1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing the private sale of tax-forfeited land in St. 
1.3 	Louis County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 1.6 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
1.7 	St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is described in 
1.8 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
1.9 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
1.10 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.11 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
1.12 	(1) that part of the South 200 feet of the West 900 feet of Government Lot 4 lying 
1.13 	east of State Highway 73, and that part of the North 300 feet of the West 900 feet of 
1.14 	Government Lot 5 lying east of State Highway 73, all in Section 6, Township 52 North, 
1.15 	Range 20 West;
1.16 	(2) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying north of County 
1.17 	Road 115 in Section 15, Township 62 North, Range 17 West; and
1.18 	(3) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, 
1.19 	Township 63 North, Range 12 West, lying west of the west right-of-way boundary of 
1.20 	County Highway 88; EXCEPTING therefrom the following described tract of land: That 
1.21 	part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 63 North, 
1.22 	Range 12 West, described as follows: Begin at a point located at the intersection of the 
1.23 	north and south quarter line of said section and the north boundary line of the right-of-way 
1.24 	of County Highway 88, said point being 494.44 feet North of the center of said section; 
2.1 	thence North on said north and south quarter line a distance of 216.23 feet; thence at an 
2.2 	angle of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 253.073 feet; thence at an angle 
2.3 	of 90 degrees 0 minutes to the right a distance of 472.266 feet to a point on the north 
2.4 	boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88; thence in a northwesterly 
2.5 	direction along the north boundary line of the right-of-way of said County Highway 88, a 
2.6 	distance of 360 feet to the point of beginning.
2.7 	(d) The sales authorized under this section are needed for public utility substations.