1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state lands; providing for certain state 
  1.3             land acquisition; modifying the Mississippi whitewater 
  1.4             trail; modifying provisions of the outdoor recreation 
  1.5             system; establishing a mineral coordinating committee; 
  1.6             establishing boundaries for a proposed state park; 
  1.7             adding to and deleting from state parks, state 
  1.8             recreation areas, state forests, and wildlife 
  1.9             management areas; authorizing public and private sales 
  1.10            and conveyances of certain state lands; requiring 
  1.11            certain land exchanges; modifying certain 
  1.12            appropriations conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.13            2002, sections 85.013, subdivision 1; 85.0156, 
  1.14            subdivision 1; 86A.04; Laws 2001, First Special 
  1.15            Session chapter 2, section 14, subdivision 4; 
  1.16            proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
  1.17            chapter 93. 
  1.18  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.19     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 85.013, 
  1.20  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.21     Subdivision 1.  [NAMES, ACQUISITION; ADMINISTRATION.] State 
  1.22  parks, (a) Designated monuments, recreation reserves, and 
  1.23  waysides heretofore established and hereby confirmed as state 
  1.24  monuments, state recreation areas and state waysides together 
  1.25  with the counties in which they are situated are listed in this 
  1.26  section and shall hereafter be named as indicated in this 
  1.27  section.  
  1.28     (b) Any land that now is or hereafter becomes tax-forfeited 
  1.29  land and is located within the described boundaries of a state 
  1.30  recreation area as defined by session laws is hereby withdrawn 
  1.31  from sale and is transferred from the custody, control, and 
  2.1   supervision of the county board of the county to the 
  2.2   commissioner of natural resources, free from any trust in favor 
  2.3   of the interested taxing districts.  The commissioner shall 
  2.4   execute a certificate of acceptance of the lands on behalf of 
  2.5   the state for such purposes and transmit the same to the county 
  2.6   auditor of the county for record as provided by law in the case 
  2.7   of tax-forfeited land transferred to the commissioner by 
  2.8   resolution of the county board for conservation purposes. 
  2.9      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 85.0156, 
  2.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.11     Subdivision 1.  [CREATION.] An urban whitewater trail is 
  2.12  created along the Mississippi river in the lower St. Anthony 
  2.13  falls area below the stone arch bridge in Minneapolis.  The 
  2.14  trail must be primarily developed for whitewater rafters, 
  2.15  canoers, and kayakers. 
  2.16     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 86A.04, is 
  2.17  amended to read: 
  2.18     86A.04 [COMPOSITION OF SYSTEM.] 
  2.19     The outdoor recreation system shall consist of all state 
  2.20  parks; state recreation areas; state trails established pursuant 
  2.21  to sections 84.029, subdivision 2, and 85.015, 85.0155, and 
  2.22  85.0156; state scientific and natural areas; state wilderness 
  2.23  areas; state forests; state wildlife management areas; state 
  2.24  water access sites, which include all lands and facilities 
  2.25  established by the commissioner of natural resources or the 
  2.26  commissioner of transportation to provide public access to 
  2.27  water; state wild, scenic, and recreational rivers; state 
  2.28  historic sites; state rest areas, which include all facilities 
  2.29  established by the commissioner of transportation for the 
  2.30  safety, rest, comfort and use of the highway traveler, and shall 
  2.31  include all existing facilities designated as rest areas and 
  2.32  waysides by the commissioner of transportation; and any other 
  2.33  units not listed in this section that are classified under 
  2.34  section 86A.05.  Each individual state park, state recreation 
  2.35  area, and so forth is called a "unit." 
  2.36     Sec. 4.  [93.0015] [MINERAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE.] 
  3.1      Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT; MEMBERSHIP.] The mineral 
  3.2   coordinating committee is established to plan for diversified 
  3.3   mineral development.  The mineral coordinating committee 
  3.4   consists of: 
  3.5      (1) the commissioner of natural resources; 
  3.6      (2) the deputy commissioner of the Minnesota pollution 
  3.7   control agency; 
  3.8      (3) the director of United Steelworkers of America, 
  3.9   district 11, or the director's designee; 
  3.10     (4) the commissioner of iron range resources and 
  3.11  rehabilitation; 
  3.12     (5) the director of the Minnesota geological survey; 
  3.13     (6) the dean of the University of Minnesota institute of 
  3.14  technology; 
  3.15     (7) the director of the natural resources research 
  3.16  institute; and 
  3.17     (8) three individuals appointed by the governor for a 
  3.18  four-year term, one each representing the iron ore and taconite, 
  3.19  nonferrous metallic minerals, and industrial minerals industries 
  3.20  within the state. 
  3.21     Subd. 2.  [STAFFING.] The commissioner of natural resources 
  3.22  shall serve as chair of the committee.  A member of the 
  3.23  committee may designate another person of the member's 
  3.24  organization to act in the member's place.  The commissioner 
  3.25  shall provide staff and administrative services necessary for 
  3.26  the committee's activities. 
  3.27     Subd. 3.  [LAND PURCHASES.] The commissioner may not use 
  3.28  money in the land acquisition account under section 94.165 to 
  3.29  purchase land for Greenleaf Lake state park.  The commissioner 
  3.30  may only purchase land for Greenleaf Lake state park with money 
  3.31  appropriated specifically for that purpose. 
  3.32     Subd. 4.  [EXPIRATION.] Notwithstanding section 15.059, 
  3.33  subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the committee 
  3.34  expires June 30, 2007.  
  3.35     Subd. 5.  [ADVICE.] The mineral coordinating committee is 
  3.36  encouraged to solicit and receive advice from representatives of 
  4.1   the United States Geological Survey, United States Environmental 
  4.2   Protection Agency, and United States Department of Energy. 
  4.3      Sec. 5.  [PROPOSED GREENLEAF LAKE STATE PARK.] 
  4.4      Subdivision 1.  [PROPOSED PARK.] Boundaries for a proposed 
  4.5   Greenleaf Lake state park in Meeker county are established 
  4.6   according to subdivision 2. 
  4.7      Subd. 2.  [BOUNDARIES.] The following described lands are 
  4.8   proposed for Greenleaf Lake state park, all in Township 118 
  4.9   North, Range 30 West, Meeker county:  
  4.10     (1) all of Government Lots 1 and 2, the East Half of the 
  4.11  South 23.61 acres of Government Lot 3, and Government Lot 4, 
  4.12  excepting that part described as follows:  Beginning at a point 
  4.13  109 feet South of a point on the section line which is 4301.5 
  4.14  feet East of the northwest corner of Section 20; thence in a 
  4.15  southwesterly direction South 14 degrees 36 seconds West 403.0 
  4.16  feet; thence in a southeasterly direction South 75 degrees 24 
  4.17  minutes East 402 feet, to a point on the meandered line of Sioux 
  4.18  Lake; thence in a northeasterly direction along the meandered 
  4.19  line North 14 degrees 36 minutes East 553 feet; thence in a 
  4.20  southwesterly direction along the meandered line South 84 
  4.21  degrees 00 minutes West 431 feet, to the point of beginning, 
  4.22  said exception containing 4.4 acres more or less; all in Section 
  4.23  20; 
  4.24     (2) all of Government Lot 2, the Southeast Quarter except 
  4.25  that described as follows:  Beginning at the northeast corner of 
  4.26  said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence on an 
  4.27  assumed bearing of South 0 degrees 08 minutes 46 seconds West, 
  4.28  along the east line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
  4.29  Quarter, a distance of 306.24 feet; thence on a bearing of North 
  4.30  84 degrees 17 minutes 23 seconds West, 628.50 feet; thence on a 
  4.31  bearing of North 0 degrees 08 minutes 46 seconds East, 338.05 
  4.32  feet; thence on a bearing of South 86 degrees 08 minutes East, 
  4.33  626.86 feet to the east line of the Northwest Quarter of the 
  4.34  Southeast Quarter; thence on a bearing of South 0 degrees 08 
  4.35  minutes 46 seconds West, along last said line, 52.07 feet to the 
  4.36  point of beginning.  Containing 2.5 acres, more or less.  
