1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; modifying Minnesota critical habitat private sector 
1.3 	matching account; modifying outdoor recreation system; adding to and deleting 
1.4 	from state parks, recreation areas, and forests; providing for public and private 
1.5 	sales, conveyances, and exchanges of certain state land; authorizing 30-year 
1.6 	leases of tax-forfeited and other state lands for wind energy projects;amending 
1.7 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 84.943, subdivision 5; 86A.04; 86A.08, 
1.8 	subdivision 1; Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 43.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.10 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.943, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.11 		Subd. 5.Pledges and contributions. The commissioner of natural resources may 
1.12 	accept contributions and pledges to the critical habitat private sector matching account. 
1.13 	A pledge that is made contingent on an appropriation is acceptable and shall be reported 
1.14 	with other pledges as required in this section. The commissioner may agree to match a 
1.15 	contribution contingent on a future appropriation. In the budget request for each biennium, 
1.16 	the commissioner shall report the balance of contributions in the account and the amount 
1.17 	that has been pledged for payment in the succeeding two calendar years.
1.18 	Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources only 
1.19 	for the direct acquisition or improvement of land or interests in land as provided in section 
1.20 	84.944. To the extent of available appropriations other than bond proceeds, the money 
1.21 	matched to the nongame wildlife management account may be used for the management 
1.22 	of nongame wildlife projects as specified in section 290.431. Acquisition includes: (1) 
1.23 	purchase of land or an interest in land by the commissioner; or (2) acceptance by the 
1.24 	commissioner of gifts of land or interests in land as program projects. 

2.1 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.04, is amended to read:
2.2 	86A.04 COMPOSITION OF SYSTEM.
2.3 	The outdoor recreation system shall consist of all state parks; state recreation areas; 
2.4 	state trails established pursuant to sections 84.029, subdivision 2, 85.015, 85.0155, and 
2.5 	85.0156; state scientific and natural areas; state wilderness areas; state forests; state 
2.6 	wildlife management areas; state aquatic management areas; state water access sites, 
2.7 	which include all lands and facilities established by the commissioner of natural resources 
2.8 	or the commissioner of transportation to provide public access to water; state wild, scenic, 
2.9 	and recreational rivers; state historic sites; state rest areas, which include all facilities 
2.10 	established by the commissioner of transportation for the safety, rest, comfort and use 
2.11 	of the highway traveler, and shall include all existing facilities designated as rest areas 
2.12 	and waysides by the commissioner of transportation; and any other units not listed in 
2.13 	this section that are classified under section 86A.05. Each individual state park, state 
2.14 	recreation area, and so forth is called a "unit." 

2.15 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.16 		Subdivision 1.Secondary authorization; when permitted. A unit of the outdoor 
2.17 	recreation system may be authorized wholly or partially within the boundaries of another 
2.18 	unit only when the authorization is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the 
2.19 	respective units and only in the instances permitted below:
2.20 	(a) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state park: 
2.21 	historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational 
2.22 	river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.
2.23 	(b) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state 
2.24 	recreation area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, 
2.25 	trail, rest area, aquatic management area, wildlife management area,  and water access site.
2.26 	(c) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state forest: 
2.27 	state park, state recreation area, historic site, wildlife management area, scientific and 
2.28 	natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic 
2.29 	management area, and water access site.
2.30 	(d) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state historic 
2.31 	site: wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and 
2.32 	water access site.
2.33 	(e) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wildlife 
2.34 	management area: state water access site and aquatic management area.
3.1 	(f) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wild, 
3.2 	scenic, or recreational river: state park, historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness 
3.3 	area, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.
3.4 	(g) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state rest 
3.5 	area: historic site, trail, wild, scenic, and recreational river, aquatic management area,
3.6 	and water access site.
3.7 	(h) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within an aquatic 
3.8 	management area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational 
3.9 	river, trail, rest area, and water access site.

3.10 	Sec. 4. Laws 2006, chapter 236, article 1, section 43, is amended to read:
3.11 	Sec. 43. LAND REPLACEMENT TRUST FUND; ITASCA COUNTY.
 3.12 	Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, and any other 
3.13 	law relating to the apportionment of proceeds from the sale or lease of tax-forfeited land, 
3.14 	Itasca County must apportion the first $1,000,000 received from the sale or lease of 
3.15 	tax-forfeited lands within Minnesota Steel Industries permit to mine area near Nashwauk, 
3.16 	Minnesota, as provided in Laws 1965, chapter 326, section 1, as amended. Any remaining 
3.17 	proceeds received from the sale or lease must be deposited into a tax-forfeited land 
3.18 	replacement trust fund established by Itasca County under this section. The principal 
3.19 	and interest from this fund may be spent only on the purchase of lands to replace the 
3.20 	tax-forfeited lands sold to Minnesota Steel Industries. Lands purchased with the land 
3.21 	replacement fund must: 
3.22 	(1) become subject to trust in favor of the governmental subdivision wherein they lie 
3.23 	and all laws related to tax-forfeited lands; and 
3.24 	(2) be for forest management purposes and dedicated as memorial forest under 
3.25 	Minnesota Statutes, section 459.06, subdivision 2. 

3.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day after compliance with 
3.27 	Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 3, by the governing body of Itasca 
3.28 	County.

