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; authorizing conveyance of an
1.9 	easement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections
1.10 	84.033, by adding a subdivision; 97A.093; Laws 2003,
1.11 	First Special Session chapter 13, section 25;
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. (a) The commissioner must
1.18 	follow the procedures under section 97A.145, subdivision 2, when
1.19 	acquiring land for designation as a scientific and natural area
1.20 	under this section.
1.21 	(b) When designating land that was not acquired under this
1.22 	section as a scientific and natural area the commissioner must
1.23 	obtain approval of the designation by resolution of the board of
1.24 	the county in which the land is located.

1.25 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97A.093, is
1.26 	amended to read:
1.27 	97A.093 HUNTING, TRAPPING, AND FISHING IN SCIENTIFIC AND
1.28 	NATURAL AREAS.
1.29 	Except as otherwise provided by law, scientific and natural
2.1 	areas are closed to hunting, trapping, and fishing unless:
2.2 	(1) for scientific and natural areas designated before May
2.3 	15, 1992,the designating document allows hunting, trapping, or
2.4 	fishing; or
2.5 	(2) for other scientific and natural areas,the
2.6 	commissioner allows hunting, trapping, or fishing in accordance
2.7 	with the procedure in section 86A.05, subdivision 5, paragraph
2.8 	(d).

2.9 	Sec. 3. Laws 2003, First Special Session chapter 13,
2.10 	section 25, is amended to read:
2.11 	Sec. 25PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
2.12 	WATERS; SCOTT COUNTY.
 2.13 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45;
2.14 	94.09; 94.10; 97A.135, subdivision 2a; and 103F.535, the
2.15 	commissioner of natural resources shall sell by private sale the
2.16 	surplus land bordering public waters that is described in
2.17 	paragraph (e).
2.18 	(b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the
2.19 	attorney general for consideration of no less than the appraised
2.20 	value of the land.
2.21 	(c) The deed must contain a restrictive covenant that
2.22 	prohibits altering, disturbing vegetation in, draining, filling,
2.23 	or placing any material or structure of any kind on or in the
2.24 	existing wetland area located on the land; prohibits any
2.25 	increase in run-off rate or volume from the land or future
2.26 	buildings into said wetland; and prohibits diverting or
2.27 	appropriating water from said wetland. This restriction applies
2.28 	only to the public waters wetland on the land identified on the
2.29 	public waters inventory map as 70-148W.  Other wetlands on the
2.30 	land are subject to Minnesota Statutes, sections 103G.221 to
2.31 	103G.2372.
2.32 	(d) The consideration received for the conveyance shall be
2.33 	deposited in the state treasury and credited to the wildlife
2.34 	acquisition account in the game and fish fund.  The money is
2.35 	appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for
2.36 	wildlife land acquisition purposes.
3.1 	(e) The land that may be sold is in the Prior Lake wildlife
3.2 	management area in Scott county and is described as:
3.3 	The East 1200 feet of the South 800 feet of the Southwest
3.4 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township
3.5 	115 North, Range 22 West.  Including the abandoned
3.6 	right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
3.7 	Pacific Railroad Company (formerly the Hastings and Dakota
3.8 	Railway Company).  Containing 22 acres, more or less.
3.9 	(f) This land no longer fits into the state wildlife
3.10 	management area system because of hunting limitations, its small
3.11 	size, and future development planned for the area.  Proceeds
3.12 	from the sale will be used to purchase lands more suitable for
3.13 	wildlife management and public use.

3.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
3.15 	following final enactment.

3.16 	Sec. 4. PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND;
3.17 	AITKIN COUNTY.
 3.18 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale
3.19 	provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, or other
3.20 	law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural resources may
3.21 	sell the consolidated conservation land described in paragraph
3.22 	(c) to Aitkin County under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
3.23 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282.
3.24 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
3.25 	attorney general.  The consideration for the conveyance must be
3.26 	for no less than the appraised value of the land and timber, and
3.27 	any survey costs.  Proceeds shall be disposed of according to
3.28 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
3.29 	(c) The land to be sold is in Aitkin County and is
3.30 	described as:  the North 400 feet of the West 800 feet of the
3.31 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 22, Township
3.32 	51, Range 26.

