1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; modifying disposition of certain land and revenue; 
1.3 	modifying requirement for commissioner's approval of certain land sales; adding 
1.4 	to and deleting from state forests and recreation areas; authorizing public and 
1.5 	private sales, conveyances, and exchanges of certain state lands; merging certain 
1.6 	state parks; authorizing purchase of Brainerd Dam;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.7 	2012, sections 89.022; 282.01, subdivision 3; 282.011, subdivision 1; 282.02; 
1.8 	459.06, subdivisions 1, 3; 477A.17; Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, 
1.9 	section 85.012, subdivision 38a; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 
1.10 	85.012, subdivision 53a.
1.11 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.12 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 85.012, subdivision 38a, 
1.13 	is amended to read:
1.14 		Subd. 38a. Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park, St. Louis County.

1.15 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 89.022, is amended to read:
1.16 	89.022 DISPOSAL OF TILLABLE LAND IN MEMORIAL HARDWOOD 
1.17 	FOREST.
1.18 		Subdivision 1.Exchange or sale required. If any parcel acquired for the Memorial 
1.19 	Hardwood Forest after July 1, 1977 contains more than ten contiguous acres of tillable land 
1.20 	adjacent to other tillable land or to a maintained public road or a farm homestead consisting 
1.21 	of a residence and farm buildings abutting a maintained public road, the commissioner of 
1.22 	natural resources shall either exchange the land for other land suitable for forest purposes or 
1.23 	declare the land as surplus land to the commissioner of administration. The commissioner 
1.24 	of administration shall offer the land for sale in the manner provided by law not less than 
1.25 	six months after acquisition by the state and once thereafter in each of the next two years.
2.1 	 Tillable land is land classified as class 1, 2, or 3 as defined by the United States Soil
2.2 	 Natural Resources Conservation Service. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary neither 
2.3 	the state nor any of its subdivisions shall be required to construct or maintain any street, 
2.4 	highway or other road to provide access to any parcel of land sold or exchanged pursuant 
2.5 	to this section. The commissioner of natural resources may retain easements over parcels 
2.6 	sold or exchanged pursuant to this section as are required for purposes of providing access 
2.7 	to public waters or forest lands or access to insure stream bank stabilization and protection.
2.8 		Subd. 2.Exemption. The commissioner of natural resources may apply to the 
2.9 	Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources county board for an exemption 
2.10 	from the exchange or sale requirements of subdivision 1 in instances where it can be 
2.11 	demonstrated that unique recreational, historical or scientific values would be destroyed 
2.12 	by the exchange or sale of tillable land or a farm homestead has been or will be acquired 
2.13 	for natural resource and public access purposes. Exemptions shall be decided by the 
2.14 	commission on an individual basis. The county board may approve or disapprove the 
2.15 	exemption. If the application for exemption is not decided by the commission county 
2.16 	board within 90 days, the application shall be deemed to have been denied approved.
2.17 		Subd. 3.Disposition. Money collected pursuant to this section 89.022 shall be 
2.18 	deposited in the general fund natural resources fund established under section 16A.531, 
2.19 	subdivision 2.

2.20 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 282.01, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
2.21 		Subd. 3.Nonconservation lands; appraisal and sale. (a) All parcels of land 
2.22 	classified as nonconservation, except those which may be reserved, shall be sold as 
2.23 	provided, if it is determined, by the county board of the county in which the parcels lie, 
2.24 	that it is advisable to do so, having in mind their accessibility, their proximity to existing 
2.25 	public improvements, and the effect of their sale and occupancy on the public burdens. 
2.26 	Any parcels of land proposed to be sold shall be first appraised by the county board of 
2.27 	the county in which the parcels lie. The parcels may be reappraised whenever the county 
2.28 	board deems it necessary to carry out the intent of sections 282.01 to 282.13.
2.29 	(b) In an appraisal the value of the land and any standing timber on it shall be 
2.30 	separately determined. No parcel of land containing any standing timber may be sold 
2.31 	until the appraised value of the timber on it and the sale of the land have been approved 
2.32 	by the commissioner of natural resources county board. The commissioner shall base 
2.33 	review of a proposed sale on the policy and considerations specified in subdivision 1. The 
2.34 	decision of the commissioner shall be in writing and shall state the reasons for it. The 
2.35 	commissioner's decision is exempt from the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and 
3.1 	section 14.386 does not apply. The county may appeal the decision of the commissioner 
3.2 	in accordance with chapter 14.
3.3 	(c) In any county in which a state forest or any part of it is located, the county 
3.4 	auditor shall submit to the commissioner at least 60 days before the first publication of the 
3.5 	list of lands to be offered for sale a list of all lands included on the list which are situated 
3.6 	outside of any incorporated municipality. If, at any time before the opening of the sale, 
3.7 	the commissioner notifies the county auditor in writing that there is standing timber on 
3.8 	any parcel of land, the parcel shall not be sold unless the requirements of this section 
3.9 	respecting the separate appraisal of the timber and the approval of the appraisal by the 
3.10 	commissioner have been complied with. The commissioner may waive the requirement 
3.11 	of the 60-day notice as to any parcel of land which has been examined and the timber 
3.12 	value approved as required by this section.
3.13 	(d) (c) If any public improvement is made by a municipality after any parcel of land 
3.14 	has been forfeited to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, and the improvement is assessed 
3.15 	in whole or in part against the property benefited by it, the clerk of the municipality shall 
3.16 	certify to the county auditor, immediately upon the determination of the assessments for 
3.17 	the improvement, the total amount that would have been assessed against the parcel of land 
3.18 	if it had been subject to assessment; or if the public improvement is made, petitioned for, 
3.19 	ordered in or assessed, whether the improvement is completed in whole or in part, at any 
3.20 	time between the appraisal and the sale of the parcel of land, the cost of the improvement 
3.21 	shall be included as a separate item and added to the appraised value of the parcel of land 
3.22 	at the time it is sold. No sale of a parcel of land shall discharge or free the parcel of land 
3.23 	from lien for the special benefit conferred upon it by reason of the public improvement 
3.24 	until the cost of it, including penalties, if any, is paid. The county board shall determine 
3.25 	the amount, if any, by which the value of the parcel was enhanced by the improvement and 
3.26 	include the amount as a separate item in fixing the appraised value for the purpose of sale.