3.29 	Sec. 5. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
 3.30 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 9.] Buffalo River State Park, Clay County. The 
3.31 	following area is added to Buffalo River State Park, all in Section 11, Township 139 
3.32 	North, Range 46, Clay County: That part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, described 
3.33 	as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 
3.34 	11; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along the 
4.1 	westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 503.33 feet; 
4.2 	thence South 89 degrees 25 minutes 32 seconds East for a distance of 200.00 feet; thence 
4.3 	North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East, parallel to the westerly line of the Southeast 
4.4 	Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 457.87 feet; thence South 89 degrees 44 
4.5 	minutes 18 seconds East for a distance of 323.00 feet; thence South 48 degrees 16 minutes 
4.6 	47 seconds East for a distance of 89.46 feet; thence South 29 degrees 17 minutes 10 
4.7 	seconds East for a distance of 1,035.56 feet to a point of intersection with the southerly 
4.8 	line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11; thence North 89 degrees 44 minutes 18 
4.9 	seconds West, along the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for 
4.10 	a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the point of beginning. Said tract of land contains 16.133 
4.11 	acres, more or less, and is subject to the following described ingress-egress easement: A 
4.12 	30.00-foot strip of land for purposes of ingress and egress centered along the following 
4.13 	described line: Commencing at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 
4.14 	11, Township 139 North, Range 46 West, Fifth Principal Meridian, Clay County, 
4.15 	Minnesota; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along 
4.16 	the westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 15.00 feet to 
4.17 	the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 18 seconds East, parallel 
4.18 	to and 15.00 feet northerly of the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 
4.19 	11, for a distance of 797.03 feet; thence North 22 degrees 07 minutes 20 seconds East for a 
4.20 	distance of 327.76 feet and there terminating.
4.21 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County. The 
4.22 	following areas are added to Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County:
4.23 	(1) all that part of Government Lot 4, and all that part of the Southwest Quarter of 
4.24 	the Southeast Quarter and of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, all in Section 
4.25 	2, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the 
4.26 	point of intersection of the east and west center line of said Section 2 with the line of the 
4.27 	west shore of Lake Pepin, running thence West 6 chains; thence South 33 degrees 15 
4.28 	minutes West 9.60 chains; thence South 41 degrees West 5.54 chains; thence South 51 
4.29 	degrees 15 minutes West 4.32 chains; thence South 65 degrees 15 minutes West 4 chains; 
4.30 	thence South 70 degrees 45 minutes West 11.27 chains to a rock in Glenway Street in the 
4.31 	village of Frontenac; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes East 4.72 chains to the north and 
4.32 	south center line of said section; thence South 39 degrees 10 minutes East 11.14 chains; 
4.33 	thence South 32 degrees 30 minutes East 8.15 chains to the north line of Waconia Avenue 
4.34 	in said Frontenac; thence North 42 degrees 50 minutes East 5.15 chains; thence North 23 
4.35 	degrees 50 minutes East 2.75 chains; thence North 9 degrees 20 minutes East 7.90 chains; 
4.36 	thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 4.64 chains; thence North 52 degrees West 3.80 
5.1 	chains; thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 18.40 chains to the east line of said Mill 
5.2 	Street in said Frontenac; thence South along the east line of said Mill Street 3.76 chains 
5.3 	to the north line of Lot 8 in Block 13 in said Frontenac; thence along said north line to 
5.4 	the shore of Lake Pepin; thence along the shore of said lake 1.50 chains to the point of 
5.5 	beginning, containing in all 35.67 acres of land, more or less. Excepting therefrom all that 
5.6 	part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described, 
5.7 	as follows: Beginning on the shore of Lake Pepin at the northeast corner of Lot 8 in 
5.8 	Block 13 of the town of Frontenac, running thence westerly along the north line of said 
5.9 	lot to the northwest corner thereof; thence northerly along the easterly line of Mill Street 
5.10 	in said town of Frontenac 215 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the north line of 
5.11 	said Government Lot 4; thence East along the north line of said Government Lot 4 to low 
5.12 	water mark on shore of Lake Pepin; thence southerly along the low water mark of Lake 
5.13 	Pepin to the place of beginning. Also excepting that part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, 
5.14 	Township 112 North, Range 12 West, which lies West of Undercliff Street in said village, 
5.15 	North of the southerly line of said Lot 1, Block 14, prolonged westerly, and East of a line 
5.16 	beginning 6 chains West of the intersection of the east and west center line of said Section 
5.17 	2 with the west shore of Lake Pepin, being the point of intersection of the west line of said 
5.18 	Undercliff Street and said east and west center line; thence South 33 degrees 15 minutes 
5.19 	West 9.60 chains, being a triangular piece of land; all of Block 14, except Lot 1 of said 
5.20 	Block 14; Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of Block 15, except so much of Lot 
5.21 	11 in said Block 15 (in a triangular form) as lies between the west end of Lots 2 and 3 of 
5.22 	said Block 15 and the east line of Bluff Street, all in the town of Frontenac according to 
5.23 	the accepted and recorded map of said town of Frontenac now on file and of record in the 
5.24 	Office of the Register of Deeds in and for said County of Goodhue;
5.25 	(2) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 112 
5.26 	North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing 
5.27 	at the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence 
5.28 	South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of 
5.29 	said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the 
5.30 	point of beginning of the land to be described; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39 
5.31 	seconds West, along said east line, a distance of 400.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 01 
5.32 	minute 10 seconds West, a distance of 442.03 feet; thence southwesterly, a distance of 
5.33 	534.99 feet along a nontangential curve concave to the northwest having a radius of 
5.34 	954.93 feet, a central angle of 33 degrees 53 minutes 57 seconds, and a chord that bears 
5.35 	South 42 degrees 45 minutes 42 seconds West; thence South 59 degrees 42 minutes 41 
5.36 	seconds West, tangent to said curve, a distance of 380.00 feet to the centerline of State 
6.1 	Highway 61, as now located and established; thence southeasterly, along said centerline 
6.2 	of State Highway 61, a distance of 160 feet, more or less, to the intersection with a line 
6.3 	bearing South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West from the point of beginning; thence 
6.4 	North 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, to the point of beginning. Together with a 
6.5 	50.00-foot wide driveway and utility easement, which lies northwesterly and adjoins the 
6.6 	northwesterly line of the above described property; and
6.7 	(3) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 
6.8 	112 North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, described as follows: Commencing at 
6.9 	the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence 
6.10 	South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of 
6.11 	said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the 
6.12 	point of beginning of the land to be described; thence South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 
6.13 	seconds West, to the centerline of State Highway 61, as now located and established; 
6.14 	thence southeasterly, along said centerline of State Highway 61, to the south line of said 
6.15 	West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 88 degrees 34 minutes 
6.16 	56 seconds East, along said south line, to the southeast corner of said West Half of the 
6.17 	Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds West, a 
6.18 	distance of 1,902.46 feet to the point of beginning.
6.19 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 44.] Monson Lake State Park, Swift County. The 
6.20 	following area is added to Monson Lake State Park, Swift County: the Northeast Quarter 
6.21 	of Section 1, Township 121 North, Range 37 West.
6.22 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 51.]  Savanna Portage State Park, Aitkin and St. 
6.23 	Louis Counties. The following areas are added to Savanna Portage State Park: the 
6.24 	Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
6.25 	Quarter, Government Lot 2, and Government Lot 3, all in Section 13, Township 50 North, 
6.26 	Range 23 West, Aitkin County.
6.27 		Subd. 5.[85.012] [Subd. 52.] Scenic State Park, Itasca County. The following 
6.28 	areas are added to Scenic State Park: Government Lot 3, Government Lot 4, the Northeast 
6.29 	Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, all 
6.30 	in Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 25 West, Itasca County.
6.31 		Subd. 6.[85.012] [Subd. 53a.]  Soudan Underground Mine State Park, St. 
6.32 	Louis County. The following area is added to Soudan Underground Mine State Park: the 
6.33 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 29, Township 62 North, Range 15 
6.34 	West, St. Louis County.
6.35 		Subd. 7.[85.012] [Subd. 60.] William O'Brien State Park, Washington County.
 6.36 	The following areas are added to William O'Brien State Park, Washington County: 
7.1 	(1) Lot 1, Block 1, and Outlots A and B, Spring View Acres according to the plat on 
7.2 	file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for Washington County;
7.3 	(2) the South 200.00 feet of the North 1,326.20 feet of the West One-Half of the 
7.4 	Southeast Quarter, Section 36, Township 32 North, Range 20 West; and
7.5 	(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying west of 
7.6 	Highway 95 (St. Croix Trail North) in Section 31, Township 32 North, Range 19 West.