3.33 	Sec. 5. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; BELTRAMI
3.34 	COUNTY.
 3.35 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota
3.36 	Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Beltrami
4.1 	County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described
4.2 	in paragraph (c).
4.3 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
4.4 	attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary
4.5 	changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure
4.6 	accuracy.
4.7 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami County,
4.8 	contains 4.87 acres more or less, and is described as:  a parcel
4.9 	of land located north of the north right-of-way line of U.S.
4.10 	Highway 71 in the extreme northwestern corner of the Northwest
4.11 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 32, Township 148
4.12 	North, Range 32 West.
4.13 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land
4.14 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
4.15 	returned to private ownership.

4.16 	Sec. 6. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON
4.17 	PUBLIC WATER OR INCLUDING WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 4.18 		Subdivision 1.Sale requirements. (a) Notwithstanding
4.19 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
4.20 	subdivision 1, Hennepin County may sell or convey for public use
4.21 	without monetary consideration to the city of Brooklyn Park, a
4.22 	governmental subdivision, for an authorized public use for Storm
4.23 	Water Retention Area, the parcel of tax-forfeited land bordering
4.24 	public water or natural wetlands containing in excess of 150
4.25 	feet of frontage on Shingle Creek, that is described in
4.26 	subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
4.27 	Statutes, chapter 282.
4.28 	(b) Any such conveyance shall be subject to restrictions
4.29 	imposed by the commissioner of the Department of Natural
4.30 	Resources and subject to the clause for reversion to the state
4.31 	for failure to use, or abandonment of use for which the
4.32 	tax-forfeited lands were acquired in Minnesota Statutes, section
4.33 	282.01.
4.34 	(c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
4.35 	attorney general.
4.36 		Subd. 2.Legal description. (a) The parcel of land that
5.1 	may be conveyed is described as:  Unplatted, Section 30,
5.2 	Township 119, Range 21, the East 187.1 feet of the West 1,182.6
5.3 	feet of the South 597 feet of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast
5.4 	1/4.  Also that part of the Southwest 1/4 of the Northeast 1/4
5.5 	lying East of the West 1,182.6 feet thereof and lying
5.6 	southwesterly of Registered Land Survey No. 304.
5.7 	(b) The land described must be sold under the sale
5.8 	provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
5.9 	(c) Hennepin County has determined that the county's land
5.10 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
5.11 	returned to private ownership or conveyed to a governmental
5.12 	subdivision for an authorized public use.
5.13 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
5.14 	following final enactment.

5.15 	Sec. 7. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON
5.16 	PUBLIC WATER OR INCLUDING WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 5.17 		Subdivision 1.Sale requirements. (a) Notwithstanding
5.18 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
5.19 	subdivision 1, Hennepin County may sell or convey for public use
5.20 	without monetary consideration to the city of Minnetrista, a
5.21 	governmental subdivision, for an authorized public use for
5.22 	Preservation of Wetlands and Wildlife, the parcel of
5.23 	tax-forfeited land bordering public water or natural wetlands
5.24 	containing in excess of 150 feet of frontage on Painter Creek
5.25 	and Jennings Bay on Lake Minnetonka, that is described in
5.26 	subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
5.27 	Statutes, chapter 282.
5.28 	(b) Any such conveyance shall be subject to restrictions
5.29 	imposed by the commissioner of the Department of Natural
5.30 	Resources and subject to the clause for reversion to the state
5.31 	for failure to use, or abandonment of use for which the
5.32 	tax-forfeited lands were acquired as provided in Minnesota
5.33 	Statutes, section 282.01.
5.34 	(c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
5.35 	attorney general.
5.36 		Subd. 2.Legal description. (a) The parcel of land that
6.1 	may be conveyed is described as:  Outlot 2, Sun Valley.
6.2 	(b) The land described must be sold under the sale
6.3 	provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
6.4 	(c) Hennepin County has determined that the county's land
6.5 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
6.6 	returned to private ownership or conveyed to a governmental
6.7 	subdivision for an authorized public use.
6.8 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
6.9 	following final enactment.

