1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; modifying method of determining value of acquired 
1.3 	stream easements; providing for certain historic property exemption; modifying 
1.4 	state forest acquisition provisions; modifying certain requirements for land sales; 
1.5 	adding to and deleting from state parks and state forests; authorizing public 
1.6 	and private sales, conveyances, and exchanges of certain state land;amending 
1.7 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 84.0272, subdivision 2; 85.012, subdivision 
1.8 	40; 89.032, subdivision 2; Laws 2005, chapter 156, article 2, section 45, as 
1.9 	amended; Laws 2009, chapter 176, article 4, section 9; proposing coding for new 
1.10 	law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 85.
1.11 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.12 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 84.0272, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.13 		Subd. 2.Stream easements. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision 1, the commissioner 
1.14 	may acquire permanent stream easements for angler access, fish management, and habitat 
1.15 	work for a onetime payment based on a value attributed to both the stream and the 
1.16 	easement corridor. The payment shall equal:
1.17 	(1) the per linear foot of stream within the easement corridor times $5; plus
1.18 	(2) the easement corridor acres times the estimated market value.
1.19 	(b) The estimated market value is equal to:
1.20 	(1) the total farm market value plus the timberlands value agricultural market value 
1.21 	plus the rural vacant market value plus the managed forest market value; divided by
1.22 	(2) the acres of deeded farmland plus the acres of timber agricultural land plus the 
1.23 	rural vacant land plus the managed forest land.
1.24 	(c) The total farm market value, timberlands value, acres of deeded farmland, and 
1.25 	acres of timber agricultural market value, rural vacant market value, and managed forest 
1.26 	market value or equivalent are determined from data collected by the Department of 
1.27 	Revenue during its annual spring mini abstract survey. If the Department of Revenue 
2.1 	changes its property type groups for its annual spring mini abstract survey, the agricultural 
2.2 	market value, the rural vacant market value, and the managed forest market value shall be 
2.3 	determined by the commissioner from data collected by the Department of Revenue in a 
2.4 	manner that provides the most reasonable substitute for the market values as presently 
2.5 	reported. The commissioner must use the most recent available data for the city or 
2.6 	township within which the easement corridor is located.
2.7 	(d) The commissioner shall periodically review the easement payment rates under 
2.8 	this subdivision to determine whether the stream easement payments reflect current 
2.9 	shoreland market values. If the commissioner determines that the easements do not reflect 
2.10 	current shoreland market values, the commissioner shall report to the senate and house of 
2.11 	representatives natural resources policy committees with recommendations for changes 
2.12 	to this subdivision that are necessary for the stream easement payment rates to reflect 
2.13 	current shoreland market values. The recommendations may include an adjustment to the 
2.14 	dollar amount in paragraph (a), clause (1).

2.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.012, subdivision 40, is amended to read:
2.16 		Subd. 40. McCarthy Beach State Park, St. Louis County and Itasca Counties, which 
2.17 	is hereby renamed from McCarthy Beach Memorial State Park.

2.18 	Sec. 3. [85.0144] HILL-ANNEX MINE STATE PARK; HISTORIC PROPERTY 
2.19 	EXEMPTION.
2.20 	In accordance with Laws 1988, chapter 686, article 1, section 53, that provided that 
2.21 	mining may be conducted on Hill-Annex Mine State Park in the future and that portions 
2.22 	of the surface estate may be necessary for these mining operations, section 138.665, 
2.23 	subdivision 2, does not apply to the removal of any taconite or any iron-bearing material 
2.24 	stockpiles within the Hill-Annex Mine State Park.

2.25 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 89.032, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.26 		Subd. 2.Acquisition for state forests. The commissioner may acquire lands or 
2.27 	interest in lands for state forest purposes. The land or interests in land may be subject 
2.28 	to mineral reservations.

2.29 	Sec. 5. Laws 2005, chapter 156, article 2, section 45, as amended by Laws 2007, 
2.30 	chapter 148, article 2, section 73, as amended by Laws 2009, chapter 37, article 1, section 
2.31 	59, is amended to read:
2.32 	Sec. 45. SALE OF STATE LAND.
 3.1 		Subdivision 1.State land sales. (a) The commissioner of administration shall 
3.2 	coordinate with the head of each department or agency having control of state-owned land 
3.3 	to identify and sell at least $6,440,000 of state-owned land. Sales should be completed 
3.4 	according to law and as provided in this section as soon as practicable but no later than 
3.5 	June 30, 2011. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.281 and 16B.282, 94.09
3.6 	and 94.10, or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner may offer land for public 
3.7 	sale by only providing notice of lands or an offer of sale of lands to state departments or 
3.8 	agencies, the University of Minnesota, cities, counties, towns, school districts, or other 
3.9 	public entities.
3.10 	(b) Of the amount required under paragraph (a), the commissioner of natural 
3.11 	resources shall sell $2,216,000 of state-owned land for anticipated savings.
3.12 		Subd. 2.Anticipated savings. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
3.13 	94.16, subdivision 3, or other law to the contrary, the amount of the proceeds from the 
3.14 	sale of land under this section that exceeds the actual expenses of selling the land must 
3.15 	be deposited in the general fund, except as otherwise provided by the commissioner of 
3.16 	finance. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.11 or 16B.283, the commissioner 
3.17 	of finance may establish the timing of payments for land purchased under this section. 
3.18 	Except as provided in paragraph (b), if the total of all money deposited into the general 
3.19 	fund from the proceeds of the sale of land under this section is anticipated to be less 
3.20 	than $6,440,000, the governor must allocate the amount of the difference as reductions 
3.21 	to general fund operating expenditures for other executive agencies for the biennium 
3.22 	ending June 30, 2011.
3.23 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), reductions in operating expenditures for the 
3.24 	Department of Natural Resources may be made only for the difference in anticipated 
3.25 	savings under subdivision 1, paragraph (b).
3.26 		Subd. 3.Sale of state lands revolving loan fund. $290,000 is appropriated from 
3.27 	the general fund in fiscal year 2006 to the commissioner of administration for purposes 
3.28 	of paying the actual expenses of selling state-owned lands to achieve the anticipated 
3.29 	savings required in this section. From the gross proceeds of land sales under this section, 
3.30 	the commissioner of administration must cancel the amount of the appropriation in this 
3.31 	subdivision to the general fund by June 30, 2011.

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

3.33 	Sec. 6. Laws 2009, chapter 176, article 4, section 9, is amended to read:
3.34 	Sec. 9. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND; CLEARWATER COUNTY.
 4.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
4.2 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
4.3 	(c).
4.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
4.5 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
4.6 	and ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to the White Earth Band of 
4.7 	Ojibwe for less than the value of the land as determined by the commissioner $1, but the 
4.8 	conveyance must provide that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state 
4.9 	if the band fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land. The 
4.10 	conveyance may reserve an easement for ingress and egress.
4.11 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Clearwater County and is described as: 
4.12 	the West 400 feet of the South 750 feet of Government Lot 3, Section 31, Township 145 
4.13 	North, Range 38 West, containing 6.89 acres, more or less.
4.14 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land and building 
4.15 	are no longer needed for natural resource purposes.