7.7 	Sec. 6. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
 7.8 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County.
 7.9 	The following areas are deleted from Frontenac State Park, all in Township 112 North, 
7.10 	Range 13 West, Goodhue County:
7.11 	(1) that part of the East Half, Section 11, and that part of the Southwest Quarter, 
7.12 	Section 12, being described as BLOCK's O, F, H, G, and L, GARRARD'S SOUTH 
7.13 	EXTENSION TO FRONTENAC according to the plat on file and of record in the Office 
7.14 	of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including all of those parts of vacated 
7.15 	Birch Way and Birch Way South situated in GARRARD'S SOUTH EXTENSION TO 
7.16 	FRONTENAC lying southerly of vacated Ludlow Avenue and northerly of Winona 
7.17 	Avenue;
7.18 	(2) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 70, 
7.19 	WESTERVELT (also known as the town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of 
7.20 	record in the Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota;
7.21 	(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as Lots 1, 2, 3, 
7.22 	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, BLOCK 69, WESTERVELT (aka town of 
7.23 	Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for 
7.24 	Goodhue County, Minnesota;
7.25 	(4) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 67, 
7.26 	WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the 
7.27 	Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including the South 30 feet 
7.28 	of Graham Street lying adjacent to and northerly of Lots 1 and 16, BLOCK 67 of said 
7.29 	plat of WESTERVELT;
7.30 	(5) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 66, 
7.31 	WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the 
7.32 	Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota; and
7.33 	(6) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as those parts of 
7.34 	Lots 1 and 9 in BLOCK 65 of the town of Frontenac lying adjacent to and northerly of the 
8.1 	southerly 50 feet of said Lots 1 and 9 according to the plat on file and of record in the 
8.2 	Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota.
8.3 		Subd. 2.[85.012][Subd. 30.] Jay Cooke State Park, Carlton County. Effective 
8.4 	upon the commissioner of natural resources entering into an agreement with the 
8.5 	commissioner of military affairs to transfer the property for use as a veterans cemetery, the 
8.6 	following areas are deleted from Jay Cooke State Park:
8.7 	(a) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter lying southerly of the railroad 
8.8 	right-of-way, Section 21, Township 48 North, Range 16 West;
8.9 	(b) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying southerly of the railroad 
8.10 	right-of-way, Section 22, Township 48 North, Range 16 West; and
8.11 	(c) the East 2 rods of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
8.12 	22, Township 48 North, Range 16 West.
8.13 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 35.] Lake Carlos State Park, Douglas County. The 
8.14 	following area is deleted from Lake Carlos State Park: that part of Government Lot 2, 
8.15 	being described as EHLERT'S ADDITION according to the plat on file and of record in 
8.16 	the Office of the Recorder for Douglas County, Minnesota, Section 10, Township 129 
8.17 	North, Range 37 West, Douglas County.
8.18 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 38.]  Lake Shetek State Park, Murray County. The 
8.19 	following areas are deleted from Lake Shetek State Park:
8.20 	(1) Blocks 3 and 4 of Forman Acres according to the plat on file and of record in the 
8.21 	Office of the Recorder for Murray County;
8.22 	(2) the Hudson Acres subdivision according to the plat on file and of record in the 
8.23 	Office of the Recorder for Murray County; and
8.24 	(3) that part of Government Lot 6 and that part of Government Lot 7 of Section 6, 
8.25 	Township 107 North, Range 40 West, and that part of Government Lot 1 and that part of 
8.26 	Government Lot 2 of Section 7, Township 107 North, Range 40 West, Murray County, 
8.27 	Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the East Quarter Corner of said Section 
8.28 	6; thence on a bearing based on the 1983 Murray County Coordinate System (1996 
8.29 	Adjustment), of South 00 degrees 22 minutes 05 seconds East 1405.16 feet along the east 
8.30 	line of said Section 6; thence North 89 degrees 07 minutes 01 second West 1942.39 feet; 
8.31 	thence South 03 degrees 33 minutes 00 seconds West 94.92 feet to the northeast corner 
8.32 	of Block 5 of FORMAN ACRES, according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of 
8.33 	record in the Murray County Recorder's Office; thence South 14 degrees 34 minutes 00 
8.34 	seconds West 525.30 feet along the easterly line of said Block 5 and along the easterly line 
8.35 	of the Private Roadway of FORMAN ACRES to the southeasterly corner of said Private 
8.36 	Roadway and the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence North 82 degrees 15 minutes 00 
9.1 	seconds West 796.30 feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to an angle 
9.2 	point on said line and an existing ½ inch diameter rebar; thence South 64 degrees 28 
9.3 	minutes 26 seconds West 100.06 feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to 
9.4 	an angle point on said line and an existing ½ inch diameter rebar; thence South 33 degrees 
9.5 	01 minute 32 seconds West 279.60 feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to 
9.6 	an angle point on said line; thence South 76 degrees 04 minutes 52 seconds West 766.53 
9.7 	feet along the southerly line of said Private Roadway to a 3/4 inch diameter rebar with 
9.8 	a plastic cap stamped "MN DNR LS 17003" (DNR MON); thence South 16 degrees 24 
9.9 	minutes 50 seconds West 470.40 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 24 degrees 09 minutes 
9.10 	57 seconds West 262.69 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 
9.11 	seconds West 332.26 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 51 degrees 40 minutes 02 seconds 
9.12 	West 341.79 feet to the east line of Lot A of Lot 1 of LOT A OF GOV. LOT 8, OF SEC. 6 
9.13 	AND LOT A OF GOV. LOT 1, OF SEC 7 TP. 107 RANGE 40, according to the recorded 
9.14 	plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County Recorder's Office and a DNR 
9.15 	MON; thence South 14 degrees 28 minutes 55 seconds West 71.98 feet along the east line 
9.16 	of said Lot A to the northerly most corner of Lot 36 of HUDSON ACRES, according to 
9.17 	the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in the Murray County Recorder's Office 
9.18 	and an existing steel fence post; thence South 51 degrees 37 minutes 05 seconds East 
9.19 	418.97 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 36 and along the northeasterly line of 
9.20 	Lots 35,34,33,32 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1 inch inside diameter iron pipe 
9.21 	marking the easterly most corner of Lot 32 and the most northerly corner of Lot 31A of 
9.22 	HUDSONS ACRES; thence South 48 degrees 33 minutes 10 seconds East 298.26 feet 
9.23 	along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31A to an existing 1½ inch inside diameter iron 
9.24 	pipe marking the easterly most corner thereof and the most northerly corner of Lot 31 of 
9.25 	HUDSONS ACRES; thence South 33 degrees 53 minutes 30 seconds East 224.96 feet 
9.26 	along the northeasterly line of said Lot 31 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 30 and 
9.27 	29 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1½ inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the 
9.28 	easterly most corner of said Lot 29 and the most northerly corner of Lot 28 of HUDSONS 
9.29 	ACRES; thence South 45 degrees 23 minutes 54 seconds East 375.07 feet along the 
9.30 	northeasterly line of said Lot 28 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 27,26,25,24 of 
9.31 	HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1½ inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly 
9.32 	most corner of said Lot 24 and the most northerly corner of Lot 23 of HUDSON ACRES; 
9.33 	thence South 64 degrees 39 minutes 53 seconds East 226.80 feet along the northeasterly 
9.34 	line of said Lot 23 and along the northeasterly line of Lots 22 and 21 of HUDSON ACRES 
9.35 	to an existing 1½ inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said 
9.36 	Lot 21 and the most northerly corner of Lot 20 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 39 
10.1 	degrees 49 minutes 49 seconds East 524.75 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 20 
10.2 	and along the northeasterly line of Lots 19,18,17,16,15,14 of HUDSON ACRES to an 
10.3 	existing 1½ inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 14 
10.4 	and the most northerly corner of Lot 13 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 55 degrees 
10.5 	31 minutes 43 seconds East 225.11 feet along the northeasterly line of said Lot 13 and 
10.6 	along the northeasterly line of Lots 12 and 11 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1½ 
10.7 	inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the easterly most corner of said Lot 11 and the 
10.8 	northwest corner of Lot 10 of HUDSON ACRES; thence South 88 degrees 03 minutes 
10.9 	49 seconds East 224.90 feet along the north line of said Lot 10 and along the north line 
10.10 	of Lots 9 and 8 of HUDSON ACRES to an existing 1½ inch inside diameter iron pipe 
10.11 	marking the northeast corner of said Lot 8 and the northwest corner of Lot 7 of HUDSON 
10.12 	ACRES; thence North 84 degree 07 minutes 37 seconds East 525.01 feet along the north 
10.13 	line of said Lot 7 and along the north line of Lots 6,5,4,3,2,1 of HUDSON ACRES to an 
10.14 	existing 1½ inch inside diameter iron pipe marking the northeast corner of said Lot 1 of 
10.15 	HUDSON ACRES; thence southeasterly, easterly and northerly along a non-tangential 
10.16 	curve concave to the north having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 41 
10.17 	minutes 58 seconds, a distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 63 degrees 30 minutes 12 
10.18 	seconds East; thence continuing northwesterly and westerly along the previously described 
10.19 	curve concave to the south having a radius of 50.00 feet, central angle 138 degrees 42 
10.20 	minutes 00 seconds, a distance of 121.04 feet, chord bears North 75 degrees 11 minutes 47 
10.21 	seconds West and a DNR MON; thence South 84 degrees 09 minutes 13 seconds West not 
10.22 	tangent to said curve 520.52 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 88 degrees 07 minutes 40 
10.23 	seconds West 201.13 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 55 degrees 32 minutes 12 seconds 
10.24 	West 196.66 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 39 degrees 49 minutes 59 seconds West 
10.25 	530.34 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 41 minutes 41 seconds West 230.01 
10.26 	feet to a DNR MON; thence North 45 degrees 23 minutes 00 seconds West 357.33 feet 
10.27 	to a DNR MON; thence North 33 degrees 53 minutes 32 seconds West 226.66 feet to a 
10.28 	DNR MON; thence North 48 degrees 30 minutes 31 seconds West 341.45 feet to a DNR 
10.29 	MON; thence North 08 degrees 07 minutes 09 seconds East 359.28 feet to a DNR MON; 
10.30 	thence North 24 degrees 09 minutes 58 seconds East 257.86 feet to a DNR MON; thence 
10.31 	North 16 degrees 24 minutes 50 seconds East 483.36 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 
10.32 	76 degrees 04 minutes 53 seconds East 715.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 33 
10.33 	degrees 01 minute 32 seconds East 282.54 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 64 degrees 
10.34 	28 minutes 25 seconds East 84.97 feet to a DNR MON; thence South 82 degrees 15 
10.35 	minutes 00 seconds East 788.53 feet to a DNR MON; thence North 07 degrees 45 minutes 
10.36 	07 seconds East 26.00 feet to the point of beginning; containing 7.55 acres.
11.1 		Subd. 5.[85.012] [Subd. 44a.] Moose Lake State Park, Carlton County. The 
11.2 	following areas are deleted from Moose Lake State Park, all in Township 46 North, Range 
11.3 	19 West, Carlton County:
11.4 	(1) Parcel A: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
11.5 	of Section 28;
11.6 	(2) Parcel B: the West 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
11.7 	of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the 
11.8 	centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to a taking for highway purposes of a 
11.9 	100.00-foot wide strip for access and also subject to highway and road easements;
11.10 	(3) Parcel C: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
11.11 	of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the 
11.12 	centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to taking for highway purposes of a 
11.13 	road access under S.P. 0919 (311-311) 901 from State Trunk Highway 73 to old County 
11.14 	Road 21, said access being 100.00 feet in width with triangular strips of land adjoining it at 
11.15 	the northerly line of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to highway and road easements;
11.16 	(4) Parcel G: that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 28, which lies northerly of the 
11.17 	westerly extension of the northerly line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
11.18 	of said Section 28, and southerly of the westerly extension of the northerly line of the 
11.19 	South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;
11.20 	(5) Parcel H: the South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast 
11.21 	Quarter of Section 28;
11.22 	(6) Parcel I: the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, except 
11.23 	the West 660.00 feet of said Southwest Quarter; and
11.24 	(7) Parcel J: that part of the North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28, 
11.25 	described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said North One-Half of the 
11.26 	Southeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along the north 
11.27 	line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 660.01 feet to the east 
11.28 	line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter and the actual 
11.29 	point of beginning; thence continue South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along 
11.30 	the north line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 657.40 feet to 
11.31 	the southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28; 
11.32 	thence South 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds West, parallel to the west line of said North 
11.33 	One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 715.12 feet to the westerly right-of-way 
11.34 	of US Interstate Highway 35; thence along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate 
11.35 	Highway 35 a distance of 457.86 feet on a nontangential curve, concave to the southeast, 
11.36 	having a radius of 1,054.93 feet, a central angle of 24 degrees 52 minutes 03 seconds, and 
12.1 	a chord bearing of South 39 degrees 00 minutes 37 seconds West; thence South 46 degrees 
12.2 	44 minutes 11 seconds West along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate Highway 35 
12.3 	a distance of 295.30 feet to the northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73; 
12.4 	thence 163.55 feet along said northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73 on 
12.5 	a nontangential curve, concave to the south, having a radius of 1,984.88 feet, a central 
12.6 	angle of 4 degrees 43 minutes 16 seconds, and a chord bearing of South 77 degrees 39 
12.7 	minutes 40 seconds West to the east line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of 
12.8 	the Southeast Quarter; thence North 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds East a distance of 
12.9 	1,305.90 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning and there terminating.