3.27 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 282.011, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.28 		Subdivision 1.Classification, sale, procedures and conditions. Any lands which 
3.29 	have become the absolute property of the state through forfeiture for nonpayment of 
3.30 	taxes and which have been classified by the county board as conservation lands under the 
3.31 	provisions of section 282.01, or have been classified as nonagricultural lands under the 
3.32 	provisions of section 282.14, or any such lands which shall hereafter be so classified, may 
3.33 	be designated by the county board of the county in which such lands lie, by resolution duly 
3.34 	adopted, as appropriate and primarily suitable for either specific conservation purposes 
3.35 	or for auxiliary forest lands. Any resolution so adopted, together with a list of the lands 
4.1 	involved shall be forwarded to the commissioner of natural resources who shall promptly 
4.2 	approve or disapprove the whole or any part thereof. The commissioner shall thereupon 
4.3 	make a certificate showing the lands approved, transmit the same to the county auditor 
4.4 	who shall record the same. Lands so designated and so approved shall thereupon be 
4.5 	appraised and the whole, or any part thereof, may be offered for sale and sold in the same 
4.6 	manner as provided for the sale of lands classified as nonconservation lands under section 
4.7 	282.01, or as agricultural lands under section 282.14, as the case may be, according to the 
4.8 	status of such lands upon forfeiture. The right to a deed of conveyance to such property 
4.9 	accorded the purchaser at any such sale shall be conditioned upon the lands being placed 
4.10 	in an auxiliary forest or used for designated conservation purposes as designated by the 
4.11 	resolution of the county board.

4.12 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 282.02, is amended to read:
4.13 	282.02 LIST OF LANDS FOR SALE; NOTICE.
4.14 	Immediately after classification and appraisal of the land, and after approval by the 
4.15 	commissioner of natural resources when required pursuant to section 282.01, subdivision 
4.16 	3, the county board shall provide and file with the county auditor a list of parcels of land 
4.17 	to be offered for sale. This list shall contain a description of the parcels of land and the 
4.18 	appraised value thereof. The auditor shall publish a notice of the intended public sale of 
4.19 	such parcels of land and a copy of the resolution of the county board fixing the terms of 
4.20 	the sale, if other than for cash only, by publication once a week for two weeks in the 
4.21 	official newspaper of the county, the last publication to be not less than ten days previous 
4.22 	to the commencement of the sale.
4.23 	The notice shall include the parcel's description and appraised value. The notice 
4.24 	shall also indicate the amount of any special assessments which may be the subject of a 
4.25 	reassessment or new assessment or which may result in the imposition of a fee or charge 
4.26 	pursuant to sections 429.071, subdivision 4, 435.23, and 444.076. The county auditor shall 
4.27 	also mail notice to the owners of land adjoining the parcel to be sold. For purposes of this 
4.28 	section, "owner" means the taxpayer as listed in the records of the county auditor.
4.29 	If the county board of St. Louis or Koochiching Counties determines that the sale 
4.30 	shall take place in a county facility other than the courthouse, the notice shall specify the 
4.31 	facility and its location.

4.32 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 459.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
4.33 		Subdivision 1.Accept donations. Any county, city, or town may by resolution of 
4.34 	its governing body accept donations of land that the governing body deems to be better 
5.1 	adapted for the production of timber and wood than for any other purpose, for a forest, and 
5.2 	may manage it on forestry principles. The donor of not less than 100 acres of any such 
5.3 	land shall be entitled to have the land perpetually bear the donor's name. The governing 
5.4 	body of any city or town, when funds are available or have been levied therefor, may, 
5.5 	when authorized by a majority vote by ballot of the voters voting at any general or special 
5.6 	city election or town meeting where the question is properly submitted, purchase or 
5.7 	obtain by condemnation proceedings, and preferably at the sources of streams, any tract 
5.8 	of land for a forest which is better adapted for the production of timber and wood than 
5.9 	for any other purpose, and which is conveniently located for the purpose, and manage it 
5.10 	on forestry principles. The selection of the lands and the plan of management must be 
5.11 	approved by the director of lands and forestry. The city or town may annually levy a tax 
5.12 	on all taxable property within its boundaries to procure and maintain such forests.

5.13 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 459.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
5.14 		Subd. 3.Withdrawal of tax-forfeited lands. Any tax-forfeited land which has 
5.15 	been included in a memorial forest established in any county under the provisions of 
5.16 	subdivision 2, and which is found more suitable for other purposes may by resolution of 
5.17 	the county board be withdrawn from the forest for disposal as tax-forfeited land if the 
5.18 	commissioner of natural resources approves the sale of such land.