6.10 	Sec. 8. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON
6.11 	PUBLIC WATER OR INCLUDING WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 6.12 		Subdivision 1.Sale requirements. (a) Notwithstanding
6.13 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
6.14 	subdivision 1, Hennepin County may sell or convey to the city of
6.15 	Eden Prairie, a governmental subdivision, for an authorized
6.16 	public use for wetland purposes, the parcel of tax-forfeited
6.17 	land bordering public water or natural wetlands containing in
6.18 	excess of 150 feet of frontage on Lake Idlewild (27-74P), that
6.19 	is described in subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of
6.20 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
6.21 	(b) Any such conveyance shall be subject to restrictions
6.22 	imposed by the commissioner of the Department of Natural
6.23 	Resources and subject to the clause for reversion to the state
6.24 	for failure to use, or abandonment of use for which the
6.25 	tax-forfeited lands were acquired as provided in Minnesota
6.26 	Statutes, section 282.01.
6.27 	(c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
6.28 	attorney general.
6.29 		Subd. 2.Legal description. (a) The parcel of land that
6.30 	may be conveyed is described as Lot 21 except parts platted as
6.31 	Registered Land Survey No. 895 and Idlewood Lake Addition and
6.32 	Anderson Idlewild Addition and Anderson's Idleview, Auditor's
6.33 	Subdivision No. 335, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
6.34 	(b) The land described must be sold under the sale
6.35 	provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
6.36 	(c) Hennepin County has determined that the county's land
7.1 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
7.2 	returned to private ownership or conveyed to a governmental
7.3 	subdivision for an authorized public use.
7.4 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
7.5 	following final enactment.

7.6 	Sec. 9. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON
7.7 	PUBLIC WATER OR INCLUDING WETLANDS; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 7.8 		Subdivision 1.Sale requirements. (a) Notwithstanding
7.9 	Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018,
7.10 	subdivision 1, Hennepin County may sell or convey to the city of
7.11 	Eden Prairie, a governmental subdivision, for an authorized
7.12 	public use of wetland purposes, the parcel of tax-forfeited land
7.13 	bordering public water or natural wetlands containing in excess
7.14 	of 150 feet of frontage on Lake Idlewild (27-74P) or the
7.15 	majority of the parcel under water, that is described in
7.16 	subdivision 2, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
7.17 	Statutes, chapter 282.
7.18 	(b) Any such conveyance shall be subject to restrictions
7.19 	imposed by the commissioner of the Department of Natural
7.20 	Resources and subject to the clause for reversion to the state
7.21 	for failure to use, or abandonment of use for which the
7.22 	tax-forfeited lands were acquired as provided in Minnesota
7.23 	Statutes, section 282.01.
7.24 	(c) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
7.25 	attorney general.
7.26 		Subd. 2.Legal description. (a) The parcel of land that
7.27 	may be conveyed is described as Outlot A, Anderson Idlewild
7.28 	Addition.
7.29 	(b) The land described must be sold under the sale
7.30 	provisions in Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
7.31 	(c) Hennepin County has determined that the county's land
7.32 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
7.33 	returned to private ownership or conveyed to a governmental
7.34 	subdivision for an authorized public use.
7.35 	
EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day
7.36 	following final enactment.

