1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public lands; modifying acquisition, use,
1.3 	and designation provisions for scientific and natural
1.4 	areas; authorizing public and private sales and
1.5 	conveyances of certain state lands; allowing Itasca
1.6 	County to acquire land for a public access with money
1.7 	from the Itasca County environmental trust fund;
1.8 	authorizing the conveyance of a certain no-build
1.9 	easement by the St. Louis County Board of
1.10 	Commissioners; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004,
1.11 	sections 84.033, by adding a subdivision; 97A.093;
1.12 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.033,
1.13 	subdivision 2.
1.14 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.15 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.033, is
1.16 	amended by adding a subdivision to read:
1.17 		Subd. 3.County approval. The commissioner must follow
1.18 	the procedures under section 97A.145, subdivision 2, for
1.19 	scientific and natural areas acquired under this section.

1.20 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.093, is
1.21 	amended to read:
1.22 	97A.093 HUNTING, TRAPPING, AND FISHING IN SCIENTIFIC AND
1.23 	NATURAL AREAS.
1.24 	Except as otherwise provided by law, scientific and natural
1.25 	areas are closed to hunting, trapping, and fishing unless:
1.26 	(1) for scientific and natural areas designated before May
1.27 	15, 1992,the designating document allows hunting, trapping, or
1.28 	fishing; or
1.29 	(2) for other scientific and natural areas,the
2.1 	commissioner allows hunting, trapping, or fishing in accordance
2.2 	with the procedure in section 86A.05, subdivision 5, paragraph
2.4 	(d).

2.5 	Sec. 3. PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND;
2.6 	AITKIN COUNTY.
 2.7 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale
2.8 	provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, or other
2.9 	law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural resources may
2.10 	sell the consolidated conservation land described in paragraph
2.11 	(c) to Aitkin County under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
2.12 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282.
2.13 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
2.14 	attorney general.  The consideration for the conveyance must be
2.15 	for no less than the appraised value of the land and timber and
2.16 	any survey costs.  Proceeds shall be disposed of according to
2.17 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
2.18 	(c) The land to be sold is in Aitkin County and is
2.19 	described as:  the North 400 feet of the West 800 feet of the
2.20 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 22, Township
2.21 	51, Range 26.

2.22 	Sec. 4. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON
2.23 	PUBLIC WATER OR INCLUDING WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 2.24 		Subdivision 1.Sale requirements. (a) Notwithstanding
2.25 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
2.26 	subdivision 1, Hennepin County may sell or convey for public use
2.27 	without monetary consideration to the city of Brooklyn Park, a
2.28 	governmental subdivision, for an authorized public use for storm
2.29 	water retention area, the parcel of tax-forfeited land bordering
2.30 	public water or natural wetlands containing in excess of 150
2.31 	feet of frontage on Shingle Creek, that is described in
2.32 	subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
2.33 	Statutes, chapter 282.
2.34 	(b) Any such conveyance shall be subject to restrictions
2.35 	imposed by the commissioner of natural resources and subject to
2.36 	the clause for reversion to the state for failure to use or
2.37 	abandonment of use for which the tax-forfeited lands were
3.1 	acquired in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
3.2 	(c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
3.3 	attorney general.
3.4 		Subd. 2.Legal description. (a) The parcel of land that
3.5 	may be conveyed is described as:  Unplatted, Section 30,
3.6 	Township 119, Range 21, the East 187.1 feet of the West 1,182.6
3.7 	feet of the South 597 feet of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast
3.8 	1/4.  Also that part of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4
3.9 	lying East of the West 1,182.6 feet thereof and lying
3.10 	southwesterly of Registered Land Survey No. 304.
3.11 	(b) The land described must be sold under the sale
3.12 	provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
3.13 	(c) Hennepin County has determined that the county's land
3.14 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
3.15 	returned to private ownership or conveyed to a governmental
3.16 	subdivision for an authorized public use.

