SF 896

2nd Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006)

Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00 a.m.

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; state lands; modifying 
  1.3             requirements for designation of scientific and natural 
  1.4             areas; authorizing the private sale of certain surplus 
  1.5             state lands; authorizing the public and private sale 
  1.6             of certain tax-forfeited lands bordering public 
  1.7             waters; providing for an easement on state land 
  1.8             bordering a public water; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.9             2004, sections 84.033, by adding a subdivision; 
  1.10            97A.093; Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 13, 
  1.11            section 25; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 
  1.12            84.033, subdivision 2. 
  1.13  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.14     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.033, is 
  1.15  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.16     Subd. 3.  [COUNTY APPROVAL.] (a) The commissioner must 
  1.17  follow the procedures under section 97A.145, subdivision 2, when 
  1.18  acquiring land for designation as a scientific and natural area 
  1.19  under this section.  
  1.20     (b) When designating land that was not acquired under this 
  1.21  section as a scientific and natural area the commissioner must 
  1.22  obtain approval of the designation by resolution of the board of 
  1.23  the county in which the land is located. 
  1.24     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.093, is 
  1.25  amended to read: 
  1.26     97A.093 [HUNTING, TRAPPING, AND FISHING IN SCIENTIFIC AND 
  1.27  NATURAL AREAS.] 
  1.28     Except as otherwise provided by law, scientific and natural 
  1.29  areas are closed to hunting, trapping, and fishing unless: 
  2.1      (1) for scientific and natural areas designated before May 
  2.2   15, 1992, the designating document allows hunting, trapping, or 
  2.3   fishing; or 
  2.4      (2) for other scientific and natural areas, the 
  2.5   commissioner allows hunting, trapping, or fishing in accordance 
  2.6   with the procedure in section 86A.05, subdivision 5, paragraph 
  2.7   (d). 
  2.8      Sec. 3.  Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 13, 
  2.9   section 25, is amended to read: 
  2.10     Sec. 25.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
  2.11  WATERS; SCOTT COUNTY.] 
  2.12     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45; 
  2.13  94.09; 94.10; 97A.135, subdivision 2a; and 103F.535, the 
  2.14  commissioner of natural resources shall sell by private sale the 
  2.15  surplus land bordering public waters that is described in 
  2.16  paragraph (e). 
  2.17     (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
  2.18  attorney general for consideration of no less than the appraised 
  2.19  value of the land. 
  2.20     (c) The deed must contain a restrictive covenant that 
  2.21  prohibits altering, disturbing vegetation in, draining, filling, 
  2.22  or placing any material or structure of any kind on or in the 
  2.23  existing wetland area located on the land; prohibits any 
  2.24  increase in run-off rate or volume from the land or future 
  2.25  buildings into said wetland; and prohibits diverting or 
  2.26  appropriating water from said wetland.  This restriction applies 
  2.27  only to the public waters wetland on the land identified on the 
  2.28  public waters inventory map as 70-148W.  Other wetlands on the 
  2.29  land are subject to Minnesota Statutes, sections 103G.221 to 
  2.30  103G.2372. 
  2.31     (d) The consideration received for the conveyance shall be 
  2.32  deposited in the state treasury and credited to the wildlife 
  2.33  acquisition account in the game and fish fund.  The money is 
  2.34  appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for 
  2.35  wildlife land acquisition purposes. 
  2.36     (e) The land that may be sold is in the Prior Lake wildlife 
  3.1   management area in Scott county and is described as: 
  3.2      The East 1200 feet of the South 800 feet of the Southwest 
  3.3      Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 
  3.4      115 North, Range 22 West.  Including the abandoned 
  3.5      right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and 
  3.6      Pacific Railroad Company (formerly the Hastings and Dakota 
  3.7      Railway Company).  Containing 22 acres, more or less. 
  3.8      (f) This land no longer fits into the state wildlife 
  3.9   management area system because of hunting limitations, its small 
  3.10  size, and future development planned for the area.  Proceeds 
  3.11  from the sale will be used to purchase lands more suitable for 
  3.12  wildlife management and public use. 
  3.13     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
  3.14  following final enactment. 