5.19 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.17, is amended to read:
5.20 	477A.17 LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK AND SOUDAN
5.21 	VERMILION-SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK; ANNUAL 
5.22 	PAYMENTS.
5.23 	(a) Beginning in fiscal year 2012, In lieu of the payment amount provided under 
5.24 	section 477A.12, subdivision 1, clause (1), the county shall receive an annual payment 
5.25 	for state-owned land acquired for within the boundary of Lake Vermilion-Soudan 
5.26 	Underground Mine State Park, established in section 85.012, subdivision 38a, and land 
5.27 	within the boundary of Soudan Underground Mine State Park, established in section 
5.28 	85.012, subdivision 53a, equal to 1.5 percent of the appraised value of the state-owned land.
5.29 	(b) For the purposes of this section, the appraised value of the land acquired for 
5.30 	Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park for the first five years after 
5.31 	acquisition shall be the purchase price of the land, plus the value of any portion of the land 
5.32 	that is acquired by donation. The appraised value must be redetermined by the county 
5.33 	assessor every five years after the land is acquired. Thereafter, the appraised value of the 
5.34 	state-owned land shall be as determined under section 477A.12, subdivision 3.
6.1 	(c) The annual payments under this section shall be distributed to the taxing 
6.2 	jurisdictions containing the property as follows: one-third to the school districts; one-third 
6.3 	to the town; and one-third to the county. The payment to school districts is not a county 
6.4 	apportionment under section 127A.34 and is not subject to aid recapture. Each of those 
6.5 	taxing jurisdictions may use the payments for their general purposes.
6.6 	(d) Except as provided in this section, the payments shall be made as provided 
6.7 	in sections 477A.11 to 477A.13.

6.8 	Sec. 9. DELETIONS FROM STATE RECREATION AREA.
 6.9 	[85.013][Subd. 11b.] Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area, Meeker County.
6.10 	 The following areas are deleted from the Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area:
6.11 	(1) the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 118 North, 
6.12 	Range 30 West;
6.13 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the 
6.14 	Southeast Quarter, the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and the South 15 
6.15 	acres of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 30, Township 
6.16 	118 North, Range 30 West; and
6.17 	(3) the West 15 acres of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 
6.18 	32, Township 118 North, Range 30 West.

6.19 	Sec. 10. ADDITION TO STATE FOREST.
 6.20 	[89.021][Subd. 48a.] Snake River State Forest. The following area is added to the 
6.21 	Snake River State Forest: Sections 15 and 16, Township 42 North, Range 23 West.

6.22 	Sec. 11. BRAINERD DAM; CITY OF BRAINERD.
 6.23 	The requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.525, have been met and 
6.24 	the city of Brainerd may purchase the Brainerd Dam on the Mississippi River in Crow 
6.25 	Wing County.

6.26 	Sec. 12. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
6.27 	WATER; BECKER COUNTY.
 6.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
6.29 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering 
6.30 	public water that is described in paragraph (c).
6.31 	(b) The commissioner may sell the land to a local unit of government for less than 
6.32 	the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
7.1 	that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if 
7.2 	the local unit of government fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use 
7.3 	of the land. The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to 
7.4 	correct errors and ensure accuracy.
7.5 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Becker County and is described as: that 
7.6 	part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 140 
7.7 	North, Range 36 West, described as follows:
7.8 	Commencing at the northwest corner of said Northwest Quarter of the Northeast 
7.9 	Quarter; thence on an assumed bearing of South 89 degrees 36 minutes 26 seconds 
7.10 	East, a distance of 1,020.56 feet along the north line of said Northwest Quarter of 
7.11 	the Northeast Quarter to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 
7.12 	30 seconds West, a distance of 222.19 feet; thence North 73 degrees 06 minutes 43 
7.13 	seconds East, a distance of 222.99 feet; thence North 12 degrees 38 minutes 24 
7.14 	seconds East, a distance of 159.58 feet to the north line of said Northwest Quarter 
7.15 	of the Northeast Quarter; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 26 seconds West, a 
7.16 	distance of 248.21 feet along said north line to the point of beginning, excepting the 
7.17 	right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 34.
7.18 	Containing approximately 0.5 acres, more or less.
7.19 	(d) The land described in paragraph (c) borders the Straight River. The Department 
7.20 	of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource 
7.21 	purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land 
7.22 	were conveyed to a local unit of government for public use.

7.23 	Sec. 13. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
7.24 	WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 7.25 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
7.26 	Beltrami County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described 
7.27 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
7.28 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
7.29 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
7.30 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Beltrami County and are described as:
7.31 	(1) part of Government Lot 1, Section 17, Township 154 North, Range 30 West 
7.32 	(PIN No. 49.00135.01);
7.33 	(2) part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, Township 
7.34 	146 North, Range 31 West (PIN No. 46.00208.00); and
8.1 	(3) part of Government Lot 3, Section 32, Township 155 North, Range 30 West 
8.2 	(PIN No. 49.00172.03).
8.3 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
8.4 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

8.5 	Sec. 14. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
8.6 	WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 8.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
8.8 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Beltrami County may 
8.9 	sell by private sale to a state agency the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that 
8.10 	are described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
8.11 	chapter 282.
8.12 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
8.13 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
8.14 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Beltrami County and are described as:
8.15 	(1) Part of Government Lot 2, Section 10, Township 146 North, Range 33 West 
8.16 	(PIN No. 80.00240.00); and
8.17 	(2) Outlot A, Lind's Addition to Bemidji, Section 2, Township 146 North, Range 
8.18 	33 West (PIN No. 80.04443.00).
8.19 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
8.20 	be served if the lands were conveyed to a state agency for natural resources management.

8.21 	Sec. 15. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
8.22 	WATER; CARVER COUNTY.
 8.23 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
8.24 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Carver County may 
8.25 	convey to the city of Norwood Young America for less than the appraised value the 
8.26 	tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
8.27 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
8.28 	that the land reverts to the state if the city of Norwood Young America stops using the 
8.29 	land for the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make 
8.30 	changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
8.31 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Carver County and is described as: Outlot 
8.32 	A, The Preserve 3rd Addition (parcel 58.6520890).
8.33 	(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the city of Norwood Young 
8.34 	America for a public park or lake access.