8.1 	Sec. 10. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HUBBARD
8.2 	COUNTY.
 8.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and
8.4 	94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private
8.5 	sale the surplus state land that is described in paragraph (c).
8.6 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
8.7 	attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary
8.8 	changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure
8.9 	accuracy.
8.10 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hubbard County
8.11 	and is described as follows:
8.12 	That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter
8.13 	of Section 22, Township 142 North, Range 33 West, Hubbard
8.14 	County, Minnesota, described as follows:
8.15 	Beginning at the northeast corner of said Northwest Quarter
8.16 	of the Northwest Quarter, being a 3/4 inch rebar with
8.17 	plastic cap stamped "MN DNR LS 17005" (DNR Monument);
8.18 	thence on a bearing based on the Hubbard County Coordinate
8.19 	System of 1983 of North 88 degrees 51 minutes 21 seconds
8.20 	West, along the north line of said Northwest Quarter of the
8.21 	Northwest Quarter 253.67 feet to a DNR Monument; thence
8.22 	South 04 degrees 03 minutes 57 seconds East 132.71 feet to
8.23 	a DNR Monument; thence South 79 degrees 15 minutes 13
8.24 	seconds East 248.33 feet to the east line of said Northwest
8.25 	Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and a DNR Monument; thence
8.26 	North 00 degrees 05 minutes 06 seconds East along the east
8.27 	line of said Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter
8.28 	173.61 feet to the point of beginning, containing 0.87
8.29 	acres.
8.30 	(d) The sale would resolve a long-standing unintentional
8.31 	trespass.

8.32 	Sec. 11. COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FUND; ITASCA COUNTY.
 8.33 	(a) Notwithstanding Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 16,
8.34 	section 31, subdivision 4, as amended, Itasca County may spend
8.35 	money in the Itasca County environmental trust fund to acquire
8.36 	the land described in paragraph (b) for public access purposes.
9.1 	(b) The land to be acquired by Itasca County is described
9.2 	as:
9.3 	(1) parcel number 91-017-1105; and 
9.4 	(2) parcel number 91-017-1102.

9.5 	Sec. 12. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
9.6 	PUBLIC WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
 9.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
9.8 	282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale requirements of
9.9 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may sell by
9.10 	private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that
9.11 	is described in paragraph (c), under Minnesota Statutes, section
9.12 	282.01, subdivision 7.
9.13 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
9.14 	attorney general for the appraised value of the land and include
9.15 	conditions that the existing structures must be removed within
9.16 	one year of the sale and a conservation easement be retained on
9.17 	the parcel.
9.18 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is
9.19 	described as:  Government Lot 9, Section 19, Township 60 North,
9.20 	Range 26 West.
9.21 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land
9.22 	management interests would be best served if the lands were
9.23 	returned to private ownership.

9.24 	Sec. 13. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
9.25 	PUBLIC WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
 9.26 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
9.27 	282.018, subdivision 1, Itasca County may sell the tax-forfeited
9.28 	land described in paragraph (c) by public sale, under the
9.29 	remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
9.30 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
9.31 	attorney general for the appraised value of the land.
9.32 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is
9.33 	described as:
9.34 	(1) that part lying west of Highway 65 of the Northwest
9.35 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 13, Township 53 North,
9.36 	Range 23 West;
10.1 	(2) the undivided 1/24th interest in the Northeast Quarter
10.2 	of the Southwest Quarter, Section 13, Township 56 North, Range
10.3 	25 West;
10.4 	(3) the undivided 1/24th interest in the Northwest Quarter
10.5 	of the Northwest Quarter, Section 13, Township 56 North, Range
10.6 	25 West; and 
10.7 	(4) the West 200 feet of the East Half of Government Lot 4,
10.8 	Section 23, Township 58 North, Range 24 West.
10.9 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land
10.10 	management interests would be best served if the lands were
10.11 	returned to private ownership.

10.12 	Sec. 14. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING
10.13 	PUBLIC WATER; LAKE COUNTY.
 10.14 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45,
10.15 	94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell
10.16 	by private sale the surplus state land bordering public water
10.17 	that is described in paragraph (c).
10.18 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
10.19 	attorney general.  The conveyance shall reserve a conservation
10.20 	easement to ensure protection of the fish and wildlife shoreline
10.21 	habitat.  The attorney general may make necessary changes to the
10.22 	legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
10.23 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Lake County and
10.24 	is described as follows:  an undivided 1/16th interest in
10.25 	Government Lot 7, Section 31, Township 63 North, Range 11 West.
10.26 	(d) The sale would allow the combination of the 1/16
10.27 	interest with the remaining 15/16 interest.