  3.15     Sec. 4.  [PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; 
  3.16  AITKIN COUNTY.] 
  3.17     (a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale 
  3.18  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, or other 
  3.19  law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural resources may 
  3.20  sell the consolidated conservation land described in paragraph 
  3.21  (c) to Aitkin County under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
  3.22  Statutes, chapters 84A and 282. 
  3.23     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  3.24  attorney general.  The consideration for the conveyance must be 
  3.25  for no less than the appraised value of the land and timber, and 
  3.26  any survey costs.  Proceeds shall be disposed of according to 
  3.27  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A. 
  3.28     (c) The land to be sold is in Aitkin County and is 
  3.29  described as:  the North 400 feet of the West 800 feet of the 
  3.30  Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 22, Township 
  3.31  51, Range 26. 
  3.32     Sec. 5.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; BELTRAMI 
  3.33  COUNTY.] 
  3.34     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
  3.35  Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Beltrami 
  3.36  County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described 
  4.1   in paragraph (c). 
  4.2      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  4.3   attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary 
  4.4   changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure 
  4.5   accuracy. 
  4.6      (c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami County, 
  4.7   contains 4.87 acres more or less, and is described as:  a parcel 
  4.8   of land located north of the north right-of-way line of State 
  4.9   Highway 71 in the extreme northeasterly corner of the Northwest 
  4.10  Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 32, Township 148 
  4.11  North, Range 32 West. 
  4.12     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  4.13  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  4.14  returned to private ownership. 
  4.15     Sec. 6.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
  4.16  PUBLIC WATER OR INCLUDING WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
  4.17     Subdivision 1.  [SALE REQUIREMENTS.] (a) Notwithstanding 
  4.18  Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, 
  4.19  subdivision 1, Hennepin County may sell or convey for public use 
  4.20  without monetary consideration to the city of Brooklyn Park, a 
  4.21  governmental subdivision, for an authorized public use for Storm 
  4.22  Water Retention Area, the parcel of tax-forfeited land bordering 
  4.23  public water or natural wetlands containing in excess of 150 
  4.24  feet of frontage on Shingle Creek, that is described in 
  4.25  subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
  4.26  Statutes, chapter 282. 
  4.27     (b) Any such conveyance shall be subject to restrictions 
  4.28  imposed by the commissioner of the Department of Natural 
  4.29  Resources and subject to the clause for reversion to the state 
  4.30  for failure to use, or abandonment of use for which the 
  4.31  tax-forfeited lands were acquired in Minnesota Statutes, section 
  4.32  282.01. 
  4.33     (c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  4.34  attorney general. 
  4.35     Subd. 2.  [LEGAL DESCRIPTION.] (a) The parcel of land that 
  4.36  may be conveyed is described as:  Unplatted, Section 30, 
  5.1   Township 119, Range 21, the East 187.1 feet of the West 1,182.6 
  5.2   feet of the South 597 feet of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 
  5.3   1/4.  Also that part of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4 
  5.4   lying East of the West 1,182.6 feet thereof and lying 
  5.5   southwesterly of Registered Land Survey No. 304. 
  5.6      (b) The land described must be sold under the sale 
  5.7   provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01. 
  5.8      (c) Hennepin County has determined that the county's land 
  5.9   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  5.10  returned to private ownership or conveyed to a governmental 
  5.11  subdivision for an authorized public use. 
  5.12     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
  5.13  following final enactment. 
  5.14     Sec. 7.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
  5.15  PUBLIC WATER OR INCLUDING WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
  5.16     Subdivision 1.  [SALE REQUIREMENTS.] (a) Notwithstanding 
  5.17  Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, 
  5.18  subdivision 1, Hennepin County may sell or convey for public use 
  5.19  without monetary consideration to the city of Minnetrista, a 
  5.20  governmental subdivision, for an authorized public use for 
  5.21  Preservation of Wetlands and Wildlife, the parcel of 
  5.22  tax-forfeited land bordering public water or natural wetlands 
  5.23  containing in excess of 150 feet of frontage on Painter Creek 
  5.24  and Jennings Bay on Lake Minnetonka, that is described in 
  5.25  subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
  5.26  Statutes, chapter 282. 
  5.27     (b) Any such conveyance shall be subject to restrictions 
  5.28  imposed by the commissioner of the Department of Natural 
  5.29  Resources and subject to the clause for reversion to the state 
  5.30  for failure to use, or abandonment of use for which the 
  5.31  tax-forfeited lands were acquired as provided in Minnesota 
  5.32  Statutes, section 282.01. 
  5.33     (c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  5.34  attorney general. 