9.1 	Sec. 16. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
9.2 	WATER; CARVER COUNTY.
 9.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 282.01, subdivision 1, and 
9.4 	282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
9.5 	282, Carver County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public 
9.6 	water that are described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
9.7 	Statutes, section 282.
9.8 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
9.9 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
9.10 	ensure accuracy. The county may convey the land to the city of Watertown for less than 
9.11 	the market value of the land as determined by the county board, but the conveyance must 
9.12 	provide that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for a public use, as described in 
9.13 	Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 1a, which may include but is not limited 
9.14 	to a park, trails system, public transit system facility, and public service facility, which 
9.15 	may include a water tower, administrative offices, a lift station, and a public works facility, 
9.16 	as well as use in a wetland bank restoration project as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
9.17 	sections 103G.222 to 103G.2243, in which a conditional use deed or deed restrictions may 
9.18 	be recorded. The land described in paragraph (c) may be subsequently subdivided and 
9.19 	conveyed, in whole or in part, to other local governmental subdivisions of the state to 
9.20 	accomplish these public uses. The land described in paragraph (c) is subject to the reverter 
9.21 	interest of the state pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivisions 1c and 1d.
9.22 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Carver County and are described as:
9.23 	the South Half of Southeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 117, Range 25, Carver 
9.24 	County, Minnesota, except those parts described as follows, to wit: commencing at 
9.25 	the southwest corner of Southeast Quarter of said Section 9; thence running North 
9.26 	60 rods to a point in the center of the Watertown, Chaska and Carver Road; thence 
9.27 	southeasterly 73 rods to south line of said Southeast Quarter; thence West 44 rods to 
9.28 	place of beginning. EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part of the South Half of the 
9.29 	Southeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 117 North, Range 25 West, Carver County, 
9.30 	Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the South Quarter corner of Section 
9.31 	9; thence on an assumed bearing of East along the south line of said Southeast 
9.32 	Quarter 726.00 feet (44 rods) to the point of beginning of the tract to be described; 
9.33 	thence North 36 degrees 59 minutes 00 seconds West along a line that would 
9.34 	intersect the west line of said Southeast Quarter at a point 990.00 feet (60 rods) 
9.35 	North of said South Quarter corner a distance of 267.81 feet; thence on a bearing of 
9.36 	East a distance of 493.23 feet; thence on a bearing of South 1 degree 30 minutes 00 
10.1 	seconds West a distance of 214.00 feet to said south line of the Southeast Quarter; 
10.2 	thence on a bearing of West a distance of 326.52 feet to the actual point of beginning; 
10.3 	ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part of the South Half of the Southeast 
10.4 	Quarter of Section 9, Township 117 North, Range 25 West of the Fifth Principal 
10.5 	Meridian, described as follows: commencing at the southwest corner of said 
10.6 	Southeast Quarter; thence on an assumed bearing of East along the south line of said 
10.7 	Southeast Quarter a distance of 726.00 feet; thence North 37 degrees 04 minutes 30 
10.8 	seconds West, along a line that will intersect the west line of said Southeast Quarter 
10.9 	at a point 990.00 feet northerly from said southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter, 
10.10 	a distance of 267.81 feet; thence on a bearing of East a distance of 273.66 feet to the 
10.11 	point of beginning of the land to be described; thence continuing on a bearing of 
10.12 	East a distance of 219.57 feet; thence on a bearing of South 1 degree 30 minutes 
10.13 	00 seconds West to said south line of the Southeast Quarter; thence on a bearing of 
10.14 	East along said south line a distance of 236.23 feet; thence on a bearing of North a 
10.15 	distance of 556.20 feet; thence on a bearing of West a distance of 65.27 feet; thence 
10.16 	South 48 degrees 20 minutes 11 seconds West a distance of 515.27 feet to the point 
10.17 	of beginning; ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM all that part of the Southwest 
10.18 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 117 North, Range 25 West, 
10.19 	Carver County, Minnesota, lying southwesterly of the southwesterly right-of-way 
10.20 	line of County State-Aid Highway No. 10, as described in Document No. 58827, 
10.21 	as recorded in the office of the Carver County Recorder; ALSO EXCEPTING 
10.22 	THEREFROM that part thereof platted as Tuscany Village (PIN No. 85.0092900).
10.23 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
10.24 	best be served if the land were conveyed to the city of Watertown for the use described in 
10.25 	paragraph (b).

10.26 	Sec. 17. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
10.27 	WATERS; CHISAGO COUNTY.
 10.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
10.29 	Chisago County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public waters that is described in 
10.30 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
10.31 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
10.32 	general may make changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
10.33 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Chisago County and is described as: those parts 
10.34 	of Lots 4, 5, and 6 in Block 2 of Starks Second Addition to Harris lying south of Goose 
10.35 	Creek (PID No. 14.00394.00).
11.1 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
11.2 	best served if the land was returned to private ownership.

11.3 	Sec. 18. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
11.4 	WATERS; CHISAGO COUNTY.
 11.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
11.6 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Chisago County may 
11.7 	sell by private sale to the adjoining landowner the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
11.8 	waters that is described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
11.9 	Statutes, chapter 282.
11.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
11.11 	general may make changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
11.12 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Chisago County and is described as: that part of 
11.13 	Government Lot 5 described as follows: beginning at the southeast corner of Section 6; 
11.14 	thence North 1 degree 5 minutes West 1,644.50 feet; thence South 88 degrees 22 minutes 
11.15 	30 seconds West 401.10 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 4 degrees 17 minutes 
11.16 	30 seconds East 150 feet; thence South 88 degrees 22 minutes 30 seconds West 220 
11.17 	feet more or less to the shoreline of Chain Lake; thence northwesterly on the shoreline 
11.18 	150 feet more or less to a point of intersection with a line bearing South 88 degrees 22 
11.19 	minutes 30 seconds East from the point of beginning; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 
11.20 	30 seconds East 337 feet more or less to the point of beginning, Section 5, Township 35, 
11.21 	Range 21 (PID No. 11.00118.00).
11.22 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
11.23 	best served if the land was returned to private ownership.