3.17 	Sec. 5. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON
3.18 	PUBLIC WATER OR INCLUDING WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 3.19 		Subdivision 1.Sale requirements. (a) Notwithstanding
3.20 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
3.21 	subdivision 1, Hennepin County may sell or convey for public use
3.22 	without monetary consideration to the city of Minnetrista, a
3.23 	governmental subdivision, for an authorized public use for
3.24 	preservation of wetlands and wildlife, the parcel of
3.25 	tax-forfeited land bordering public water or natural wetlands
3.26 	containing in excess of 150 feet of frontage on Painter Creek
3.27 	and Jennings Bay on Lake Minnetonka, that is described in
3.28 	subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
3.29 	Statutes, chapter 282.
3.30 	(b) Any such conveyance shall be subject to restrictions
3.31 	imposed by the commissioner of natural resources and subject to
3.32 	the clause for reversion to the state for failure to use or
3.33 	abandonment of use for which the tax-forfeited lands were
3.34 	acquired as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
3.35 	(c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
3.36 	attorney general.
4.1 		Subd. 2.Legal description. (a) The parcel of land that
4.2 	may be conveyed is described as:  Outlot 2, Sun Valley.
4.3 	(b) The land described must be sold under the sale
4.4 	provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
4.5 	(c) Hennepin County has determined that the county's land
4.6 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
4.7 	returned to private ownership or conveyed to a governmental
4.8 	subdivision for an authorized public use.

4.9 	Sec. 6. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON
4.10 	PUBLIC WATER OR INCLUDING WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 4.11 		Subdivision 1.Sale requirements. (a) Notwithstanding
4.12 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
4.13 	subdivision 1, Hennepin County may sell or convey to the city of
4.14 	Eden Prairie, a governmental subdivision, for an authorized
4.15 	public use for wetland purposes, the parcel of tax-forfeited
4.16 	land bordering public water or natural wetlands containing in
4.17 	excess of 150 feet of frontage on Lake Idlewild (27-74P), that
4.18 	is described in subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of
4.19 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
4.20 	(b) Any such conveyance shall be subject to restrictions
4.21 	imposed by the commissioner of natural resources and subject to
4.22 	the clause for reversion to the state for failure to use or
4.23 	abandonment of use for which the tax-forfeited lands were
4.24 	acquired as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
4.25 	(c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
4.26 	attorney general.
4.27 		Subd. 2.Legal description. (a) The parcel of land that
4.28 	may be conveyed is described as:  Lot 21 except parts platted as
4.29 	Registered Land Survey No. 895 and Idlewood Lake Addition and
4.30 	Anderson Idlewild Addition and Anderson's Idleview, Auditor's
4.31 	Subdivision No. 335, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
4.32 	(b) The land described must be sold under the sale
4.33 	provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
4.34 	(c) Hennepin County has determined that the county's land
4.35 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
4.36 	returned to private ownership or conveyed to a governmental
5.1 	subdivision for an authorized public use.

5.2 	Sec. 7. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON
5.3 	PUBLIC WATER OR INCLUDING WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 5.4 		Subdivision 1.Sale requirements. (a) Notwithstanding
5.5 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
5.6 	subdivision 1, Hennepin County may sell or convey to the city of
5.7 	Eden Prairie, a governmental subdivision, for an authorized
5.8 	public use of wetland purposes, the parcel of tax-forfeited land
5.9 	bordering public water or natural wetlands containing in excess
5.10 	of 150 feet of frontage on Lake Idlewild (27-74P) or the
5.11 	majority of the parcel under water, that is described in
5.12 	subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
5.13 	Statutes, chapter 282.
5.14 	(b) Any such conveyance shall be subject to restrictions
5.15 	imposed by the commissioner of natural resources and subject to
5.16 	the clause for reversion to the state for failure to use or
5.17 	abandonment of use for which the tax-forfeited lands were
5.18 	acquired as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
5.19 	(c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
5.20 	attorney general.
5.21 		Subd. 2.Legal description. (a) The parcel of land that
5.22 	may be conveyed is described as:  Outlot A, Anderson Idlewild
5.23 	Addition.
5.24 	(b) The land described must be sold under the sale
5.25 	provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
5.26 	(c) Hennepin County has determined that the county's land
5.27 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
5.28 	returned to private ownership or conveyed to a governmental
5.29 	subdivision for an authorized public use.