  5.35     Subd. 2.  [LEGAL DESCRIPTION.] (a) The parcel of land that 
  5.36  may be conveyed is described as:  Outlot 2, Sun Valley. 
  6.1      (b) The land described must be sold under the sale 
  6.2   provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01. 
  6.3      (c) Hennepin County has determined that the county's land 
  6.4   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  6.5   returned to private ownership or conveyed to a governmental 
  6.6   subdivision for an authorized public use. 
  6.7      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
  6.8   following final enactment. 
  6.9      Sec. 8.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
  6.10  PUBLIC WATER OR INCLUDING WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
  6.11     Subdivision 1.  [SALE REQUIREMENTS.] (a) Notwithstanding 
  6.12  Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, 
  6.13  subdivision 1, Hennepin County may sell or convey to the city of 
  6.14  Eden Prairie, a governmental subdivision, for an authorized 
  6.15  public use for wetland purposes, the parcel of tax-forfeited 
  6.16  land bordering public water or natural wetlands containing in 
  6.17  excess of 150 feet of frontage on Lake Idlewild (27-74P), that 
  6.18  is described in subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of 
  6.19  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
  6.20     (b) Any such conveyance shall be subject to restrictions 
  6.21  imposed by the commissioner of the Department of Natural 
  6.22  Resources and subject to the clause for reversion to the state 
  6.23  for failure to use, or abandonment of use for which the 
  6.24  tax-forfeited lands were acquired as provided in Minnesota 
  6.25  Statutes, section 282.01. 
  6.26     (c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  6.27  attorney general. 
  6.28     Subd. 2.  [LEGAL DESCRIPTION.] (a) The parcel of land that 
  6.29  may be conveyed is described as Lot 21 except parts platted as 
  6.30  Registered Land Survey No. 895 and Idlewood Lake Addition and 
  6.31  Anderson Idlewild Addition and Anderson's Idleview, Auditor's 
  6.32  Subdivision No. 335, Hennepin County, Minnesota. 
  6.33     (b) The land described must be sold under the sale 
  6.34  provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01. 
  6.35     (c) Hennepin County has determined that the county's land 
  6.36  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  7.1   returned to private ownership or conveyed to a governmental 
  7.2   subdivision for an authorized public use. 
  7.3      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
  7.4   following final enactment. 
  7.5      Sec. 9.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
  7.6   PUBLIC WATER OR INCLUDING WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.] 
  7.7      Subdivision 1.  [SALE REQUIREMENTS.] (a) Notwithstanding 
  7.8   Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, 
  7.9   subdivision 1, Hennepin County may sell or convey to the city of 
  7.10  Eden Prairie, a governmental subdivision, for an authorized 
  7.11  public use of wetland purposes, the parcel of tax-forfeited land 
  7.12  bordering public water or natural wetlands containing in excess 
  7.13  of 150 feet of frontage on Lake Idlewild (27-74P) or the 
  7.14  majority of the parcel under water, that is described in 
  7.15  subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
  7.16  Statutes, chapter 282. 
  7.17     (b) Any such conveyance shall be subject to restrictions 
  7.18  imposed by the commissioner of the Department of Natural 
  7.19  Resources and subject to the clause for reversion to the state 
  7.20  for failure to use, or abandonment of use for which the 
  7.21  tax-forfeited lands were acquired as provided in Minnesota 
  7.22  Statutes, section 282.01. 
  7.23     (c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  7.24  attorney general. 
  7.25     Subd. 2.  [LEGAL DESCRIPTION.] (a) The parcel of land that 
  7.26  may be conveyed is described as Outlot A, Anderson Idlewild 
  7.27  Addition. 
  7.28     (b) The land described must be sold under the sale 
  7.29  provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01. 
  7.30     (c) Hennepin County has determined that the county's land 
  7.31  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  7.32  returned to private ownership or conveyed to a governmental 
  7.33  subdivision for an authorized public use. 
  7.34     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective the day 
  7.35  following final enactment. 