  5.1   Subject to the rights of the public in County Road No. 172; and 
  5.2   excepting the north nine and eighty-four hundredths (9.84) acres 
  5.3   of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter described as 
  5.4   follows:  Beginning at the northeast corner of the Southeast 
  5.5   Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and running; thence West 
  5.6   nineteen and ninety-two hundredths chains (19.92) to the 1/16 
  5.7   section corner; thence South on the 1/16 section line four and 
  5.8   sixty-four hundredths (4.64) chains; thence East nineteen and 
  5.9   ninety-three hundredths (19.93) chains to the section line; 
  5.10  thence North on section line five and twenty-four hundredths 
  5.11  (5.24) chains to the place of beginning; all in Section 21; 
  5.12     (3) the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the 
  5.13  Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Northeast 
  5.14  Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and the Northwest Quarter of 
  5.15  the Northwest Quarter, all in Section 28; 
  5.16     (4) all of Section 29, except that part of Government Lot 4 
  5.17  bounded by the following described lines:  Beginning at a point 
  5.18  of intersection with the center line of County Road No. 169 and 
  5.19  the north line of said Section 29; thence North 90 degrees 00 
  5.20  minutes East, 994.8 feet along the north line of said Section 
  5.21  29; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West, 17.9 feet; thence 
  5.22  South 75 degrees 28 minutes West, 1051.4 feet, to the center 
  5.23  line of County Road No. 169; thence North 04 degrees 39 minutes 
  5.24  East, 282.7 feet along the center line of County Road No. 169 to 
  5.25  the point of beginning:  Including all riparian rights to the 
  5.26  contained 3.4 acres more or less and subject to existing road 
  5.27  easements; all in Section 29; 
  5.28     (5) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, the 
  5.29  Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, the Southeast 
  5.30  Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and the Northeast Quarter of 
  5.31  the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 30; and 
  5.32     (6) the West 15 acres of the Northwest Quarter of the 
  5.33  Northwest Quarter of Section 32. 
  5.34     Sec. 6.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.] 
  5.35     Subdivision 1.  [85.012] [Subd. 18.] [FORT SNELLING STATE 
  5.36  PARK, RAMSEY, HENNEPIN, AND DAKOTA COUNTIES.] The following 
  6.1   areas are added to Ft. Snelling state park, Dakota and Hennepin 
  6.2   counties: 
  6.3      (1) the following is in Section 18, Township 27 North, 
  6.4   Range 23 West, Dakota county:  that part of Government Lot 8, 
  6.5   according to the Government Survey thereof, described as 
  6.6   follows:  commencing at the southwest corner of said Government 
  6.7   Lot 8; thence on an assumed bearing of South 88 degrees 21 
  6.8   minutes 46 seconds East, along the south line of said Government 
  6.9   Lot 8, a distance of 1287.93 feet to the actual point of 
  6.10  beginning of the property to be described; thence continuing 
  6.11  South 88 degrees 21 minutes 46 seconds East, along said south 
  6.12  line of Government Lot 8, a distance of 1055.38 feet to the 
  6.13  southwesterly right-of-way line of Cedar Avenue (Nicols Road); 
  6.14  thence northwesterly along said southwesterly right-of-way line 
  6.15  to a point distant 75.00 feet southeasterly, measured along said 
  6.16  southwesterly right-of-way line, from its intersection with the 
  6.17  southeasterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, St. Paul, 
  6.18  Minneapolis, and Omaha Railroad; thence South 48 degrees 15 
  6.19  minutes 09 seconds West, parallel with said southeasterly 
  6.20  right-of-way line, a distance of 150.00 feet; thence North 29 
  6.21  degrees 28 minutes 09 seconds West, parallel with said 
  6.22  southwesterly right-of-way line, a distance of 75.00 feet to the 
  6.23  southeasterly right-of-way line of said railroad; thence 
  6.24  southwesterly along said southeasterly right-of-way line to its 
  6.25  intersection with a line bearing North 32 degrees 45 minutes 39 
  6.26  seconds West from the point of beginning; thence South 32 
  6.27  degrees 45 minutes 39 seconds East a distance of 323.53 feet to 
  6.28  the point of beginning; EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part described 
  6.29  as follows:  beginning at the intersection of the south line of 
  6.30  said Government Lot 8 and the southwesterly right-of-way line of 
  6.31  Cedar Avenue (Nicols Road); thence northwesterly along said 
  6.32  southwesterly right-of-way line a distance of 285.00 feet; 
  6.33  thence South 57 degrees 40 minutes 36 seconds West a distance of 
  6.34  446.50 feet to a point on the south line of said Government Lot 
  6.35  8, distant 508.50 feet West of the point of beginning; thence 
  6.36  South 88 degrees 21 minutes 46 seconds East, along the south 
  7.1   line of said Government Lot 8, a distance 508.50 feet to the 
  7.2   point of beginning; 
  7.3      (2) that part of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter 
  7.4   North of Little Creek, Section 6, Township 27 North, Range 23 
  7.5   West, described as follows:  Beginning at the northeast corner 
  7.6   of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence South along 
  7.7   the east line of said Section 6, a distance of 2115.8 feet to 
  7.8   center of Little Creek so-called; thence with a bearing of North 
  7.9   74 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West from last mentioned 
  7.10  course, a distance of 750 feet along said center of creek; 
  7.11  thence North 38 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 
  7.12  170 feet along the center of said creek; thence North 14 degrees 
  7.13  44 minutes 00 seconds West, a distance of 250 feet along said 
  7.14  center line of creek; thence southwesterly along said center 
  7.15  line of creek a distance of 505 feet to a point on the west line 
  7.16  of the East Half of said Northeast Quarter of Section 6, said 
  7.17  point being 1790.6 feet South of the north line of said 
  7.18  Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North along the west line 
  7.19  of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6, a 
  7.20  distance of 1790.6 feet to the north line of said Northeast 
  7.21  Quarter; thence East 1320 feet to the point of beginning, the 
  7.22  title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of 
  7.23  Title No. 590582; which lies southerly of Line 1 described as 
  7.24  follows:  From the northeast corner of Section 6, Township 27 
  7.25  North, Range 23 West, run southerly on the east line of said 
  7.26  Section 6, on an azimuth of 179 degrees 57 minutes 16 seconds 
  7.27  for 50.13 feet to the point of beginning of Line 1 to be 
  7.28  described; thence on an azimuth of 235 degrees 01 minutes 06 
  7.29  seconds for 94.31 feet; thence on an azimuth of 224 degrees 33 
  7.30  minutes 00 seconds for 196.82 feet; thence on an azimuth of 230 
  7.31  degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds for 403.57 feet; thence on an 
  7.32  azimuth of 233 degrees 15 minutes 41 seconds for 276.59 feet; 
  7.33  thence on an azimuth of 237 degrees 46 minutes 24 seconds for 
  7.34  338.06 feet; thence on an azimuth of 247 degrees 21 minutes 24 
  7.35  seconds for 314.42 feet more or less to the west line of the 
  7.36  East Half of said Section 6, and there terminating.  Subject to 
  8.1   the following restrictions:  no access shall be permitted to 
  8.2   Trunk Highway 393, renumbered 494, from the lands herein 
  8.3   described and conveyed; and 
  8.4      (3) that part of Section 20, Township 28 North, Range 23 
  8.5   West, of the fourth principal meridian, Hennepin county, 
  8.6   Minnesota, as shown on an October 28, 1997, survey done by 
  8.7   William H. Herbst for Group No. 179 titled "TOWNSHIP 28 NORTH, 
  8.8   RANGE 23 WEST, OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MINNESOTA.  
  8.9   DEPENDENT RESURVEY AND SURVEY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, TWIN CITIES 
  8.10  RESEARCH CENTER, WITHIN THE FORT SNELLING MILITARY RESERVATION," 
  8.11  described as follows:  Commencing at Station H.H., said station 
  8.12  being a 1-inch-diameter steel rod firmly imbedded in concrete 
  8.13  (to get to Station H.H:  Commence at the southwest corner of 
  8.14  Section 17, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, said corner being 
  8.15  MCM 107 of the city of Minneapolis and state of Minnesota 
  8.16  coordinate grid systems; thence South 39 degrees 54 minutes 57 
  8.17  seconds East, a distance of 4,015.45 feet to monument number 2 
  8.18  located on a western extension of the south line of the U.S. 