5.30 	Sec. 8. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HUBBARD
5.31 	COUNTY.
 5.32 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and
5.33 	94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private
5.34 	sale the surplus state land that is described in paragraph (c).
5.35 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
5.36 	attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary
6.1 	changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure
6.2 	accuracy.
6.3 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hubbard County
6.4 	and is described as follows:
6.5 	That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter
6.6 	of Section 22, Township 142 North, Range 33 West, Hubbard
6.7 	County, Minnesota, described as follows:
6.8 	Beginning at the northeast corner of said Northwest Quarter
6.9 	of the Northwest Quarter, being a 3/4 inch rebar with
6.10 	plastic cap stamped "MN DNR LS 17005" (DNR Monument);
6.11 	thence on a bearing based on the Hubbard County Coordinate
6.12 	System of 1983 of North 88 degrees 51 minutes 21 seconds
6.13 	West, along the north line of said Northwest Quarter of the
6.14 	Northwest Quarter 253.67 feet to a DNR Monument; thence
6.15 	South 04 degrees 03 minutes 57 seconds East 132.71 feet to
6.16 	a DNR Monument; thence South 79 degrees 15 minutes 13
6.17 	seconds East 248.33 feet to the east line of said Northwest
6.18 	Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and a DNR Monument; thence
6.19 	North 00 degrees 05 minutes 06 seconds East along the east
6.20 	line of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter
6.21 	173.61 feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.87
6.22 	acres.
6.23 	(d) The sale would resolve a long-standing unintentional
6.24 	trespass.

6.25 	Sec. 9. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
6.26 	PUBLIC WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
 6.27 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
6.28 	282.018, subdivision 1, Itasca County may sell the tax-forfeited
6.29 	land described in paragraph (c) by public sale, under the
6.30 	remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
6.31 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
6.32 	attorney general for the appraised value of the land.
6.33 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is
6.34 	described as:
6.35 	(1) that part lying west of Highway 65 of the Northwest
6.36 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 13, Township 53 North,
7.1 	Range 23 West;
7.2 	(2) the undivided 1/24th interest in the Northeast Quarter
7.3 	of the Southwest Quarter, Section 13, Township 56 North, Range
7.4 	25 West;
7.5 	(3) the undivided 1/24th interest in the Northwest Quarter
7.6 	of the Northwest Quarter, Section 13, Township 56 North, Range
7.7 	25 West; and 
7.8 	(4) the West 200 feet of the East Half of Government Lot 4,
7.9 	Section 23, Township 58 North, Range 24 West.
7.10 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land
7.11 	management interests would be best served if the lands were
7.12 	returned to private ownership.

7.13 	Sec. 10. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
7.14 	PUBLIC WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
 7.15 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
7.16 	282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale requirements of
7.17 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may sell by
7.18 	private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that
7.19 	is described in paragraph (c), under Minnesota Statutes, section
7.20 	282.01, subdivision 7.
7.21 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
7.22 	attorney general for the appraised value of the land and include
7.23 	conditions that the existing structures must be removed within
7.24 	one year of the sale and a conservation easement be retained on
7.25 	the parcel.
7.26 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is
7.27 	described as:  Government Lot 9, Section 19, Township 60 North,
7.28 	Range 26 West.
7.29 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land
7.30 	management interests would be best served if the lands were
7.31 	returned to private ownership.