  7.36     Sec. 10.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HUBBARD 
  8.1   COUNTY.] 
  8.2      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
  8.3   94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
  8.4   sale the surplus state land that is described in paragraph (c). 
  8.5      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  8.6   attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary 
  8.7   changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure 
  8.8   accuracy. 
  8.9      (c) The land that may be sold is located in Hubbard County 
  8.10  and is described as follows: 
  8.11     That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
  8.12  of Section 22, Township 142 North, Range 33 West, Hubbard 
  8.13  County, Minnesota, described as follows: 
  8.14     Beginning at the northeast corner of said Northwest Quarter 
  8.15     of the Northwest Quarter, being a 3/4 inch rebar with 
  8.16     plastic cap stamped "MN DNR LS 17005" (DNR Monument); 
  8.17     thence on a bearing based on the Hubbard County Coordinate 
  8.18     System of 1983 of North 88 degrees 51 minutes 21 seconds 
  8.19     West, along the north line of said Northwest Quarter of the 
  8.20     Northwest Quarter 253.67 feet to a DNR Monument; thence 
  8.21     South 04 degrees 03 minutes 57 seconds East 132.71 feet to 
  8.22     a DNR Monument; thence South 79 degrees 15 minutes 13 
  8.23     seconds East 248.33 feet to the east line of said Northwest 
  8.24     Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and a DNR Monument; thence 
  8.25     North 00 degrees 05 minutes 06 seconds East along the east 
  8.26     line of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
  8.27     173.61 feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.87 
  8.28     acres. 
  8.29     (d) The sale would resolve a long-standing unintentional 
  8.30  trespass. 
  8.31     Sec. 11.  [COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FUND; ITASCA COUNTY.] 
  8.32     (a) Notwithstanding Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 16, 
  8.33  section 31, subdivision 4, as amended, Itasca County may spend 
  8.34  money in the Itasca County environmental trust fund to acquire 
  8.35  the land described in paragraph (b) for public access purposes. 
  8.36     (b) The land to be acquired by Itasca County is described 
  9.1   as: 
  9.2      (1) parcel number 91-017-1105; and 
  9.3      (2) parcel number 91-017-1102. 
  9.4      Sec. 12.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  9.5   PUBLIC WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.] 
  9.6      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  9.7   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale requirements of 
  9.8   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may sell by 
  9.9   private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
  9.10  is described in paragraph (c), under Minnesota Statutes, section 
  9.11  282.01, subdivision 7. 
  9.12     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  9.13  attorney general for the appraised value of the land and include 
  9.14  conditions that the existing structures must be removed within 
  9.15  one year of the sale and a conservation easement be retained on 
  9.16  the parcel. 
  9.17     (c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is 
  9.18  described as:  Government Lot 9, Section 19, Township 60 North, 
  9.19  Range 26 West. 
  9.20     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  9.21  management interests would be best served if the lands were 
  9.22  returned to private ownership. 
  9.23     Sec. 13.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  9.24  PUBLIC WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.] 
  9.25     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  9.26  282.018, subdivision 1, Itasca County may sell the tax-forfeited 
  9.27  land described in paragraph (c) by public sale, under the 
  9.28  remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
  9.29     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  9.30  attorney general for the appraised value of the land. 
  9.31     (c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is 
  9.32  described as: 
  9.33     (1) that part lying west of Highway 65 of the Northwest 
  9.34  Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 13, Township 53 North, 
  9.35  Range 23 West; 
  9.36     (2) the undivided 1/24th interest in the Northeast Quarter 
 10.1   of the Southwest Quarter, Section 13, Township 56 North, Range 
 10.2   25 West; 
 10.3      (3) the undivided 1/24th interest in the Northwest Quarter 
 10.4   of the Northwest Quarter, Section 13, Township 56 North, Range 
 10.5   25 West; and 
 10.6      (4) the West 200 feet of the East Half of Government Lot 4, 
 10.7   Section 23, Township 58 North, Range 24 West. 
 10.8      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 10.9   management interests would be best served if the lands were 
 10.10  returned to private ownership. 
 10.11     Sec. 14.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING 
 10.12  PUBLIC WATER; LAKE COUNTY.] 
 10.13     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 10.14  94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell 
 10.15  by private sale the surplus state land bordering public water 
 10.16  that is described in paragraph (c). 