  8.19  Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines reservation 
  8.20  heretofore established; thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 00 
  8.21  seconds East for a distance of 1,192 feet, more or less, along 
  8.22  the south boundary and fence line of the Bureau of Mines to 
  8.23  Station H.H.); thence on an assumed bearing of North 89 degrees 
  8.24  55.3 minutes West, a distance of 234.85 feet, along the south 
  8.25  line of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines 
  8.26  reservation to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence North 34 degrees 
  8.27  20.5 minutes West, a distance of 187.42 feet; thence North 23 
  8.28  degrees 39.6 minutes West, a distance of 80.18 feet; thence 
  8.29  North 19 degrees 26.3 minutes West, a distance of 75.69 feet; 
  8.30  thence North 16 degrees 31.6 minutes West, a distance of 70.66 
  8.31  feet; thence North 13 degrees 22.0 minutes West, a distance of 
  8.32  70.02 feet; thence North 10 degrees 30.0 minutes West, a 
  8.33  distance of 80.78 feet; thence North 08 degrees 56.6 minutes 
  8.34  West, a distance of 73.92 feet; thence North 07 degrees 52.2 
  8.35  minutes West, a distance of 1,189.90 feet to a point on the 
  8.36  north line of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
  9.1   Mines reservation (said point lying South 89 degrees 54.6 
  9.2   minutes West, a distance of 18.0 feet from Station A.A.); thence 
  9.3   South 89 degrees 54.6 minutes West, a distance of 740.84 feet 
  9.4   along said north line; thence South 14 degrees 43.1 minutes 
  9.5   East, a distance of 846.53 feet; thence South 13 degrees 29.7 
  9.6   minutes East, a distance of 57.42 feet; thence South 12 degrees 
  9.7   47.1 minutes East, a distance of 424.03 feet; thence South 25 
  9.8   degrees 57.4 minutes East, a distance of 283.01 feet; thence 
  9.9   South 38 degrees 45.3 minutes East, a distance of 303.20 feet to 
  9.10  the south line of said reservation; thence South 89 degrees 55.3 
  9.11  minutes East, a distance of 478.70 feet to the point of 
  9.12  beginning. 
  9.13     Subd. 2.  [85.012] [Subd. 33.] [LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK, 
  9.14  BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following area is added to Lake Bemidji 
  9.15  state park, all in Township 146 North, Range 33 West, Beltrami 
  9.16  county: 
  9.17     That part of Lot 1, Block 3 of LINDS ADDITION TO BEMIDJI, 
  9.18  according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in 
  9.19  the Beltrami county recorder's office, in Section 2, described 
  9.20  as follows:  commencing at the southeast corner of said Lot 1, 
  9.21  Block 3; thence westerly along the south line of said Lot 1, 
  9.22  Block 3 to a point being 25 feet easterly of, measured at right 
  9.23  angles to, the centerline of an existing trail and the point of 
  9.24  beginning of the land to be described; thence northwesterly 
  9.25  parallel with and 25 feet easterly of measured at right angles 
  9.26  to, the centerline of the existing trail to a point being 25 
  9.27  feet northerly of, measured at right angles to, the south line 
  9.28  of said Lot 1, Block 3; thence westerly, parallel with and 25 
  9.29  feet northerly of the south line of said Lot 1, Block 3, to a 
  9.30  point being 25 feet westerly of, measured at right angles to, 
  9.31  the centerline of the existing trail; thence southerly, 
  9.32  perpendicular to the south line of said Lot 1, Block 3, to the 
  9.33  said south line of Lot 1, Block 3; thence easterly along the 
  9.34  south line of said Lot 1, Block 3, to the point of beginning. 
  9.35     Subd. 3.  [85.012] [Subd. 55a.] [TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK, 
  9.36  LAKE COUNTY.] The following areas are added to Tettegouche state 
 10.1   park, Lake county:  the Northeast Quarter of Section 16, 
 10.2   Township 56 North, Range 7 West. 
 10.3      Sec. 7.  [DELETION FROM TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK.] 
 10.4      [85.012] [Subd. 55a.] [TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK, LAKE 
 10.5   COUNTY.] The following area is deleted from Tettegouche state 
 10.6   park, Lake county:  the Southwest Quarter of Section 16, 
 10.7   Township 56 North, Range 7 West. 
 10.8      Sec. 8.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE RECREATION AREAS.] 
 10.9      Subdivision 1.  [85.013] [Subd. 2c.] [BIG BOG STATE 
 10.10  RECREATION AREA, BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following area is added 
 10.11  to Big Bog state recreation area, Beltrami county:  that part of 
 10.12  Government Lot 6 lying east of Minnesota state trunk highway 72, 
 10.13  Section 5, Township 154, Range 30. 
 10.14     Subd. 2.  [85.013] [Subd. 12a.] [IRON RANGE OFF-HIGHWAY 
 10.15  VEHICLE RECREATION AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] The following areas 
 10.16  are added to Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle recreation area, St. 
 10.17  Louis county: 
 10.18     (1) the NW1/4, lying north of the Mesabi Trail, in Section 
 10.19  23, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, containing approximately 
 10.20  80 acres; and 
 10.21     (2) the N1/2 of the NW1/4, SW1/4 of the NW1/4, and the 
 10.22  NW1/4 of the SW1/4 all in Section 3, Township 58 North, Range 17 
 10.23  West, containing approximately 160 acres. 
 10.24     Sec. 9.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE FORESTS.] 
 10.25     Subdivision 1.  [89.021] [Subd. 38.] [PAUL BUNYAN STATE 
 10.26  FOREST.] The following area is added to Paul Bunyan state 
 10.27  forest: S1/2SE1/4 of Section 25, Township 143 North, Range 34 
 10.28  West; Lot 10 of Section 15, Township 141 North, Range 33 West; 
 10.29  Government Lot 4 and the SW1/4NW1/4 of Section 22, Township 141 
 10.30  North, Range 33 West; and the NW1/4SW1/4 of Section 9; the 
 10.31  N1/2NE1/4; W1/2NW1/4 and the SE1/4NW1/4 of Section 16, Township 
 10.32  141 North, Range 32 West. 
 10.33     Subd. 2.  [89.021] [Subd. 46.] [SAVANNA STATE FOREST.] The 
 10.34  following area is added to Savanna state forest:  SW1/4-SW1/4 of 
 10.35  Section 32, Township 48 North, Range 23 West. 
 10.36     Subd. 3.  [89.021] [Subd. 51a.] [WAUKENABO STATE 
 11.1   FOREST.] The following areas are added to Waukenabo state forest:
 11.2      (1) Lot 1 of Section 4, Township 47 North, Range 26 West; 
 11.3      (2) Lot 2 and NE1/4-SW1/4 of Section 1 and Lot 8 of Section 
 11.4   2, all in Township 48 North, Range 26 West; and 
 11.5      (3) NE1/4-NW1/4 and SW1/4-NW1/4 of Section 11, Township 48 
 11.6   North, Range 27 West. 
 11.7      Sec. 10.  [DELETIONS FROM STATE FORESTS.] 
 11.8      Subdivision 1.  [89.021] [Subd. 19.] [FOOT HILLS STATE 
 11.9   FOREST.] The following areas are deleted from Foot Hills state 
 11.10  forest, Cass county: 
 11.11     (1) that part of Government Lot 4 lying west of County Road 
 11.12  No. 6, Section 8, Township 140 North, Range 31 West; 
 11.13     (2) that part of the SW1/4-NW1/4 lying northwest of County 
 11.14  Road No. 6, Section 15, Township 140 North, Range 31 West; and 
 11.15     (3) that part of the NE1/4-SW1/4 lying north of County Road 
 11.16  No. 6, Section 16, Township 140 North, Range 31 West. 
 11.17     Subd. 2.  [89.021] [Subd. 27.] [KABETOGAMA STATE 
 11.18  FOREST.] The following areas are deleted from Kabetogama state 
 11.19  forest, St. Louis county: 
 11.20     (1) that portion of Government Lot 5, Section 1, Township 
 11.21  67 North, Range 17 West, sold pursuant to section 22 of this 
 11.22  act; and 
 11.23     (2) Outlot B, Plat of Sunset Forest, located in Section 22, 
 11.24  Township 69 North, Range 21 West. 
 11.25     Subd. 3.  [89.021] [Subd. 34.] [MISSISSIPPI HEADWATERS 
 11.26  STATE FOREST.] The following areas are deleted from Mississippi 
 11.27  Headwaters state forest, Beltrami county: 
 11.28     (1) SE1/4-NE1/4, Section 32, Township 147 North, Range 34 
 11.29  West; and 
 11.30     (2) SW1/4-NW1/4, Section 33, Township 147 North, Range 34 
 11.31  West. 
 11.32     Subd. 4.  [89.021] [Subd. 41.] [RED LAKE STATE FOREST.] The 
 11.33  following areas are deleted from Red Lake state forest, Beltrami 
 11.34  county, all in Section 20, Township 154 North, Range 30 West, 
 11.35  upon completion of the sale described in section 15: 
 11.36     (1) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; 