11.24 	Sec. 19. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
11.25 	WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.
 11.26 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
11.27 	Crow Wing County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
11.28 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
11.29 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
11.30 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
11.31 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing County and is described as:
11.32 	(1) part of Government Lot 3, City of Baxter, Section 7, Township 133, Range 28, 
11.33 	described as: beginning at the northwest corner of said Government Lot 3; thence East 300 
11.34 	feet along the north line of said Lot 3; thence South 1 degree 44 minutes West, 262.8 feet; 
12.1 	thence South 32 degrees 51 minutes West, 149.6 feet to shore of Perch Lake; thence North 
12.2 	50 degrees 7 minutes West, 283 feet along shore of said lake to west line of said lot; thence 
12.3 	North 1 degree 44 minutes East, 207.1 feet to point of beginning. PIN #010073103C00009;
12.4 	(2) Government Lot 5, City of Crosslake, Section 21, Township 137, Range 27, 
12.5 	except:
12.6 	(i) 10 acres acquired by USA in condemnation decree in Register of Deeds Office in 
12.7 	Book (E), page 151;
12.8 	(ii) .70 acres acquired by USA in decree in Book 31, page 120;
12.9 	(iii) part of Government Lot 5 described as: beginning at the quarter corner of west 
12.10 	line of said lot; thence East 127.2 feet South 27 degrees 10 minutes East, 128.3 feet; 
12.11 	thence South 29 degrees 21 minutes West, 70 feet; thence South 5 degrees 19 minutes 
12.12 	West, 180 feet; thence West 134.9 feet; thence west line of said lot; thence North 354.5 
12.13 	feet along said west line to point of beginning;
12.14 	(iv) that parcel sold to James W. Oberg;
12.15 	(v) part to Mudek;
12.16 	(vi) part to Robert Souther;
12.17 	(vii) two parcels conveyed to Crosslake Rental and Leasing Co. as recorded on 
12.18 	Doc #495065;
12.19 	(viii) that part conveyed to Unlimited Potential Enterprises on recorded Doc 
12.20 	#565043; and
12.21 	(ix) that part conveyed to Paul and Patricia Willmus on recorded Doc #562741.
12.22 	Subject to restrictions and reservations of record and subject to easement of record. 
12.23 	PIN #120213205BCB009;
12.24 	(3) Lot 6, Block 1, Vansickle Creek Estates, City of Emily, Section 23, Township 
12.25 	138, Range 26. PIN #211490010060009; and
12.26 	(4) the North 80 feet of Government Lot 1, Section 15, lying West of East 151.92 
12.27 	feet thereof and also the South 35 feet of the North 115 feet of Government Lot 1, Section 
12.28 	15, lying West of East 351.91 feet thereof with an easement of record and also the North 
12.29 	30 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 15, lying West of 
12.30 	Nisswa Village Road, City of Nisswa, Section 15, Township 135, Range 29. Subject to 
12.31 	easements, reservations, and restrictions of record. PIN #280152101AA0009.
12.32 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
12.33 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

12.34 	Sec. 20. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
12.35 	WATERS; DAKOTA COUNTY.
 13.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45; 282.01, subdivision 1a; and 
13.2 	282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
13.3 	Dakota County may convey to the city of Rosemount for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
13.4 	land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
13.5 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
13.6 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
13.7 	ensure accuracy. The conveyance must provide that the land reverts to the state if the city 
13.8 	of Rosemount stops using the land for park or trail purposes.
13.9 	(c) The land to be conveyed is described as Outlot J of Outlots of Brockway (Dakota 
13.10 	County PID No. 34-54300-00-100).
13.11 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interest would be 
13.12 	best served if the land is conveyed to the city of Rosemount for park or trail purposes.

13.13 	Sec. 21. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
13.14 	WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 13.15 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
13.16 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin County may 
13.17 	convey to a governmental subdivision of the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
13.18 	land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
13.19 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
13.20 	that the land reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision stops using the land for 
13.21 	the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to 
13.22 	the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
13.23 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hennepin County and is described as: Lot 
13.24 	3, Block 2, Oak Hollow (Hennepin County tax identification number 08-119-23 23 0012).
13.25 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
13.26 	best served if the land is conveyed to a governmental subdivision of the state for use as a 
13.27 	recreational trail and for maintenance of the land in its natural state.

13.28 	Sec. 22. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
13.29 	WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 13.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
13.31 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin County may 
13.32 	convey to a governmental subdivision of the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
13.33 	land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
14.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
14.2 	that the land reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision stops using the land for 
14.3 	the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to 
14.4 	the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
14.5 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
14.6 	Outlot B, Boulder Pointe (Hennepin County tax identification number 21-116-22 11 0021).
14.7 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
14.8 	be best served if the land is conveyed to a governmental subdivision for preservation of 
14.9 	wetlands.

14.10 	Sec. 23. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
14.11 	WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 14.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
14.13 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin County may 
14.14 	convey to a governmental subdivision of the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
14.15 	land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
14.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
14.17 	that the land reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision stops using the land for 
14.18 	the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to 
14.19 	the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
14.20 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
14.21 	including adjacent part of Wawonaissa Common, Lot 19, Block 7, "Woodland Point," 
14.22 	Hennepin County, Minnesota (Hennepin County tax identification number 13-117-24 
14.23 	21 0080).
14.24 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
14.25 	be best served if the land is conveyed to a governmental subdivision for preservation of 
14.26 	wetlands and open water purposes.

14.27 	Sec. 24. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 14.28 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
14.29 	or other law to the contrary, Hennepin County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
14.30 	land described in paragraph (c).
14.31 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
14.32 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
15.1 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as: except 
15.2 	road, Tract C, Registered Land Survey No. 0047, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Hennepin 
15.3 	County tax identification number 24-027-24 22 0003).
15.4 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
15.5 	best be served if the land is sold to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for 
15.6 	conservation, hiking, wildlife observation, and environmental education.