10.28 	Sec. 15. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
10.29 	PUBLIC WATERS; RICE COUNTY.
 10.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
10.31 	282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of
10.32 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Rice County may sell by private
10.33 	sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public waters described in
10.34 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
10.35 	Statutes, chapter 282.
10.36 	(b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney
11.1 	general.
11.2 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Rice County and is
11.3 	described as:  Lots 3, 4, and 5, Block 2, original plat of
11.4 	Morristown (parcel #20.0331.000).
11.5 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land
11.6 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
11.7 	returned to private ownership.

11.8 	Sec. 16. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
11.9 	PUBLIC WATER; RICE COUNTY.
 11.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
11.11 	282.018, subdivision 1, Rice County may convey for no
11.12 	consideration to the city of Dundas the tax-forfeited land
11.13 	bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
11.14 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
11.15 	attorney general and provide that the land revert to the state
11.16 	if the land is not used for a public purpose as provided in
11.17 	Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01.
11.18 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Rice County and
11.19 	is described as:  All that part of Block Twenty-Two (22), in the
11.20 	original town, now the city of Dundas, Rice County, Minnesota,
11.21 	described as follows:  Beginning at a point on the Southerly
11.22 	line of Hester Street, so-called, on the Easterly line of the
11.23 	right-of-way of the Chicago, Great Western Railway Company;
11.24 	thence running in a Southerly direction parallel with said right-
11.25 	of-way, a distance of Two Hundred Twenty-Five (225) Feet; thence
11.26 	Easterly parallel with Hester Street, so-called, to the banks of
11.27 	the Cannon River; thence Northerly along the said river bank to
11.28 	a point where it intersects with the Southerly line of Hester
11.29 	Street; thence in a Westerly direction along the South line of
11.30 	Hester Street, to the point of the beginning (parcel
11.31 	#17.0277.000).
11.32 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land
11.33 	management interests would best be served if the land was
11.34 	conveyed to the city of Dundas.

11.35 	Sec. 17. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING
11.36 	PUBLIC WATER; ROSEAU COUNTY.
 12.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45,
12.2 	94.09, 94.10, and 97A.135, subdivision 2a, the commissioner of
12.3 	natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus state
12.4 	land bordering public waters that is described in paragraph (c).
12.5 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
12.6 	attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary
12.7 	changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure
12.8 	accuracy.
12.9 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County
12.10 	and is described as:  The southerly 396 feet, south of the south
12.11 	bank of the Roseau River, of the Southwest Quarter of the
12.12 	Northeast Quarter of Section 32, in Township 163 North, Range 40
12.13 	West of the Fifth Principal Meridian in Roseau County,
12.14 	Minnesota.  Said tract of land contains 9.29 acres, more or less.
12.15 	(d) The department has determined that the public interest
12.16 	is best served if the property were to be conveyed to the Roseau
12.17 	River Watershed District to allow for completion of the
12.18 	district's flood control management plan.

