block 8; thence West 
 14.5   50 feet; thence South 30 feet; thence southeasterly to a point 
 14.6   which is 50 feet South of the PLACE OF BEGINNING; thence due 
 14.7   North 50 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING. 
 14.8      The above described tract contains 0.46 acres to be sold. 
 14.9      (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 14.10  longer needed for any natural resource purpose other than 
 14.11  easement access for dam maintenance and that the state's land 
 14.12  management interests would best be served if the land was sold 
 14.13  by public sale or sold to the city of New London. 
 14.14     Sec. 18.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TRUST FUND LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
 14.15  WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.] 
 14.16     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
 14.17  commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale the 
 14.18  school trust fund land bordering public water that is described 
 14.19  in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions in Minnesota 
 14.20  Statutes, chapter 92. 
 14.21     (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
 14.22  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 14.23  value of the land.  The attorney general may make necessary 
 14.24  changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure 
 14.25  accuracy. 
 14.26     (c) The land that may be sold is located in Itasca county 
 14.27  and is described as follows:  Lot 6, Block 1 of Little Island 
 14.28  Lake Leased homesites, located in Government Lot 9, Section 16, 
 14.29  Township 58 North, Range 25 West. 
 14.30     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 14.31  longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 14.32  state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 14.33  land was sold. 
 14.34     Sec. 19.  [LAND EXCHANGE; LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.] 
 14.35     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 14.36  94.342, the commissioner of natural resources may exchange, with 
 15.1   the adjoining landowner, the acquired forest land bordering 
 15.2   public waters described in paragraph (b). 
 15.3      (b) The land to be exchanged is located in Lake of the 
 15.4   Woods county and is described as the West 450 feet of Government 
 15.5   Lot 7, Section 5, Township 167 North, Range 33 West. 
 15.6      (c) The exchange will correct an inadvertent trespass on 
 15.7   state land. 
 15.8      Sec. 20.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 15.9   PUBLIC WATER; MEEKER COUNTY.] 
 15.10     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 15.11  282.018, subdivision 1, Meeker county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 15.12  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 15.13  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 15.14  282. 
 15.15     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 15.16  attorney general.  
 15.17     (c) The land to be sold is located in Meeker county and is 
 15.18  described as: 
 15.19     Pt Southeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter (SE1/4 SE1/4) 
 15.20  beginning southeast corner Section 23, thence West 683.17 feet 
 15.21  to point of beginning, northwest 252.31 feet northwest 122 feet, 
 15.22  northeast 91 feet, southerly to south line Southeast Quarter of 
 15.23  Southeast Quarter (SE1/4 SE1/4), thence West 44 feet to point of 
 15.24  beginning.  Section 23, Township 120, Range 31 (PID 12-0213001). 
 15.25     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 15.26  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 15.27  returned to private ownership. 
 15.28     Sec. 21.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; MORRISON 
 15.29  COUNTY.] 
 15.30     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
 15.31  94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
 15.32  sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c). 
 15.33     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 15.34  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 15.35  value of the land.  The attorney general may make necessary 
 15.36  changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure 
 16.1   accuracy. 
 16.2      (c) The land to be sold is located in Morrison county and 
 16.3   is described as:  the South 33 feet of the Northwest Quarter of 
 16.4   the Southeast Quarter, the West 33 feet of Government Lot 2, and 
 16.5   the South 33 feet of the West 33 feet of the Northeast Quarter 
 16.6   of the Southeast Quarter, all in Section 11, Township 132 North, 
 16.7   Range 31 West. 
 16.8      (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 16.9   longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 16.10  state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 16.11  land was returned to private ownership. 
 16.12     Sec. 22.  [PUBLIC SALE OF SCHOOL TRUST LAND BORDERING 
 16.13  PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 16.14     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
 16.15  commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale the 
 16.16  school trust land bordering public water that is described in 
 16.17  paragraph (c). 