 12.1      (2) the North 10 acres of the Southeast Quarter of the 
 12.2   Southwest Quarter; and 
 12.3      (3) the West 10 acres of the Northwest Quarter of the 
 12.4   Southeast Quarter. 
 12.5      Sec. 11.  [DELETIONS FROM RED LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 
 12.6   AREA.] 
 12.7      [97A.133] [Subd. 44.] [RED LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA; 
 12.8   BELTRAMI COUNTY] The following areas are deleted from Red Lake 
 12.9   wildlife management area: 
 12.10     (1) all of Sections 1 and 2; Lot 1, Lot 2, the S1/2 of the 
 12.11  NE1/4, and the SE1/4 of Section 3; the E1/2, the SE1/4 of the 
 12.12  NW1/4, the NE1/4 of the SW1/4, and the S1/2 of the SW1/4 of 
 12.13  Section 10; all of Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15; all in 
 12.14  Township 155 North, Range 31 West; and 
 12.15     (2) all of Sections 25, 26, and 27; the E1/2, the NW1/4, 
 12.16  and the N1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 34; the N1/2 and the SW1/4 
 12.17  of Section 35; the N1/2, the E1/2 of the SW1/4; the SW1/4 of the 
 12.18  SW1/4, the W1/2 of the SE1/4 and the SE1/4 of the SE1/4 of 
 12.19  Section 36; all in Township 156 North, Range 31 West. 
 12.20     Sec. 12.  Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 2, 
 12.21  section 14, subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 12.22  Subd. 4.  Fish and Wildlife 
 12.23  Habitat                               10,042,000      8,238,000
 12.24                Summary by Fund
 12.25  Future Resources 
 12.26  Fund                  1,805,000         -0-  
 12.27  Trust Fund            8,237,000     8,238,000
 12.28  (a) Forest and Prairie Stewardship of 
 12.29  Private Lands
 12.30  $272,000 the first year and $273,000 
 12.31  the second year are from the trust fund 
 12.32  to the commissioner of natural 
 12.33  resources, in cooperation with the 
 12.34  Minnesota Forestry Association and the 
 12.35  Nature Conservancy, to develop 
 12.36  stewardship plans for private prairie 
 12.37  and forested lands and to implement 
 12.38  natural resource projects by providing 
 12.39  matching money on a one-to-one basis to 
 12.40  private landowners.  This appropriation 
 12.41  is available until June 30, 2004, at 
 12.42  which time the project must be 
 12.43  completed and final products delivered, 
 12.44  unless an earlier date is specified in 
 12.45  the work program.  
 13.1   (b) State Fish Hatchery Rehabilitation
 13.2   $145,000 is from the future resources 
 13.3   fund to the commissioner of natural 
 13.4   resources to accelerate hatchery 
 13.5   rehabilitation. 
 13.6   (c) Enhancing Canada Goose      
 13.7   Hunting and Management              
 13.8   $340,000 is from the future resources 
 13.9   fund to the commissioner of natural 
 13.10  resources for an agreement with the 
 13.11  Minnesota Waterfowl Association to 
 13.12  acquire leases to enter into 
 13.13  professional and technical agreements 
 13.14  on private farmlands for development of 
 13.15  foraging sites and public hunting 
 13.16  opportunities and to provide technical 
 13.17  assistance to local units of government 
 13.18  in developing controlled hunts for 
 13.19  nuisance geese.  This appropriation is 
 13.20  available until June 30, 2004. 
 13.21  (d) Biological Control of   
 13.22  Eurasian Water Milfoil and
 13.23  Purple Loosestrife - Continuation    
 13.24  $45,000 the first year and $45,000 the 
 13.25  second year are from the trust fund to 
 13.26  the commissioner of natural resources 
 13.27  for the fifth biennium of a five 
 13.28  biennia project to develop and 
 13.29  implement biological controls for 
 13.30  Eurasian water milfoil and purple 
 13.31  loosestrife.  This appropriation is 
 13.32  available until June 30, 2004, at which 
 13.33  time the project must be completed and 
 13.34  final products delivered, unless an 
 13.35  earlier date is specified in the work 
 13.36  program. 
 13.37  (e) Restoring Minnesota's   
 13.38  Fish and Wildlife Habitat
 13.39  Corridors     
 13.40  $5,873,000 the first year and 
 13.41  $5,872,000 the second year are from the 
 13.42  trust fund to the commissioner of 
 13.43  natural resources for acceleration of 
 13.44  agency programs and cooperative 
 13.45  agreements with Minnesota Waterfowl 
 13.46  Association, Minnesota Deer Hunters 
 13.47  Association, Ducks Unlimited, Inc., 
 13.48  National Wild Turkey Federation, 
 13.49  Pheasants Forever, The Nature 
 13.50  Conservancy, Minnesota Land Trust, 
 13.51  Trust for Public Land, U.S. Fish and 
 13.52  Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian 
 13.53  Affairs, Natural Resources Conservation 
 13.54  Service, and the U.S. Forest Service to 
 13.55  restore and acquire fragmented 
 13.56  landscape corridors that connect areas 
 13.57  of quality habitat to sustain fish, 
 13.58  wildlife, and plants.  $352,000 is for 
 13.59  program coordination, corridor 
 13.60  identification, and mapping.  
 13.61  $3,343,000 is for restoration and 
 13.62  management activities in wildlife 
 13.63  management areas, wetland habitat, 
 13.64  lakes, wild rice beds, grasslands, and 
 14.1   fisheries habitat.  $2,650,000 is for 
 14.2   conservation easement programs on 
 14.3   riparian areas, big woods forests, 
 14.4   native prairies, and wetlands.  
 14.5   $5,400,000 is for habitat acquisition 
 14.6   activities on prairies, riparian areas, 
 14.7   and other fish and wildlife habitat 
 14.8   corridors.  As part of the required 
 14.9   work program, criteria and priorities 
 14.10  for planned acquisition and restoration 
 14.11  activities must be submitted to the 
 14.12  legislative commission on Minnesota 
 14.13  resources for review and approval.  
 14.14  Land acquired with this appropriation 
 14.15  must be sufficiently improved to meet 
 14.16  at least minimum management standards 
 14.17  as determined by the commissioner of 
 14.18  natural resources.  Any land acquired 
 14.19  in fee title by the commissioner of 
 14.20  natural resources with money from this 
 14.21  appropriation must be designated: 
 14.22  (1) as an outdoor recreation unit under 
 14.23  Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07; or 
 14.24  (2) as provided in Minnesota Statutes, 
 14.25  sections 89.018, subdivision 2, 
 14.26  paragraph (a); 97A.101; 97A.125; 
 14.27  97C.001; and 97C.011.  
 14.28  The commissioner may so designate any 
 14.29  lands acquired in less than fee title.  
 14.30  This appropriation is available until 
 14.31  June 30, 2004, at which time the 
 14.32  project must be completed and final 
 14.33  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 14.34  date is specified in the work program. 
 14.35  (f) Engineering Support for    
 14.36  Public Lands Waterfowl
 14.37  Projects 
 14.38  $275,000 is from the future resources 
 14.39  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 14.40  resources for an agreement with Ducks 
 14.41  Unlimited, Inc., to provide survey and 
 14.42  engineering support to natural 
 14.43  resources agencies for waterfowl 
 14.44  projects on public lands. 
 14.45  (g) Metro Greenways                       
 14.46  $1,365,000 the first year and 
 14.47  $1,365,000 the second year are from the 
 14.48  trust fund to the commissioner of 
 14.49  natural resources for the metro 
 14.50  greenways program for planning, 
 14.51  improving, and protecting important 
 14.52  natural areas in the metropolitan 
 14.53  region through grants, contracted 
 14.54  services, conservation easements, and 
 14.55  fee acquisition.  Land acquired with 
 14.56  this appropriation must be sufficiently 
 14.57  improved to meet at least minimum 
 14.58  management standards as determined by 
 14.59  the commissioner of natural resources.  
 14.60  This appropriation is available until 
 14.61  June 30, 2004, at which time the 
 14.62  project must be completed and final 
 14.63  products delivered, unless an earlier 
 14.64  date is specified in the work program. 
 15.1   (h) Acquisition of Lands as 
 15.2   Scientific and Natural Areas                   
 15.3   $227,000 the first year and $228,000 
 15.4   the second year are from the trust fund 
 15.5   to the commissioner of natural 
 15.6   resources to acquire land with natural 
 15.7   features of statewide significance in 
 15.8   the scientific and natural area program 
 15.9   long-range plan and to improve land 
 15.10  acquired with this appropriation.  Land 
 15.11  acquired with this appropriation must 
 15.12  be sufficiently improved to meet at 
 15.13  least minimum management standards as 
 15.14  determined by the commissioner of 
 15.15  natural resources. 