 10.17     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 10.18  attorney general.  The conveyance shall reserve a conservation 
 10.19  easement to ensure protection of the fish and wildlife shoreline 
 10.20  habitat.  The attorney general may make necessary changes to the 
 10.21  legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
 10.22     (c) The land that may be sold is located in Lake County and 
 10.23  is described as follows:  an undivided 1/16th interest in 
 10.24  Government Lot 7, Section 31, Township 63 North, Range 11 West. 
 10.25     (d) The sale would allow the combination of the 1/16 
 10.26  interest with the remaining 15/16 interest. 
 10.27     Sec. 15.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 10.28  PUBLIC WATERS; RICE COUNTY.] 
 10.29     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 10.30  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 10.31  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Rice County may sell by private 
 10.32  sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public waters described in 
 10.33  paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 10.34  Statutes, chapter 282. 
 10.35     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 10.36  general.  
 11.1      (c) The land to be sold is located in Rice County and is 
 11.2   described as:  Lots 3, 4, and 5, Block 2, original plat of 
 11.3   Morristown (parcel #20.0331.000). 
 11.4      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 11.5   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 11.6   returned to private ownership. 
 11.7      Sec. 16.  [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 11.8   PUBLIC WATER; RICE COUNTY.] 
 11.9      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 11.10  282.018, subdivision 1, Rice County may convey for no 
 11.11  consideration to the city of Dundas the tax-forfeited land 
 11.12  bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c). 
 11.13     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 11.14  attorney general and provide that the land revert to the state 
 11.15  if the land is not used for a public purpose as provided in 
 11.16  Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01. 
 11.17     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Rice County and 
 11.18  is described as:  All that part of Block Twenty-Two (22), in the 
 11.19  original town, now the city of Dundas, Rice County, Minnesota, 
 11.20  described as follows:  Beginning at a point on the Southerly 
 11.21  line of Hester Street, so-called, on the Easterly line of the 
 11.22  right-of-way of the Chicago, Great Western Railway Company; 
 11.23  thence running in a Southerly direction parallel with said right-
 11.24  of-way, a distance of Two Hundred Twenty-Five (225) Feet; thence 
 11.25  Easterly parallel with Hester Street, so-called, to the banks of 
 11.26  the Cannon River; thence Northerly along the said river bank to 
 11.27  a point where it intersects with the Southerly line of Hester 
 11.28  Street; thence in a Westerly direction along the South line of 
 11.29  Hester Street, to the point of the beginning (parcel 
 11.30  #17.0277.000). 
 11.31     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 11.32  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 11.33  conveyed to the city of Dundas. 
 11.34     Sec. 17.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING 
 11.35  PUBLIC WATER; ROSEAU COUNTY.] 
 11.36     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 12.1   94.09, 94.10, and 97A.135, subdivision 2a, the commissioner of 
 12.2   natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus state 
 12.3   land bordering public waters that is described in paragraph (c). 
 12.4      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 12.5   attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary 
 12.6   changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure 
 12.7   accuracy. 
 12.8      (c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County 
 12.9   and is described as:  The southerly 396 feet, south of the south 
 12.10  bank of the Roseau River, of the Southwest Quarter of the 
 12.11  Northeast Quarter of Section 32, in Township 163 North, Range 40 
 12.12  West of the Fifth Principal Meridian in Roseau County, 
 12.13  Minnesota.  Said tract of land contains 9.29 acres, more or less.
 12.14     (d) The department has determined that the public interest 
 12.15  is best served if the property were to be conveyed to the Roseau 
 12.16  River Watershed District to allow for completion of the 
 12.17  district's flood control management plan. 
 12.18     Sec. 18.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 12.19  PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 12.20     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 12.21  282.018, subdivision 1, St. Louis County may sell the 
 12.22  tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described in 
 12.23  paragraphs (c) to (g), under the remaining provisions of 
 12.24  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 12.25     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 12.26  attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary 
 12.27  changes to legal descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
 12.28  accuracy. 