12.10 	Sec. 7. ADDITIONS TO STATE RECREATION AREAS.
 12.11 	[85.013] [Subd. 11a.] Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of the Woods 
12.12 	County. The following areas are added to Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of 
12.13 	the Woods County:
12.14 	(1) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 013 (aka Bridges 
12.15 	Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 9, Township 165 North, Range 
12.16 	32 West;
12.17 	(2) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 014 (aka Knight 
12.18 	Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 22, Township 165 North, Range 
12.19 	32 West; and
12.20 	(3) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 015 (aka Babe 
12.21 	Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 17, Township 166 North, Range 
12.22 	32 West.

12.23 	Sec. 8. ADDITIONS TO BIRCH LAKES STATE FOREST.
 12.24 	[89.021] [Subd. 7.] Birch Lakes State Forest. The following area is added to 
12.25 	Birch Lakes State Forest: the East Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township 
12.26 	127 North, Range 33 West, Stearns County.

12.27 	Sec. 9. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
12.28 	LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.
 12.29 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, and the classification and 
12.30 	public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of 
12.31 	natural resources may sell by public or private sale the consolidated conservation land 
12.32 	bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
13.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
13.2 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
13.3 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
13.4 	survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
13.5 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
13.6 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as: the 
13.7 	East 132 feet of the West 396 feet, less the North 40 feet of Government Lot 8, Section 19, 
13.8 	Township 50 North, Range 23 West, containing 3.74 acres, more or less.
13.9 	(d) The land borders Aitkin Lake with privately owned land to the east and west.  The 
13.10 	land has been subject to continued trespasses by adjacent landowners. The Department of 
13.11 	Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

13.12 	Sec. 10. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
13.13 	LAND; AITKIN COUNTY.
 13.14 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
13.15 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Aitkin County may sell by public or private sale the 
13.16 	consolidated conservation lands that are described in paragraph (c).
13.17 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
13.18 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
13.19 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
13.20 	survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
13.21 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A. 
13.22 	(c) The lands that may be sold are located in Aitkin County and are described as:
13.23 	(1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 31, Township 
13.24 	49 North, Range 22 West, lying east of County State-Aid Highway 6, containing 3 acres, 
13.25 	more or less;
13.26 	(2) that part of Government Lot 11, Section 3, Township 47 North, Range 26 West, 
13.27 	lying north of County Road 54, containing 2 acres, more or less;
13.28 	(3) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 19, Township 51 North, Range 25 West, 
13.29 	lying southwest of the ditch, containing 20 acres, more or less;
13.30 	(4) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 13, 
13.31 	Township 51 North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 12 acres, more or 
13.32 	less; and
13.33 	(5) that part of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 13, Township 51 
13.34 	North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 40 acres, more or less. 
14.1 	(d) The lands are separated from management units by roads or ditches. The 
14.2 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for natural 
14.3 	resource purposes.

14.4 	Sec. 11. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 14.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, and upon 
14.6 	completion of condemnation of the school trust land interest, the commissioner of natural 
14.7 	resources may sell by private sale to Cormant Township the surplus land that is described 
14.8 	in paragraph (c).
14.9 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
14.10 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
14.11 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to Cormant Township for less than the value 
14.12 	of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the 
14.13 	land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if Cormant 
14.14 	Township fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land. 
14.15 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: that 
14.16 	part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, Township 151 North, 
14.17 	Range 31 West, Beltrami County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the 
14.18 	northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence West along the 
14.19 	north line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter to the northwest corner of 
14.20 	said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the POINT OF BEGINNING of the 
14.21 	property to be described; thence East a distance of 76 feet, along said north line; thence 
14.22 	South a distance of 235 feet; thence West a distance of 76 feet to the west line of said 
14.23 	Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence North a distance of 235 feet along said 
14.24 	west line to the point of beginning. Containing 0.41 acre, more or less.
14.25 	(d) Cormant Cemetery has inadvertently trespassed upon the land.  The Department 
14.26 	of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land management interests would 
14.27 	best be served if the land was conveyed to Cormant Township and managed as part of 
14.28 	the cemetery. Since the land is currently school trust land, the Department of Natural 
14.29 	Resources shall first condemn the school trust interest prior to conveyance to Cormant 
14.30 	Township.