4.16 	Sec. 7. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
 4.17 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 19.] Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, 
4.18 	Fillmore County. The following areas are added to Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, 
4.19 	all in Fillmore County:
4.20 	(1) commencing at the northeast corner of Section 14, Township 102 North, Range 
4.21 	12 West; thence West 1,608.8 feet; thence South 2 degrees 50 minutes West 1,260.4 feet; 
4.22 	thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West 656 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes 
4.23 	West 541.4 feet; thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West 302.7 feet; thence South 0 
4.24 	degrees 39 minutes West 347.1 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes East 132 feet; 
4.25 	thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes West 496 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 
4.26 	East 495 feet; thence South 54 degrees East 990 feet; thence South 39 degrees East 295 
4.27 	feet; thence South 84 degrees East 594 feet; thence South 64 degrees East 148.5 feet; 
4.28 	thence South 66 degrees East 462 feet; thence North 0 degrees 45 minutes East 3763 
4.29 	feet to beginning;
4.30 	(2) that part of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14, Township 102 
4.31 	North, Range 12 West, lying North of the south bank of the North Branch Creek, also 
4.32 	known as Forestville Creek. Said parcel of real estate being more fully described as 
4.33 	follows: commencing at the northeast corner of Section 14, proceed West, a distance 
4.34 	of 1,608.8 feet; thence South 2 degrees 50 minutes West a distance of 1,260.4 feet; 
4.35 	thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West, a distance of 656 feet; thence South 0 degrees 
5.1 	39 minutes West, a distance of 541.4 feet to the beginning corner. From the point of 
5.2 	beginning, continue North 89 degrees 57 minutes West, a distance of 302.7 feet; thence 
5.3 	South 0 degrees 39 minutes West a distance of 347.1 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 
5.4 	minutes East, a distance of 132 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes West, a distance 
5.5 	of 496 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes East a distance of 363 feet; thence South 
5.6 	54 degrees East 990 feet; thence South 39 degrees East 295 feet; thence South 84 degrees 
5.7 	East 594 feet; thence South 64 degrees East 148.5 feet; thence South 66 degrees East 462 
5.8 	feet, to the section line; thence North on the section line, a distance of 1,783 feet; thence 
5.9 	North 85 degrees 34 minutes West a distance of 2,340.2 feet to the beginning corner;
5.10 	(3) the South Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 102, Range 
5.11 	12, Fillmore County, Minnesota, except the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the 
5.12 	Southeast Quarter of said Northeast Quarter, and also except that part thereof lying West 
5.13 	of the center of County Road No. 12;
5.14 	(4) that part of the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 
5.15 	102, Range 12, Fillmore County, Minnesota, lying northerly and easterly of the following 
5.16 	described line: commencing at a point 288.4 feet North of the southwest corner of the 
5.17 	Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 23; thence North 132 feet, to 
5.18 	the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence East 1,800 feet, to the center 
5.19 	of river; thence South 6 degrees East 133 feet to intersect the hereinafter described Line 
5.20 	X; thence easterly along said Line X to the hereinafter described Point A; thence South, 
5.21 	parallel with the west line of said Southwest Quarter to the south line of said North Half of 
5.22 	said Southwest Quarter and said line there terminating. Said Line X and Point A being 
5.23 	described as follows: commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of 
5.24 	the Southwest Quarter of said Section 23; thence running North 4.37 chains; thence East, 
5.25 	along a line referred to as Line X in the above description, a distance of 27.25 chains to a 
5.26 	point referred to as Point A in the above description;
5.27 	(5) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23, 
5.28 	Township 102, Range 12, Fillmore County, Minnesota; and
5.29 	(6) the Southeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 102, Range 12, Fillmore County, 
5.30 	Minnesota, except the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of 
5.31 	said Southeast Quarter.
5.32 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 31.] Judge C. R. Magney State Park, Cook County.
 5.33 	The following areas are added to Judge C. R. Magney State Park, all in Cook County: 
5.34 	the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
5.35 	Quarter, and the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 5, Township 
5.36 	62 North, Range 3 East.
6.1 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 54.] Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Lake County.
 6.2 	The following areas are added to Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, all in Lake County: the 
6.3 	Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast 
6.4 	Quarter, all in Section 32, Township 55 North, Range 8 West.
6.5 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 55a.] Tettegouche State Park, Lake County. The 
6.6 	following areas are added to Tettegouche State Park:
6.7 	(1) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 15, Township 56, Range 7, Lake County, 
6.8 	Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the quarter corner between said Section 
6.9 	15 and Section 22, Township 56, Range 7; thence East, along the section line between said 
6.10 	Sections 15 and 22, a distance of 503.0 feet; thence northeasterly, deflecting to the left 75 
6.11 	degrees 00 minutes a distance of 425.0 feet, to a point designated by a two-inch iron pipe, 
6.12 	being the point of beginning; thence northwesterly, to a point on the west line of said Lot 2 
6.13 	distant approximately 970.0 feet North of said quarter corner between Sections 15 and 22; 
6.14 	thence North along said west line to the northwest corner of said Lot 2; thence East, along 
6.15 	the north line of said Lot 2, approximately 240.0 feet; thence in a southeasterly direction 
6.16 	to a point on the east side of a point of rocks projecting into Lake Superior, being marked 
6.17 	by an X; thence in a southwesterly direction, along the shore of said Lake Superior to the 
6.18 	point of beginning. (X mark on rock being in line making a deflection angle of 45 degrees 
6.19 	51 minutes to the left with the east-west section line from a point on the section line 503.0 
6.20 	feet East of the quarter corner between said Sections 15 and 22 and being approximately 
6.21 	830 feet from said point on said section line.); and
6.22 	(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 56, 
6.23 	Range 7, Lake County, Minnesota.

6.24 	Sec. 8. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
 6.25 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 1a.] Afton State Park, Washington County. The 
6.26 	following area is deleted from Afton State Park: all that part of the Southwest Quarter of 
6.27 	Section 3, Township 27, Range 20, Washington County, Minnesota, embraced within the 
6.28 	recorded plat of ALPS ESTATES.
6.29 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 14.] Crow Wing State Park, Crow Wing, Cass, and 
6.30 	Morrison Counties. The following areas are deleted from Crow Wing State Park:
6.31 	(1) all that part of Government Lots 7 and 8, Section 24, Township 44, Range 32, 
6.32 	Crow Wing County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of RED RIVER 
6.33 	TRAIL; and
6.34 	(2) all that part of Government Lot 7, Section 24, Township 44, Range 32, Crow 
6.35 	Wing County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of LOGGER RUN.
7.1 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County.
 7.2 	The following area is deleted from Frontenac State Park: that part of the Southeast 
7.3 	Quarter, Section 11, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, being described as BLOCK P, 
7.4 	GARRARD'S SOUTH EXTENSION TO FRONTENAC according to the plat on file and 
7.5 	of record in the Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota, including any 
7.6 	portions of vacated roadway which have attached thereto.
7.7 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 26.] Hayes Lake State Park, Roseau County. The 
7.8 	following area is deleted from Hayes Lake State Park: the West 45.00 feet of the North 
7.9 	160.7 feet of the South 263.58 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of 
7.10 	Section 32, Township 160, Range 38, Roseau County, Minnesota.
7.11 		Subd. 5.[85.012] [Subd. 40.] McCarthy Beach State Park, St. Louis and 
7.12 	Itasca Counties. The following area is deleted from McCarthy Beach State Park in 
7.13 	Itasca County: all that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 1, 
7.14 	Township 60 North, Range 22 West, embraced within the recorded plat of "TRUST," 
7.15 	as depicted thereon.
7.16 		Subd. 6.[85.012] [Subd. 41.] Maplewood State Park, Otter Tail County. The 
7.17 	following areas are deleted from Maplewood State Park:
7.18 	(1) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail 
7.19 	County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of South Lida Shores, according to 
7.20 	the recorded plat thereof;
7.21 	(2) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail 
7.22 	County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of Greens Isle View Addition, 
7.23 	according to the recorded plat thereof;
7.24 	(3) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail 
7.25 	County, Minnesota, described as follows: beginning at a point located by running West 
7.26 	401 feet from the northeast corner of said Government Lot 4 in Section 9; thence South 47 
7.27 	degrees 10 minutes West 100 feet; thence South 52 degrees 19 minutes West along the 
7.28 	lakeshore of Lake Lida a distance of 50 feet; thence South 42 degrees 50 minutes East 
7.29 	200 feet; thence North 52 degrees 19 minutes East 50 feet; thence North 42 degrees 50 
7.30 	minutes West 100 feet; thence North 47 degrees 10 minutes East 100 feet; thence North 42 
7.31 	degrees 50 minutes West, 100 feet to the point of beginning;
7.32 	(4) that part of Government Lot 5, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter 
7.33 	Tail County, Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the northeast corner of 
7.34 	Government Lot 4 in said Section 9; thence on an assumed bearing of West, along the 
7.35 	north line of said Government Lot 4, a distance of 130 feet, to intersect the shore of South 
7.36 	Lida Lake, said point of intersection being the point of beginning of the tract of land to 
8.1 	be described; thence return on a bearing of East, a distance of 130 feet, to said northeast 
8.2 	corner of Government Lot 4; thence North 03 degrees 46 minutes 00 seconds West 
8.3 	224.40 feet, along the centerline of a township road; thence North 08 degrees 31 minutes 
8.4 	00 seconds East 346.60 feet along said centerline; thence North 81 degrees 14 minutes 
8.5 	00 seconds West 34.00 feet to the westerly line of said township road; thence North 08 
8.6 	degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds East along said westerly line 125.00 feet; thence North 36 
8.7 	degrees 09 minutes 00 seconds West 230.00 feet; thence South 71 degrees 21 minutes 00 
8.8 	seconds West 93.00 feet, more or less to the easterly shoreline of South Lida Lake; thence 
8.9 	southeasterly along said shoreline to the point of beginning; and
8.10 	(5) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 33, Township 136, Range 42, Otter Tail 
8.11 	County, Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the East Quarter corner of said 
8.12 	Section 33; thence on an assumed bearing of West, along the east-west quarter line of 
8.13 	said Section 33, a distance of 3,994.0 feet; thence North 25 degrees East, a distance of 
8.14 	308.3 feet to the southwesterly right-of-way line of a public highway; thence North 40 
8.15 	degrees 00 minutes West, a distance of 169.0 feet, along said right-of-way; thence South 
8.16 	74 degrees 43 minutes West, a distance of 70.0 feet, more or less, to the shore of South 
8.17 	Lida Lake; thence southwesterly, along said shoreline to the south line of said Government 
8.18 	Lot 2; thence on a bearing of East, along the south line of said Government Lot 2, also 
8.19 	being said east-west quarter line to the point of beginning.
8.20 		Subd. 7.[85.012] [Subd. 54.] Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Lake County.
 8.21 	The following area is deleted from Split Rock Lighthouse State Park: the Southeast 
8.22 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 31, Township 55 North, Range 8 West, Lake 
8.23 	County.

