1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying disposition of certain land and revenue; 
1.3 	adding to and deleting from state forests and recreation areas; authorizing public 
1.4 	and private sales and exchanges of certain state lands; merging certain state 
1.5 	parks; authorizing the purchase of a dam;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, 
1.6 	sections 89.022; 459.06, subdivision 1; 477A.17; Minnesota Statutes 2013 
1.7 	Supplement, section 85.012, subdivision 38a; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, 
1.8 	section 85.012, subdivision 53a.
1.9 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

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

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

1.14 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 89.022, is amended to read:
1.15 	89.022 DISPOSAL OF TILLABLE LAND IN MEMORIAL HARDWOOD 
1.16 	FOREST.
1.17 		Subdivision 1.Exchange or sale required. If any parcel acquired for the Memorial 
1.18 	Hardwood Forest after July 1, 1977 contains more than ten contiguous acres of tillable 
1.19 	land adjacent to other tillable land or to a maintained public road or a farm homestead 
1.20 	consisting of a residence and farm buildings abutting a maintained public road, the 
1.21 	commissioner of natural resources shall either exchange the land for other land suitable for 
1.22 	forest purposes or declare the land as surplus land to the commissioner of administration. 
1.23 	The commissioner of administration shall offer the land for sale in the manner provided 
1.24 	by law not less than six months after acquisition by the state and once thereafter in each 
2.1 	of the next two years. Tillable land is land classified as class 1, 2, or 3 as defined by the 
2.2 	United States Soil 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 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

2.21 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 459.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.22 		Subdivision 1.Accept donations. Any county, city, or town may by resolution of 
2.23 	its governing body accept donations of land that the governing body deems to be better 
2.24 	adapted for the production of timber and wood than for any other purpose, for a forest, and 
2.25 	may manage it on forestry principles. The donor of not less than 100 acres of any such 
2.26 	land shall be entitled to have the land perpetually bear the donor's name. The governing 
2.27 	body of any city or town, when funds are available or have been levied therefor, may, 
2.28 	when authorized by a majority vote by ballot of the voters voting at any general or special 
2.29 	city election or town meeting where the question is properly submitted, purchase or 
2.30 	obtain by condemnation proceedings, and preferably at the sources of streams, any tract 
2.31 	of land for a forest which is better adapted for the production of timber and wood than 
2.32 	for any other purpose, and which is conveniently located for the purpose, and manage it 
2.33 	on forestry principles. The selection of the lands and the plan of management must be 
2.34 	approved by the director of lands and forestry. The city or town may annually levy a tax 
2.35 	on all taxable property within its boundaries to procure and maintain such forests.

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

3.2 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.17, is amended to read:
3.3 	477A.17 LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK AND SOUDAN
3.4 	VERMILION-SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK; ANNUAL 
3.5 	PAYMENTS.
3.6 	(a) Beginning in fiscal year 2012, In lieu of the payment amount provided under 
3.7 	section 477A.12, subdivision 1, clause (1), the county shall receive an annual payment 
3.8 	for state-owned land acquired for within the boundary of Lake Vermilion-Soudan 
3.9 	Underground Mine State Park, established in section 85.012, subdivision 38a, and land 
3.10 	within the boundary of Soudan Underground Mine State Park, established in section 
3.11 	85.012, subdivision 53a, equal to 1.5 percent of the appraised value of the state-owned land.
3.12 	(b) For the purposes of this section, the appraised value of the land acquired for 
3.13 	Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park for the first five years after 
3.14 	acquisition shall be the purchase price of the land, plus the value of any portion of the land 
3.15 	that is acquired by donation. The appraised value must be redetermined by the county 
3.16 	assessor every five years after the land is acquired. Thereafter, the appraised value of the 
3.17 	state-owned land shall be as determined under section 477A.12, subdivision 3.
3.18 	(c) The annual payments under this section shall be distributed to the taxing 
3.19 	jurisdictions containing the property as follows: one-third to the school districts; one-third 
3.20 	to the town; and one-third to the county. The payment to school districts is not a county 
3.21 	apportionment under section 127A.34 and is not subject to aid recapture. Each of those 
3.22 	taxing jurisdictions may use the payments for their general purposes.
3.23 	(d) Except as provided in this section, the payments shall be made as provided 
3.24 	in sections 477A.11 to 477A.13.