7.32 	Sec. 11. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING
7.33 	PUBLIC WATER; LAKE COUNTY.
 7.34 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45,
7.35 	94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell
7.36 	by private sale the surplus state land bordering public water
8.1 	that is described in paragraph (c).
8.2 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
8.3 	attorney general.  The conveyance shall reserve a conservation
8.4 	easement to ensure protection of the fish and wildlife shoreline
8.5 	habitat.  The attorney general may make necessary changes to the
8.6 	legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
8.7 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Lake County and
8.8 	is described as follows:  an undivided 1/16th interest in
8.9 	Government Lot 7, Section 31, Township 63 North, Range 11 West.
8.10 	(d) The sale would allow the combination of the 1/16
8.11 	interest with the remaining 15/16 interest.

8.12 	Sec. 12. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING
8.13 	PUBLIC WATER; ROSEAU COUNTY.
 8.14 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45,
8.15 	94.09, 94.10, and 97A.135, subdivision 2a, the commissioner of
8.16 	natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus state
8.17 	land bordering public waters that is described in paragraph (c).
8.18 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
8.19 	attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary
8.20 	changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure
8.21 	accuracy.
8.22 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County
8.23 	and is described as:  The southerly 396 feet, south of the south
8.24 	bank of the Roseau River, of the Southwest Quarter of the
8.25 	Northeast Quarter of Section 32, in Township 163 North, Range 40
8.26 	West of the Fifth Principal Meridian in Roseau County,
8.27 	Minnesota.  Said tract of land contains 9.29 acres, more or less.
8.28 	(d) The department has determined that the public interest
8.29 	is best served if the property were to be conveyed to the Roseau
8.30 	River Watershed District to allow for completion of the
8.31 	district's flood control management plan.

8.32 	Sec. 13. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING
8.33 	PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 8.34 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the
8.35 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale the
8.36 	surplus land bordering public water that is described in
9.1 	paragraph (c).
9.2 	(b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney
9.3 	general for consideration no less than the estimated market
9.4 	value of the land.  The attorney general may make necessary
9.5 	changes in the legal description to correct errors and ensure
9.6 	accuracy.
9.7 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and
9.8 	described as:  the North 10 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the
9.9 	Northwest Quarter, Section 16, Township 57 North, Range 17 West,
9.10 	lying east of St. Mary's Lake.
9.11 	(d) The parcel described in paragraph (c) has been under
9.12 	lease since 1969 in order for the adjoining owner to meet county
9.13 	zoning standards and the parcel is no longer needed for natural
9.14 	resources purposes.

9.15 	Sec. 14. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
9.16 	PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 9.17 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
9.18 	282.018, subdivision 1, St. Louis County may sell the
9.19 	tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described in
9.20 	paragraphs (c) to (g), under the remaining provisions of
9.21 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
9.22 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the
9.23 	attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary
9.24 	changes to legal descriptions to correct errors and ensure
9.25 	accuracy.
9.26 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and
9.27 	is described as:
9.28 	(1) the westerly 400 feet of the easterly 800 feet of Lot
9.29 	4, Section 13, Township 54 North, Range 17 West; and 
9.30 	(2) the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest
9.31 	Quarter, Section 33, Township 51 North, Range 16 West.
9.32 	(d) The conveyances of land under this paragraph must
9.33 	retain for the state a 150-foot trout stream easement lying 75
9.34 	feet on each side of the centerline of the stream.  The land to
9.35 	be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
9.36 	(1) the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section
10.1 	7, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
10.2 	(2) the North Half of the Northeast Quarter and the North
10.3 	Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 8, Township 50 North,
10.4 	Range 18 West;
10.5 	(3) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, except
10.6 	the North Half, and that part of the West 10 acres of the
10.7 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying south of Lester
10.8 	River and the West 10 acres of the Northeast Quarter of the
10.9 	Northeast Quarter lying north of Lester River, except the North
10.10 	5 acres, Section 17, Township 51 North, Range 13 West;
10.11 	(4) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except
10.12 	the West Half, and the East 165 feet of the West Half of the
10.13 	Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 5, Township
10.14 	51 North, Range 13 West; and 
10.15 	(5) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast
10.16 	Quarter, Section 34, Township 58 North, Range 20 West.
10.17 	(e) The conveyance of land under this paragraph must
10.18 	contain a deed restriction that is 75 feet in width along the
10.19 	shoreline, excluding a 15-foot access strip.  The land to be
10.20 	sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Lot 6,
10.21 	Lot 7, and Lot 8, except the easterly 50 feet, Erickson's Beach,
10.22 	town of Fayal, Section 27, Township 57 North, Range 17 West.
10.23 	(f) The conveyance of land under this paragraph must
10.24 	contain a deed restriction that is 75 feet in width along the
10.25 	shoreline.  The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County
10.26 	and is described as: Lots 64 and 65, Vermilion Dells, 1st
10.27 	Addition Greenwood, Section 2, Township 62 North, Range 16 West.
10.28 	(g) The conveyances of land under this paragraph must
10.29 	retain for the state a 150-foot conservation easement lying 75
10.30 	feet on each side of the centerline of the stream.  The land to
10.31 	be sold is located in St. Lois County and is described as:
10.32 	(1) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section
10.33 	31, Township 52 North, Range 14 West;
10.34 	(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section
10.35 	31, Township 52 North, Range 14 West; and 
10.36 	(3) the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of the
11.1 	Southwest Quarter, except the westerly 15 acres, Section 31,
11.2 	Township 52 North, Range 14 West.
11.3 	(h) The county has determined that the county's land
11.4 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
11.5 	returned to private ownership.