8.24 	Sec. 9. ADDITIONS TO STATE FORESTS.
 8.25 	[89.021] [Subd. 32.] Lyons State Forest. The following area is added to the Lyons 
8.26 	State Forest: Section 16, Township 135 North, Range 32 West, Cass County.

8.27 	Sec. 10. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ANOKA COUNTY.
 8.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
8.29 	of natural resources may sell by private sale to a political subdivision the surplus land 
8.30 	that is described in paragraph (c).
8.31 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
8.32 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
8.33 	and ensure accuracy.
9.1 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Anoka County and is described as: the 
9.2 	East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 32 North, Range 22 West, 
9.3 	Anoka County, Minnesota, containing 80 acres, more or less.
9.4 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
9.5 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a political 
9.6 	subdivision. A political subdivision would like to use this parcel as a wetland mitigation 
9.7 	site.

9.8 	Sec. 11. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
9.9 	WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 9.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
9.11 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
9.12 	in paragraph (c).
9.13 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
9.14 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
9.15 	ensure accuracy. The conveyance must include a reservation of perpetual road easements 
9.16 	described in paragraph (c) to the state for ingress and egress for constructing, repairing, 
9.17 	maintaining, and operating an adjacent northern pike spawning and rearing area.
9.18 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: 
9.19 	All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and Government Lot 1, 
9.20 	Section 21, Township 146 North, Range 31 West, bounded by the water's edge of Cass 
9.21 	Lake and the following described lines: Commencing at the southwest corner of said 
9.22 	section, thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 691.2 feet on and along the west line of 
9.23 	said section to the point of beginning; thence South 58 degrees 27 minutes East, 177.64 
9.24 	feet; thence South 65 degrees 00 minutes East, 162.35 feet; thence North 52 degrees 
9.25 	07 minutes East, 175.70 feet; thence North 86 degrees 05 minutes East, 232.35 feet; 
9.26 	thence South 41 degrees 50 minutes East, 186.35 feet; thence South 25 degrees 59 minutes 
9.27 	East, 122.0 feet; thence South 33 degrees 47 minutes West, 176.13 feet; thence South 26 
9.28 	degrees 31 minutes West, 157.26 feet; thence South 50 degrees 19 minutes East, 142.34 
9.29 	feet; thence North 88 degrees 05 minutes East, 66.15 feet to point "A"; thence North 67 
9.30 	degrees 06 minutes East, 442.0 feet; thence North 76 degrees 24 minutes East, 113.86 
9.31 	feet; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 88.96 feet to point "B"; thence South 17 
9.32 	degrees 17 minutes East, 138 feet, more or less, to the water's edge of Cass Lake and 
9.33 	there terminating. And from the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes 
9.34 	West, 630.92 feet on and along the west line of said Section 21; thence South 75 degrees 
9.35 	27 minutes East, 206.01 feet; thence South 35 degrees 36 minutes East, 210.68 feet; 
10.1 	thence South 37 degrees 07 minutes East, 230.53 feet; thence South 51 degrees 18 minutes 
10.2 	East, 124.95 feet; thence North 55 degrees 37 minutes East, 156.60 feet; thence South 48 
10.3 	degrees 10 minutes East, 120.58 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes East, 197.76 
10.4 	feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes East, 195.0 feet; thence South 38 degrees 25 
10.5 	minutes East, 162.17 feet; thence South 56 degrees 38 minutes East, 410.58 feet; thence 
10.6 	South 31 degrees 06 minutes West, 203.30 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West, 
10.7 	14.84 feet; thence South 17 degrees 17 minutes East, 133 feet, more or less, to the water's 
10.8 	edge of Cass Lake and there terminating. Including all riparian rights to the contained 
10.9 	18.0 acres, more or less and subject to all existing easements.
10.10 	Subject to a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across the 
10.11 	following described land in Government Lot 1 of said section described as follows: 
10.12 	Beginning at point "B," said point being on the southerly boundary of the above described 
10.13 	tract; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 20.2 feet; thence South 17 degrees 17 
10.14 	minutes East, 33.33 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West, 20.2 feet; thence 
10.15 	North 17 degrees 17 minutes West, 33.33 feet to point "B" and the point of beginning.
10.16 	Except that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 21, Township 146 North, Range 
10.17 	31 West, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of said Section 21; 
10.18 	thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 1,322.12 feet along the west line of said Section 
10.19 	21; thence South 75 degrees 27 minutes East, 206.01 feet; thence South 35 degrees 36 
10.20 	minutes East, 210.68 feet; thence South 37 degrees 07 minutes East, 230.53 feet; thence 
10.21 	South 51 degrees 18 minutes East, 124.95 feet; thence North 55 degrees 37 minutes East, 
10.22 	156.60 feet; thence South 48 degrees 10 minutes East, 120.58 feet; thence South 89 
10.23 	degrees 59 minutes East, 197.76 feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes East, 195.0 
10.24 	feet; thence South 38 degrees 25 minutes East, 162.17 feet; thence South 56 degrees 38 
10.25 	minutes East, 383.52 feet, to the point of beginning; thence South 56 degrees 38 minutes 
10.26 	East, 27.06 feet; thence South 31 degrees 06 minutes West, 203.30 feet; thence South 80 
10.27 	degrees 48 minutes West, 2.52 feet; thence North 15 degrees 31 minutes West, 46.80 
10.28 	feet; thence North 32 degrees 31 minutes East, 18.96 feet; thence North 59 degrees 39 
10.29 	minutes East, 58.56 feet; thence North 20 degrees 23 minutes East, 105.29 feet to the 
10.30 	point of beginning; containing 0.1 acres.
10.31 	Together with a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across the 
10.32 	Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said section being a strip of land 33 feet 
10.33 	wide, lying 16.5 feet on each side of the following described lines: Commencing at the 
10.34 	southwest corner of said Section 21; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 656.4 feet 
10.35 	on and along the west line of said section to the point of beginning; thence South 42 
10.36 	degrees 51 minutes East, 52.16 feet; thence South 70 degrees 04 minutes East, 214.3 feet; 
11.1 	thence South 37 degrees 58 minutes East, 219.4 feet; thence South 49 degrees 02 minutes 
11.2 	East, 252.6 feet; thence South 45 degrees 15 minutes East, 152.5 feet; thence South 50 
11.3 	degrees 19 minutes East, 119.9 feet, to the south line of Section 21 and there terminating.
11.4 	Together with a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across 
11.5 	the northwesterly 16.5 feet of the following described land in Government Lot 1 and 
11.6 	the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said section described as follows: 
11.7 	Beginning at point "A," said point being on the southern boundary of the above described 
11.8 	tract; thence North 67 degrees 06 minutes East, 442.0 feet; thence North 76 degrees 24 
11.9 	minutes East, 113.86 feet; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 88.96 feet; thence 
11.10 	South 17 degrees 17 minutes East, 33.33 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West, 
11.11 	92.38 feet; thence South 76 degrees 24 minutes West, 109.91 feet; thence South 67 
11.12 	degrees 06 minutes West, 353.28 feet; thence South 88 degrees 05 minutes West, 92.15 
11.13 	feet to point "A" and the point of beginning.
11.14 	(d) The land borders Cass Lake. The land was acquired for a northern pike spawning 
11.15 	area but has not been used for such purpose for 30 years. The Department of Natural 
11.16 	Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

11.17 	Sec. 12. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; CARLTON COUNTY.
 11.18 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
11.19 	of natural resources may sell by private sale to a political subdivision the surplus land 
11.20 	that is described in paragraph (c).
11.21 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
11.22 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
11.23 	and ensure accuracy.
11.24 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as: the 
11.25 	Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except state trunk 
11.26 	highway right-of-way, Section 26, Township 49 North, Range 17 West, containing 9.324 
11.27 	acres, more or less.
11.28 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
11.29 	for natural resource purposes.