14.31 	Sec. 12. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
14.32 	WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 14.33 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
14.34 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Beltrami County 
15.1 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
15.2 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
15.3 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
15.4 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
15.5 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: the easterly 
15.6 	350 feet of the following described parcel: Northland Addition to Bemidji Lots E, G, H, 
15.7 	I, J, Section 8, Township 146 North, Range 33 West, and all that part of Unplatted Lot 
15.8 	1, Section 17, Township 146 North, Range 33 West and the Minneapolis, Red Lake, and 
15.9 	Manitoba Railway right-of-way lying West of Park Avenue and within Lot 1 except that 
15.10 	part of the MRL&M RY R/W lying north of the north boundary line of Lot E, Northland 
15.11 	Addition to Bemidji.
15.12 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
15.13 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

15.14 	Sec. 13. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
15.15 	WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
 15.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
15.17 	Carlton County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
15.18 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
15.19 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
15.20 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
15.21 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as: the SE¼ of 
15.22 	the SE¼ of Section 31, Township 47 North, Range 17 West, Blackhoof Township.
15.23 	(d) The Carlton County Board of Commissioners has classified the parcel as 
15.24 	nonconservation and has determined that the county's land management interests would 
15.25 	best be served if the parcel was returned to private ownership.

15.26 	Sec. 14. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN CARVER HIGHLANDS 
15.27 	WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA; CARVER COUNTY.
 15.28 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land 
15.29 	Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and 
15.30 	according to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange 
15.31 	the lands described in paragraph (b).
15.32 	(b) The lands to be exchanged are located in Carver County and are described as:
15.33 	(1) that part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter and that part of the 
15.34 	Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying northwesterly of the following 
16.1 	described line: Beginning on the north line of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter, 
16.2 	1,815 feet East of the northwest corner thereof; thence southwesterly 3,200 feet, more or 
16.3 	less, to the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and there 
16.4 	terminating, all in Section 30, Township 115 North, Range 23 West;
16.5 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the West Half of the Southeast 
16.6 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter 
16.7 	lying easterly of County State-Aid Highway 45, all in Section 25, Township 115 North, 
16.8 	Range 24 West;
16.9 	(3) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the 
16.10 	North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all 
16.11 	in Section 36, Township 115 North, Range 24 West; and
16.12 	(4) the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 6, Township 114 North, 
16.13 	Range 23 West.
16.14 	(c) The lands were acquired in part with bonding appropriations.  The exchange with 
16.15 	the United States Fish and Wildlife Service will consolidate land holdings, facilitate 
16.16 	management of the lands, and provide additional wildlife habitat acres to the state.

16.17 	Sec. 15. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
16.18 	WATER; CLEARWATER COUNTY.
 16.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
16.20 	Clearwater County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
16.21 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
16.22 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
16.23 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
16.24 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Clearwater County and is described as: Parcel 
16.25 	11.300.0020.
16.26 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
16.27 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

16.28 	Sec. 16. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
16.29 	WATER OR WETLANDS; DAKOTA COUNTY.
 16.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 103F.535, and 282.018, 
16.31 	subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Dakota 
16.32 	County may convey to Dakota County for no consideration the tax-forfeited land 
16.33 	bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
17.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
17.2 	that the land reverts to the state if Dakota County stops using the land for the public 
17.3 	purpose described in paragraph (d). The conveyance is subject to restrictions imposed by 
17.4 	the commissioner of natural resources. The attorney general may make changes to the 
17.5 	land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
17.6 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Dakota County and is described as:
17.7 	That part of Government Lots 7 and 8, Section 26, Township 28, Range 22, lying 
17.8 	southeasterly of Lot 2, AUDITORS SUBDIVISION NO. 23, according to the recorded 
17.9 	plat thereof, and lying easterly of the railroad right-of-way and lying northwesterly of the 
17.10 	following described line:
17.11 	Commencing at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 7; thence North, 
17.12 	assumed bearing, along the west line of said Government Lot 7, a distance of 178.00 
17.13 	feet; thence northeasterly along a nontangential curve concave to the southeast a 
17.14 	distance of 290.00 feet, said curve having a radius of 764.50 feet, a central angle of 
17.15 	21 degrees 43 minutes 57 seconds, a chord of 288.24 feet and a chord bearing of 
17.16 	North 24 degrees 29 minutes 20 seconds East; thence continuing northeasterly along 
17.17 	a tangent curve concave to the southeast a distance of 350.00 feet, said curve having 
17.18 	a radius of 708.80 feet, a central angle of 28 degrees 17 minutes 32 seconds, a chord 
17.19 	of 346.46 feet and a chord bearing of North 49 degrees 30 minutes 04 seconds East; 
17.20 	thence North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East tangent to the last described 
17.21 	curve a distance of 578.10 feet, to a point hereinafter referred to as Point B; thence 
17.22 	continuing North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 278.68 feet, 
17.23 	more or less, to the westerly right-of-way line of the Chicago, Rock Island and 
17.24 	Pacific Railroad, said point being the point of beginning of the line to be described; 
17.25 	thence North 63 degrees 38 minutes 50 seconds East a distance of 225.00 feet, more 
17.26 	or less, to the shoreline of the Mississippi River and there terminating. (Dakota 
17.27 	County tax identification number 36-02600-016-32).
17.28 	(d) The county has determined that the land is needed as a trail corridor for the 
17.29 	Mississippi River Regional Trail.

17.30 	Sec. 17. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 17.31 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
17.32 	of natural resources may sell by private sale to the city of Wayzata the surplus land that is 
17.33 	described in paragraph (c).
17.34 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
17.35 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
18.1 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to the city of Wayzata, for less than the value 
18.2 	of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the 
18.3 	land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if the city of 
18.4 	Wayzata fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
18.5 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
18.6 	Tract F, Registered Land Survey No. 1168.
18.7 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
18.8 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to the city of 
18.9 	Wayzata.

18.10 	Sec. 18. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
18.11 	WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
 18.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
18.13 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may 
18.14 	sell to Itasca County the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
18.15 	paragraph (c), for the appraised value of the land.
18.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
18.17 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
18.18 	(c) The land to be sold is in Itasca County and is described as: the North 1,100 feet 
18.19 	of Government Lot 1, Section 26, Township 56 North, Range 26 West.
18.20 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
18.21 	best served if the land was under the direct ownership of Itasca County.

18.22 	Sec. 19. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
18.23 	WATER; MARSHALL COUNTY.
 18.24 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
18.25 	Marshall County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
18.26 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
18.27 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
18.28 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
18.29 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Marshall County and is described as: that part of 
18.30 	the westerly ten acres of the North Half of the Northeast Quarter lying southerly of the 
18.31 	following described line: Commencing at the quarter section corner between Sections 2 
18.32 	and 11; thence South along the quarter section line a distance of 1,080 feet to the northern 
18.33 	edge of County Ditch #25, the point of beginning; thence upstream along said ditch North 
18.34 	40 degrees East 95 feet; thence South 41 degrees East 500 feet to the intersection with 
19.1 	State Ditch #83; thence along said state ditch North 52 degrees 50 minutes East 196 feet; 
19.2 	thence East 2,092 feet to the section line between Sections 11 and 12.
19.3 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
19.4 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

19.5 	Sec. 20. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN LAKE LOUISE STATE 
19.6 	PARK; MOWER COUNTY.
 19.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342, subdivision 4, the 
19.8 	commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land Exchange Board as 
19.9 	required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and according to the 
19.10 	remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.347, exchange the land 
19.11 	located within state park boundaries that is described in paragraph (c).
19.12 	(b)  The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general.  The 
19.13 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
19.14 	and ensure accuracy.
19.15 	(c) The state land that may be exchanged is located in Mower County and is 
19.16 	described as: that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
19.17 	Quarter of Section 20, Township 101 North, Range 14 West, Mower County, Minnesota, 
19.18 	described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south line of said Section 20 a distance 
19.19 	of 1,039.50 feet (63 rods) East of the south quarter corner of said Section 20; thence North 
19.20 	at right angles to said south line 462.00 feet (28 rods); thence West parallel to said south 
19.21 	line 380.6 feet, more or less, to the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
19.22 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence South along said west line 462 feet, more or less, 
19.23 	to the south line of said Section 20; thence East along said south line 380.6 feet, more 
19.24 	or less, to the point of beginning, containing 4.03 acres.
19.25 	(d)  The exchange would resolve an unintentional trespass by the Department of 
19.26 	Natural Resources of a horse trail that is primarily located within Lake Louise State Park 
19.27 	and provide for increased access to the state park.