15.7 	Sec. 25. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
15.8 	WATER; ISANTI COUNTY.
 15.9 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
15.10 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Isanti County may 
15.11 	convey to the city of Isanti for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
15.12 	water that is described in paragraph (c).
15.13 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
15.14 	that the land reverts to the state if the city of Isanti stops using the land for the public 
15.15 	purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to the land 
15.16 	description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. Prior to the sale, the commissioner of 
15.17 	revenue shall grant a scenic easement as to the parcel described in paragraph (c) located 
15.18 	within Sections 24 and 25, Township 35, Range 24, to protect the scenic, recreational and 
15.19 	natural characteristics of the Rum River Wild, Scenic and Recreational River, in accordance 
15.20 	with Minnesota Statutes, sections 103F.311, subdivision 6, and 103F.331, subdivision 1. 
15.21 	The easement shall be 400 feet in width, lying easterly of the centerline of the Rum River.
15.22 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Isanti County and is described as:
15.23 	Section 36, Township 35, Range 24, Rum River Meadows Outlot D; ALSO Section 
15.24 	25, Township 35, Range 24, Villages on the Rum 5th Addition Outlot A, also in Section 
15.25 	24, Township 35, Range 24.
15.26 	(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the city of Isanti to use 
15.27 	as a park.

15.28 	Sec. 26. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
15.29 	WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
 15.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
15.31 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may 
15.32 	sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described in 
15.33 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
16.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
16.2 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
16.3 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Itasca County and are described as:
16.4 	(1) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, less 3.42 acres for the railroad 
16.5 	right-of-way, Section 36, Township 145, Range 25 (PIN No. 11-236-4400); and
16.6 	(2) Lot 4, less that part lying East of creek, Section 14, Township 58, Range 24 
16.7 	(PIN No. 04-114-1302).
16.8 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
16.9 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

16.10 	Sec. 27. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA COUNTY.
 16.11 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
16.12 	or other law to the contrary, Itasca County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land 
16.13 	described in paragraph (c).
16.14 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
16.15 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. The 
16.16 	land must be sold for no less than its market value. The purchaser must provide a certified 
16.17 	survey of the land acceptable to the county and must pay all survey and appraisal costs.
16.18 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is described as: the West 50 
16.19 	feet of the North 380 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
16.20 	19, Township 58 North, Range 24 West.
16.21 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
16.22 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

16.23 	Sec. 28. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND; KANABEC COUNTY.
 16.24 	(a) Notwithstanding the riparian restrictions in Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342, 
16.25 	subdivision 3, the commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land 
16.26 	Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and 
16.27 	according to the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.347, 
16.28 	exchange the riparian land described in paragraph (b).
16.29 	(b) The state land that may be exchanged is located in Kanabec County and is 
16.30 	described as:
16.31 	(1) the Northeast Quarter, Northwest Quarter, and Northwest Quarter of the 
16.32 	Southeast Quarter, all in Section 16, Township 42 North, Range 24 West; and
16.33 	(2) the East Half of the Northeast Quarter, North Half of the Southeast Quarter, and 
16.34 	South Half of the Southeast Quarter, all in Section 9, Township 42 North, Range 23 West.
17.1 	(c) The state land administered by the commissioner of natural resources borders 
17.2 	the Snake River. The state land administered by the county borders Hay Creek. While 
17.3 	those lands do not provide at least equal opportunity for access to the waters by the public, 
17.4 	the land to be acquired by the commissioner in the exchange will improve access to 
17.5 	adjacent state forest lands.

17.6 	Sec. 29. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND WITHIN STATE PARK; 
17.7 	KITTSON COUNTY.
 17.8 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012, subdivision 1, the 
17.9 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land within Lake 
17.10 	Bronson State Park described in paragraph (c).
17.11 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to 
17.12 	correct errors and ensure accuracy.
17.13 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Kittson County and is described as: the 
17.14 	following lots located in the Lakeside Subdivision Plat, located within the Southeast 
17.15 	Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 33, Township 161 North, Range 46 West:
17.16 	(1) Lots 3 and 4, Block 1;
17.17 	(2) Lots 4, 5, 7 to 9, and 13 to 15, Block 4; and
17.18 	(3) Lots 1 to 7 and 12 to 15, Block 5.
17.19 	Containing 2.15 acres, more or less.
17.20 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
17.21 	for natural resource purposes.

17.22 	Sec. 30. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
17.23 	WATER; LAKE COUNTY.
 17.24 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
17.25 	Lake County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described in 
17.26 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
17.27 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
17.28 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
17.29 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Lake County and are described as:
17.30 	(1) part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 33, Township 55, 
17.31 	Range 11 (25-5511-33791); and
17.32 	(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 31, Township 64, Range 
17.33 	11 (28-6411-31250).
18.1 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
18.2 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

18.3 	Sec. 31. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
18.4 	WATER; LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.
 18.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
18.6 	Lake of the Woods County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that 
18.7 	are described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
18.8 	chapter 282.
18.9 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
18.10 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
18.11 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Lake of the Woods County and are described as:
18.12 	(1) Lot 20 and part of Lot 9, Auditors Plat #2, Section 18, Township 161, Range 
18.13 	33 (PIN No. 62.51.00.200); and
18.14 	(2) part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 
18.15 	159, Range 31 (PIN No. 37.05.44.000).
18.16 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
18.17 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