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

3.26 	Sec. 5. DELETIONS FROM STATE RECREATION AREA.
 3.27 	[85.013][Subd. 11b.] Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area, Meeker County.
3.28 	 The following areas are deleted from the Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area:
3.29 	(1) the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 118 North, 
3.30 	Range 30 West;
3.31 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the 
3.32 	Southeast Quarter, the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and the South 15 
4.1 	acres of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 30, Township 
4.2 	118 North, Range 30 West; and
4.3 	(3) the West 15 acres of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 
4.4 	32, Township 118 North, Range 30 West.

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

4.6 	Sec. 6. ADDITION TO STATE FOREST.
 4.7 	[89.021][Subd. 48a.] Snake River State Forest. The following area is added to the 
4.8 	Snake River State Forest: Sections 15 and 16, Township 42 North, Range 23 West.

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

4.10 	Sec. 7. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
4.11 	WATER; BECKER COUNTY.
 4.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
4.13 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering 
4.14 	public water that is described in paragraph (c).
4.15 	(b) The commissioner may sell the land to a local unit of government for less than 
4.16 	the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
4.17 	that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if 
4.18 	the local unit of government fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use 
4.19 	of the land. The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to 
4.20 	correct errors and ensure accuracy.
4.21 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Becker County and is described as: that 
4.22 	part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 140 
4.23 	North, Range 36 West, described as follows:
4.24 	Commencing at the northwest corner of said Northwest Quarter of the Northeast 
4.25 	Quarter; thence on an assumed bearing of South 89 degrees 36 minutes 26 seconds 
4.26 	East, a distance of 1,020.56 feet along the north line of said Northwest Quarter of 
4.27 	the Northeast Quarter to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes 
4.28 	30 seconds West, a distance of 222.19 feet; thence North 73 degrees 06 minutes 43 
4.29 	seconds East, a distance of 222.99 feet; thence North 12 degrees 38 minutes 24 
4.30 	seconds East, a distance of 159.58 feet to the north line of said Northwest Quarter 
4.31 	of the Northeast Quarter; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 26 seconds West, a 
4.32 	distance of 248.21 feet along said north line to the point of beginning, excepting the 
4.33 	right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 34.
5.1 	Containing approximately 0.5 acres, more or less.
5.2 	(d) The land described in paragraph (c) borders the Straight River. The Department 
5.3 	of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource 
5.4 	purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land 
5.5 	were conveyed to a local unit of government for public use.

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

5.7 	Sec. 8. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
5.8 	WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 5.9 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
5.10 	Beltrami County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described 
5.11 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
5.12 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
5.13 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
5.14 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Beltrami County and are described as:
5.15 	(1) part of Government Lot 1, Section 17, Township 154 North, Range 30 West 
5.16 	(PIN No. 49.00135.01);
5.17 	(2) part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, Township 
5.18 	146 North, Range 31 West (PIN No. 46.00208.00); and
5.19 	(3) part of Government Lot 3, Section 32, Township 155 North, Range 30 West 
5.20 	(PIN No. 49.00172.03).
5.21 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
5.22 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

5.23 	Sec. 9. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
5.24 	WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 5.25 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
5.26 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Beltrami County may 
5.27 	sell by private sale to a state agency the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that 
5.28 	are described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
5.29 	chapter 282.
5.30 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
5.31 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
5.32 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Beltrami County and are described as:
5.33 	(1) Part of Government Lot 2, Section 10, Township 146 North, Range 33 West 
5.34 	(PIN No. 80.00240.00); and
6.1 	(2) Outlot A, Lind's Addition to Bemidji, Section 2, Township 146 North, Range 
6.2 	33 West (PIN No. 80.04443.00).
6.3 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
6.4 	be served if the lands were conveyed to a state agency for natural resources management.