 16.18     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 16.19  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 16.20  value of the land.  The conveyance must include an easement to 
 16.21  ensure public access and state management access to the 
 16.22  state-owned land on the north side of Blueberry lake.  The 
 16.23  attorney general may make necessary changes in the legal 
 16.24  description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
 16.25     (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and 
 16.26  is approximately three acres adjacent to Blueberry lake in the 
 16.27  northeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast 
 16.28  Quarter, Section 4, Township 61 North, Range 12 West. 
 16.29     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 16.30  longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 16.31  state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 16.32  land was returned to private ownership.  The adjoining private 
 16.33  owner has inadvertently built part of a home, a septic system, 
 16.34  and yard improvements on the land. 
 16.35     Sec. 23.  [CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; 
 16.36  RAMSEY, STEVENS, AND CARLTON COUNTIES.] 
 17.1      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 
 17.2   94.16, or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of 
 17.3   administration may convey to the University of Minnesota board 
 17.4   of regents for no consideration the surplus land that is 
 17.5   described in paragraph (c). 
 17.6      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 17.7   attorney general.  The attorney general may correct the legal 
 17.8   descriptions under paragraph (c) as reasonably necessary after 
 17.9   review of a survey and title report delivered to the board of 
 17.10  regents. 
 17.11     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Ramsey, Stevens, 
 17.12  and Carlton counties and is described as: 
 17.13     (1) the North Half of the West Half of the West Half of the 
 17.14  Southwest Quarter of Section 21, Township 29 North, Range 23 
 17.15  West, Ramsey county, Minnesota; 
 17.16     (2) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, the 
 17.17  Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
 17.18  Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the 
 17.19  Southwest Quarter, the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
 17.20  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter of 
 17.21  the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, of Section 36, 
 17.22  Township 125, Range 42, Stevens county, Minnesota; 
 17.23     (3) the South Half of the South Half of the Northwest 
 17.24  Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of 
 17.25  Section 36, Township 125, Range 42, Stevens county, Minnesota; 
 17.26     (4) beginning at the northwest corner of the Southeast 
 17.27  Quarter of Section 36, Township 125, Range 42, Stevens county, 
 17.28  Minnesota, and running thence South on the quarter line 11.05 
 17.29  chains; thence East at right angles with said quarter line 3.16 
 17.30  chains; thence South parallel with said quarter line 2.57 chains 
 17.31  to the Morris and Cyrus public road; thence easterly along the 
 17.32  north line of said road to a point on the east line of the 
 17.33  Northwest Quarter of Southeast Quarter of said Section 36 7.25 
 17.34  chains South of the northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of 
 17.35  said Southeast Quarter of said Section 36 aforesaid; thence 
 17.36  North 7.25 chains to the northeast corner of the Northwest 
 18.1   Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 36 aforesaid; 
 18.2   thence West on the north line of said Northwest Quarter of 
 18.3   Southeast Quarter of said Section 36 to the northwest corner of 
 18.4   said Southeast Quarter of said Section 36, or place of 
 18.5   beginning, containing twenty one and one half acres, more or 
 18.6   less according to the government survey thereof; the same being 
 18.7   all that portion of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast 
 18.8   Quarter of Section 36, Township 125, Range 42, Stevens county, 
 18.9   Minnesota, lying and being North of the public highway running 
 18.10  from the city of Morris to Cyrus, except one acre thereof in the 
 18.11  southwest corner thereof used by the city of Morris as a pumping 
 18.12  station; 
 18.13     (5) all that part of the East one half of the Southwest 
 18.14  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 125 
 18.15  North, Range 42 West, lying South of the county road running 
 18.16  from Morris, Minnesota to Cyrus, Minnesota, and contains 15 
 18.17  acres more or less according to government survey, and all lying 
 18.18  in the county of Stevens; 
 18.19     (6) Lot 3 of county subdivision of unplatted part of East 
 18.20  Half of Section 35, Township 125, Range 42, Stevens county, 
 18.21  Minnesota containing according to said county subdivision 8 and 
 18.22  3/4 acres described as follows:  Commencing at a point on the 
 18.23  North side of the county road leading from Morris to Cyrus, 
 18.24  Minnesota, 688 feet from the southeast corner of Section 35, 