 12.29     (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and 
 12.30  is described as: 
 12.31     (1) the westerly 400 feet of the easterly 800 feet of Lot 
 12.32  4, Section 13, Township 54 North, Range 17 West; and 
 12.33     (2) the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
 12.34  Quarter, Section 33, Township 51 North, Range 16 West. 
 12.35     (d) The conveyances of land under this paragraph must 
 12.36  retain for the state a 150-foot trout stream easement lying 75 
 13.1   feet on each side of the centerline of the stream.  The land to 
 13.2   be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: 
 13.3      (1) the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 
 13.4   7, Township 50 North, Range 18 West; 
 13.5      (2) the North Half of the Northeast Quarter and the North 
 13.6   Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 8, Township 50 North, 
 13.7   Range 18 West; 
 13.8      (3) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, except 
 13.9   the North Half, and that part of the West 10 acres of the 
 13.10  Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying south of Lester 
 13.11  River and the West 10 acres of the Northeast Quarter of the 
 13.12  Northeast Quarter lying north of Lester River, except the North 
 13.13  5 acres, Section 17, Township 51 North, Range 13 West; 
 13.14     (4) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except 
 13.15  the West Half, and the East 165 feet of the West Half of the 
 13.16  Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 
 13.17  51 North, Range 13 West; 
 13.18     (5) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast 
 13.19  Quarter, Section 34, Township 58 North, Range 20 West; and 
 13.20     (6) Government Lot 2, Section 17, Township 51 North, Range 
 13.21  12 West, Wonderland 1st Addition to the town of Duluth, Lot 22, 
 13.22  Block 1. 
 13.23     (e) The conveyance of land under this paragraph must 
 13.24  contain a deed restriction that is 75 feet in width along the 
 13.25  shoreline, excluding a 15-foot access strip.  The land to be 
 13.26  sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:  Lot 6, 
 13.27  Lot 7, and Lot 8, except the easterly 50 feet, Erickson's Beach, 
 13.28  town of Fayal, Section 27, Township 57 North, Range 17 West. 
 13.29     (f) The conveyance of land under this paragraph must 
 13.30  contain a deed restriction that is 75 feet in width along the 
 13.31  shoreline.  The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County 
 13.32  and is described as:  Lots 64 and 65, Vermilion Dells, 1st 
 13.33  Addition Greenwood, Section 2, Township 62 North, Range 16 West. 
 13.34     (g) The conveyances of land under this paragraph must 
 13.35  retain for the state a 150-foot conservation easement lying 75 
 13.36  feet on each side of the centerline of the stream.  The land to 
 14.1   be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: 
 14.2      (1) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
 14.3   31, Township 52 North, Range 14 West; 
 14.4      (2) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
 14.5   31, Township 52 North, Range 14 West; and 
 14.6      (3) the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of the 
 14.7   Southwest Quarter, except the westerly 15 acres, Section 31, 
 14.8   Township 52 North, Range 14 West. 
 14.9      (h) The county has determined that the county's land 
 14.10  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 14.11  returned to private ownership. 
 14.12     Sec. 19.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
 14.13  COUNTY.] 
 14.14     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 14.15  Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, St. Louis 
 14.16  County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described 
 14.17  in paragraph (c). 
 14.18     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 14.19  attorney general and, except for the parcel under paragraph (c), 
 14.20  clause (4), require the buyers to pay an administration fee to 
 14.21  cover expenses incurred by the county.  The attorney general may 
 14.22  make necessary changes to legal descriptions to correct errors 
 14.23  and ensure accuracy. 
 14.24     (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and 
 14.25  is described as: 
 14.26     (1) the West 335 feet of the South 130 feet of the 
 14.27  Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 12, Township 
 14.28  63 North, Range 12 West.  This parcel contains 1.0 acres more or 
 14.29  less; 
 14.30     (2) the westerly 165.00 feet of the southerly 80.00 feet of 
 14.31  the easterly 490.00 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the 
 14.32  Southeast Quarter, Section 14, Township 51 North, Range 14 
 14.33  West.  This parcel contains 0.3 acres; 
 14.34     (3) Lot 17, Block 5, Lyman Park Division of Duluth; 
 14.35     (4) the West 220 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the 
 14.36  Northeast Quarter, Section 11, Township 54 North, Range 15 West; 
 15.1   and 
 15.2      (5) the West 115 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the 
 15.3   Northeast Quarter of Section 32, Township 63 North, Range 12 
 15.4   West, lying south of the centerline of State Trunk Highway 169 
 15.5   and subject to highway right-of-way easement.  This parcel 
 15.6   contains 2.5 acres more or less. 