11.30 	Sec. 13. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
11.31 	WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
 11.32 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
11.33 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Carlton County may sell 
12.1 	by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph 
12.2 	(c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
12.3 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
12.4 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
12.5 	accuracy.
12.6 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as:
12.7 	(1) part of Government Lot 1 commencing 42 rods 17 links East of the northwest 
12.8 	corner of Section 6, Township 46, Range 18; thence South 82 rods 11 links; thence West to 
12.9 	Bear Lake; thence West on the shoreline to the section line; thence North to the northwest 
12.10 	corner; thence East to the beginning; except the highway right-of-way and except the part 
12.11 	northwest of Highway 35, Docket 214412 and except commencing at the northwest corner 
12.12 	of said Government Lot 1; thence South 0 degrees 5 minutes 51 seconds West on the west 
12.13 	line thereof 1,176.49 feet to a point on the southeast right-of-way line of the Interstate 
12.14 	Highway 35 frontage road; thence North 51 degrees 42 minutes 51 seconds East on said 
12.15 	right-of-way line 209.76 feet; thence South 19 degrees 45 minutes East 120.0 feet to the 
12.16 	point of beginning; thence North 19 degrees 45 minutes West 120.0 feet; thence North 51 
12.17 	degrees 42 minutes 51 seconds East 80.0 feet to the MNDOT right-of-way monument; 
12.18 	thence South 71 degrees 36 minutes 52 seconds East 216.61 feet; thence South 3 degrees 
12.19 	30 minutes West 195 feet, more or less, to the shore of Bear Lake; thence westerly on said 
12.20 	shore 215 feet, more or less, to a point which bears 2 degrees 55 minutes East from the 
12.21 	point of beginning; thence North 2 degrees 55 minutes West 150 feet, more or less, to the 
12.22 	point of beginning, on Docket 240622 and except commencing at the northwest corner of 
12.23 	said Government Lot 1; thence East along the north line 704.22 feet; thence South parallel 
12.24 	to the west line 1,360.26 feet to the actual point of beginning; thence North 739.16 feet, 
12.25 	more or less, to the southeast right-of-way line of the I-35 frontage road; thence southwest 
12.26 	along said right-of-way line 608.48 feet, more or less, to the MNDOT monument; thence 
12.27 	South 71 degrees 36 minutes 52 seconds East 216.61 feet; thence South 3 degrees 30 
12.28 	minutes West 195 feet, more or less, to the shore of Bear Lake; thence East on said shore 
12.29 	285 feet, more or less, to a point which bears North 00 degrees West from the point of 
12.30 	beginning; thence South 90 degrees East 15 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning, 
12.31 	Docket 282721 (parcel identification number 39-010-0920); and 
12.32 	(2) that part of Government Lot 2 lying North of Moose Horn River, Docket 262968, 
12.33 	272524, and 272525, Section 11, Township 46, Range 19 (parcel identification number 
12.34 	39-030-1220).
12.35 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
12.36 	best be served if the land was sold to adjoining landowners.

13.1 	Sec. 14. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
13.2 	WATER; CARLTON COUNTY.
 13.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
13.4 	Carlton County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
13.5 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
13.6 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
13.7 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
13.8 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as:
13.9 	(1) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 27, Township 48 North, 
13.10 	Range 18 West (parcel number 33-010-6300);
13.11 	(2) the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, except that part East of the Kettle 
13.12 	River, Section 26, Township 48 North, Range 20 West (parcel number 90-010-4630); and
13.13 	(3) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter or Government Lot 5, Section 
13.14 	12, Township 49 North, Range 19 West (parcel number 94-026-2020).
13.15 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
13.16 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

13.17 	Sec. 15. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
13.18 	WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 13.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, and upon 
13.20 	completion of exchange of the school trust land for acquired land, the commissioner of 
13.21 	natural resources may sell to a school district by private sale the surplus land bordering 
13.22 	public water that is described in paragraph (c).
13.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
13.24 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
13.25 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to a school district for less than the 
13.26 	value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
13.27 	that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for an educational unit managed forest and 
13.28 	reverts to the state if the school district fails to provide for or abandons the educational 
13.29 	unit managed forest use of the land.
13.30 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as:
13.31 	(1) the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 27;
13.32 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28;
13.33 	(3) Government Lot 11 of Section 33; and
13.34 	(4) Government Lot 14 of Section 34,
14.1 	all in Township 141 North, Range 28 West, containing a total of 98.7 acres, more or 
14.2 	less.
14.3 	(d) The land borders Nellie Lake. Independent School District No. 118, Longville, 
14.4 	has inadvertently trespassed upon the land for the establishment of an educational unit 
14.5 	managed forest under Minnesota Statutes, section 89.41. The commissioner of natural 
14.6 	resources has determined that the state's land management interests would best be served 
14.7 	if the land was managed as an educational unit managed forest. Since the land is currently 
14.8 	school trust land, the commissioner of natural resources shall first exchange the school 
14.9 	trust land for acquired land prior to sale.

14.10 	Sec. 16. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND 
14.11 	BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 14.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
14.13 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by public or private sale the surplus land 
14.14 	bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
14.15 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
14.16 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
14.17 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to a local unit of government for less than the 
14.18 	value of the land, as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
14.19 	that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the local unit of government 
14.20 	fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
14.21 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as: Lot 7, 
14.22 	Block 1, Dell's Sleepy Hollow, Cass County, Minnesota, according to the recorded plat 
14.23 	thereof, containing 0.54 acres, more or less.
14.24 	(d) The land borders Woman Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has 
14.25 	determined that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land was 
14.26 	conveyed to a local unit of government.

14.27 	Sec. 17. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
14.28 	WATER; GOODHUE COUNTY.
 14.29 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
14.30 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering 
14.31 	public water that is described in paragraph (c).
14.32 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
14.33 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
15.1 	ensure accuracy. The conveyance must include the easement specified in paragraph (c). 
15.2 	The purpose of the easement is to:
15.3 	(1) provide for the development of fish habitat, including tree planting, erosion 
15.4 	control, installation of instream structures, posting of signs, and other improvements;
15.5 	(2) permit angling by the public; and
15.6 	(3) provide ingress and egress through the property sold to the easement area.
15.7 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Goodhue County and is described as: 
15.8 	that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and that part of the Northwest 
15.9 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 7, Township 112, Range 15, Goodhue County, 
15.10 	Minnesota, which lie westerly of the centerline of County State-Aid Highway No. 6, 
15.11 	containing 2.6 acres, more or less.
15.12 	Reserving an easement over, under, and across that part of the above described 
15.13 	property located within a strip of land 132 feet in width, and centered on the centerline 
15.14 	of Spring Creek, as the same meanders through said Southwest Quarter of the Northeast 
15.15 	Quarter and said Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter.
15.16 	(d) The land borders Spring Creek. The Department of Natural Resources has 
15.17 	determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes provided that an 
15.18 	easement right is retained. The land is separated from the wildlife management area by a 
15.19 	county road and has been subject to inadvertent trespass by the adjacent landowner.

15.20 	Sec. 18. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 15.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
15.22 	of natural resources may sell to a local unit of government by private sale the surplus land 
15.23 	that is described in paragraph (c).
15.24 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
15.25 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
15.26 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to a local unit of government for less than the 
15.27 	value of the land, as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
15.28 	that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the local unit of government 
15.29 	fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
15.30 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
15.31 	Outlot A, Block 1, Schendel Woods, Hennepin County, Minnesota, according to the 
15.32 	recorded plat thereof, containing 13.92 acres, more or less.
15.33 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
15.34 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a local unit of 
16.1 	government. A local unit of government would like to use this parcel for a storm water 
16.2 	runoff project.