18.18 	Sec. 32. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 18.19 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
18.20 	or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
18.21 	lands described in paragraph (c).
18.22 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
18.23 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
18.24 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
18.25 	(1) Lots 1 to 4, Block 4, Atlantic Ave. Addition to Duluth;
18.26 	(2) Lots 5 to 7, Bay View Addition to Duluth No. 2;
18.27 	(3) Lots 8 to 11, Bay View Addition to Duluth No. 2;
18.28 	(4) Lot 12, Block 44, Bay View Addition to Duluth No. 2;
18.29 	(5) Lots 14 to 16, Duluth Heights 1st Division;
18.30 	(6) that part of Lot 11 beginning at the southwest corner of said lot; thence northeast 
18.31 	along the south line .20 feet; thence left 89 degrees 57 minutes 42 seconds a distance of 
18.32 	140.01 feet to a point on the north line of Lot 11 .12 feet East of the northwest corner; 
18.33 	thence southwest to the northwest corner; thence southeast along the west line 140.01 feet 
18.34 	to the point of beginning, Duluth Proper 1st Division West Superior Street;
19.1 	(7) Lots 33 to 39, odd-numbered lots, Block 172, Duluth Proper Third Division;
19.2 	(8) Lots 34 to 40, even-numbered lots, Block 172, Duluth Proper Third Division;
19.3 	(9) Lots 49 to 63, odd-numbered lots, including part of vacated 4th Ave W adjacent 
19.4 	to Lot 63, Duluth Proper Third Division;
19.5 	(10) Lots 50 and 52, Duluth Proper Third Division;
19.6 	(11) Lots 39 to 45, odd-numbered lots, Block 179, Duluth Proper Third Division; 
19.7 	(12) the southeasterly 30 feet of the northwesterly 100 feet, Lots 12 to 16, Soo Ry. 
19.8 	Lease No. 7841, Marine Division of Duluth;
19.9 	(13) the East 12-1/2 feet of the West 37-1/2 feet of Lots 1 and 2, West Duluth 5th 
19.10 	Division;
19.11 	(14) the East 10 feet of the South 63 feet of Lot 11 and the East 12-1/2 feet of the 
19.12 	North 37 feet of Lot 11, Block 16, West Park Division of Duluth;
19.13 	(15) the South 13 feet for st Lot 10, Block 4, Woodland Park 8th Division 1st 
19.14 	Rearr Duluth;
19.15 	(16) the North 13 feet of Lot 3, Block 5, Woodland Park 8th Division 1st Rearr Duluth;
19.16 	(17) the North 13 feet of Lot 4, Block 5, Woodland Park 8th Division 1st Rearr Duluth;
19.17 	(18) the South 424 feet of the North 999 feet of that part of the Northeast Quarter 
19.18 	of the Northwest Quarter lying West of the old North Shore Road, except the highway 
19.19 	right-of-way, 5.97 acres, and except that part lying South of the southerly highway 
19.20 	right-of-way, Section 19, Township 51, Range 12, Town of Duluth;
19.21 	(19) part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 19, Township 
19.22 	51, Range 17, Town of Industrial;
19.23 	(20) part of Government Lot 3, Section 2, Township 64, Range 18, Beatty Township; 
19.24 	and
19.25 	(21) the South 70 feet of the East 313 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
19.26 	Quarter, Section 31, Township 60, Range 17.
19.27 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
19.28 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

19.29 	Sec. 33. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
19.30 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 19.31 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
19.32 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described 
19.33 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
19.34 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
19.35 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
20.1 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
20.2 	(1) the westerly 200 feet of Lot 5, Section 31, Township 58, Range 16, Town of 
20.3 	Biwabik;
20.4 	(2) Lots 8, 9, and 10, Section 6, Township 62, Range 15, NE NA Mik Ka Ta Town of 
20.5 	Breitung;
20.6 	(3) Lots 14 to 17, Section 6, Township 62, Range 15, NE NA Mik Ka Ta Town of 
20.7 	Breitung;
20.8 	(4) Lot 242, Section 6, Township 62, Range 15, NE NA Mik Ka Ta Town of Breitung;
20.9 	(5) Lots 251 to 254, Section 6, Township 62, Range 15, NE NA Mik Ka Ta Town of 
20.10 	Breitung; and
20.11 	(6) Lots 8 to 20, even-numbered lots, Upper Duluth St. Louis Avenue.
20.12 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
20.13 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

20.14 	Sec. 34. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
20.15 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 20.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
20.17 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
20.18 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described in 
20.19 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
20.20 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
20.21 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
20.22 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
20.23 	(1) Lots 347 to 355, odd-numbered lots, Lower Duluth Minnesota Avenue;
20.24 	(2) Lots 22 to 30, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
20.25 	(3) Lots 44 to 54, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
20.26 	(4) Lots 58 to 68, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
20.27 	(5) Lots 78 to 84, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
20.28 	(6) Lot 86, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
20.29 	(7) Lot 88, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
20.30 	(8) Lot 132, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
20.31 	(9) Lots 206 to 212, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
20.32 	(10) Lots 324 to 330, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
20.33 	(11) Lot 5, Section 7, Township 54, Range 16, Town of Cotton; and
20.34 	(12) an undivided 11/12 interest, Lot 4, Section 29, Township 63, Range 12.
21.1 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
21.2 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

21.3 	Sec. 35. SALE OF NONCOMPLIANT TAX-FORFEITED LAND ON 
21.4 	MINNESOTA POINT, DULUTH.
 21.5 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 7a, tax-forfeited 
21.6 	land located on Minnesota Point in Duluth, which cannot be improved because of 
21.7 	noncompliance with local ordinances regarding minimum area, shape, frontage, or access, 
21.8 	may, at the discretion of the St. Louis County auditor, be offered and sold by the county 
21.9 	auditor to any single, specific adjoining or adjacent landowner without notifying or 
21.10 	offering to sell to all adjoining or adjacent landowners.