6.5 	Sec. 10. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
6.6 	WATER; CARVER COUNTY.
 6.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
6.8 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Carver County may 
6.9 	convey to the city of Norwood Young America for less than the appraised value the 
6.10 	tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
6.11 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
6.12 	that the land reverts to the state if the city of Norwood Young America stops using the 
6.13 	land for the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make 
6.14 	changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
6.15 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Carver County and is described as: Outlot 
6.16 	A, The Preserve 3rd Addition (parcel 58.6520890).
6.17 	(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the city of Norwood Young 
6.18 	America for a public park or lake access.

6.19 	Sec. 11. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
6.20 	WATER; CARVER COUNTY.
 6.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 282.01, subdivision 1, and 
6.22 	282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 
6.23 	282, Carver County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public 
6.24 	water that are described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
6.25 	Statutes, section 282.
6.26 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
6.27 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
6.28 	ensure accuracy. The county may convey the land to the city of Watertown for less than 
6.29 	the market value of the land as determined by the county board, but the conveyance must 
6.30 	provide that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for a public use, as described in 
6.31 	Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 1a, which may include but is not limited 
6.32 	to a park, trails system, public transit system facility, and public service facility, which 
6.33 	may include a water tower, administrative offices, a lift station, and a public works facility, 
6.34 	as well as use in a wetland bank restoration project as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
7.1 	sections 103G.222 to 103G.2243, in which a conditional use deed or deed restrictions may 
7.2 	be recorded. The land described in paragraph (c) may be subsequently subdivided and 
7.3 	conveyed, in whole or in part, to other local governmental subdivisions of the state to 
7.4 	accomplish these public uses. The land described in paragraph (c) is subject to the reverter 
7.5 	interest of the state pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivisions 1c and 1d.
7.6 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Carver County and are described as:
7.7 	the South Half of Southeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 117, Range 25, Carver 
7.8 	County, Minnesota, except those parts described as follows, to wit: commencing at 
7.9 	the southwest corner of Southeast Quarter of said Section 9; thence running North 
7.10 	60 rods to a point in the center of the Watertown, Chaska and Carver Road; thence 
7.11 	southeasterly 73 rods to south line of said Southeast Quarter; thence West 44 rods to 
7.12 	place of beginning. EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part of the South Half of the 
7.13 	Southeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 117 North, Range 25 West, Carver County, 
7.14 	Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the South Quarter corner of Section 
7.15 	9; thence on an assumed bearing of East along the south line of said Southeast 
7.16 	Quarter 726.00 feet (44 rods) to the point of beginning of the tract to be described; 
7.17 	thence North 36 degrees 59 minutes 00 seconds West along a line that would 
7.18 	intersect the west line of said Southeast Quarter at a point 990.00 feet (60 rods) 
7.19 	North of said South Quarter corner a distance of 267.81 feet; thence on a bearing of 
7.20 	East a distance of 493.23 feet; thence on a bearing of South 1 degree 30 minutes 00 
7.21 	seconds West a distance of 214.00 feet to said south line of the Southeast Quarter; 
7.22 	thence on a bearing of West a distance of 326.52 feet to the actual point of beginning; 
7.23 	ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part of the South Half of the Southeast 
7.24 	Quarter of Section 9, Township 117 North, Range 25 West of the Fifth Principal 
7.25 	Meridian, described as follows: commencing at the southwest corner of said 
7.26 	Southeast Quarter; thence on an assumed bearing of East along the south line of said 
7.27 	Southeast Quarter a distance of 726.00 feet; thence North 37 degrees 04 minutes 30 
7.28 	seconds West, along a line that will intersect the west line of said Southeast Quarter 
7.29 	at a point 990.00 feet northerly from said southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter, 
7.30 	a distance of 267.81 feet; thence on a bearing of East a distance of 273.66 feet to the 
7.31 	point of beginning of the land to be described; thence continuing on a bearing of 
7.32 	East a distance of 219.57 feet; thence on a bearing of South 1 degree 30 minutes 
7.33 	00 seconds West to said south line of the Southeast Quarter; thence on a bearing of 
7.34 	East along said south line a distance of 236.23 feet; thence on a bearing of North a 
7.35 	distance of 556.20 feet; thence on a bearing of West a distance of 65.27 feet; thence 
7.36 	South 48 degrees 20 minutes 11 seconds West a distance of 515.27 feet to the point 
8.1 	of beginning; ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM all that part of the Southwest 
8.2 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 117 North, Range 25 West, 
8.3 	Carver County, Minnesota, lying southwesterly of the southwesterly right-of-way 
8.4 	line of County State-Aid Highway No. 10, as described in Document No. 58827, 
8.5 	as recorded in the office of the Carver County Recorder; ALSO EXCEPTING 
8.6 	THEREFROM that part thereof platted as Tuscany Village (PIN No. 85.0092900).
8.7 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
8.8 	best be served if the land were conveyed to the city of Watertown for the use described in 
8.9 	paragraph (b).