16.3 	Sec. 19. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
16.4 	WATERS; ITASCA COUNTY.
 16.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
16.6 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may 
16.7 	convey to the city of Cohasset for consideration as determined by Itasca County the land 
16.8 	described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
16.9 	282.
16.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
16.11 	that the land reverts to the state if the city of Cohasset fails to provide for the public use 
16.12 	described in paragraph (d) or abandons the public use of the land. As a condition of 
16.13 	conveyance, the city of Cohasset must provide to Itasca County a survey of the property, 
16.14 	at no cost to Itasca County. The conveyance is subject to easements, restrictions, and 
16.15 	reservations of record. The attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal 
16.16 	description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
16.17 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Itasca County and is described as: that 
16.18 	part of Government Lot 7, Section 23, Township 55 North, Range 26 West, described 
16.19 	as follows:
16.20 	Commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
16.21 	Quarter, Section 23, Township 55 North, Range 26 West; thence South 88 degrees 02 
16.22 	minutes 11 seconds East, along the south line of said Northwest Quarter of Southwest 
16.23 	Quarter and the south line of Government Lot 7 according to the plat of HILLCREST 
16.24 	PARK, 1,351.90 feet to the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road and the point of beginning; 
16.25 	thence northerly along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 123.51 feet along a 
16.26 	nontangential curve concave to the East, said curve having a central angle of 12 degrees 08 
16.27 	minutes 28 seconds, radius of 582.87 feet, a chord bearing of North 07 degrees 35 minutes 
16.28 	37 seconds West, chord distance 123.28 feet; thence North 01 degrees 31 minutes 24 
16.29 	seconds West, along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 167.83 feet; thence northerly 
16.30 	along the centerline of the Tioga Beach Road 139.95 feet along a tangential curve concave 
16.31 	to the West, said curve having a central angle of 11 degrees 26 minutes 28 seconds, radius 
16.32 	of 700.85 feet; thence North 12 degrees 57 minutes 52 seconds West, along the centerline 
16.33 	of the Tioga Beach Road 174.21 feet; thence northerly along the centerline of the Tioga 
16.34 	Beach Road 70.93 feet, more or less, along a tangential curve concave to the East, said 
16.35 	curve having a central angle of 08 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds, radius of 463.14 feet 
17.1 	to intersect the north line of the South 665.00 feet of Government Lot 7; thence South 
17.2 	88 degrees 02 minutes 11 seconds East along the north line of the South 665.00 feet of 
17.3 	said Government Lot 7, a distance of 512.74 feet; thence South 65 degrees 39 minutes 
17.4 	08 seconds East, 184 feet, more or less, to the waters edge of Pokegama Lake; thence 
17.5 	southwesterly along the waters edge of Pokegama Lake to intersect the south line of said 
17.6 	Government Lot 7; thence North 88 degrees 02 minutes 11 seconds West, along the south 
17.7 	line of Government Lot 7, 220 feet, more or less, to the point of the beginning and there 
17.8 	terminating. Parcel contains approximately 690 front feet of shoreland on Pokegama 
17.9 	Lake and 6.8 acres.
17.10 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
17.11 	be best served if the lands are managed for a public beach and other public recreational 
17.12 	purposes by the city of Cohasset.

17.13 	Sec. 20. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
17.14 	WATER; MAHNOMEN COUNTY.
 17.15 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
17.16 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Mahnomen County 
17.17 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
17.18 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
17.19 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
17.20 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
17.21 	The conveyance must include a deed restriction that prohibits buildings, structures, tree 
17.22 	cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations within an area 75 feet from the 
17.23 	ordinary high water level. A 15-foot strip for lake access and a dock is allowed.
17.24 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Mahnomen County and is described as:
17.25 	Beginning at the northeast corner of Lot 1; thence 28 rods West to the point of 
17.26 	beginning; thence West 7 rods; thence South to the shoreline of North Twin Lake 9 rods, 
17.27 	more or less; thence southeast on the shoreline to a point South of the point of beginning; 
17.28 	thence North 16 rods, more or less, to the point of beginning, all in Section 29, Township 
17.29 	144 North, Range 39 West (parcel number R16 029 0200).
17.30 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
17.31 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

17.32 	Sec. 21. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; MARTIN COUNTY.
 18.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
18.2 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
18.3 	(c).
18.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
18.5 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
18.6 	and ensure accuracy.
18.7 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Martin County and is described as: the 
18.8 	North 700 feet of a strip of land 100 feet in width extending over and across the West Half 
18.9 	of the Northwest Quarter and the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 
18.10 	25, Township 101 North, Range 32 West, Martin County, Minnesota. The centerline of 
18.11 	said strip being the centerline of the main track (now removed) of the Minnesota and Iowa 
18.12 	Railway Company, as said centerline was originally located and established over and 
18.13 	across said Section 25. This parcel contains 1.6 acres, more or less.
18.14 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
18.15 	for natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best 
18.16 	be served if the land were conveyed to the adjacent landowner to improve access to the 
18.17 	landowner's property.

18.18 	Sec. 22. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN LAKE MARIA WILDLIFE 
18.19 	MANAGEMENT AREA; MURRAY COUNTY.
 18.20 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land 
18.21 	Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and 
18.22 	according to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange 
18.23 	the land described in paragraph (b).
18.24 	(b) The land that may be exchanged is located in Murray County and is described as:
18.25 	(1) the North 866 feet of the South 1555 feet of the Southwest Quarter of Section 7, 
18.26 	Township 108, Range 41, lying West of the East 450 feet thereof;
18.27 	(2) the South 689 feet of the Southwest Quarter of Section 7, Township 108, Range 
18.28 	41; and
18.29 	(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 108, Range 41, 
18.30 	described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said Section 7, Township 
18.31 	108, Range 41; thence running easterly along the north line of said Section 7 a distance of 
18.32 	2,769.50 feet to the intersection with the centerline of the township road; thence southerly 
18.33 	along the centerline of said township road a distance of 2,653.75 feet; thence deflecting 
18.34 	00 degrees 31 minutes right and continuing along the centerline of said township road a 
18.35 	distance of 2,051.75 feet; thence easterly and parallel to the south line of the Southwest 
19.1 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 7, a distance of 464 feet; thence South 
19.2 	and parallel to the west line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 18, a distance of 
19.3 	3,198.00 feet, to the south line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 18, and the point 
19.4 	of beginning of the land to be described; thence return northerly, along the last described 
19.5 	course, a distance of 2,635 feet to the north line of said Northeast Quarter; thence 
19.6 	southwesterly, a distance of 999 feet, to a point on the west line of said Northeast Quarter, 
19.7 	distant 421.5 feet South of the northwest corner of said Northeast Quarter, thence South 
19.8 	along said west line, to the southwest corner of said Northeast Quarter; thence East, along 
19.9 	the south line of said Northeast Quarter, a distance of 910 feet to the point of beginning.
19.10 	(c) The land was acquired in part with bonding appropriations. The exchange 
19.11 	with the adjacent landowner will provide additional wildlife acres and additional water 
19.12 	frontage to the state.

