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

1.4 	Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
1.5 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 1.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
1.7 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to 
1.8 	the contrary, Washington County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land that is 
1.9 	bordering public water and described in paragraph (c).
1.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and must 
1.11 	provide that the county or watershed district retains an easement for drainage purposes. 
1.12 	The attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and 
1.13 	ensure accuracy.
1.14 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
1.15 	All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 17, 
1.16 	Township 30 North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, that lies south of 
1.17 	the following described parcel:
1.18 	Commencing at the northeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
1.19 	Quarter of Section 17; thence South, assumed bearing, along the east line of said 
1.20 	Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 393 feet to the point of beginning; 
1.21 	thence North 88 degrees 30 minutes West, on a line parallel with the north line of 
1.22 	said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 915.7 feet, more or less, to an iron 
1.23 	pipe; thence North 79 degrees 29 minutes West 395.5 feet, more or less, to a point on 
1.24 	the centerline of the county road; thence southerly along said centerline, 323.4 feet, 
2.1 	more or less, to a point; thence South 76 degrees 00 minutes East 251.9 feet, more or 
2.2 	less, to an iron pipe; thence South 88 degrees 30 minutes East 1083 feet, more or 
2.3 	less, to a point on the east line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; 
2.4 	thence North, along said east line, 312 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
2.5 	And, lies east of the plat of Laurelside which is on file and of record in the Office of 
2.6 	the Washington County Recorder.
2.7 	And, lies northerly of the following described parcel:
2.8 	All that part of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 17, 
2.9 	and all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 20, 
2.10 	Township 30 North, Range 21 West; which is also part of vacated Block 146 and 
2.11 	adjacent Linden Street (now vacated) of the plat of Wildwood which is on file and 
2.12 	of record in the Office of the Washington County Recorder; and more specifically 
2.13 	described as follows:
2.14 	Commencing at the most westerly corner of Block 147, Wildwood; thence on 
2.15 	the northwesterly extension of the southwesterly line of Block 147, a distance of 
2.16 	60 feet to a point on the southeasterly side of said Block 146, which is also the 
2.17 	northwesterly line of Bryant Avenue; thence northeasterly along said southeasterly 
2.18 	side of Block 146, a distance of 92 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be 
2.19 	described; thence continuing northeasterly, along said southeasterly side of Block 
2.20 	146, a distance of 231 feet, more or less, to a contour line being at elevation 947 feet 
2.21 	above mean sea level; thence in a northwesterly direction along said contour line 
2.22 	for 200 feet, more or less, to its intersection with a line that is parallel with and 177 
2.23 	feet from said southeasterly side of Block 146 as measured at right angles; thence 
2.24 	southwesterly along said parallel line, 297 feet, more or less, to a point drawn at 
2.25 	right angles from the point of beginning; thence on a deflection angle of 90 degrees 
2.26 	to the left, 177 feet to the point of beginning.
2.27 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
2.28 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.