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

8.11 	Sec. 12. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
8.12 	WATERS; CHISAGO COUNTY.
 8.13 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
8.14 	Chisago County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public waters that is described in 
8.15 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
8.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
8.17 	general may make changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
8.18 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Chisago County and is described as: those parts 
8.19 	of Lots 4, 5, and 6 in Block 2 of Starks Second Addition to Harris lying south of Goose 
8.20 	Creek (PID No. 14.00394.00).
8.21 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
8.22 	best served if the land was returned to private ownership.

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

8.24 	Sec. 13. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
8.25 	WATERS; CHISAGO COUNTY.
 8.26 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
8.27 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Chisago County may 
8.28 	sell by private sale to the adjoining landowner the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
8.29 	waters that is described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
8.30 	Statutes, chapter 282.
8.31 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
8.32 	general may make changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
9.1 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Chisago County and is described as: that part of 
9.2 	Government Lot 5 described as follows: beginning at the southeast corner of Section 6; 
9.3 	thence North 1 degree 5 minutes West 1,644.50 feet; thence South 88 degrees 22 minutes 
9.4 	30 seconds West 401.10 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 4 degrees 17 minutes 
9.5 	30 seconds East 150 feet; thence South 88 degrees 22 minutes 30 seconds West 220 
9.6 	feet more or less to the shoreline of Chain Lake; thence northwesterly on the shoreline 
9.7 	150 feet more or less to a point of intersection with a line bearing South 88 degrees 22 
9.8 	minutes 30 seconds East from the point of beginning; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes 
9.9 	30 seconds East 337 feet more or less to the point of beginning, Section 5, Township 35, 
9.10 	Range 21 (PID No. 11.00118.00).
9.11 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
9.12 	best served if the land was returned to private ownership.

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

9.14 	Sec. 14. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
9.15 	WATER; LAKE COUNTY.
 9.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
9.17 	Lake County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described in 
9.18 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
9.19 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
9.20 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
9.21 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Lake County and are described as:
9.22 	(1) part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 33, Township 55, 
9.23 	Range 11 (25-5511-33791); and
9.24 	(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 31, Township 64, Range 
9.25 	11 (28-6411-31250).
9.26 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
9.27 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