19.13 	Sec. 23. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ACQUISITION; 
19.14 	NICOLLET COUNTY.
 19.15 		Subdivision 1.Conveyance of surplus land. (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota 
19.16 	Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.287, the commissioner of administration may upon 
19.17 	recommendation of the commissioner of human services, convey to the city of St. Peter 
19.18 	for no consideration the surplus land or any state interest in land that is described in 
19.19 	paragraph (c).
19.20 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
19.21 	attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure 
19.22 	accuracy. The commissioner of administration may grant utility easements for no 
19.23 	consideration in conjunction with the conveyances under this section.
19.24 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Nicollet County and is described as:
19.25 	(1) all that part of the following described parcel lying westerly of the westerly 
19.26 	right-of-way of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade Road.
19.27 	Said parcel described as follows:
19.28 	That part of Government Lot 6 in Section 29, Township 110 North, Range 26 West, 
19.29 	city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, described as:
19.30 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29 
19.31 	minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a 
19.32 	distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast 
19.33 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said 
19.34 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet to the point of 
19.35 	beginning; thence South 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 178.6 feet, 
20.1 	more or less, to the centerline of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade 
20.2 	Road; thence northeasterly, on said centerline, a distance of 98.3 feet, more or less, to the 
20.3 	north line of said Government Lot 6; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds 
20.4 	West, on said north line; a distance of 220.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning;
20.5 	(2) all that part of the following described parcel lying easterly of the westerly 
20.6 	right-of-way of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade Road.
20.7 	Said parcel described as follows:
20.8 	That part of Government Lot 6 in Section 29, Township 110 North, Range 26 West, 
20.9 	city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, described as:
20.10 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29 
20.11 	minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a 
20.12 	distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast 
20.13 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said 
20.14 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet to the point of 
20.15 	beginning; thence South 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 178.6 feet, 
20.16 	more or less, to the centerline of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade 
20.17 	Road; thence northeasterly, on said centerline, a distance of 98.3 feet, more or less, to the 
20.18 	north line of said Government Lot 6; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, 
20.19 	on said north line; a distance of 220.5 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and
20.20 	(3) that part of the East 25.00 of a 150.00 foot wide railroad right-of-way acquired 
20.21 	in Book R page 338, in the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, 
20.22 	Township 110 North, Range 26 West, city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota, 
20.23 	lying South of the southerly right-of-way line of Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 99, per 
20.24 	MN/DOT Right-of-Way Map 31-68 and North of the following described line:
20.25 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29 
20.26 	minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a 
20.27 	distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast 
20.28 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said 
20.29 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet; thence North 64 
20.30 	degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds West, a distance of 86.15 feet; thence northwesterly 127.21 
20.31 	feet on a tangential curve to the right, having a radius of 280.00 feet and a central angle of 
20.32 	26 degrees 01 minutes 59 seconds to the point of beginning of the line to be described; 
20.33 	thence continuing northwesterly 31.24 feet on said tangential curve to the right, having 
20.34 	a radius of 280.00 feet and a central angle of 06 degrees 23 minutes 34 seconds and 
20.35 	there terminating.
21.1 	(d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no longer needed for any state 
21.2 	purpose and that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land 
21.3 	was conveyed to and used by the city of St. Peter.
21.4 		Subd. 2.Acquisition authority. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the 
21.5 	commissioner of administration, upon recommendation of the commissioner of human 
21.6 	services, may acquire from the city of St. Peter, without monetary consideration, land 
21.7 	located in Nicollet County, described as follows:
21.8 	(1) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, 
21.9 	Township 110 North, Range 26 West, city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota:
21.10 	Lying East of the east line of the 150.007 foot wide railroad right-of-way acquired in 
21.11 	Book R page 338, in said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29; 
21.12 	AND
21.13 	Lying South of the following described line:
21.14 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 
21.15 	29 minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast 
21.16 	Quarter, a distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said 
21.17 	Northeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south 
21.18 	line of said Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet to the 
21.19 	point of beginning; thence North 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds West, a distance of 
21.20 	86.15 feet; thence northwesterly 127.21 feet on a tangential curve to the right, having a 
21.21 	radius of 280.00 feet and a central angle of 26 degrees 01 minutes 51 seconds to the 
21.22 	point of termination. Said point of termination being on the east line of the previously 
21.23 	referenced railroad right-of-way and there terminating; and
21.24 	(2) that part of Government Lot 6 in Section 29, Township 110 North, Range 26 
21.25 	West, city of Saint Peter, Nicollet County, Minnesota described as:
21.26 	Commencing at the northeast corner of said Section 29; thence South 00 degrees 29 
21.27 	minutes 46 seconds East, an assumed bearing on the east line of said Northeast Quarter, a 
21.28 	distance of 1317.06 feet to the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of said Northeast 
21.29 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes 18 seconds West, on the south line of said 
21.30 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, a distance of 918.73 feet; thence South 64 
21.31 	degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 179 feet, more or less, to the centerline 
21.32 	of Freeman Drive, formerly the Saint Peter and Belgrade Road, and the point of beginning; 
21.33 	thence continuing South 64 degrees 37 minutes 16 seconds East, a distance of 25.8 feet, 
21.34 	more or less, to the existing right-of-way of U.S. Highway No. 169, per Map 14-80; 
21.35 	thence southwesterly along said right-of-way a distance of 91.7 feet, more or less, to the 
21.36 	northerly line of a parcel recorded as Document No. 274882, Nicollet County records; 
22.1 	thence northwesterly along the northerly line of said parcel a distance of 27.5 feet, more or 
22.2 	less, to the centerline of said Freeman Drive; thence northeasterly along said centerline a 
22.3 	distance of 93.2 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning.
22.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
22.5 	attorney general may make necessary changes to legal descriptions to correct errors and 
22.6 	ensure accuracy.

22.7 	Sec. 24. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; OLMSTED COUNTY.
 22.8 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner 
22.9 	of natural resources shall convey to the city of Oronoco for no consideration the surplus 
22.10 	land that is described in paragraph (c).
22.11 	(b) The conveyance shall occur upon the operation of the reversion clause contained 
22.12 	in the deed for the land described in paragraph (c) in accordance with Minnesota Statutes 
22.13 	1965, section 85.188, and after the passage of resolutions by the Olmsted County Board 
22.14 	and the Oronoco City Council, each acknowledging that the requirements set forth in the 
22.15 	Agreement for Transfer of Oronoco Park in the City of Oronoco to the City of Oronoco 
22.16 	by Olmsted County have been sufficiently met to proceed with the conveyance. The 
22.17 	conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general, the Olmsted County 
22.18 	Board, and the Oronoco City Council. The conveyance must provide that the land reverts 
22.19 	to the state if the city of Oronoco fails to maintain and operate the land as a public park. 
22.20 	The attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and 
22.21 	ensure accuracy.
22.22 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Olmsted County and is described as:
22.23 	(1) the East Half of the West Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
22.24 	Section 7, Township 108 North, Range 14 West, subject to flowage rights in favor of 
22.25 	Olmsted County; and
22.26 	(2) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 7, 
22.27 	Township 108 North, Range 14 West.
22.28 	(d) The land is currently owned by Olmsted County and used as a public park, 
22.29 	having been conveyed by the state according to Laws 1965, chapter 810, section 9. The 
22.30 	1965 law and the corresponding conveyance document require reversion to the state if 
22.31 	the county stops operating the land as a public park. Olmsted County no longer wishes 
22.32 	to operate the public park, but the city of Oronoco has agreed to pay consideration to 
22.33 	Olmsted County to continue the park operation. The commissioner has determined that 
22.34 	the state's land management interests would best be served if, upon the land's reversion to 
22.35 	the state, the land was conveyed to and used by the city of Oronoco as a public park.

23.1 	Sec. 25. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
23.2 	WATER; ROSEAU COUNTY.
 23.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
23.4 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
23.5 	in paragraph (c).
23.6 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
23.7 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
23.8 	and ensure accuracy.
23.9 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: 
23.10 	Government Lot 9, Section 30, Township 163 North, Range 36 West, containing 0.15 
23.11 	acres, more or less.
23.12 	(d) The land borders the Warroad River and is not contiguous to other state lands. 
23.13 	The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
23.14 	natural resource purposes.

23.15 	Sec. 26. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
23.16 	LAND; ROSEAU COUNTY.
 23.17 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
23.18 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Roseau County may sell by public or private sale the 
23.19 	consolidated conservation lands that are described in paragraph (c).
23.20 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
23.21 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
23.22 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
23.23 	appraised value of the land and timber and survey costs. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
23.24 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
23.25 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as:
23.26 	(1) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 4, Township 162 North, Range 36 West, 
23.27 	lying southwesterly of the southwesterly right-of-way of the Canadian National Railway. 
23.28 	Subject to the right-of-way of State Highway 11. Contains 0.75 acres, more or less; and
23.29 	(2) the South Half of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
23.30 	Quarter, Section 34, Township 159 North, Range 39 West, containing 10 acres, more or 
23.31 	less.
23.32 	(d) The lands are not contiguous to other state lands. The Department of Natural 
23.33 	Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

23.34 	Sec. 27. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ROSEAU COUNTY.
 24.1 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
24.2 	or other law to the contrary, Roseau County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
24.3 	land described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
24.4 	chapter 282.
24.5 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
24.6 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
24.7 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: the 
24.8 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast 
24.9 	Quarter, Section 20, Township 163, Range 36.
24.10 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
24.11 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