 18.25  Township 125, Range 42; thence North 887 feet; thence West 440 
 18.26  feet; thence South 646 feet; thence southeast 391 feet to said 
 18.27  county road; thence northeast along said road 232 feet to the 
 18.28  place of beginning, containing 8.75 acres; 
 18.29     (7) beginning at the Quarter Post; being the southwest 
 18.30  corner of the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 125 
 18.31  North, Range 41 West, Stevens county, Minnesota; running along 
 18.32  the county road (Morris, Minnesota to Glenwood, Minnesota) or 
 18.33  along the established line of the said county road running from 
 18.34  said quarter post North sixty three degrees and thirty minutes 
 18.35  East one and fifty six one hundredths chains; thence North sixty 
 18.36  one degrees East eight and thirteen one hundredths chains; 
 19.1   thence North eighty seven degrees and twenty five minutes East 
 19.2   seven and seven one hundredths chains; thence North sixty nine 
 19.3   degrees and thirty minutes East fourteen and eighty five one 
 19.4   hundredths chains; thence North seventy seven degrees East 
 19.5   twenty seven chains; thence leaving the said county road and 
 19.6   running North twenty five chains to a point on the north 
 19.7   boundary line of the said Section 31, Township 125, Range 41, 
 19.8   fifteen chains East of the northeast corner of the Northwest 
 19.9   Quarter of said Section 31, Township 125, Range 41; thence West 
 19.10  along the said north boundary line of the said Section 31, 
 19.11  Township 125, Range 41 to the northwest corner of the Northwest 
 19.12  Quarter of said Section 31, Township 125, Range 41; thence South 
 19.13  along the west boundary line of said Section 31, Township 125, 
 19.14  Range 41 to the place of beginning, except twelve and nine 
 19.15  tenths acres of land owned by the Northern Pacific Railway 
 19.16  Company, being used for railroad right-of-way and special snow 
 19.17  fence purposes.  The above described part of said Section 31, 
 19.18  Township 125, Range 41, contains however one hundred and sixty 
 19.19  acres, exclusive of said twelve and nine tenths acres of 
 19.20  railroad right-of-way; 
 19.21     (8) all that part of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 and NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 
 19.22  1/4 Section 36, Township 125 North, Range 42 West, Stevens 
 19.23  county, Minnesota, lying north of the main wagon road running 
 19.24  from the village of Morris, Minnesota, to the village of Cyrus, 
 19.25  Minnesota, and more particularly described as follows:  
 19.26  Beginning at a point where said road intersects the north line 
 19.27  of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4; thence in a westerly direction 16.06 
 19.28  chains to the NW corner of the NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said 
 19.29  Section 36; thence in a southerly direction along the west line 
 19.30  of said NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4, 5.90 chains to the north line of 
 19.31  said road right-of-way; thence in a northeasterly direction 
 19.32  along the north line of said road right-of-way 17.05 chains to 
 19.33  the point of beginning containing 4.80 acres, more or less, and 
 19.34  being the same lands conveyed to the United States by Edwin J. 
 19.35  Jones, et ux, by deed dated January 26, 1903, and Harold 
 19.36  Thorson, et ux, by deed dated February 26, 1903; 
 20.1      (9) all of that part of the Northeast Quarter of the 
 20.2   Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 36, 
 20.3   Township 125 North, Range 42 West, Stevens county, Minnesota, 
 20.4   lying North of the main wagon road running from the village of 
 20.5   Morris, Minnesota, to the village of Cyrus, Minnesota and 
 20.6   further described by metes and bounds as follows, to-wit: 
 20.7   Beginning at a point on the east line of the NE 1/4 of the SW 
 20.8   1/4 of the SW 1/4, Section 36, Township 125, Range 42, two and 
 20.9   thirty one hundredths chains South of the northeast corner of 
 20.10  said NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Section 36, Township 
 20.11  125, Range 42, running North on the east line of said NE 1/4 of 
 20.12  SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 36, Township 125, Range 42, two and 
 20.13  thirty one hundredths chains to the said northeast corner of 
 20.14  said NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 36, Township 125, Range 
 20.15  42; thence West on the north line of said described land, ten 
 20.16  chains, more or less to the northwest corner of said NE 1/4 of 
 20.17  SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 36, Township 125, Range 42; thence 
 20.18  South on the west line of said described tract of land five and 
 20.19  ninety one hundredths chains to the said wagon road; thence 
 20.20  northeast along said wagon road, ten and sixty one hundredths 
 20.21  chains to the place of beginning on the east line of said NE 1/4 
 20.22  of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 36, Township 125, Range 42, 
 20.23  containing about four and ten one hundredths acres, more or 