12.19 	Sec. 18. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
12.20 	PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 12.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
12.22 	282.018, subdivision 1, St. Louis County may sell the
12.23 	tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described in
12.24 	paragraphs (c) to (g), under the remaining provisions of
12.25 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
12.26 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the
12.27 	attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary
12.28 	changes to legal descriptions to correct errors and ensure
12.29 	accuracy.
12.30 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and
12.31 	is described as:
12.32 	(1) the westerly 400 feet of the easterly 800 feet of Lot
12.33 	4, Section 13, Township 54 North, Range 17 West; and 
12.34 	(2) the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest
12.35 	Quarter, Section 33, Township 51 North, Range 16 West.
12.36 	(d) The conveyances of land under this paragraph must
13.1 	retain for the state a 150-foot trout stream easement lying 75
13.2 	feet on each side of the centerline of the stream.  The land to
13.3 	be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
13.4 	(1) the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section
13.5 	7, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
13.6 	(2) the North Half of the Northeast Quarter and the North
13.7 	Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 8, Township 50 North,
13.8 	Range 18 West;
13.9 	(3) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, except
13.10 	the North Half, and that part of the West 10 acres of the
13.11 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying south of Lester
13.12 	River and the West 10 acres of the Northeast Quarter of the
13.13 	Northeast Quarter lying north of Lester River, except the North
13.14 	5 acres, Section 17, Township 51 North, Range 13 West;
13.15 	(4) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except
13.16 	the West Half, and the East 165 feet of the West Half of the
13.17 	Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 5, Township
13.18 	51 North, Range 13 West;
13.19 	(5) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast
13.20 	Quarter, Section 34, Township 58 North, Range 20 West; and 
13.21 	(6) Government Lot 2, Section 17, Township 51 North, Range
13.22 	12 West, Wonderland 1st Addition to the town of Duluth, Lot 22,
13.23 	Block 1.
13.24 	(e) The conveyance of land under this paragraph must
13.25 	contain a deed restriction that is 75 feet in width along the
13.26 	shoreline, excluding a 15-foot access strip.  The land to be
13.27 	sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:  Lot 6,
13.28 	Lot 7, and Lot 8, except the easterly 50 feet, Erickson's Beach,
13.29 	town of Fayal, Section 27, Township 57 North, Range 17 West.
13.30 	(f) The conveyance of land under this paragraph must
13.31 	contain a deed restriction that is 75 feet in width along the
13.32 	shoreline.  The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County
13.33 	and is described as:  Lots 64 and 65, Vermilion Dells, 1st
13.34 	Addition Greenwood, Section 2, Township 62 North, Range 16 West.
13.35 	(g) The conveyances of land under this paragraph must
13.36 	retain for the state a 150-foot conservation easement lying 75
14.1 	feet on each side of the centerline of the stream.  The land to
14.2 	be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
14.3 	(1) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section
14.4 	31, Township 52 North, Range 14 West;
14.5 	(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section
14.6 	31, Township 52 North, Range 14 West; and 
14.7 	(3) the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of the
14.8 	Southwest Quarter, except the westerly 15 acres, Section 31,
14.9 	Township 52 North, Range 14 West.
14.10 	(h) The county has determined that the county's land
14.11 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
14.12 	returned to private ownership.

14.13 	Sec. 19. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS
14.14 	COUNTY.
 14.15 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota
14.16 	Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, St. Louis
14.17 	County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described
14.18 	in paragraph (c).
14.19 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the
14.20 	attorney general and, except for the parcel under paragraph (c),
14.21 	clause (4), require the buyers to pay an administration fee to
14.22 	cover expenses incurred by the county.  The attorney general may
14.23 	make necessary changes to legal descriptions to correct errors
14.24 	and ensure accuracy.
14.25 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and
14.26 	is described as:
14.27 	(1) the West 335 feet of the South 130 feet of the
14.28 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 12, Township
14.29 	63 North, Range 12 West.  This parcel contains 1.0 acres more or
14.30 	less;
14.31 	(2) the westerly 165.00 feet of the southerly 80.00 feet of
14.32 	the easterly 490.00 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the
14.33 	Southeast Quarter, Section 14, Township 51 North, Range 14
14.34 	West.  This parcel contains 0.3 acres;
14.35 	(3) Lot 17, Block 5, Lyman Park Division of Duluth;
14.36 	(4) the West 220 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the
15.1 	Northeast Quarter, Section 11, Township 54 North, Range 15 West;
15.2 	and 
15.3 	(5) the West 115 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the
15.4 	Northeast Quarter of Section 32, Township 63 North, Range 12
15.5 	West, lying south of the centerline of State Trunk Highway 169
15.6 	and subject to highway right-of-way easement.  This parcel
15.7 	contains 2.5 acres more or less.
15.8 	(d) The sales under this section resolve unintentional
15.9 	occupancy trespasses.

15.10 	Sec. 20. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING
15.11 	PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 15.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the
15.13 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale the
15.14 	surplus land bordering public water that is described in
15.15 	paragraph (c).
15.16 	(b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney
15.17 	general for consideration no less than the estimated market
15.18 	value of the land.  The attorney general may make necessary
15.19 	changes in the legal description to correct errors and ensure
15.20 	accuracy.
15.21 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and
15.22 	described as:  the North 10 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the
15.23 	Northwest Quarter, Section 16, Township 57 North, Range 17 West,
15.24 	lying east of St. Mary's Lake.
15.25 	(d) The parcel described in paragraph (c) has been under
15.26 	lease since 1969 in order for the adjoining owner to meet county
15.27 	zoning standards and the parcel is no longer needed for natural
15.28 	resources purposes.