19.28 	Sec. 21. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
19.29 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 19.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
19.31 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
19.32 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
19.33 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
20.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
20.2 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
20.3 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
20.4 	Section 19, Township 133, Range 42, River's Bend Reserve, Lot B.
20.5 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
20.6 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

20.7 	Sec. 22. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
20.8 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 20.9 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
20.10 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
20.11 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
20.12 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
20.13 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
20.14 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
20.15 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
20.16 	Section 24, Township 136, Range 41, Crystal Beach, Lot 56, Block 1.
20.17 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
20.18 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

20.19 	Sec. 23. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
20.20 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 20.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
20.22 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
20.23 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
20.24 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
20.25 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
20.26 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
20.27 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
20.28 	Section 9, Township 133, Range 43, South 212 feet of Sub Lot 6 and South 212 feet 
20.29 	of Sub Lot 7, except tract and except platted (1.19) acres.
20.30 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has no objection to the sale of this land.

20.31 	Sec. 24. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
20.32 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 21.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
21.2 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
21.3 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
21.4 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
21.5 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
21.6 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
21.7 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
21.8 	Section 10, Township 134, Range 42, Heilberger Lake Estates, Reserve Lot A.
21.9 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
21.10 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

21.11 	Sec. 25. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
21.12 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 21.13 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
21.14 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
21.15 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
21.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
21.17 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
21.18 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
21.19 	Section 31, Township 137, Range 39, Government Lot 5 (37.20 acres).
21.20 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
21.21 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

21.22 	Sec. 26. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
21.23 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 21.24 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
21.25 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
21.26 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
21.27 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
21.28 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
21.29 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
21.30 	Section 29, Township 137, Range 40, Freedom Flyer Estates, Lot 26, Block 1.
21.31 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
21.32 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

22.1 	Sec. 27. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
22.2 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 22.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
22.4 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
22.5 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
22.6 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
22.7 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
22.8 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
22.9 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
22.10 	Quiet Waters Development Outlot A.
22.11 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
22.12 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

22.13 	Sec. 28. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
22.14 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 22.15 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
22.16 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
22.17 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
22.18 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
22.19 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
22.20 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
22.21 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
22.22 	Section 9, Township 136, Range 38, part of Government Lot 4 North and East of 
22.23 	highway (Book 307, Page 31).
22.24 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
22.25 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

22.26 	Sec. 29. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
22.27 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 22.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
22.29 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
22.30 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
22.31 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
22.32 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
22.33 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
22.34 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
23.1 	Section 9, Township 136, Range 38, Elm Rest, part of Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6 and of 
23.2 	Reserve A lying North of road (Book 307, Page 31).
23.3 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
23.4 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

23.5 	Sec. 30. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
23.6 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 23.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
23.8 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
23.9 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
23.10 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
23.11 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
23.12 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
23.13 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
23.14 	Section 27, Township 135, Range 39, Government Lot 7 (9.50 acres).
23.15 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
23.16 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

23.17 	Sec. 31. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
23.18 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 23.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
23.20 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Otter Tail County 
23.21 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
23.22 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
23.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
23.24 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
23.25 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
23.26 	Section 9, Township 135, Range 41, Government Lot 2, except tracts (7.77 acres).
23.27 	(d) The sale would be to the adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
23.28 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage.

23.29 	Sec. 32. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
23.30 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 23.31 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
23.32 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
23.33 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
24.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
24.2 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
24.3 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
24.4 	38609 County Highway 41, Section 9, Township 135, Range 41, part of Government 
24.5 	Lot 2 beginning 275 feet West, 1,021.36 feet southwesterly, 1,179 feet southeasterly, 132 
24.6 	feet South from northeast corner Section 9; East 33 feet, southerly 314 feet, West 33 feet, 
24.7 	northerly on lake East 110 feet to beginning.

24.8 	Sec. 33. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
24.9 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 24.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
24.11 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
24.12 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
24.13 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
24.14 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
24.15 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
24.16 	Section 27, Township 132, Range 41, Stalker View Acres, Lot 6, Block 1.

24.17 	Sec. 34. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
24.18 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 24.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
24.20 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
24.21 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
24.22 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
24.23 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
24.24 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
24.25 	Section 33, Township 135, Range 36, North Half of Sub Lot 5 of the Southwest 
24.26 	Quarter (7.07 acres).
24.27 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
24.28 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

24.29 	Sec. 35. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING PUBLIC 
24.30 	WATER; OTTER TAIL COUNTY.
 24.31 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
24.32 	Otter Tail County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
24.33 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
25.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
25.2 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
25.3 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Otter Tail County and is described as: 
25.4 	Section 33, Township 135, Range 36, South Half of Sub Lot 5 of the Southwest 
25.5 	Quarter (7.06 acres).
25.6 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
25.7 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

25.8 	Sec. 36. PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; 
25.9 	ROSEAU COUNTY.
 25.10 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
25.11 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
25.12 	sale the consolidated conservation land that is described in paragraph (c).
25.13 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
25.14 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
25.15 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
25.16 	survey costs and the appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
25.17 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
25.18 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: the 
25.19 	North 75 feet of the East 290.4 feet of the West 489.85 feet of the East 1,321.15 feet 
25.20 	of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township 160 North, Range 38 West, containing 
25.21 	0.5 acres, more or less.
25.22 	(d) The land would be sold to the current leaseholder who through an inadvertent 
25.23 	trespass located a cabin, septic system, and personal property on the state land.  The 
25.24 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
25.25 	resource purposes.

25.26 	Sec. 37. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 25.27 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
25.28 	of natural resources may sell by private sale to St. Louis County the surplus land that is 
25.29 	described in paragraph (c).
25.30 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
25.31 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
25.32 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to St. Louis County for less than the value of 
25.33 	the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the 
26.1 	land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if St. Louis 
26.2 	County fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
26.3 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: an 
26.4 	undivided 1/12 interest in Government Lot 6, Section 6, Township 62 North, Range 13 
26.5 	West, containing 35.75 acres, more or less.
26.6 	(d) The land was gifted to the state. The remaining 11/12 undivided interest in 
26.7 	the land is owned by the state in trust for the taxing districts and administered by St. 
26.8 	Louis County. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
26.9 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to St. Louis County.

26.10 	Sec. 38. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
26.11 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 26.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
26.13 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County may 
26.14 	sell or convey to the state acting by and through its commissioner of natural resources, 
26.15 	the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under the 
26.16 	provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 1a.
26.17 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general.  The 
26.18 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
26.19 	and ensure accuracy.
26.20 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Lot 
26.21 	7, Klimek's Addition to Grand Lake, according to the plat thereof on file and of record 
26.22 	in the Office of the County Recorder, St. Louis County.
26.23 	(d) The county has determined that the land is not needed for county management 
26.24 	purposes and the Department of Natural Resources would like to acquire the land for use 
26.25 	as a public water access site to Little Grand Lake.