 15.7      (d) The sales under this section resolve unintentional 
 15.8   occupancy trespasses. 
 15.9      Sec. 20.  [PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING 
 15.10  PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 15.11     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
 15.12  commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale the 
 15.13  surplus land bordering public water that is described in 
 15.14  paragraph (c). 
 15.15     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 15.16  general for consideration no less than the estimated market 
 15.17  value of the land.  The attorney general may make necessary 
 15.18  changes in the legal description to correct errors and ensure 
 15.19  accuracy. 
 15.20     (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and 
 15.21  described as:  the North 10 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the 
 15.22  Northwest Quarter, Section 16, Township 57 North, Range 17 West, 
 15.23  lying east of St. Mary's Lake. 
 15.24     (d) The parcel described in paragraph (c) has been under 
 15.25  lease since 1969 in order for the adjoining owner to meet county 
 15.26  zoning standards and the parcel is no longer needed for natural 
 15.27  resources purposes. 
 15.28     Sec. 21.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WABASHA 
 15.29  COUNTY.] 
 15.30     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
 15.31  94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
 15.32  sale the surplus state land that is described in paragraph (c). 
 15.33     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 15.34  attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary 
 15.35  changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure 
 15.36  accuracy.  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.10, 
 16.1   the consideration for the conveyance is the estimated value for 
 16.2   the land described in paragraph (c) as of January 1976, adjusted 
 16.3   for inflation using the implicit price deflator for government 
 16.4   consumption expenditures and gross investment for state and 
 16.5   local governments prepared by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of 
 16.6   the United States Department of Commerce for the period starting 
 16.7   with January of 1976 and ending with January of 2005. 
 16.8      (c) The land that may be sold is located in Wabasha County 
 16.9   and is described as follows: 
 16.10     That part of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of 
 16.11  Section 14, Township 109 North, Range 10 West, Wabasha County, 
 16.12  Minnesota, lying southerly of the following described center 
 16.13  line: 
 16.14     Commencing at the southwest corner of said South Half of 
 16.15     the Southwest Quarter from which the southeast corner of 
 16.16     said South Half of the Southwest Quarter bears East, 
 16.17     assumed bearing; thence South 88 degrees 44 minutes East 
 16.18     69.69 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 62 
 16.19     degrees East 72.46 feet; thence North 64 degrees East 48.05 
 16.20     feet; thence East 77.19 feet; thence South 86 degrees East 
 16.21     73.98 feet; thence North 76 degrees East 72.83 feet; thence 
 16.22     North 64 degrees East 75.07 feet; thence North 77 degrees 
 16.23     East 76.52 feet; thence North 85 degrees East 13.74 feet; 
 16.24     thence North 47 degrees East 63.99 feet; thence North 72 
 16.25     degrees East 76.61 feet; thence North 69 degrees East 72.57 
 16.26     feet; thence North 39 degrees East 56.12 feet; thence South 
 16.27     66 degrees East 80.17 feet; thence South 82 degrees East 
 16.28     48.68 feet; thence North 82 degrees East 69.30 feet; thence 
 16.29     South 31 degrees East 81.99 feet; thence South 10 degrees 
 16.30     East 39.39 feet; thence South 12 degrees East 74.13 feet; 
 16.31     thence South 22 degrees East 51.75 feet; thence South 43 
 16.32     degrees East 18.47 feet; thence South 83 degrees East 71.42 
 16.33     feet; thence North 89 degrees East 53.56 feet; thence North 
 16.34     28 degrees East 70.36 feet; thence North 31 degrees East 
 16.35     74.57 feet; thence North 22 degrees East 73.19 feet; thence 
 16.36     North 06 degrees East 52.91 feet; thence North 07 degrees 
 17.1      East 68.58 feet; thence North 14 degrees East 75.72 feet; 
 17.2      thence North 17 degrees East 72.04 feet; thence South 76 
 17.3      degrees East 84.66 feet; thence South 51 degrees East 75.23 
 17.4      feet; thence South 73 degrees East 72.96 feet; thence South 
 17.5      79 degrees East 81.25 feet; thence South 01 degree East 
 17.6      82.11 feet; thence South 05 degrees West 73.45 feet; thence 
 17.7      South 22 degrees East 69.17 feet; thence South 72 degrees 
 17.8      East 70.65 feet; thence South 79 degrees East 56.89 feet; 
 17.9      thence North 79 degrees East 54.55 feet; thence South 37 
 17.10     degrees East 80.95 feet; thence South 26 degrees East 49.79 
 17.11     feet, more or less, to the south line of said South Half of 
 17.12     the Southwest Quarter and there terminating, containing 6.4 
 17.13     acres, more or less. 