21.11 	Sec. 36. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
21.12 	WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
 21.13 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
21.14 	Wadena County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described 
21.15 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
21.16 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
21.17 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
21.18 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Wadena County and are described as:
21.19 	(1) PIN No. 03-025-1040;
21.20 	(2) PIN No. 05-023-3020;
21.21 	(3) PIN No. 05-024-4010;
21.22 	(4) PIN No. 06-003-3100;
21.23 	(5) PIN No. 07-001-2030;
21.24 	(6) PIN No. 09-007-2030;
21.25 	(7) PIN No. 09-007-2040;
21.26 	(8) PIN No. 09-013-1030;
21.27 	(9) PIN No. 09-013-2010;
21.28 	(10) PIN No. 13-002-3030;
21.29 	(11) PIN No. 13-011-1010;
21.30 	(12) PIN No. 13-011-2010;
21.31 	(13) PIN No. 13-011-2020;
21.32 	(14) PIN No. 13-012-2020;
21.33 	(15) PIN No. 13-119-4010;
21.34 	(16) PIN No. 13-127-3010;
22.1 	(17) PIN No. 15-012-3060;
22.2 	(18) PIN No. 15-012-3070;
22.3 	(19) PIN No. 15-012-3080;
22.4 	(20) PIN No. 17-440-0290;
22.5 	(21) PIN No. 17-440-0300;
22.6 	(22) PIN No. 18-300-0010;
22.7 	(23) PIN No. 19-440-0070;
22.8 	(24) PIN No. 19-440-0090;
22.9 	(25) PIN No. 22-480-0390;
22.10 	(26) PIN No. 02-350-0030;
22.11 	(27) PIN No. 03-014-1290;
22.12 	(28) PIN No. 03-024-3020;
22.13 	(29) PIN No. 08-001-1010;
22.14 	(30) PIN No. 03-011-1040;
22.15 	(31) PIN No. 03-011-1050;
22.16 	(32) PIN No. 03-013-3010;
22.17 	(33) PIN No. 06-015-1020;
22.18 	(34) PIN No. 13-121-3010;
22.19 	(35) PIN No. 13-121-3020;
22.20 	(36) PIN No. 13-128-2010;
22.21 	(37) PIN No. 07-016-2020; and
22.22 	(38) PIN No. 12-024-4020.
22.23 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
22.24 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

22.25 	Sec. 37. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
22.26 	WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
 22.27 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
22.28 	Wadena County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
22.29 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
22.30 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
22.31 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
22.32 	The land may not be sold until the existing timber contract on the land is fulfilled.
22.33 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Wadena County and is described as: PIN No. 
22.34 	03-023-1020.
23.1 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
23.2 	best be served if the land was returned to private ownership.

23.3 	Sec. 38. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
23.4 	WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
 23.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
23.6 	Wadena County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described 
23.7 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
23.8 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
23.9 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
23.10 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
23.11 	conservation easements, according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, for the lands 
23.12 	described in paragraph (c). The easements shall serve to provide access to anglers. The 
23.13 	easement for land described in paragraph (c), clause (1), shall be 66 feet in width lying 
23.14 	north of the centerline of Union Creek. The easements for the lands described in paragraph 
23.15 	(c), clauses (2) to (4), shall be 66 feet in width lying south of the centerline of Union Creek.
23.16 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Wadena County and are described as:
23.17 	(1) PIN No. 22-600-0830;
23.18 	(2) PIN No. 22-770-0010;
23.19 	(3) PIN No. 22-770-0020; and
23.20 	(4) PIN No. 22-770-0030.
23.21 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
23.22 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

23.23 	Sec. 39. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON 
23.24 	COUNTY.
 23.25 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.695 and 16B.281 to 16B.296, 
23.26 	the commissioner of administration may convey to the city of Bayport for no consideration 
23.27 	the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).
23.28 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
23.29 	that the lands revert to the state if the city of Bayport stops using the land for the public 
23.30 	purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to the land 
23.31 	description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
23.32 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
23.33 	That part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 3, Township 29 
23.34 	North, Range 20 West, Washington County, Minnesota described as follows:
24.1 	Commencing at the southeast corner of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
24.2 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 28 minutes 13 seconds West, assigned bearing, along 
24.3 	the south line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, a distance of 665.22 
24.4 	feet to the easterly right-of-way line of Stagecoach Trail North (A.K.A. County State-Aid 
24.5 	Highway 21); thence North 00 degrees 31 minutes 47 seconds West, along said easterly 
24.6 	right-of-way line, 60.00 feet to the point of beginning of the tract to be herein described; 
24.7 	thence North 34 degrees 35 minutes 03 seconds West, along said right-of-way line, 112.00 
24.8 	feet; thence North 21 degrees 21 minutes 41 seconds East, along said right-of-way line, 
24.9 	508.03 feet; thence South 70 degrees 24 minutes 54 seconds East, 250.49 feet; thence 
24.10 	South 00 degrees 08 minutes 49 seconds East, 478.06 feet to the northerly right-of-way 
24.11 	line of County State-Aid Highway 14 (A.K.A. 5th Avenue North); thence South 89 
24.12 	degrees 28 minutes 13 seconds West, along said northerly right-of-way line, 358.72 feet to 
24.13 	the point of beginning. Subject to easements, restrictions and reservations of record.
24.14 	(d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no longer needed for any state 
24.15 	purpose and that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land 
24.16 	was conveyed to and used by the city of Bayport for a fire station.

24.17 	Sec. 40. MERGER OF SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK, ST. 
24.18 	LOUIS COUNTY, INTO LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK, ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 24.19 	Soudan Underground Mine State Park is merged into Lake Vermilion State Park. The 
24.20 	merged park shall be known as Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park.

24.21 	Sec. 41. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTIONS.
 24.22 	(a) In Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall combine the legislative history 
24.23 	of Soudan Underground Mine State Park with the legislative history of Lake Vermilion 
24.24 	State Park.
24.25 	(b) In Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall renumber section 84.157 as 
24.26 	section 94.3435 and make necessary cross-reference changes in Minnesota Statutes and 
24.27 	Minnesota Rules consistent with the renumbering.

24.28 	Sec. 42.  REPEALER.
 24.29 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85.012, subdivision 53a, is repealed.

24.30 	Sec. 43. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 24.31 	Sections 1 to 42 are effective the day following final enactment.