24.12 	Sec. 28. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 24.13 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
24.14 	or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
24.15 	land described in paragraph (c).
24.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
24.17 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
24.18 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is adjacent to a parcel 
24.19 	described as: that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter beginning on the 
24.20 	east line at the southerly road right-of-way; thence southerly along the east line 760.07 
24.21 	feet; thence South 89 degrees 3 minutes 23 seconds West 290 feet; thence North 1 degree 
24.22 	12 minutes 54 seconds East 764.79 feet; thence East along the southerly road right-of-way 
24.23 	290 feet to the point of beginning, Section 20, Township 58 North, Range 15 West. St. 
24.24 	Louis County shall sell an adjoining amount of land, determined by the county to rectify 
24.25 	an inadvertent trespass. The sale will ensure that the buildings causing the inadvertent 
24.26 	trespass will meet all setback requirements.
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. 29. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 24.30 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
24.31 	or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
24.32 	land described in paragraph (c).
25.1 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
25.2 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
25.3 	accuracy.
25.4 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
25.5 	(1) Lot 90, Block 75, Duluth Proper Third Division, except the West six feet of the 
25.6 	South 50 feet of the West Half, Section 28, Township 50 North, Range 14 West;
25.7 	(2) the northerly 100 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, except 
25.8 	the westerly 233 feet, and except the easterly 50 feet of the westerly 283 feet, Section 
25.9 	14, Township 51 North, Range 13 West;
25.10 	(3) the South 150 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 5, 
25.11 	Township 55 North, Range 18 West;
25.12 	(4) the West 33 feet of the North 208 feet of the South 1,040 feet of the Northwest 
25.13 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
25.14 	(5) the North 36 feet of the North 1,076 feet of the West 449 feet of the Northwest 
25.15 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
25.16 	(6) the West 33 feet of the North 208 feet of the South 832 feet of the Northwest 
25.17 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
25.18 	(7) the West 33 feet of the North 208 feet of the South 624 feet of the Northwest 
25.19 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West;
25.20 	(8) the West 33 feet of the South 416 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast 
25.21 	Quarter, Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 13 West; and
25.22 	(9) part of the South Half of the Southwest Quarter, Section 20, Township 58 North, 
25.23 	Range 15 West.
25.24 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
25.25 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

25.26 	Sec. 30. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
25.27 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 25.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
25.29 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
25.30 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
25.31 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
25.32 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
25.33 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
25.34 	accuracy.
25.35 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
26.1 	(1) Lot 4, Block 4, Greenwood Beach, town of Duluth, Section 19, Township 51 
26.2 	North, Range 19 West;
26.3 	(2) beginning at the southwest corner of Lot 4, running thence East 450 feet; thence 
26.4 	North 200 feet; thence West 450 feet; thence South along the section line 200 feet to the 
26.5 	point of beginning, except the northerly 40 feet, Section 7, Township 54 North, Range 
26.6 	19 West;
26.7 	(3) the South 560 feet of the East 300 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast 
26.8 	Quarter, except the highway right-of-way and except the North 315 feet, Section 22, 
26.9 	Township 61 North, Range 20 West;
26.10 	(4) an undivided 1/24 interest in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
26.11 	Section 8, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
26.12 	(5) an undivided 2/15 interest in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
26.13 	Section 20, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
26.14 	(6) an undivided 1/3 interest in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
26.15 	Section 21, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
26.16 	(7) an undivided 1/45 interest in the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
26.17 	Section 29, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
26.18 	(8) an undivided 1/12 interest in the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
26.19 	Section 25, Township 50 North, Range 19 West;
26.20 	(9) an undivided 1/12 interest in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
26.21 	Section 25, Township 50 North, Range 19 West;
26.22 	(10) an undivided 1369/68040 interest in Lot 8, except the railway right-of-way, 
26.23 	Section 28, Township 51 North, Range 18 West; and
26.24 	(11) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 10, 
26.25 	Township 63 North, Range 18 West, St. Louis County, Minnesota, described as follows:
26.26 	Assuming the northeast line of Lot 9 in the plat of MANNIKKO (PINE RIDGE) to 
26.27 	bear North 54 degrees 11 minutes 00 seconds West, and COMMENCING from the most 
26.28 	northerly corner of said Lot 9 run North 28 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds East, a distance 
26.29 	of 107.39 feet; thence South 28 degrees 12 minutes 30 seconds West, a distance of 28.19 
26.30 	feet; thence South 86 degrees 24 minutes 10 seconds West, a distance of 82.17 feet; thence 
26.31 	South 77 degrees 07 minutes 31 seconds West, a distance of 77.70 feet; thence South 82 
26.32 	degrees 40 minutes 33 seconds West, a distance of 83.09 feet; thence South 71 degrees 26 
26.33 	minutes 45 seconds West, a distance of 190.55 feet; thence North 70 degrees 55 minutes 
26.34 	26 seconds West, a distance of 76.14 feet to a point on a nontangential curve, the center 
26.35 	of which bears North 35 degrees 10 minutes 49 seconds West, being also a point on the 
26.36 	east right-of-way of "Phillips Road" as it exists in January of 1995; thence northerly along 
27.1 	said east right-of-way, on said nontangential curve, concave to the West, central angle of 
27.2 	88 degrees 57 minutes 37 seconds, radius of 90.00 feet, a distance of 139.74 feet; thence 
27.3 	North 34 degrees 08 minutes 26 seconds west, along said east right-of-way, a distance of 
27.4 	105.00 feet to a tangential curve; thence northerly along said east right-of-way on said 
27.5 	tangential curve, concave to the East, central angle 69 degrees 38 minutes 31 seconds, 
27.6 	radius 68.00 feet, a distance of 82.65 feet to a point of reverse curve; thence northerly 
27.7 	along said east right-of-way, on said reverse curve, concave to the West, central angle of 
27.8 	18 degrees, more or less, radius of 116.25 feet, a distance of 36.5 feet, more or less, to 
27.9 	the south line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the POINT OF 
27.10 	BEGINNING of the land being described; thence northerly, continuing along said curve, a 
27.11 	distance of 96.2 feet; thence North 29 degrees 54 minutes 20 seconds West, tangent to said 
27.12 	curve and along said east right-of-way, a distance of 16.32 feet; thence South 89 degrees 
27.13 	42 minutes 44 seconds East, a distance of 943.3 feet, more or less, to the east line of 
27.14 	said Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence southerly, along said east line, a 
27.15 	distance of 30 feet, more or less, to the shore of Lake Vermilion; thence southerly, along 
27.16 	said shore, a distance of 100 feet, more or less, to the south line of said Southeast Quarter 
27.17 	of the Northeast Quarter; thence westerly, along said south line, a distance of 880 feet, 
27.18 	more or less, to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Containing 2.5 acres, more or less.
27.19 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
27.20 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

27.21 	Sec. 31. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
27.22 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 27.23 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
27.24 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
27.25 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
27.26 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
27.27 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
27.28 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
27.29 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
27.30 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements 
27.31 	shall be up to 200 feet in width, lying 100 feet, to the extent possible given the location 
27.32 	of property lines, on each side of the centerline of the designated trout stream to provide 
27.33 	riparian protection and angler access.
27.34 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
28.1 	(1) Lot 22, Block 1, Wonderland 1st Addition, town of Duluth, except the highway 
28.2 	right-of-way and including part of the adjacent vacated road, Section 17, Township 51 
28.3 	North, Range 12 West; and
28.4 	(2) that part of the southerly 135 feet of the northerly 543 feet of the Northwest 
28.5 	Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying East of the westerly 968 feet and West of the 
28.6 	Sucker River, Section 30, Township 52 North, Range 12 West.
28.7 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
28.8 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

28.9 	Sec. 32. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
28.10 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 28.11 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
28.12 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
28.13 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
28.14 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
28.15 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
28.16 	accuracy.
28.17 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
28.18 	(1) the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
28.19 	Quarter, Section 25, Township 51 North, Range 14 West, subject to an existing easement;
28.20 	(2) the North 407 feet of that part of Lot 4 lying South of the east and west centerline 
28.21 	of Section 20, Section 20, Township 51 North, Range 16 West;
28.22 	(3) Lots 1, 2, and 3, Childs Birch Grove Tracts, Grand Lake, Section 20, Township 
28.23 	51 North, Range 16 West;
28.24 	(4) Lots 28 and 29, Briar Lake Shores 3rd Addition, North Star, Section 15, 
28.25 	Township 53 North, Range 13 West; and
28.26 	(5) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 26, 
28.27 	Township 60 North, Range 17 West.
28.28 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
28.29 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

28.30 	Sec. 33. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
28.31 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 28.32 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
28.33 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
28.34 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
29.1 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
29.2 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
29.3 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
29.4 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements 
29.5 	shall be up to 200 feet in width, lying 100 feet, to the extent possible given the location 
29.6 	of property lines, on each side of the centerline of the designated trout stream to provide 
29.7 	riparian protection and angler access. For the parcels described in paragraph (c), clauses 
29.8 	(6) and (7), a 33-foot strip across the easement shall be allowed for road access and utilities.
29.9 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
29.10 	(1) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except 4.56 acres for a road and 
29.11 	except that part lying South and West of Highway 2, Section 8, Township 50 North, 
29.12 	Range 16 West;
29.13 	(2) the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, except the 
29.14 	railway right-of-way and except the highway right-of-way, Section 17, Township 51 
29.15 	North, Range 12 West;
29.16 	(3) the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
29.17 	Quarter, Section 25, Township 51 North, Range 14 West;
29.18 	(4) the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
29.19 	Quarter, Section 25, Township 51 North, Range 14 West;
29.20 	(5) the West five acres of the South 15 acres of the North 30 acres of the Northeast 
29.21 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 27, Township 51 North, Range 14 West;
29.22 	(6) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
29.23 	Quarter, Section 27, Township 51 North, Range 14 West; and
29.24 	(7) the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
29.25 	Quarter, except the West 25 feet, Section 27, Township 51 North, Range 14 West.
29.26 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
29.27 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