 20.24  less, according to the government survey thereof; 
 20.25     (10) beginning at the northwest corner of the Southeast 
 20.26  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 125, 
 20.27  Range 42, Stevens county, Minnesota and running South two and 
 20.28  thirty hundredths chains on the west line of said Southeast 
 20.29  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, of Section 36, Township 125, 
 20.30  Range 42 to the road.  Thence northeast along the north line of 
 20.31  the road six and forty five hundredths chains to the north line 
 20.32  of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 
 20.33  36, Township 125, Range 42; thence West on the north line of 
 20.34  said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 36, 
 20.35  Township 125, Range 42, six and six hundredths chains, to place 
 20.36  of beginning, containing seven tenths of an acre, more or less; 
 21.1      (11) all of Section 36, Township 49, Range 18, Carlton 
 21.2   county, Minnesota, except the East Half of the Northeast 
 21.3   Quarter; all of Section 31, Township 49, Range 17, except the 
 21.4   Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and the Southeast 
 21.5   Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; the South Half of the 
 21.6   Southeast Quarter, the South Half of the Southwest Quarter, the 
 21.7   Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and the South Half 
 21.8   of the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 30, Township 49, Range 
 21.9   17; the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, the South 
 21.10  Half of the Northwest Quarter, all of the Southwest Quarter, the 
 21.11  South Half of the Southeast Quarter, and Northeast Quarter of 
 21.12  the Southeast Quarter, Section 29, Township 49, Range 17; the 
 21.13  North Half of the Northwest Quarter, the Southwest Quarter of 
 21.14  the Northeast Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter, Section 32, 
 21.15  Township 49, Range 17, containing two thousand and ninety-four 
 21.16  and ninety-seven hundredths acres, according to government 
 21.17  survey thereof; 
 21.18     (12) the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
 21.19  Section 30 in Township 49 North, Range 17 West, Carlton county, 
 21.20  Minnesota, containing forty acres, according to the official 
 21.21  plat of the survey of the said lands, returned to the general 
 21.22  land office by the surveyor general; and 
 21.23     (13) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and the 
 21.24  Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, 
 21.25  Township 49 North, Range 17 West, Carlton county, Minnesota. 
 21.26     (d) Conveyance of land in Stevens county under this section 
 21.27  is subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 137.16.  Land conveyed 
 21.28  under this section retains any bonding obligations on the 
 21.29  buildings located thereon that exist at the time of conveyance. 
 21.30     Sec. 24.  [PUBLIC SALE OF STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA 
 21.31  LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATERS; SCOTT COUNTY.] 
 21.32     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
 21.33  commissioner of natural resources may sell the wildlife 
 21.34  management area land bordering public waters described in 
 21.35  paragraph (e) by public sale according to Minnesota Statutes, 
 21.36  section 97A.135, subdivision 2a. 
 22.1      (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
 22.2   attorney general for consideration of no less than the appraised 
 22.3   value of the land. 
 22.4      (c) The deed must contain a restrictive covenant that 
 22.5   prohibits altering, disturbing vegetation in, draining, filling, 
 22.6   or placing any material or structure of any kind on or in the 
 22.7   existing wetland area located on the land; prohibits any run-off 
 22.8   from other lands or buildings into said wetland; and prohibits 
 22.9   diverting or appropriating water from said wetland. 
 22.10     (d) The consideration received for the conveyance shall be 
 22.11  deposited in the state treasury and credited to the wildlife 
 22.12  acquisition account in the game and fish fund.  The money is 
 22.13  appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for 
 22.14  wildlife land acquisition purposes. 
 22.15     (e) The land that may be sold is in the Prior Lake wildlife 
 22.16  management area in Scott county and is described as: 
 22.17     The East 1200 feet of the South 800 feet of the Southwest 
 22.18     Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 
 22.19     115 North, Range 22 West.  Including the abandoned 
 22.20     right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and 
 22.21     Pacific Railroad Company (formerly the Hastings and Dakota 
 22.22     Railway Company).  Containing 22 acres, more or less. 
 22.23     (f) This land no longer fits into the state wildlife 
 22.24  management area system because of hunting limitations, its small 
 22.25  size, and future development planned for the area.  Proceeds 
 22.26  from the sale will be used to purchase lands more suitable for 
 22.27  wildlife management and public hunting. 