 15.16  (i) Big Rivers Partnership: 
 15.17  Helping Communities to Restore
 15.18  Habitat   
 15.19  $455,000 the first year and $455,000 
 15.20  the second year are from the trust fund 
 15.21  to the commissioner of natural 
 15.22  resources for an agreement with Great 
 15.23  River Greening to implement private and 
 15.24  public habitat projects on a cost-share 
 15.25  basis in the Mississippi and Minnesota 
 15.26  river valleys.  This appropriation is 
 15.27  available until June 30, 2004, at which 
 15.28  time the project must be completed and 
 15.29  final products delivered, unless an 
 15.30  earlier date is specified in the work 
 15.31  program. 
 15.32  (j) Acquisition of    
 15.33  Eagle Creek's Last Private Land                   
 15.34  $910,000 is from the future resources 
 15.35  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 15.36  resources for an agreement with the 
 15.37  city of Savage to acquire a buffer 
 15.38  strip along Eagle Creek for transfer 
 15.39  and dedication as an aquatic management 
 15.40  area.  Acquisition expenses incurred 
 15.41  prior to July 1, 2001, may be 
 15.42  reimbursed by the commissioner.  Land 
 15.43  acquired with this appropriation must 
 15.44  be sufficiently improved to meet at 
 15.45  least minimum management standards as 
 15.46  determined by the commissioner of 
 15.47  natural resources. 
 15.48  (k) Neighborhood Wilds      
 15.49  Program    
 15.50  $135,000 is from the future resources 
 15.51  fund to the commissioner of natural 
 15.52  resources for the neighborhood wilds 
 15.53  program to assist neighborhoods 
 15.54  adjacent to public lands and natural 
 15.55  areas in restoration and management of 
 15.56  habitat through demonstration 
 15.57  projects.  This appropriation is 
 15.58  available until June 30, 2004, at which 
 15.59  time the project must be completed and 
 15.60  final products delivered, unless an 
 15.61  earlier date is specified in the work 
 15.62  program. 
 15.63     Sec. 13.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 16.1   PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.] 
 16.2      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 16.3   282.018, subdivision 1, Aitkin county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 16.4   land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 16.5   under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 16.6   282. 
 16.7      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 16.8   attorney general.  
 16.9      (c) The land to be sold is located in Aitkin county and is 
 16.10  described as: 
 16.11     Six acres in Government Lot 3 as in Document #198469 less 
 16.12  2.69 acres plat Section 24, Township 52, Range 26, more 
 16.13  accurately described as:  That part of Government Lot 3, Section 
 16.14  24, Township 52 North, Range 26 West, Aitkin County, Minnesota, 
 16.15  described as follows:  Commencing at the southwest corner of 
 16.16  Government Lot 3, Section 24, thence North, assumed bearing, 
 16.17  along the west line of Government Lot 3 a distance of 819.59 
 16.18  feet; thence South 89 degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds East a 
 16.19  distance of 244.00 feet to the point of beginning of parcel to 
 16.20  be described; thence continuing South 89 degrees 50 minutes 32 
 16.21  seconds East a distance of 893 feet, more or less, to the mean 
 16.22  high water mark of Hill Lake; thence southeasterly along the 
 16.23  meandered shoreline of Hill Lake a distance of 416 feet, more or 
 16.24  less, to a point at the intersection of the mean high water line 
 16.25  of Hill Lake and line "A" as hereinafter described; thence South 
 16.26  69 degrees 27 minutes 14 seconds West a distance of 188 feet, 
 16.27  more or less; thence North 41 degrees 52 minutes 10 seconds West 
 16.28  a distance of 245.95 feet; thence North 76 degrees 23 minutes 39 
 16.29  seconds West a distance of 653.09 feet; thence due North a 
 16.30  distance of 139.56 feet to the point of beginning containing six 
 16.31  acres.  Line "A" is hereby described by commencing at the 
 16.32  previous point of beginning; thence due South a distance of 
 16.33  139.56 feet; thence South 76 degrees 23 minutes 39 seconds East 
 16.34  a distance of 653.09 feet; thence South 41 degrees 52 minutes 10 
 16.35  seconds East a distance of 245.95 feet to the beginning of line 
 16.36  "A"; thence North 69 degrees 27 minutes 14 seconds East a 
 17.1   distance of 188 feet, more or less, along line "A" to the mean 
 17.2   high water line of Hill Lake, which is also the end of line 
 17.3   "A."  Which lies easterly of the following described line:  
 17.4   Commencing at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 3; 
 17.5   thence on an assumed bearing of North along the west line of 
 17.6   said Government Lot 3, a distance of 819.59 feet; thence South 
 17.7   89 degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance of 818.97 feet 
 17.8   to the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence 
 17.9   South 0 degrees 09 minutes 28 seconds West, a distance of 154.06 
 17.10  feet; thence South 18 degrees 42 minutes 02 seconds West, a 
 17.11  distance of 120 feet more or less to the southerly line of the 
 17.12  above described tract and there terminating. 
 17.13     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 17.14  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 17.15  returned to private ownership. 
 17.16     Sec. 14.  [PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BELTRAMI 
 17.17  COUNTY.] 
 17.18     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.10, the 
 17.19  commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale for 
 17.20  less than the appraised value the surplus land that is described 
 17.21  in paragraph (c). 
 17.22     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 17.23  attorney general. 
 17.24     (c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami county and 
 17.25  is described as:  Lots 6 through 12, Block 11, First Addition to 
 17.26  Blackduck. 
 17.27     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 17.28  longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 17.29  state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 17.30  land was sold. 
 17.31     Sec. 15.  [PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; 
 17.32  BELTRAMI COUNTY.] 
 17.33     (a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale 
 17.34  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the 
 17.35  commissioner of natural resources may sell to Waskish township 
 17.36  the consolidated conservation land that is described in 
 18.1   paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 18.2   Statutes, chapters 84A and 282. 
 18.3      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 18.4   attorney general and must provide that the land reverts to the 
 18.5   state if it is not used for public airport purposes.  The 
 18.6   conveyance must reserve an easement to ensure public access and 
 18.7   state management access to the public and private lands to the 
 18.8   west and south.  The attorney general may make necessary changes 
 18.9   in the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.  
 18.10  The consideration for the conveyance must not be less than the 
 18.11  appraised value of the land and timber and any survey costs.  
 18.12  Proceeds shall be disposed of according to Minnesota Statutes, 
 18.13  chapter 84A.  No payments made under State Lease Numbered 
 18.14  144-015-0558 will be refunded, but payments made may be credited 
 18.15  against the payments due. 
 18.16     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Beltrami 
 18.17  county and is described as:  the Northeast Quarter of the 
 18.18  Southwest Quarter; the North 10 acres of the Southeast Quarter 
 18.19  of the Southwest Quarter; and the West 10 acres of the Northwest 
 18.20  Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, all in Section 20, Township 
 18.21  154 North, Range 30 West. 
 18.22     Sec. 16.  [CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; CASS COUNTY.] 
 18.23     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, chapter 94, or 
 18.24  other law, administrative rule, or commissioner's order to the 
 18.25  contrary, the commissioner of administration may convey to Cass 
 18.26  county or a regional jail authority for no consideration all the 
 18.27  buildings and land that are described in paragraph (c), except 
 18.28  the land described in paragraph (d). 
 18.29     (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
 18.30  attorney general and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 
 18.31  16A.695.  The commissioner of administration shall have a 
 18.32  registered land surveyor prepare a legal description of the 
 18.33  property to be conveyed.  The attorney general may make 
 18.34  necessary changes in the legal description to correct errors and 
 18.35  ensure accuracy. 
 18.36     (c) The land and buildings of the Ah-Gwah-Ching property 
 19.1   that may be conveyed to Cass county or a regional jail authority 
 19.2   are located in that part of the South Half, Section 35, Township 
 19.3   142 North, Range 31 West and that part of Government Lot 6, 
 19.4   Section 2, Township 141 North, Range 31 West, in Cass county, 
 19.5   depicted on the certificate of survey prepared by Landecker and 
 19.6   Associates, Inc. dated April 25, 2002.  The land described in 
 19.7   paragraph (d) is excepted from the conveyance. 
 19.8      (d) That portion of the Ah-Gwah-Ching property to be 
 19.9   excepted from the conveyance to Cass county or a regional jail 
 19.10  authority is the land located between the shoreline and the top 
 19.11  of the bluff line and is approximately described as follows: 
 19.12     (1) all that part of the Southeast Quarter of Southwest 
 19.13  Quarter, Section 35, Township 142 North, Range 31 West, lying 
 19.14  southeasterly of a line that lies 450 feet southeasterly of and 
 19.15  parallel with Minnesota Highway No. 290; 
 19.16     (2) Government Lot 4, Section 35, Township 142 North, Range 
 19.17  31 West; 
 19.18     (3) that part of Government Lot 3, Section 35, Township 142 
 19.19  North, Range 31 West, lying southerly of Minnesota Highway No. 
 19.20  290 and westerly of Minnesota Highway No. 371; and 
 19.21     (4) that part of Government Lot 6, Section 2, Township 141 
 19.22  North, Range 31 West, lying southeasterly of the 1,410 foot 
 19.23  contour. 
