1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing the sale of wildlife management area lands in 
1.3 	Wabasha County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA LAND; 
1.6 	WABASHA COUNTY.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09, 94.10, and 97A.135, 
1.8 	subdivision 2a, the commissioner of natural resources shall sell by private sale the wildlife 
1.9 	management area land described in paragraph (c).
1.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
1.11 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
1.12 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to Mazeppa Township for less than 
1.13 	the value of the land as determined by the commissioner.
1.14 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wabasha County and is described as 
1.15 	follows: all of the following described tract: the southerly 300 feet of the westerly 350 
1.16 	feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 10, Township 109 
1.17 	North, Range 14 West; together with the southerly 300 feet of the easterly 150 feet of the 
1.18 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 109 North, Range 14 
1.19 	West; excepting therefrom the right-of-way of existing highway; containing 3.23 acres 
1.20 	more or less.
1.21 	(d) The land is located in Mazeppa Township and is not contiguous to other 
1.22 	state lands. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
1.23 	management interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to a local unit 
1.24 	of government.