29.28 	Sec. 34. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
29.29 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 29.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
29.31 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
29.32 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
29.33 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
29.34 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
29.35 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
30.1 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. The easements 
30.2 	shall be 150 feet in width, lying 75 feet on each side of the centerline of the stream to 
30.3 	provide riparian protection and angler access. For the parcel described in paragraph (c), 
30.4 	clause (4), a 33-foot strip across the easement shall be allowed for road access and utilities.
30.5 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
30.6 	(1) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except the North Half, Section 
30.7 	15, Township 50 North, Range 15 West;
30.8 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 19, Township 53 North, 
30.9 	Range 20 West;
30.10 	(3) the westerly 330 feet of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
30.11 	Quarter, Section 11, Township 56 North, Range 20 West; and
30.12 	(4) the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, except the South Half of the 
30.13 	Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and except the North ten acres, Section 
30.14 	34, Township 50 North, Range 15 West.
30.15 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
30.16 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

30.17 	Sec. 35. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
30.18 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 30.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
30.20 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
30.21 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
30.22 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
30.23 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
30.24 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
30.25 	conservation easements according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37. For the parcel 
30.26 	described in paragraph (c), clause (1), the easement must be 100 feet in width from the 
30.27 	centerline of the designated trout stream to provide riparian protection and angler access. 
30.28 	For the parcel described in paragraph (c), clause (2), the easement must be 200 feet in 
30.29 	width from the centerline of the stream to provide riparian protection and angler access. 
30.30 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
30.31 	(1) Lots 511 through 515, Homecroft Park, town of Rice Lake, Section 34, Township 
30.32 	51 North, Range 14 West; and 
30.33 	(2) that part of the Lot 2 lying East of a line parallel with and 150 feet East of the 
30.34 	centerline of the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway, Section 17, Township 51 
30.35 	North, Range 17 West.
31.1 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
31.2 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

31.3 	Sec. 36. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
31.4 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 31.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
31.6 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
31.7 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
31.8 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
31.9 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
31.10 	The conveyance must include a deed restriction that prohibits buildings, structures, tree 
31.11 	cutting, removal of vegetation, and shoreland alterations within an area 100 feet in width, 
31.12 	lying 50 feet on each side of the centerline of streams that are tributaries to the Sand River.
31.13 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: the North 
31.14 	416 feet of the East 416 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
31.15 	10, Township 59 North, Range 17 West.
31.16 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
31.17 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

31.18 	Sec. 37. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON 
31.19 	COUNTY.
 31.20 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
31.21 	of natural resources may sell to a political subdivision by private sale the surplus land 
31.22 	that is described in paragraph (c).
31.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
31.24 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
31.25 	and ensure accuracy.
31.26 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
31.27 	(1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 19, 
31.28 	Township 32, Range 21, lying South of the centerline of Highway 97; and
31.29 	(2) that part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 32 North, Range 21 
31.30 	West, Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows: beginning at the southwest 
31.31 	corner of said Southwest Quarter; thence on an assumed bearing of South 89 degrees 
31.32 	50 minutes 33 seconds East along the south line of said Southwest Quarter 1555.59 
31.33 	feet; thence North 11 degrees 40 minutes 58 seconds East 720.70 feet; thence North 53 
31.34 	degrees 20 minutes 40 seconds West 436.77 feet; thence North 45 degrees 10 minutes 18 
32.1 	seconds West 222.72 feet to the southerly boundary of the recorded plat of BASSWOOD 
32.2 	ESTATES, on file and of record in the Office of the County Recorder; thence westerly 
32.3 	along the southerly boundary of said BASSWOOD ESTATES to the southwesterly corner 
32.4 	thereof; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of said BASSWOOD ESTATES to 
32.5 	the most northerly corner of Lot 2 of Block 3 of said BASSWOOD ESTATES; thence 
32.6 	westerly to a point on the west line of said Southwest Quarter 407.50 feet southerly of 
32.7 	the northwest corner of said Southwest Quarter; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 19 
32.8 	seconds East along the west line of said Southwest Quarter 2238.63 feet to the point 
32.9 	of beginning.
32.10 	These parcels contain 57.2 acres, more or less.
32.11 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
32.12 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a political 
32.13 	subdivision. A political subdivision would like to use these parcels as wetland mitigation 
32.14 	sites.

32.15 	Sec. 38. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON 
32.16 	COUNTY.
 32.17 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
32.18 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
32.19 	(c).
32.20 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
32.21 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
32.22 	and ensure accuracy.
32.23 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described 
32.24 	as: the West 750 feet of the East 1,130.6 feet of the North 786.72 feet of the Northwest 
32.25 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 29 North, Range 20 West, 
32.26 	containing 13.5 acres, more or less.
32.27 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
32.28 	for natural resource purposes. The state's land management interests would best be served 
32.29 	if the land was sold to an adjacent landowner, as the property described in paragraph (c) 
32.30 	does not have legal access to a public road.

32.31 	Sec. 39. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
32.32 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 32.33 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
32.34 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County 
33.1 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
33.2 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
33.3 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general for the fair 
33.4 	market value of the land. The attorney general may make changes to the land description 
33.5 	to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
33.6 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
33.7 	(1) Parcel A (PIN 29.031.19.22.0001): Section 29, Township 31, Range 19, 
33.8 	Government Lot 5;
33.9 	(2) Parcel B (PIN 20.031.19.22.0001): Section 20, Township 31, Range 19, 
33.10 	Government Lot 5;
33.11 	(3) Parcel C (PIN 17.031.19.32.0001): Section 17, Township 31, Range 19, 
33.12 	Government Lot 4;
33.13 	(4) Parcel D (PIN 18.032.19.11.0001): Section 18, Township 32, Range 19, 
33.14 	Government Lot 2; and
33.15 	(5) Parcel E (PIN 18.032.19.14.0001): Section 18, Township 32, Range 19, 
33.16 	Government Lot 3.
33.17 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
33.18 	best be served if the lands were sold to the United States of America and managed by 
33.19 	the National Park Service.

33.20 	Sec. 40. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
33.21 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 33.22 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
33.23 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County 
33.24 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
33.25 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
33.26 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
33.27 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
33.28 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as: Parcel 
33.29 	A (PIN 09.032.21.43.0070): Lot 8, Block 3, excepting therefrom the East 200 feet thereof 
33.30 	of Skoglund's Park Addition, as surveyed and platted and now on file and of record in the 
33.31 	Office of the Registrar of Titles of said County of Washington, State of Minnesota.
33.32 	(d) The sale would be to an adjacent landowner and the Department of Natural 
33.33 	Resources has determined that the land is not appropriate for the department to manage. 
33.34 	The county may split the parcel described in paragraph (c), as allowed in Minnesota 
34.1 	Statutes, section 282.01, and sell the resulting parcels if the county finds a split to be 
34.2 	advantageous for the purpose of sale.

34.3 	Sec. 41. CONVEYANCE OF DRAINAGE DISTRICT LAND; WINONA 
34.4 	COUNTY.
 34.5 	The Rushford Area Drainage and Conservancy District, established by order of 
34.6 	the Tenth Judicial District Court on February 20, 1953, was terminated on January 1, 
34.7 	1988, by Laws 1987, chapter 239, section 140. The land that was owned by the Rushford 
34.8 	Area Drainage and Conservancy District in Winona County is now owned by the state 
34.9 	of Minnesota and is hereby transferred to the commissioner of natural resources for 
34.10 	administration and management for conservation purposes.

34.11 	Sec. 42. DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.
 34.12 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 97A.055, subdivision 1, the proceeds 
34.13 	resulting from the 2010 sale of a transportation road easement on the Lamprey Pass 
34.14 	Wildlife Management Area to construct a road overpass on County Road 83 in Washington 
34.15 	County shall be deposited in the land acquisition account, established under Minnesota 
34.16 	Statutes, section 94.165.

34.17 	Sec. 43. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 34.18 	Sections 10 to 42 are effective the day following final enactment.