 17.14     (d) The sale would correct an error in a prior land 
 17.15  acquisition that cut off the existing access route to the 
 17.16  remainder of the adjacent landowner's property. 
 17.17     Sec. 22.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 17.18  PUBLIC WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.] 
 17.19     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 17.20  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 17.21  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County may sell the 
 17.22  tax-forfeited land described in paragraph (c) by private sale, 
 17.23  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 17.24  282. 
 17.25     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 17.26  attorney general for the appraised value of the land. 
 17.27     (c) The land to be sold is property ID number 
 17.28  22.032.21.12.0001, located in Washington County, and described 
 17.29  as:  the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 
 17.30  22, Township 32 North, Range 21 West of the 4th Principal 
 17.31  Meridian, except the following:  that part platted as GREEN 
 17.32  VALLEY-2ND PLAT according to the recorded plat thereof.  And 
 17.33  also except the South 220 feet of the West 40 feet of said 
 17.34  Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter.  And also except the 
 17.35  East 300 feet of the West 750.41 feet of said Northwest Quarter 
 17.36  of the Northeast Quarter.  And also except commencing at the 
 18.1   northwest corner of Lot 4, GREEN VALLEY according to the 
 18.2   recorded plat thereof, which point is on the north line of said 
 18.3   Section 22; thence East (North 90 degrees 00 minutes East) along 
 18.4   the north line of said GREEN VALLEY and said north line of 
 18.5   Section 22 a distance of 418 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 
 18.6   7 of said GREEN VALLEY and the point of beginning; thence South 
 18.7   00 degrees 03 minutes East, along the easterly line of said Lot 
 18.8   7, a distance of 295.6 feet to the southeast corner of said Lot 
 18.9   7 and the north line of GREEN VALLEY-2ND PLAT, according to the 
 18.10  recorded plat thereof; thence South 76 degrees 49 minutes East, 
 18.11  along said north line of GREEN VALLEY-2ND PLAT, a distance of 
 18.12  872.7 feet; thence North 54 degrees 37 minutes 30 seconds East a 
 18.13  distance of 202.8 feet; thence North 78 degrees 04 minutes 30 
 18.14  seconds East a distance of 505 feet, more or less, to the shore 
 18.15  of Shields Lake; thence northerly, along the shore of Shields 
 18.16  Lake, a distance of 280 feet, more or less, to said north line 
 18.17  of Section 22; thence West along said north line a distance of 
 18.18  1573.16 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. 
 18.19     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 18.20  management interests would be best served if the lands were 
 18.21  returned to private ownership. 
 18.22     Sec. 23.  [EASEMENT ON STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; 
 18.23  WASHINGTON COUNTY.] 
 18.24     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 18.25  94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources shall 
 18.26  convey an easement on land bordering public water that is 
 18.27  described in paragraph (c).  The easement shall be issued to the 
 18.28  current owners of land who purchased land subject to an easement 
 18.29  on the property described in paragraph (c), and shall allow one 
 18.30  dock on the property for use by the easement holders. 
 18.31     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 18.32  attorney general for consideration of the easement preparation 
 18.33  and filing costs, and provide that the easement to a property 
 18.34  owner expires when the current owner conveys to another person 
 18.35  the property that qualified the person for the easement under 
 18.36  paragraph (a).  The attorney general may make necessary changes 
 19.1   to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
 19.2      (c) The land for which an easement is conveyed is located 
 19.3   in Washington County and is described as: 
 19.4      part of Government Lot 6, Section 5, Township 29, Range 21, 
 19.5      being the South 45 feet lying east of the road, subject to 
 19.6      an easement (lot ID# 05.029.21.41.0001). 
 19.7      Sec. 24.  [REPEALER.] 
 19.8      Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.033, subdivision 2, is 
 19.9   repealed.