11.6 	Sec. 15. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS
11.7 	COUNTY.
 11.8 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota
11.9 	Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, St. Louis
11.10 	County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described
11.11 	in paragraph (c).
11.12 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the
11.13 	attorney general and, except for the parcel under paragraph (c),
11.14 	clause (4), require the buyers to pay an administration fee to
11.15 	cover expenses incurred by the county.  The attorney general may
11.16 	make necessary changes to legal descriptions to correct errors
11.17 	and ensure accuracy.
11.18 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and
11.19 	is described as:
11.20 	(1) the West 335 feet of the South 130 feet of the
11.21 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 12, Township
11.22 	63 North, Range 12 West.  This parcel contains 1.0 acres more or
11.23 	less;
11.24 	(2) the westerly 165.00 feet of the southerly 80.00 feet of
11.25 	the easterly 490.00 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the
11.26 	Southeast Quarter, Section 14, Township 51 North, Range 14
11.27 	West.  This parcel contains 0.3 acres;
11.28 	(3) Lot 17, Block 5, Lyman Park Division of Duluth;
11.29 	(4) the West 220 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the
11.30 	Northeast Quarter, Section 11, Township 54 North, Range 15 West;
11.31 	(5) the West 115 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the
11.32 	Northeast Quarter of Section 32, Township 63 North, Range 12
11.33 	West, lying north of the centerline of State Trunk Highway 169
11.34 	and subject to highway right-of-way easement.  This parcel
11.35 	contains 1.2 acres more or less; and 
11.36 	(6) the West 115 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the
12.1 	Northeast Quarter of Section 32, Township 63 North, Range 12
12.2 	West, lying south of the centerline of State Trunk Highway 169
12.3 	and subject to highway right-of-way easement.  This parcel
12.4 	contains 2.5 acres more or less.
12.5 	(d) The sales under this section resolve unintentional
12.6 	occupancy trespasses.

