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

1.5 	Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; ITASCA COUNTY.
 1.6 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
1.7 	282, Itasca County may sell by private sale to the adjoining landowner the tax-forfeited 
1.8 	lands that are described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
1.9 	Statutes, chapter 282.
1.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
1.11 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
1.12 	ensure accuracy. The purchaser must provide a certified survey of the parcel to be sold 
1.13 	that is acceptable to Itasca County and must pay all survey and appraisal costs.
1.14 	(c) The land to be sold is in Itasca County and is described as:
1.15 	(1) a parcel of land situated in Government Lot 7, Section 14, Township 54 North, 
1.16 	Range 27 West, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the southeast 
1.17 	corner of said Government Lot 7; thence North 01 degrees 06 minutes 20 seconds West, 
1.18 	bearing assigned along the east line of said Government Lot 7, a distance of 975.45 
1.19 	feet to the point of beginning; thence North 59 degrees 29 minutes 01 seconds West 
1.20 	120.07 feet more or less to intersect a line that is 100.00 feet westerly of the east line 
1.21 	of said Government Lot 7; thence North 01 degrees 06 minutes 20 seconds West on a 
1.22 	line 100.00 feet westerly of the east line of said Government Lot 7, a distance of 50.41 
1.23 	feet; thence North 23 degrees 18 minutes 59 seconds East 241.87 feet more or less to 
1.24 	a 2-1/2 inch aluminum cap affixed to a 5/8 inch by 2-foot rebar along the east line of 
2.1 	said Government Lot 7; thence South 01 degrees 06 minutes 20 seconds East along the 
2.2 	east line of said Government Lot 7, a distance of 332.21 feet to the point of beginning 
2.3 	and there terminate; and
2.4 	(2) the South 15 feet of the East 100 feet of the West 460 feet of the Northeast 
2.5 	Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 10, Township 61 North, Range 23 West.
2.6 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
2.7 	best served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

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