1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing the public sale
1.3 	of tax-forfeited land bordering public waters in
1.4 	Itasca County.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
1.7 	PUBLIC WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
 1.8 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
1.9 	282.018, subdivision 1, Itasca County may sell the tax-forfeited
1.10 	land described in paragraph (c) by public sale, under the
1.11 	remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
1.12 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
1.13 	attorney general for the appraised value of the land.
1.14 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is
1.15 	described as:
1.16 	(1) that part lying west of Highway 65 of the Northwest
1.17 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 13, Township 53 North,
1.18 	Range 23 West;
1.19 	(2) the undivided 1/24th interest in the Northeast Quarter
1.20 	of the Southwest Quarter, Section 13, Township 56 North, Range
1.21 	25 West;
1.22 	(3) the undivided 1/24th interest in the Northwest Quarter
1.23 	of the Northwest Quarter, Section 13, Township 56 North, Range
1.24 	25 West; and 
1.25 	(4) the West 200 feet of the East Half of Government Lot 4,
2.1 	Section 23, Township 58 North, Range 24 West.
2.2 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land
2.3 	management interests would be best served if the lands were
2.4 	returned to private ownership.