 19.24  The commissioner of administration shall determine the exact 
 19.25  legal description upon further site analysis and the preparation 
 19.26  of the surveyor's legal description described in paragraph (b). 
 19.27     (e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a 
 19.28  conveyance under this section to Cass county or a regional jail 
 19.29  authority may include a conveyance by a bill of sale of the 
 19.30  water treatment facilities located within the land described in 
 19.31  paragraph (d) and a nonexclusive appurtenant easement for such 
 19.32  facilities over the land upon which such facilities are located, 
 19.33  including ingress and egress as determined by the commissioner.  
 19.34  The easement shall be in a form approved by the attorney general.
 19.35     (f) At the option of the state, Cass county or the regional 
 19.36  jail authority must, for a period of at least two years, allow 
 20.1   the state to lease the space necessary to operate its programs 
 20.2   for the cost of utilities for the leased space.  During the term 
 20.3   of the lease, the state shall be responsible for any and all 
 20.4   maintenance and repairs the state determines are necessary for 
 20.5   its use of the leased space. 
 20.6      Sec. 17.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 20.7   PUBLIC WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.] 
 20.8      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 20.9   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 20.10  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Crow Wing county may sell by 
 20.11  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 20.12  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 20.13  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 20.14     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 20.15  attorney general for a consideration of the appraised value. 
 20.16     (c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing county and 
 20.17  is described as:  
 20.18  All of the following: 
 20.19     That part of Railroad Lot 7, located in the Northwest 
 20.20     Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 43 
 20.21     North, Range 32 West, shown as Parcel 212A on Minnesota 
 20.22     department of transportation right-of-way plat numbered 
 20.23     18-79 as the same is on file and of record in the office of 
 20.24     the county recorder in and for Crow Wing county, Minnesota; 
 20.25  containing 0.770 hectare (1.90 acres), more or less; together 
 20.26  with other rights as set forth below, forming and being part of 
 20.27  said Parcel 212A: 
 20.28  Access:  
 20.29     All right of access as shown on said plat by the access 
 20.30     control symbol. 
 20.31  Temporary Easement: 
 20.32     A temporary easement for highway purposes as shown on said 
 20.33     plat as to said Parcel 212A by the temporary easement 
 20.34     symbol; said easement shall cease on December 1, 2008, or 
 20.35     on such earlier date upon which the commissioner of 
 20.36     transportation determines by formal order that it is no 
 21.1      longer needed for highway purposes. 
 21.2      Sec. 18.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 21.3   PUBLIC WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.] 
 21.4      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 21.5   282.018, subdivision 1, Crow Wing county may sell the 
 21.6   tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 21.7   paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 21.8   Statutes, chapter 282. 
 21.9      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 21.10  attorney general.  
 21.11     (c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing county and 
 21.12  is described as:  Undivided 303/720 interest in the Northeast 
 21.13  Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 36, Township 44 
 21.14  North, Range 32 West. 
 21.15     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 21.16  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 21.17  returned to private ownership. 
 21.18     Sec. 19.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA 
 21.19  COUNTY.] 
 21.20     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 21.21  Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Itasca 
 21.22  county may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described 
 21.23  in paragraph (c) to an adjoining landowner. 
 21.24     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 21.25  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 21.26  value of the land. 
 21.27     (c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca county and is 
 21.28  described as: 
 21.29     (1) that part of Outlot B, the north one-half of the 
 21.30  vacated roadway south of Outlot B of the Plat of GREEN-ROCK on 
 21.31  file at the Itasca county recorder's office, and Government Lot 
 21.32  3, Section 24, Township 60 North, Range 22 West of the Fourth 
 21.33  Principal Meridian described as follows: 
 21.34     Commencing at the northwest corner of said Outlot B; thence 
 21.35  South 88 degrees 30 minutes 57 seconds West, bearing assigned, 
 21.36  along the extended north line of said Outlot B, 14.64 feet; 
 22.1   thence North 06 degrees 25 minutes 20 seconds West 175.49 feet; 
 22.2   thence South 87 degrees 58 minutes 29 seconds East 377.61 feet 
 22.3   to the point of beginning of the tract to be described; thence 
 22.4   South 89 degrees 27 minutes 27 seconds East 269.45 feet; thence 
 22.5   South 02 degrees 43 minutes 38 seconds East 142.22 feet more or 
 22.6   less to the south line of said Government Lot 3 and the east 
 22.7   corner of said Outlot B; thence South 80 degrees 20 minutes 57 
 22.8   seconds West along the south line of Outlot B 85.55 feet more or 
 22.9   less to the intersection of the south line of Outlot B and the 
 22.10  west line of Scott Avenue projected north; thence South 09 
 22.11  degrees 39 minutes 03 seconds East along the west line of said 
 22.12  projected Scott Avenue 16.50 feet to the south line of the north 
 22.13  half of the vacated roadway lying south of Outlot B; thence 
 22.14  South 80 degrees 20 minutes 57 seconds West along said south 
 22.15  line of north half of vacated roadway 187.10 feet more or less 
 22.16  to intersect a line bearing South 02 degrees 43 minutes 38 
 22.17  seconds East from the point of beginning; thence North 02 
 22.18  degrees 43 minutes 38 seconds West 206.87 feet more or less to 
 22.19  the point of beginning.  Tract contains 1.1 acres more or less; 
 22.20     (2) that part of SE-NW, Section 24, Township 60 North, 
 22.21  Range 22 West, lying south and east of County Road 531; 
 22.22     (3) the South 295.16 feet of the West 295.16 feet of SE-SW 
 22.23  of Section 10, Township 60 North, Range 25 West; 
 22.24     (4) the North 100 feet of the South 768 feet of SW-NW, 
 22.25  Section 33, Township 62 North, Range 24 West, lying East of 
 22.26  State Highway No. 1 LESS AND EXCEPT the East 245 feet thereof; 
 22.27  and 
 22.28     (5) that part of Lot 3 lying East of a line drawn parallel 
 22.29  to and 66 feet West of the E 1/16th line of Section 20, Township 
 22.30  150 North, Range 28 West. 
 22.31     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 22.32  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 22.33  returned to private ownership. 
 22.34     Sec. 20.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; KOOCHICHING 
 22.35  COUNTY.] 
 22.36     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 23.1   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 23.2   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Koochiching county may sell by 
 23.3   private sale to the Bois Forte band of Chippewa Indians the 
 23.4   tax-forfeited land, some of which borders public water, that is 
 23.5   described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 23.6   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 23.7      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 23.8   attorney general at a price agreed to by the Koochiching county 
 23.9   board and the Bois Forte tribal council. 
 23.10     (c) The land to be sold is located within the Nett Lake 
 23.11  Reservation in Koochiching county and is described as fractional 
 23.12  interests in: 
 23.13     (1) W1/2SW1/4, Section 2, Township 64 North, Range 22 West; 
 23.14     (2) E1/2NE1/4, Section 13, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 23.15  West; 
 23.16     (3) E1/2SE1/4, Section 7, Township 64 North, Range 23 West; 
 23.17     (4) NE1/4SW1/4 and NW1/4SE1/4, Section 18, Township 64 
 23.18  North, Range 23 West; 
 23.19     (5) N1/2SE1/4, Section 11, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 23.20  West; 
 23.21     (6) W1/2SE1/4, Section 28, Township 66 North, Range 23 
 23.22  West; 
 23.23     (7) W1/2NE1/4, Section 3, Township 65 North, Range 22 West; 
 23.24     (8) Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 3, Township 65 North, 
 23.25  Range 22 West; 
 23.26     (9) S1/2SW1/4, Section 3, Township 65 North, Range 22 West; 
 23.27     (10) S1/2SE1/4, Section 22, Township 64 North, Range 22 
 23.28  West; 
 23.29     (11) Lots 2 and 3, Section 19, Township 64 North, Range 22 
 23.30  West; 
 23.31     (12) Lot 2, Section 30, Township 64 North, Range 23 West; 
 23.32     (13) Lot 3, Section 30, Township 64 North, Range 23 West; 
 23.33     (14) W1/2NE1/4, Section 34, Township 66 North, Range 23 
 23.34  West; 
 23.35     (15) E1/2SW1/4, Section 28, Township 66 North, Range 22 
 23.36  West; 
 24.1      (16) SE1/4NE1/4 and NE1/4SE1/4, Section 25, Township 65 
 24.2   North, Range 23 West; 
 24.3      (17) N1/2NE1/4, Section 7, Township 64 North, Range 22 
 24.4   West; 
 24.5      (18) S1/2NE1/4, Section 4, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 24.6   West; 
 24.7      (19) SE1/4NW1/4 and NE1/4SW1/4, Section 4, Township 65 
 24.8   North, Range 23 West; 
 24.9      (20) S1/2NE1/4, Section 10, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 24.10  West; 
 24.11     (21) W1/2SW1/4, Section 12, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 24.12  West; 
 24.13     (22) SW1/4NW1/4 and NW1/4SW1/4, Section 11, Township 65 
 24.14  North, Range 23 West; 
 24.15     (23) SW1/4NE1/4 and Government Lot 2, Section 6, Township 
 24.16  64 North, Range 22 West; 
 24.17     (24) Lots 3 and 4, Section 4, Township 65 North, Township 
 24.18  23 West; 