 22.28     Sec. 25.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; SHERBURNE 
 22.29  COUNTY.] 
 22.30     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
 22.31  94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
 22.32  sale the lands that are described in paragraph (c) to the 
 22.33  adjacent landowners upon completion of an internal land exchange 
 22.34  whereby the status of the lands described in paragraph (c) will 
 22.35  become acquired state forest status. 
 22.36     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 23.1   attorney general for consideration not less than the appraised 
 23.2   value of the lands. 
 23.3      (c) The lands to be conveyed are located in Sherburne 
 23.4   county and are described as: 
 23.5      (1) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 23.6   Quarter of Section 36, Township 34 North, Range 27 West, 
 23.7   Sherburne county, Minnesota, described as follows:  Beginning at 
 23.8   the northeast corner of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 23.9   Quarter; thence on a bearing, based on the 1983 Sherburne County 
 23.10  Coordinate System (1986 Adjustment), of South 02 degrees 42 
 23.11  minutes 52 seconds West 746.69 feet along the east line of said 
 23.12  Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to the center line of 
 23.13  a township road; thence North 71 degrees 56 minutes 43 seconds 
 23.14  West 61.36 feet along said center line; thence North 00 degrees 
 23.15  35 minutes 14 seconds West 727.25 feet to the north line of said 
 23.16  Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence South 89 
 23.17  degrees 47 minutes 12 seconds East 101.15 feet along said north 
 23.18  line to the point of beginning; containing 1.35 acres; 
 23.19     (2) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 23.20  Quarter of Section 36, Township 34 North, Range 27 West, 
 23.21  Sherburne county, Minnesota, described as follows:  Commencing 
 23.22  at the northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the 
 23.23  Southwest Quarter; thence on a bearing, based on the 1983 
 23.24  Sherburne County Coordinate System (1986 Adjustment), of South 
 23.25  02 degrees 42 minutes 52 seconds West 905.10 feet along the east 
 23.26  line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to a 
 23.27  point on the south line of the North 904.20 feet of the 
 23.28  Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 36 
 23.29  and the point of beginning; thence North 89 degrees 50 minutes 
 23.30  32 seconds West 123.41 feet on the westerly extension of the 
 23.31  North 904.20 feet of said Northwest Quarter of the Southeast 
 23.32  Quarter; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 40 seconds East 
 23.33  416.58 feet to the south line of said Northeast Quarter of the 
 23.34  Southwest Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 12 seconds 
 23.35  East 101.15 feet along said south line to the southeast corner 
 23.36  of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence North 
 24.1   02 degrees 42 minutes 52 seconds East 417.08 feet along the east 
 24.2   line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to the 
 24.3   point of beginning; containing 1.06 acres; 
 24.4      (3) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 24.5   Quarter of Section 36, Township 34 North, Range 27 West, 
 24.6   Sherburne county, Minnesota, described as follows:  Commencing 
 24.7   at the northeast corner of said Southeast Quarter of the 
 24.8   Southwest Quarter; thence on a bearing, based on the 1983 
 24.9   Sherburne County Coordinate System (1986 Adjustment), of South 
 24.10  02 degrees 42 minutes 52 seconds West 746.69 feet along the east 
 24.11  line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to the 
 24.12  center line of a township road and the point of beginning; 
 24.13  thence North 71 degrees 56 minutes 43 seconds West 61.36 feet 
 24.14  along said center line; thence South 00 degrees 35 minutes 14 
 24.15  seconds East 593.77 feet to the south line of said Southeast 
 24.16  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 43 
 24.17  minutes 53 seconds East 25.00 feet along said south line to the 
 24.18  southeast corner of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 24.19  Quarter; thence North 02 degrees 42 minutes 52 seconds East 
 24.20  575.49 feet along the east line of said Southeast Quarter of the 
 24.21  Southwest Quarter to the point of beginning; containing 0.59 
 24.22  acres; and 
 24.23     (4) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 24.24  Quarter of Section 36, Township 34 North, Range 27 West, 
 24.25  Sherburne county, Minnesota, described as follows:  Beginning at 
 24.26  the northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 24.27  Quarter; thence on a bearing, based on the 1983 Sherburne County 
 24.28  Coordinate System (1986 Adjustment), of South 02 degrees 42 
 24.29  minutes 52 seconds West 905.10 feet along the east line of said 
 24.30  Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to a point on the 
 24.31  south line of the North 904.20 feet of the Northwest Quarter of 
 24.32  the Southeast Quarter of said Section 36; thence North 89 
 24.33  degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds West 123.41 feet on the westerly 
 24.34  extension of the North 904.20 feet of said Northwest Quarter of 
 24.35  the Southeast Quarter; thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 40 
 24.36  seconds West 904.24 feet to the north line of said Northeast 
 25.1   Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 50 
 25.2   minutes 32 seconds East 171.71 feet along said north line to the 
 25.3   point of beginning; containing 3.06 acres. 