26.26 	Sec. 39. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
26.27 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 26.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
26.29 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
26.30 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
26.31 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
26.32 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
26.33 	attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure 
26.34 	accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
27.1 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to provide 
27.2 	riparian protection and public access to shore fishing. The easements for land described in 
27.3 	paragraph (c), clauses (1) to (3), shall be 450 feet in width from the centerline of the river. 
27.4 	The easements for land described in paragraph (c), clauses (4) and (5), shall be 300 feet in 
27.5 	width from the centerline of the river. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis 
27.6 	County Board and the commissioner of natural resources.
27.7 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
27.8 	(1) Lot 5 except railroad right-of-way 3.15 acres, Section 2, T50N, R18W (23.35 
27.9 	acres) (535-0010-00210);
27.10 	(2) Lot 7 except railroad right-of-way 3.9 acres, Section 2, T50N, R18W (30.1 
27.11 	acres) (535-0010-00300);
27.12 	(3) Lot 5 except railroad right-of-way 3 acres, Section 12, T50N, R18W (36 acres) 
27.13 	(535-0010-01910);
27.14 	(4) Lot 2 except railroad right-of-way, Section 35, T51N, R18W (22.5 acres) 
27.15 	(310-0010-05650); and
27.16 	(5) Lot 1 except GN railroad right-of-way, Section 35, T51N, R18W (34 acres) 
27.17 	(110-0040-00160).
27.18 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
27.19 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

27.20 	Sec. 40. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
27.21 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 27.22 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
27.23 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
27.24 	in paragraph (d) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
27.25 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
27.26 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
27.27 	(c) Prior to the sales of the land described in paragraph (d), clauses (1), (2), and 
27.28 	(10) to (12), the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent conservation easements 
27.29 	according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to provide riparian protection and public 
27.30 	access for angling. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis County Board and 
27.31 	the commissioner of natural resources. The easements shall be for lands described in 
27.32 	paragraph (d):
27.33 	(1) clause (1), 75 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the creek;
27.34 	(2) clause (2), 200 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river;
27.35 	(3) clause (10), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river; and
28.1 	(4) clauses (11) and (12), 50 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the stream.
28.2 	(d) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
28.3 	(1) N 1/2 of NW 1/4 of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 22, T51N, R14W (5 acres) 
28.4 	(520-0016-00590);
28.5 	(2) SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 8, T50N, R16W (40 acres) (530-0010-01510);
28.6 	(3) undivided 1/6 and undivided 1/2 of Lot 9, Thompson Lake Addition, Section 12, 
28.7 	T53N, R14W (375-0120-00091, 375-0120-00094);
28.8 	(4) SLY 200 FT OF NLY 1,220 FT OF LOT 4, Section 20, T54N, R18W (9.5 acres) 
28.9 	(405-0010-03394);
28.10 	(5) PART OF SW 1/4 OF SE 1/4 LYING N OF SLY 433 FT, Section 36, T57N, 
28.11 	R21W (25 acres) (141-0050-07345);
28.12 	(6) PART OF SE 1/4 OF SW 1/4 LYING W OF DW & P RY AND N OF PLAT OF 
28.13 	HALEY, Section 23, T63N, R19W (11 acres) (350-0020-03730);
28.14 	(7) SE 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 26, T58N, R19W (40 acres) (385-0010-02610);
28.15 	(8) NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 20, T59N, R20W (40 acres) (235-0030-03110);
28.16 	(9) LOT 4, Section 2, T61N, R19W (40 acres) (200-0010-00230);
28.17 	(10) SW 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 19, T50N, R16W (40 acres) (530-0010-03570);
28.18 	(11) LOTS 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, BLOCK 1, COLMANS 4th ACRE TRACT 
28.19 	ADDITION TO DULUTH, Section 33, T51N, R14W (520-0090-00150, -00160, -00180); 
28.20 	and
28.21 	(12) BLOCKS 17, 18, and 20, PLAT OF VERMILION TRAIL LODGE, Section 
28.22 	13, T62N, R14W.
28.23 	(e) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
28.24 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

28.25 	Sec. 41. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 28.26 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
28.27 	or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
28.28 	land described in paragraph (c).
28.29 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
28.30 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
28.31 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
28.32 	Lots 20 and 21, Plat of Twin Lakes, Government Lot 3, Section 32, T60N, R19W 
28.33 	(1.1 acres) (385-0070-00200).
29.1 	(d) This sale resolves an unintentional trespass. The county has determined that the 
29.2 	county's land management interests would best be served if the lands were returned to 
29.3 	private ownership.

29.4 	Sec. 42. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
29.5 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 29.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
29.7 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
29.8 	may convey to the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering public water 
29.9 	that is described in paragraph (c).
29.10 	(b) The conveyance must be according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, 
29.11 	subdivision 2, and in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney general may 
29.12 	make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
29.13 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
29.14 	(1) lands in the city of Duluth, Section 23, Township 49 North, Range 15 West, that 
29.15 	part of Government Lot 2 lying southeasterly of the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. 
29.16 	Paul and Duluth and Northern Pacific Railway including riparian rights.
29.17 	EXCEPT: that part of Government Lot 2 beginning at the intersection of the south 
29.18 	line of Lot 2 and the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. Paul and Duluth and Northern 
29.19 	Pacific Railway; thence easterly along the south line of said Lot 2 a distance of 150 
29.20 	feet to a point; thence deflect to the left and continue in a straight line to a point on the 
29.21 	southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way said point distant 150 feet northeast of 
29.22 	the point of beginning; thence deflect to the left and continue southwesterly along the 
29.23 	southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way a distance of 150 feet to point of beginning 
29.24 	and there terminating.
29.25 	EXCEPT FURTHER: that part of Government Lot 2 commencing at the point of 
29.26 	intersection of the south line of Lot 2 and the southeasterly right-of-way of the St. Paul 
29.27 	and Duluth and Northern Pacific Railway; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly 
29.28 	line of said railway right-of-way a distance of 1,064 feet to point of beginning; thence 
29.29 	deflect 44 degrees, 12 minutes, 27 seconds to the right a distance of 105.44 feet to a 
29.30 	point; thence deflect 85 degrees, 16 minutes, 07 seconds to the left a distance of 111.92 
29.31 	feet more or less to a point on the southeasterly line of said railway right-of-way; thence 
29.32 	deflect to the left and continue northwesterly along the southeasterly line of said railway 
29.33 	right-of-way a distance of 160 feet more or less to point of beginning and there terminating 
29.34 	(010-2746-00290); and
30.1 	(2) lands in the city of Duluth, Section 23, Township 49 North, Range 15 West, that 
30.2 	part of Government Lot 1, including riparian rights, lying southerly of the Northern Pacific 
30.3 	Short Line right-of-way except 5 18/100 acres for Northern Pacific Main Line and except 
30.4 	a strip of land 75 feet wide and adjoining the Northern Pacific Main Line right-of-way and 
30.5 	formerly used as right-of-way by Duluth Transfer Railway 2 67/100 acres, also except that 
30.6 	part lying North of Grand Avenue 72/100 acres and except a strip of land adjacent to the 
30.7 	Old Transfer Railway right-of-way containing 2 13/100 acres. Revised Description #40, 
30.8 	Recorder of Deeds, Book 686, Page 440.
30.9 	EXCEPT: that part of Government Lot 1 lying southerly of the Northern Pacific 
30.10 	Short Line right-of-way and northerly of the Old Transfer Railway right-of-way.
30.11 	EXCEPT FURTHER: that part of Government Lot 1 lying southerly of the Northern 
30.12 	Pacific Main Line right-of-way and lying northerly of a line parallel to and lying 305 feet 
30.13 	southerly of the north line of said Government Lot 1 (010-2746-00245).

30.14 	Sec. 43. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
30.15 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 30.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
30.17 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
30.18 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
30.19 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
30.20 	attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure 
30.21 	accuracy. The conveyance must include a deed restriction that prohibits excavating, 
30.22 	filling, dumping, tree cutting, burning, structures, and buildings within an area that is 75 
30.23 	feet in width along the shoreline. A 15-foot strip for landowner lake access is allowed.
30.24 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: E 1/2 of W 
30.25 	1/2 of E 1/2 of SW 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 27, T57N, R17W (5 acres).
30.26 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
30.27 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

30.28 	Sec. 44. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
30.29 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 30.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
30.31 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
30.32 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
30.33 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
30.34 	attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure 
31.1 	accuracy. The conveyance must include a deed restriction on buildings, structures, tree 
31.2 	cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations within an area that is 75 feet in 
31.3 	width along the river. A 15-foot strip for landowner river access is allowed.
31.4 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: that 
31.5 	part of Lot 8 beginning at a point 200 feet East of the center of Section 5; thence South 
31.6 	300 feet; thence East 300 feet; thence North 263 feet to shoreline of Ash River; thence 
31.7 	northwesterly along the river 325 feet; thence southerly to point of beginning, Section 5, 
31.8 	T68N, R19W (2 acres) (731-0010-00845).
31.9 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
31.10 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership. 

