1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying Itasca County survey requirements on 
1.3 	certain lots; authorizing the public and private sale of tax-forfeited land bordering 
1.4 	public waters in Itasca County; modifying the apportionment of proceeds from 
1.5 	the sale of certain tax-forfeited land;amending Laws 1999, chapter 161, section 
1.6 	31, subdivision 5, as amended.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Laws 1999, chapter 161, section 31, subdivision 5,  as amended by Laws 
1.9 	2004, chapter 262, article 3, section 2, is amended to read:
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1.11 	Subd. 5.  Survey. (a) Itasca county shall cause each lot  to be surveyed  by a licensed 
1.12 	surveyor, except that a survey is not required for Lots 11 and 12, Plat of Third River, 
1.13 	according to the plat of record in the Office of the Recorder for Itasca County.  
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1.15 	(b) The costs of survey shall be allocated by the county to  the lots offered for sale 
1.16 	and the successful purchaser on each  lot shall reimburse the county for the survey costs 
1.17 	allocated to  the lot purchased.  If no one purchases the lot, the county is  responsible for the 
1.18 	survey costs.  All surveying must be  conducted by a licensed surveyor.  
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1.20 	Sec. 2. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
1.21 	WATERS; ITASCA COUNTY.
 1.22 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
1.23 	1, Itasca County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public waters described in 
2.1 	paragraph (c) by public sale, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
2.2 	chapter 282.
2.3 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general for not 
2.4 	less than the appraised value of the land.
2.5 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is described as: Lot 8, 
2.6 	Block 1, Anderson Addition, according to the plat on file and of record in the Office of 
2.7 	the Recorder for Itasca County.
2.8 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
2.9 	best served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

2.10 	Sec. 3. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
2.11 	WATERS; ITASCA COUNTY.
 2.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
2.13 	and the public sale requirements in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may 
2.14 	sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public waters described in paragraph (c) by private 
2.15 	sale, under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
2.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general for the 
2.17 	appraised value of the land.
2.18 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is described as: Government 
2.19 	Lot 3, Section 27, Township 55 North, Range 26 West.
2.20 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
2.21 	best served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

2.22 	Sec. 4. LAND REPLACEMENT TRUST FUND; ITASCA COUNTY.
 2.23 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, and any other law relating to the 
2.24 	apportionment of proceeds from the sale of tax-forfeited land and except as otherwise 
2.25 	provided in this section, Itasca County must deposit the money received from the sale 
2.26 	of tax-forfeited lands within the Minnesota Steel Industries permit to mine area near 
2.27 	Nashwauk, Minnesota, into a tax-forfeited land replacement trust fund established by 
2.28 	Itasca County under this section. The principal and interest from this fund may be 
2.29 	spent only on the purchase of lands to replace the tax-forfeited lands sold to Minnesota 
2.30 	Steel Industries. Lands purchased with the land replacement fund must be for forest 
2.31 	management purposes and dedicated as memorial forest under Minnesota Statutes, section 
2.32 	459.06.