 25.4      (d) The lands described in paragraph (c) are part of an 
 25.5   internal pending land exchange.  After approval of the exchange 
 25.6   by the state land exchange board, the trust fund status of the 
 25.7   lands described in paragraph (c) will become acquired state 
 25.8   forest status.  The lands described in paragraph (c) are then 
 25.9   withdrawn from the Sand Dunes state forest and will be certified 
 25.10  as surplus by the commissioner.  The commissioner of natural 
 25.11  resources has determined, due to recent survey information, that 
 25.12  the lands described in paragraph (c) are not suitable for public 
 25.13  land management; that the state's land management interests 
 25.14  would best be served by conveyance of the land to the adjacent 
 25.15  land owners; and that the conveyance will resolve a 
 25.16  long-standing unintentional trespass. 
 25.17     Sec. 26.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WINONA 
 25.18  COUNTY.] 
 25.19     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
 25.20  94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
 25.21  sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c). 
 25.22     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 25.23  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 25.24  value of the land. 
 25.25     (c) The land to be sold is located in Winona county and is 
 25.26  described as: 
 25.27     That part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter 
 25.28  of Section 26, Township 105 North, Range 9 West, Winona county, 
 25.29  Minnesota, described as follows: 
 25.30     Beginning at the northwest corner of said Southeast Quarter 
 25.31  of the Southwest Quarter; thence on a bearing, based on the 
 25.32  Winona County Coordinate System of 1983 (1986 Adjustment), of 
 25.33  South 00 degrees 17 minutes 40 seconds West along the west line 
 25.34  of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter 388.05 feet; 
 25.35  thence North 85 degrees 20 minutes 05 seconds East 87.79 feet; 
 25.36  thence North 02 degrees 44 minutes 27 seconds West 353.94 feet; 
 26.1   thence North 86 degrees 36 minutes 30 seconds East 423.51 feet 
 26.2   to the north line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 26.3   Quarter; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 52 seconds West 
 26.4   along the north line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 26.5   Quarter 491.34 feet to the point of beginning; containing 0.82 
 26.6   acres. 
 26.7      (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 26.8   longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 26.9   state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 26.10  land was returned to private ownership. 
 26.11     Sec. 27.  [TAX-FORFEITED LAND IN RAMSEY COUNTY.] 
 26.12     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 26.13  Statutes, chapter 282, Ramsey county may sell by private sale 
 26.14  the tax-forfeited land that is described in paragraph (c) under 
 26.15  the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 26.16     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 26.17  general. 
 26.18     (c) The land to be sold is located in Ramsey county and is 
 26.19  described as:  
 26.20  The property defined as Laporte Meadows North of the state 
 26.21  highway 10 right-of-way. 
 26.22     (d) Ramsey county has determined that the county's land 
 26.23  management interests would be best served if the land was sold 
 26.24  to the city of Mounds View for the use of a public purpose.  
 26.25     Sec. 28.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 26.26     Section 3 is effective the day following final enactment. 
 26.27     Sec. 29.  [EFFECTIVE DATE; LOCAL APPROVAL.] 
 26.28     Section 12 is effective the day after the governing body of 
 26.29  St. Louis county and its chief clerical officer timely complete 
 26.30  their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, 
 26.31  subdivisions 2 and 3.