31.11 	Sec. 45. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
31.12 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 31.13 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
31.14 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
31.15 	in paragraph (d) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
31.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
31.17 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
31.18 	(c) Prior to the sales of the land described in paragraph (d), clauses (1) to (4), the 
31.19 	commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent conservation easements according to 
31.20 	Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements must be approved by the St. Louis 
31.21 	County Board and the commissioner of natural resources. The easements shall be for 
31.22 	lands described in paragraph (d):
31.23 	(1) clause (1), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river. A 15-foot 
31.24 	strip for landowner river access is allowed;
31.25 	(2) clause (2), 125 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the river. A 15-foot 
31.26 	strip for landowner river access is allowed;
31.27 	(3) clause (3), 100 feet in width on each side of the centerline of the tributary; and
31.28 	(4) clause (4), for access purposes.
31.29 	(d) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
31.30 	(1) SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 except W 1/2, Section 14, T62N, R18W (20 acres);
31.31 	(2) S 1/2 of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 16, T62N, R18W (20 acres);
31.32 	(3) SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 except 5 acres at NW corner and except S 1/2 and except E 1/2 
31.33 	of NE 1/4, Section 10, T52N, R12W (10 acres);
32.1 	(4) NW 1/4 of SE 1/4 except that part of the NE 1/4 lying N of the East Van Road 
32.2 	and except S 1/2 of N 1/2 of S 1/2 and except S 1/2 of S 1/2, Section 5, T52N, R14W 
32.3 	(18.3 acres);
32.4 	(5) westerly 416 feet of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4 except westerly 208 feet of southerly 624 
32.5 	feet, Section 21, T56N, R18W (9.63 acres);
32.6 	(6) Lot 3, Section 1, T55N, R21W (46.18 acres);
32.7 	(7) SW 1/4 of NE 1/4, Section 18, T52N, R15W (40 acres); and
32.8 	(8) Lots 23, 73, 95, 118, 119 of NE-NA MIK-KA-TA plat, town of Breitung, located 
32.9 	in Government Lots 1 and 12 of Section 6, T62N, R15W.
32.10 	(e) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
32.11 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

32.12 	Sec. 46. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 32.13 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
32.14 	St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in 
32.15 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
32.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
32.17 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
32.18 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
32.19 	(1) that part of the South 200 feet of the West 900 feet of Government Lot 4 lying 
32.20 	east of State Highway 73, and that part of the North 300 feet of the West 900 feet of 
32.21 	Government Lot 5 lying east of State Highway 73, all in Section 6, Township 52 North, 
32.22 	Range 20 West;
32.23 	(2) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying north of County 
32.24 	Road 115 in Section 15, Township 62 North, Range 17 West; and
32.25 	(3) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, 
32.26 	Township 63 North, Range 12 West, lying west of the west right-of-way boundary of 
32.27 	County Highway 88; EXCEPTING therefrom the following described tract of land: That 
32.28 	part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 63 North, 
32.29 	Range 12 West, described as follows: Begin at a point located at the intersection of the 
32.30 	north and south quarter line of said section and the north boundary line of the right-of-way 
32.31 	of County Highway 88, said point being 494.44 feet North of the center of said section; 
32.32 	thence North on said north and south quarter line a distance of 216.23 feet; thence at an 
32.33 	angle of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 253.073 feet; thence at an angle 
32.34 	of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 472.266 feet to a point on the north 
32.35 	boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88; thence in a northwesterly 
33.1 	direction along the north boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88, a 
33.2 	distance of 360 feet to the point of beginning.
33.3 	(d) The sales authorized under this section are needed for public utility substations.

33.4 	Sec. 47. PRIVATE SALE OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA LAND; 
33.5 	WABASHA COUNTY.
 33.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09, 94.10, and 97A.135, 
33.7 	subdivision 2a, the commissioner of natural resources shall sell by private sale the wildlife 
33.8 	management area land described in paragraph (c).
33.9 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
33.10 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
33.11 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to Mazeppa Township for less than 
33.12 	the value of the land as determined by the commissioner.
33.13 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wabasha County and is described as 
33.14 	follows: all of the following described tract: the southerly 300 feet of the westerly 350 
33.15 	feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 109 
33.16 	North, Range 14 West; together with the southerly 300 feet of the easterly 150 feet of the 
33.17 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 109 North, Range 14 
33.18 	West; excepting therefrom the right-of-way of existing highway; containing 3.23 acres 
33.19 	more or less.
33.20 	(d) The land is located in Mazeppa Township and is not contiguous to other 
33.21 	state lands. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
33.22 	management interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to a local unit 
33.23 	of government.

33.24 	Sec. 48. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
33.25 	WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
 33.26 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
33.27 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus lands bordering public water that are 
33.28 	described in paragraph (c).
33.29 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
33.30 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
33.31 	and ensure accuracy.
33.32 	(c) The lands that may be sold are located in Wadena County and are described as:
33.33 	(1) Government Lot 3, Section 28, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing 
33.34 	0.01 acres, more or less;
34.1 	(2) Government Lot 2, Section 34, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing 
34.2 	1.5 acres, more or less; and
34.3 	(3) Government Lot 7, Section 30, Township 135 North, Range 35 West, containing 
34.4 	0.01 acres, more or less.
34.5 	(d) The lands border the Leaf River and are not contiguous to other state lands. 
34.6 	The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for 
34.7 	natural resource purposes.

34.8 	Sec. 49. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
34.9 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 34.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
34.11 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County 
34.12 	may convey to the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District for no consideration the 
34.13 	tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
34.14 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
34.15 	that the land reverts to the state if the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District stops 
34.16 	using the land for the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may 
34.17 	make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
34.18 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington County and is described as:
34.19 	(1) Parcel A (PIN 05.032.21.12.0001): all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the 
34.20 	Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota, 
34.21 	that lies East of Minnesota Highway 61 as relocated and South of Judicial Ditch No. 
34.22 	1, except the following described tracts:
34.23 	Beginning at a point where the easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61 
34.24 	intersects the south line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5, 
34.25 	Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota; thence East along said south 
34.26 	line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 5 for 194.1 feet; thence 
34.27 	North at right angles 435.3 feet; thence South 75 degrees 56 minutes West for 294.4 feet 
34.28 	to said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61; thence South 14 degrees 04 
34.29 	minutes East along said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61 for 375.0 feet to 
34.30 	the point of the beginning; and
34.31 	That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 
34.32 	32 North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows: 
34.33 	commencing at the north quarter corner of Section 5; thence East along the north line of 
34.34 	Section 5, a distance of 538.8 feet to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61; 
34.35 	thence southeasterly deflection to the right 76 degrees 00 minutes 20 seconds, along 
35.1 	said highway right-of-way line, 500.4 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing 
35.2 	southeasterly along said highway right-of-way line 293.7 feet to the northwest corner of 
35.3 	the Philip F. and Maree la J. Turcott property, as described in Book 261 of Deeds on Page 
35.4 	69; thence northeasterly at right angles along the northerly line of said Turcott property in 
35.5 	its northeasterly projection thereof, 318.4 feet, more or less, to the centerline of Sunrise 
35.6 	River; thence northwesterly along said Sunrise River centerline, 358 feet, more or less, to 
35.7 	the point of intersection with a line drawn northeasterly from the point of beginning and 
35.8 	perpendicular to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61; thence southwesterly 
35.9 	along said line, 154.3 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and
35.10 	(2) Parcel B (PIN 05.032.21.12.0004): that part of the Northwest Quarter of the 
35.11 	Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, lying easterly of Highway 61 
35.12 	and North of Judicial Ditch No. 1.
35.13 	(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the watershed district for 
35.14 	purposes of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103D.

35.15 	Sec. 50. LEASE OF TAX-FORFEITED AND STATE LANDS.
 35.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.04, or other law to the contrary, 
35.17 	St. Louis County may enter a 30-year lease of tax-forfeited land for a wind energy project.
35.18 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources may enter a 30-year lease of land 
35.19 	administered by the commissioner for a wind energy project.

35.20 	Sec. 51. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 35.21 	Sections 1 to 50 are effective the day following final enactment.