 24.19     (25) S1/2SE1/4, Section 33, Township 66 North, Range 23 
 24.20  West; 
 24.21     (26) N1/2NE1/4, Section 20, Township 64 North, Range 23 
 24.22  West; and 
 24.23     (27) Lot 13 and NW1/4SE1/4, Section 6, Township 64 North, 
 24.24  Range 23 West. 
 24.25     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 24.26  management interests would best be served if the fractional 
 24.27  interests in the lands were consolidated and the lands were 
 24.28  returned to private ownership. 
 24.29     Sec. 21.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; LAKE 
 24.30  COUNTY.] 
 24.31     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 24.32  Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Lake county 
 24.33  may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described in 
 24.34  paragraph (c). 
 24.35     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 24.36  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 25.1   value of the land. 
 25.2      (c) The land to be sold is located in Lake county and is 
 25.3   described as:  the North 600 feet of the Westerly 150 feet of 
 25.4   the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 24, Township 55 North, Range 9 
 25.5   West. 
 25.6      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 25.7   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 25.8   returned to private ownership. 
 25.9      Sec. 22.  [CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING 
 25.10  PUBLIC WATER; LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.] 
 25.11     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 25.12  94.09 to 94.16, or other law to the contrary, the commissioner 
 25.13  of transportation may convey to the city of Baudette for no 
 25.14  consideration the surplus land bordering public water that is 
 25.15  described in paragraph (c). 
 25.16     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 25.17  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
 25.18  if the city of Baudette stops using the land for the public 
 25.19  purpose described in paragraph (d). 
 25.20     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Lake of the Woods 
 25.21  county, consists of approximately 6.04 acres, and is described 
 25.22  as:  tract in Government Lot 4, Section 35, Township 161, Range 
 25.23  31 (parcel number R60.35.43.02E). 
 25.24     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 25.25  longer needed for any state purpose and that the state's land 
 25.26  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 25.27  conveyed to and used by the city of Baudette as a rest area. 
 25.28     Sec. 23.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 25.29  PUBLIC WATER; NORMAN COUNTY.] 
 25.30     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 25.31  282.018, subdivision 1, Norman county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 25.32  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 25.33  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 25.34  282. 
 25.35     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 25.36  attorney general.  
 26.1      (c) The land to be sold is located in Norman county and is 
 26.2   described as: 
 26.3      Parcel #18-6909000:  a triangular piece or parcel of land 
 26.4   beginning at the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of 
 26.5   the Northwest Quarter (NE 1/4 NW 1/4) of Section Nineteen (19) 
 26.6   Township One Hundred Forty-six (146) North of Range Forty-eight 
 26.7   (48) West of the Fifth Principal Meridian; thence running North 
 26.8   on the quarter line fifty-six and one-half (56 1/2) rods; thence 
 26.9   due West fifty-six and one-half (56 1/2) rods; thence in a 
 26.10  southeasterly direction to the place of beginning, containing 
 26.11  ten (10) acres, more or less. 
 26.12     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 26.13  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 26.14  returned to private ownership. 
 26.15     Sec. 24.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
 26.16  WATERS; SCOTT COUNTY.] 
 26.17     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45; 
 26.18  94.09; 94.10; 97A.135, subdivision 2a; and 103F.535, the 
 26.19  commissioner of natural resources shall sell by private sale the 
 26.20  surplus land bordering public waters that is described in 
 26.21  paragraph (e). 
 26.22     (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
 26.23  attorney general for consideration of no less than the appraised 
 26.24  value of the land. 
 26.25     (c) The deed must contain a restrictive covenant that 
 26.26  prohibits altering, disturbing vegetation in, draining, filling, 
 26.27  or placing any material or structure of any kind on or in the 
 26.28  existing wetland area located on the land; prohibits any 
 26.29  increase in run-off rate or volume from the land or future 
 26.30  buildings into said wetland; and prohibits diverting or 
 26.31  appropriating water from said wetland. 
 26.32     (d) The consideration received for the conveyance shall be 
 26.33  deposited in the state treasury and credited to the wildlife 
 26.34  acquisition account in the game and fish fund.  The money is 
 26.35  appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for 
 26.36  wildlife land acquisition purposes. 
 27.1      (e) The land that may be sold is in the Prior Lake wildlife 
 27.2   management area in Scott county and is described as: 
 27.3      The East 1200 feet of the South 800 feet of the Southwest 
 27.4      Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 
 27.5      115 North, Range 22 West.  Including the abandoned 
 27.6      right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and 
 27.7      Pacific Railroad Company (formerly the Hastings and Dakota 
 27.8      Railway Company).  Containing 22 acres, more or less. 
 27.9      (f) This land no longer fits into the state wildlife 
 27.10  management area system because of hunting limitations, its small 
 27.11  size, and future development planned for the area.  Proceeds 
 27.12  from the sale will be used to purchase lands more suitable for 
 27.13  wildlife management and public use. 
 27.14     Sec. 25.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING 
 27.15  PUBLIC WATERS; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 27.16     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 27.17  94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell 
 27.18  by private sale to adjacent landowners the surplus land 
 27.19  bordering public waters that is described in paragraph (c). 
 27.20     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 27.21  attorney general and the consideration must be equal to the fair 
 27.22  market value of the land plus the cost of appraisal. 
 27.23     (c) The land to be sold is in St. Louis county and is a 
 27.24  parcel of land to be split from Government Lot 5, Section 1, 
 27.25  Township 67 North, Range 17 West.  The exact area to be sold 
 27.26  will be determined by completion of a further site analysis. 
 27.27     (d) The conveyance is necessary for installation of a 
 27.28  community septic system to benefit the adjacent land owners in 
 27.29  Government Lot 6, Section 1, Township 67 North, Range 17 West. 
 27.30     (e) The commissioner has determined that the parcel needed 
 27.31  for the purpose described in paragraph (d) is available for 
 27.32  surplus, will not be necessary for natural resources purposes, 
 27.33  and is best suited for the above-stated purpose. 
 27.34     Sec. 26.  [PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND 
 27.35  BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 27.36     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 28.1   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 28.2   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell by 
 28.3   public or private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
 28.4   water that is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining 
 28.5   provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 28.6      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 28.7   attorney general for a consideration of taxes due on the 
 28.8   property and any penalties, interest, and costs.  The conveyance 
 28.9   must reserve fisheries easements of at least 75 feet on either 
 28.10  side of the stream for the property described in paragraph (c), 
 28.11  clauses (1) and (2), and at least 50 feet of shoreland for the 
 28.12  property described in paragraph (c), clauses (3) and (4). 
 28.13     (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and 
 28.14  is described as: 
 28.15     (1) the West 200 feet of W1/2 of S1/2 of NE1/4 of SE1/4, 
 28.16  Section 9, Township 50, Range 14, consisting of 3.03 acres, 
 28.17  Plat/Parcel Code:  10-2710-2750; 
 28.18     (2) the SW1/4SE1/4, except part southerly of center line of 
 28.19  Sargent Creek, Section 4, Township 48, Range 15, consisting of 
 28.20  20.47 acres, Plat/Parcel Code:  10-2730-540; 
 28.21     (3) Lots 6 and 7, Erickson Beach, Section 27, Township 57, 
 28.22  Range 17, consisting of .46 acre, Plat/Parcel Code:  340-90-60; 
 28.23  and 
 28.24     (4) Lot 8, except easterly 50 feet and the easterly 50 feet 
 28.25  of Lot 8, Erickson Beach, Section 27, Township 57, Range 17, 
 28.26  consisting of .5 acre, Plat/Parcel Codes:  340-90-80, 340-90-85. 
