1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; authorizing conveyance by commissioner of 
1.3 	transportation to Indian tribal government of land no longer needed for trunk 
1.4 	highway purposes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.44, 
1.5 	subdivision 1.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 161.44, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Conveyance. The commissioner may convey and quitclaim any 
1.9 	lands, including any improvements thereon, owned in fee by the state for trunk highway 
1.10 	purposes but no longer needed therefor. Notwithstanding any provisions in this section or 
1.11 	in section 161.23 to the contrary, fee title to or an easement in all or part of the lands and 
1.12 	lands previously acquired in fee for trunk highways or acquired pursuant to section 161.23, 
1.13 	in excess of what is needed for highway purposes may be conveyed and quitclaimed for 
1.14 	public purposes to any political subdivision, Indian tribal government, or agency of the 
1.15 	state upon the terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the commissioner and 
1.16 	the political subdivision, Indian tribal government, or agency.  

1.17 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.