12.7 	Sec. 16. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WABASHA
12.8 	COUNTY.
 12.9 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and
12.10 	94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private
12.11 	sale the surplus state land that is described in paragraph (c).
12.12 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
12.13 	attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary
12.14 	changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure
12.15 	accuracy.
12.16 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wabasha County
12.17 	and is described as follows:
12.18 	That part of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of
12.19 	Section 14, Township 109 North, Range 10 West, Wabasha County,
12.20 	Minnesota, lying southerly of the following described center
12.21 	line:
12.22 	Commencing at the southwest corner of said South Half of
12.23 	the Southwest Quarter from which the southeast corner of
12.24 	said South Half of the Southwest Quarter bears East,
12.25 	assumed bearing; thence South 88 degrees 44 minutes East
12.26 	69.69 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 62
12.27 	degrees East 72.46 feet; thence North 64 degrees East 48.05
12.28 	feet; thence East 77.19 feet; thence South 86 degrees East
12.29 	73.98 feet; thence North 76 degrees East 72.83 feet; thence
12.30 	North 64 degrees East 75.07 feet; thence North 77 degrees
12.31 	East 76.52 feet; thence North 85 degrees East 13.74 feet;
12.32 	thence North 47 degrees East 63.99 feet; thence North 72
12.33 	degrees East 76.61 feet; thence North 69 degrees East 72.57
12.34 	feet; thence North 39 degrees East 56.12 feet; thence South
12.35 	66 degrees East 80.17 feet; thence South 82 degrees East
12.36 	48.68 feet; thence North 82 degrees East 69.30 feet; thence
13.1 	South 31 degrees East 81.99 feet; thence South 10 degrees
13.2 	East 39.39 feet; thence South 12 degrees East 74.13 feet;
13.3 	thence South 22 degrees East 51.75 feet; thence South 43
13.4 	degrees East 18.47 feet; thence South 83 degrees East 71.42
13.5 	feet; thence North 89 degrees East 53.56 feet; thence North
13.6 	28 degrees East 70.36 feet; thence North 31 degrees East
13.7 	74.57 feet; thence North 22 degrees East 73.19 feet; thence
13.8 	North 06 degrees East 52.91 feet; thence North 07 degrees
13.9 	East 68.58 feet; thence North 14 degrees East 75.72 feet;
13.10 	thence North 17 degrees East 72.04 feet; thence South 76
13.11 	degrees East 84.66 feet; thence South 51 degrees East 75.23
13.12 	feet; thence South 73 degrees East 72.96 feet; thence South
13.13 	79 degrees East 81.25 feet; thence South 01 degree East
13.14 	82.11 feet; thence South 05 degrees West 73.45 feet; thence
13.15 	South 22 degrees East 69.17 feet; thence South 72 degrees
13.16 	East 70.65 feet; thence South 79 degrees East 56.89 feet;
13.17 	thence North 79 degrees East 54.55 feet; thence South 37
13.18 	degrees East 80.95 feet; thence South 26 degrees East 49.79
13.19 	feet, more or less, to the south line of said South Half of
13.20 	the Southwest Quarter and there terminating, containing 6.4
13.21 	acres, more or less.
13.22 	(d) The sale would correct an error in a prior land
13.23 	acquisition that cut off the existing access route to the
13.24 	remainder of the adjacent landowner's property.

13.25 	Sec. 17. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
13.26 	PUBLIC WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 13.27 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
13.28 	282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of
13.29 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County may sell the
13.30 	tax-forfeited land described in paragraph (c) by private sale,
13.31 	under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter
13.32 	282.
13.33 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
13.34 	attorney general for the appraised value of the land.
13.35 	(c) The land to be sold is property ID number
13.36 	22.032.21.12.0001, located in Washington County, and described
14.1 	as:  the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section
14.2 	22, Township 32 North, Range 21 West of the 4th Principal
14.3 	Meridian, except the following:  that part platted as GREEN
14.4 	VALLEY-2ND PLAT according to the recorded plat thereof.  And
14.5 	also except the South 220 feet of the West 40 feet of said
14.6 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter.  And also except the
14.7 	East 300 feet of the West 750.41 feet of said Northwest Quarter
14.8 	of the Northeast Quarter.  And also except commencing at the
14.9 	northwest corner of Lot 4, GREEN VALLEY according to the
14.10 	recorded plat thereof, which point is on the north line of said
14.11 	Section 22; thence East (North 90 degrees 00 minutes East) along
14.12 	the north line of said GREEN VALLEY and said north line of
14.13 	Section 22 a distance of 418 feet to the northeast corner of Lot
14.14 	7 of said GREEN VALLEY and the point of beginning; thence South
14.15 	00 degrees 03 minutes East, along the easterly line of said Lot
14.16 	7, a distance of 295.6 feet to the southeast corner of said Lot
14.17 	7 and the north line of GREEN VALLEY-2ND PLAT, according to the
14.18 	recorded plat thereof; thence South 76 degrees 49 minutes East,
14.19 	along said north line of GREEN VALLEY-2ND PLAT, a distance of
14.20 	872.7 feet; thence North 54 degrees 37 minutes 30 seconds East a
14.21 	distance of 202.8 feet; thence North 78 degrees 04 minutes 30
14.22 	seconds East a distance of 505 feet, more or less, to the shore
14.23 	of Shields Lake; thence northerly, along the shore of Shields
14.24 	Lake, a distance of 280 feet, more or less, to said north line
14.25 	of Section 22; thence West along said north line a distance of
14.26 	1573.16 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
14.27 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land
14.28 	management interests would be best served if the lands were
14.29 	returned to private ownership.