 28.27     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 28.28  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 28.29  returned to private ownership. 
 28.30     Sec. 27.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 28.31  PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 28.32     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 28.33  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 28.34  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell by 
 28.35  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 28.36  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 29.1   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 29.2      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 29.3   attorney general for a consideration of the appraised value. 
 29.4      (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and 
 29.5   is described as: 
 29.6      (1) Lot 7, Block E, Endion Division (10-1440-70); 
 29.7      (2) Lots 10-13, Block 1, Endion Division (10-1440-180) and 
 29.8   Lot 7, Block 1, except part NW'ly of NE'ly extension of SE'ly 
 29.9   line of Lot 6, Endion Division (10-1440-150); 
 29.10     (3) Lot 9, Block 1, Endion Division (10-1440-170); and 
 29.11     (4) Lots 1-4, Block E, Endion Division (10-1440-10) and 
 29.12  that part of the easterly 33 feet of 24th Avenue East lying 
 29.13  south of Water Street. 
 29.14     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 29.15  management interests would best be served if the lands were sold 
 29.16  to the city of Duluth. 
 29.17     Sec. 28.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 29.18  PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 29.19     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 29.20  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 29.21  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell by 
 29.22  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 29.23  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 29.24  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 29.25     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 29.26  attorney general for a consideration of taxes due on the 
 29.27  property and any penalties, interest, and costs. 
 29.28     (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and 
 29.29  is described as:  Lots 54 and 55, Lake Nichols, town of 
 29.30  Northland (parcel code 490-0020-00560). 
 29.31     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 29.32  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 29.33  returned to private ownership. 
 29.34     Sec. 29.  [PUBLIC SALE OF SCHOOL TRUST FUND LAND BORDERING 
 29.35  PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS, COOK, LAKE COUNTIES.] 
 29.36     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 30.1   94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell 
 30.2   up to four parcels by public sale, school and university trust 
 30.3   lands, some of which border public water, that are located in 
 30.4   the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. 
 30.5      (b) The commissioner must publish notice of a sale, 
 30.6   according to this section and Minnesota Statutes, section 94.10, 
 30.7   subdivision 2, paragraph (a), in publications of general 
 30.8   distribution in the county where the land is located and in 
 30.9   midwestern regional markets, including, but not limited to, the 
 30.10  Twin Cities and Chicago.  The conveyances must be in a form 
 30.11  approved by the attorney general for consideration no less than 
 30.12  the appraised value of the land as determined by the University 
 30.13  of Minnesota-Duluth in the report "A Physical Inventory and 
 30.14  Valuation of State-Owned Lands within the Boundary Waters Canoe 
 30.15  Area Wilderness" (2003). 
 30.16     (c) Buyers of land within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area 
 30.17  Wilderness under this section are prohibited from using the land 
 30.18  for any logging, mining, peat harvesting, marina or resort 
 30.19  purposes, motorized off-road recreational vehicle use, 
 30.20  restaurant or liquor establishments, commercial building, or 
 30.21  related purposes. 
 30.22     (d) The commissioner of natural resources shall report to 
 30.23  chairs of the house and senate committees having jurisdiction 
 30.24  over environment and natural resources policy and K-12 education 
 30.25  finance by February 15, 2004, regarding progress in making the 
 30.26  sales under this section. 
 30.27     Sec. 30.  [LAND EXCHANGE; LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.] 
 30.28     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342, 
 30.29  subdivision 3, and 94.343, subdivision 3, the commissioner of 
 30.30  natural resources shall, with the approval of the land exchange 
 30.31  board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
 30.32  section 10, and according to the remaining provisions of 
 30.33  Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.348, exchange the 
 30.34  following land bordering on public waters for the land described 
 30.35  in paragraph (b):  the North 859.83 feet of the Southwest 
 30.36  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and the North 859.83 feet of 
 31.1   Government Lot 7, Section 5, Township 167 North, Range 33 West. 
 31.2      (b) The land bordering on public waters to be obtained by 
 31.3   the commissioner in the exchange under paragraph (a) is 
 31.4   described as:  the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
 31.5   Section 5, Township 167 North, Range 33 West. 
 31.6      Sec. 31.  [LAND EXCHANGE; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 31.7      Subdivision 1.  [EXCHANGE REQUIRED.] The commissioner of 
 31.8   natural resources shall exchange, according to Laws 1998, 
 31.9   chapter 389, article 16, section 31, as amended by Laws 1999, 
 31.10  chapter 184, Laws 2000, chapter 488, article 3, section 31, and 
 31.11  Laws 2001, chapter 164, section 5, the following trust fund land 
 31.12  in St. Louis county:  Lot 11, Block 1 of Lake Leander Homesite 
 31.13  Plat No. 1, Section 16, Township 60 North, Range 19 West, for 
 31.14  county land. 
 31.15     Subd. 2.  [DEADLINE.] The exchange required under 
 31.16  subdivision 1 must be completed by June 30, 2004. 
 31.17     Sec. 32.  [CONVEYANCE OF LAND; COOK COUNTY.] 
 31.18     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 31.19  94.09 to 94.16, 161.144, or any other law, the commissioner of 
 31.20  transportation shall convey to Cook county for no consideration 
 31.21  the land bordering public water that is described in paragraph 
 31.22  (c).  The commissioner may not convey the land until Cook county 
 31.23  enters into an agreement with the commissioner of transportation 
 31.24  to spend an amount equal to the value of the land described in 
 31.25  paragraph (c) for airport purposes.  The value of the land shall 
 31.26  be determined by a current appraisal. 
 31.27     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 31.28  attorney general and must convey the land free and clear of any 
 31.29  requirement to use the land for a particular purpose. 
 31.30     (c) The land to be conveyed is described as: 
 31.31     (1) all of Government Lots 1, 2, 10, 11, and 12 of Section 
 31.32  30, Township 62 North, Range 1 East of the Fourth Principal 
 31.33  Meridian, Cook county, Minnesota, according to plat of resurvey 
 31.34  accepted by the United States of America, Department of 
 31.35  Interior, Bureau of Land Management, on May 22, 1951, except the 
 31.36  land lying South and East of the following described line: 
 32.1      From the northwest corner of said Section 30, South 2 
 32.2   degrees 18 minutes East for a distance of 1758.9 feet to the 
 32.3   meander corner Sections 25 and 30 on the north shore of Devils 
 32.4   Track Lake; thence North 2 degrees 18 minutes West 26.4 feet to 
 32.5   a point on the section line; thence south 87 degrees 05 minutes 
 32.6   East for a distance of 646.8 feet; thence South 88.4 feet to a 
 32.7   point on the north shore of Devils Track Lake which is the point 
 32.8   of beginning of the line to be described herein; from said point 
 32.9   of beginning North for a distance of 88.4 feet; thence South 87 
 32.10  degrees 05 minutes East for a distance of 1442.8 feet; thence 
 32.11  South 100 feet; thence South 87 degrees 05 minutes East for a 
 32.12  distance of 947.1 feet to a point on the North-South quarter 
 32.13  line of said Section 30, said point being 124.1 feet South of 
 32.14  the center of Section 30, subject to reservation of the coal and 
 32.15  other minerals and conditions and limitations provided by the 
 32.16  Federal Act of December 22, 1928 (45 Stat., 1069); and 
 32.17     (2) that part of Government Lot 3, Section 30, Township 62 
 32.18  North, Range 1 East, Cook county, Minnesota, lying within the 
 32.19  following described lines: 
 32.20     Beginning at the northwest corner of Section 30, Township 
 32.21  62 North, Range 1 East, Cook county, thence South 02 degrees 00 
 32.22  minutes East for a distance of 1747 feet; thence South 87 
 32.23  degrees 05 minutes East for a distance of 2089.6 feet; thence 
 32.24  South for a distance of 100 feet; thence South 87 degrees 05 
 32.25  minutes East for a distance of 947.1 feet to a point on the 
 32.26  North-South quarter line of Section 30 which is the point of 
 32.27  beginning of the property to be described herein; from said 
 32.28  point of beginning thence South 87 degrees 05 minutes East for a 
 32.29  distance of 450 feet; thence North 01 degrees 38 minutes East 
 32.30  for a distance of 840 feet; thence North 87 degrees 05 minutes 
 32.31  West for a distance of 450 feet to a point on the North-South 
 32.32  quarter line of Section 30; thence South 01 degrees 38 minutes 
 32.33  West on said North-South quarter line for a distance of 840 feet 
 32.34  to the point of beginning. 
 32.35     Sec. 33.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 32.36     Sections 12, 17, and 31 are effective the day following 
 33.1   final enactment.