15.29 	Sec. 21. NO-BUILD EASEMENT.
 15.30 	Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the St.
15.31 	Louis County Board of Commissioners may convey a three-foot
15.32 	permanent no-build easement on the northeasterly border of the
15.33 	unsold tax-forfeited property described as lot 35 in the plat of
15.34 	Upper Duluth St. Louis Avenue to an individual owner of private
15.35 	property that shares a border with the tax-forfeited lot.

15.36 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after
16.1 	the St. Louis County Board of Commissioners and its chief
16.2 	clerical officer comply with Minnesota Statutes, section
16.3 	645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.

16.4 	Sec. 22. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WABASHA
16.5 	COUNTY.
 16.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and
16.7 	94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private
16.8 	sale the surplus state land that is described in paragraph (c).
16.9 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
16.10 	attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary
16.11 	changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure
16.12 	accuracy.  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.10,
16.13 	the consideration for the conveyance is the estimated value for
16.14 	the land described in paragraph (c) as of January 1976, adjusted
16.15 	for inflation using the implicit price deflator for government
16.16 	consumption expenditures and gross investment for state and
16.17 	local governments prepared by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of
16.18 	the United States Department of Commerce for the period starting
16.19 	with January of 1976 and ending with January of 2005.
16.20 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wabasha County
16.21 	and is described as follows:
16.22 	That part of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of
16.23 	Section 14, Township 109 North, Range 10 West, Wabasha County,
16.24 	Minnesota, lying southerly of the following described center
16.25 	line:
16.26 	Commencing at the southwest corner of said South Half of
16.27 	the Southwest Quarter from which the southeast corner of
16.28 	said South Half of the Southwest Quarter bears East,
16.29 	assumed bearing; thence South 88 degrees 44 minutes East
16.30 	69.69 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 62
16.31 	degrees East 72.46 feet; thence North 64 degrees East 48.05
16.32 	feet; thence East 77.19 feet; thence South 86 degrees East
16.33 	73.98 feet; thence North 76 degrees East 72.83 feet; thence
16.34 	North 64 degrees East 75.07 feet; thence North 77 degrees
16.35 	East 76.52 feet; thence North 85 degrees East 13.74 feet;
16.36 	thence North 47 degrees East 63.99 feet; thence North 72
17.1 	degrees East 76.61 feet; thence North 69 degrees East 72.57
17.2 	feet; thence North 39 degrees East 56.12 feet; thence South
17.3 	66 degrees East 80.17 feet; thence South 82 degrees East
17.4 	48.68 feet; thence North 82 degrees East 69.30 feet; thence
17.5 	South 31 degrees East 81.99 feet; thence South 10 degrees
17.6 	East 39.39 feet; thence South 12 degrees East 74.13 feet;
17.7 	thence South 22 degrees East 51.75 feet; thence South 43
17.8 	degrees East 18.47 feet; thence South 83 degrees East 71.42
17.9 	feet; thence North 89 degrees East 53.56 feet; thence North
17.10 	28 degrees East 70.36 feet; thence North 31 degrees East
17.11 	74.57 feet; thence North 22 degrees East 73.19 feet; thence
17.12 	North 06 degrees East 52.91 feet; thence North 07 degrees
17.13 	East 68.58 feet; thence North 14 degrees East 75.72 feet;
17.14 	thence North 17 degrees East 72.04 feet; thence South 76
17.15 	degrees East 84.66 feet; thence South 51 degrees East 75.23
17.16 	feet; thence South 73 degrees East 72.96 feet; thence South
17.17 	79 degrees East 81.25 feet; thence South 01 degree East
17.18 	82.11 feet; thence South 05 degrees West 73.45 feet; thence
17.19 	South 22 degrees East 69.17 feet; thence South 72 degrees
17.20 	East 70.65 feet; thence South 79 degrees East 56.89 feet;
17.21 	thence North 79 degrees East 54.55 feet; thence South 37
17.22 	degrees East 80.95 feet; thence South 26 degrees East 49.79
17.23 	feet, more or less, to the south line of said South Half of
17.24 	the Southwest Quarter and there terminating, containing 6.4
17.25 	acres, more or less.
17.26 	(d) The sale would correct an error in a prior land
17.27 	acquisition that cut off the existing access route to the
17.28 	remainder of the adjacent landowner's property.