14.30 	Sec. 18. COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FUND; ITASCA COUNTY.
 14.31 	(a) Notwithstanding Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 16,
14.32 	section 31, subdivision 4, as amended, Itasca County may spend
14.33 	money in the Itasca County environmental trust fund to acquire
14.34 	the land described in paragraph (b) for public access purposes.
14.35 	(b) The land to be acquired by Itasca County is described
14.36 	as:
15.1 	(1) parcel number 91-017-1105; and 
15.2 	(2) parcel number 91-017-1102.

15.3 	Sec. 19. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; LAKE
15.4 	COUNTY.
 15.5 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota
15.6 	Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Lake County
15.7 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described in
15.8 	paragraph (c).
15.9 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
15.10 	attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary
15.11 	changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure
15.12 	accuracy.
15.13 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Lake County and is
15.14 	described as follows:  The Northwest Quarter of the Northwest
15.15 	Quarter of Section 20, Township 57 North, Range 7 West, Lake
15.16 	County, Minnesota, containing 40 acres more or less.
15.17 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land
15.18 	management interests would be best served if the lands were sold
15.19 	to the current occupant.

15.20 	Sec. 20. NO-BUILD EASEMENT.
 15.21 	Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the St.
15.22 	Louis County Board of Commissioners may convey a three-foot
15.23 	permanent no-build easement on the northeasterly border of the
15.24 	unsold tax-forfeited property described as lot 35 in the plat of
15.25 	Upper Duluth St. Louis Avenue to an individual owner of private
15.26 	property that shares a border with the tax-forfeited lot.

15.27 	Sec. 21. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
15.28 	PUBLIC WATERS; RICE COUNTY.
 15.29 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
15.30 	282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of
15.31 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Rice County may sell by private
15.32 	sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public waters described in
15.33 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
15.34 	Statutes, chapter 282.
15.35 	(b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney
15.36 	general.  The conveyance shall be subject to the city of
16.1 	Morristown Ordinance No. 170 adopted May 6, 2002, including, but
16.2 	not limited to, section 19 of Ordinance No. 170 addressing
16.3 	shoreland setback distances at a minimum distance of 50 feet and
16.4 	limitations on vegetation removal.  The conveyance shall also
16.5 	reserve to the city an additional 12 feet running parallel to
16.6 	the 50-foot setback zone for public trail purposes.
16.7 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Rice County and is
16.8 	described as:  Lots 3, 4, and 5, Block 2, original plat of
16.9 	Morristown (parcel #20.0331.000).
16.10 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land
16.11 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
16.12 	returned to private ownership.

16.13 	Sec. 22. REPEALER.
 16.14 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.033, subdivision 2, is
16.15 	repealed.

16.16 	Sec. 23. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 16.17 	Sections 1 to 19, 21, and 22 are effective the day
16.18 	following final enactment.
16.19 	Section 20 is effective the day after the St. Louis County
16.20 	Board of Commissioners and its chief clerical officer comply
16.21 	with Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.