17.29 	Sec. 23. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
17.30 	PUBLIC WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 17.31 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
17.32 	282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of
17.33 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County may sell the
17.34 	tax-forfeited land described in paragraph (c) by private sale,
17.35 	under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter
17.36 	282.
18.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
18.2 	attorney general for the appraised value of the land.
18.3 	(c) The land to be sold is property ID number
18.4 	22.032.21.12.0001, located in Washington County, and described
18.5 	as:  the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section
18.6 	22, Township 32 North, Range 21 West of the 4th Principal
18.7 	Meridian, except the following:  that part platted as GREEN
18.8 	VALLEY-2ND PLAT according to the recorded plat thereof.  And
18.9 	also except the South 220 feet of the West 40 feet of said
18.10 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter.  And also except the
18.11 	East 300 feet of the West 750.41 feet of said Northwest Quarter
18.12 	of the Northeast Quarter.  And also except commencing at the
18.13 	northwest corner of Lot 4, GREEN VALLEY according to the
18.14 	recorded plat thereof, which point is on the north line of said
18.15 	Section 22; thence East (North 90 degrees 00 minutes East) along
18.16 	the north line of said GREEN VALLEY and said north line of
18.17 	Section 22 a distance of 418 feet to the northeast corner of Lot
18.18 	7 of said GREEN VALLEY and the point of beginning; thence South
18.19 	00 degrees 03 minutes East, along the easterly line of said Lot
18.20 	7, a distance of 295.6 feet to the southeast corner of said Lot
18.21 	7 and the north line of GREEN VALLEY-2ND PLAT, according to the
18.22 	recorded plat thereof; thence South 76 degrees 49 minutes East,
18.23 	along said north line of GREEN VALLEY-2ND PLAT, a distance of
18.24 	872.7 feet; thence North 54 degrees 37 minutes 30 seconds East a
18.25 	distance of 202.8 feet; thence North 78 degrees 04 minutes 30
18.26 	seconds East a distance of 505 feet, more or less, to the shore
18.27 	of Shields Lake; thence northerly, along the shore of Shields
18.28 	Lake, a distance of 280 feet, more or less, to said north line
18.29 	of Section 22; thence West along said north line a distance of
18.30 	1573.16 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
18.31 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land
18.32 	management interests would be best served if the lands were
18.33 	returned to private ownership.

18.34 	Sec. 24. EASEMENT ON STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER;
18.35 	WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 18.36 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45,
19.1 	94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources shall
19.2 	convey an easement on land bordering public water that is
19.3 	described in paragraph (c).  The easement shall be issued to the
19.4 	current owners of land who purchased land subject to an easement
19.5 	on the property described in paragraph (c), and shall allow one
19.6 	dock on the property for use by the easement holders.
19.7 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
19.8 	attorney general for consideration of the easement preparation
19.9 	and filing costs, and provide that the easement to a property
19.10 	owner expires when the current owner conveys to another person
19.11 	the property that qualified the person for the easement under
19.12 	paragraph (a).  The attorney general may make necessary changes
19.13 	to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
19.14 	(c) The land for which an easement is conveyed is located
19.15 	in Washington County and is described as:
19.16 	part of Government Lot 6, Section 5, Township 29, Range 21,
19.17 	being the South 45 feet lying east of the road, subject to
19.18 	an easement (lot ID# 05.029.21.41.0001).

19.19 	Sec. 25. REPEALER.
 19.20 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.033, subdivision 2, is
19.21 	repealed.