9.28 	Sec. 15. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
9.29 	WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.
 9.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
9.31 	Crow Wing County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
9.32 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
9.33 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
9.34 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
10.1 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing County and is described as:
10.2 	(1) part of Government Lot 3, City of Baxter, Section 7, Township 133, Range 28, 
10.3 	described as: beginning at the northwest corner of said Government Lot 3; thence East 300 
10.4 	feet along the north line of said Lot 3; thence South 1 degree 44 minutes West, 262.8 feet; 
10.5 	thence South 32 degrees 51 minutes West, 149.6 feet to shore of Perch Lake; thence North 
10.6 	50 degrees 7 minutes West, 283 feet along shore of said lake to west line of said lot; thence 
10.7 	North 1 degree 44 minutes East, 207.1 feet to point of beginning. PIN #010073103C00009;
10.8 	(2) Government Lot 5, City of Crosslake, Section 21, Township 137, Range 27, 
10.9 	except:
10.10 	(i) 10 acres acquired by USA in condemnation decree in Register of Deeds Office in 
10.11 	Book (E), page 151;
10.12 	(ii) .70 acres acquired by USA in decree in Book 31, page 120;
10.13 	(iii) part of Government Lot 5 described as: beginning at the quarter corner of west 
10.14 	line of said lot; thence East 127.2 feet South 27 degrees 10 minutes East, 128.3 feet; 
10.15 	thence South 29 degrees 21 minutes West, 70 feet; thence South 5 degrees 19 minutes 
10.16 	West, 180 feet; thence West 134.9 feet; thence west line of said lot; thence North 354.5 
10.17 	feet along said west line to point of beginning;
10.18 	(iv) that parcel sold to James W. Oberg;
10.19 	(v) part to Mudek;
10.20 	(vi) part to Robert Souther;
10.21 	(vii) two parcels conveyed to Crosslake Rental and Leasing Co. as recorded on 
10.22 	Doc #495065;
10.23 	(viii) that part conveyed to Unlimited Potential Enterprises on recorded Doc 
10.24 	#565043; and
10.25 	(ix) that part conveyed to Paul and Patricia Willmus on recorded Doc #562741.
10.26 	Subject to restrictions and reservations of record and subject to easement of record. 
10.27 	PIN #120213205BCB009;
10.28 	(3) Lot 6, Block 1, Vansickle Creek Estates, City of Emily, Section 23, Township 
10.29 	138, Range 26. PIN #211490010060009; and
10.30 	(4) the North 80 feet of Government Lot 1, Section 15, lying West of East 151.92 
10.31 	feet thereof and also the South 35 feet of the North 115 feet of Government Lot 1, Section 
10.32 	15, lying West of East 351.91 feet thereof with an easement of record and also the North 
10.33 	30 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 15, lying West of 
10.34 	Nisswa Village Road, City of Nisswa, Section 15, Township 135, Range 29. Subject to 
10.35 	easements, reservations, and restrictions of record. PIN #280152101AA0009.
11.1 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
11.2 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

11.3 	Sec. 16. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
11.4 	WATERS; DAKOTA COUNTY.
 11.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45; 282.01, subdivision 1a; and 
11.6 	282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
11.7 	Dakota County may convey to the city of Rosemount for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
11.8 	land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
11.9 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
11.10 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
11.11 	ensure accuracy. The conveyance must provide that the land reverts to the state if the city 
11.12 	of Rosemount stops using the land for park or trail purposes.
11.13 	(c) The land to be conveyed is described as Outlot J of Outlots of Brockway (Dakota 
11.14 	County PID No. 34-54300-00-100).
11.15 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interest would be 
11.16 	best served if the land is conveyed to the city of Rosemount for park or trail purposes.

11.17 	Sec. 17. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
11.18 	WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 11.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
11.20 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin County may 
11.21 	convey to a governmental subdivision of the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
11.22 	land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
11.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
11.24 	that the land reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision stops using the land for 
11.25 	the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to 
11.26 	the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
11.27 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hennepin County and is described as: Lot 
11.28 	3, Block 2, Oak Hollow (Hennepin County tax identification number 08-119-23 23 0012).
11.29 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
11.30 	best served if the land is conveyed to a governmental subdivision of the state for use as a 
11.31 	recreational trail and for maintenance of the land in its natural state.

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

12.1 	Sec. 18. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
12.2 	WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 12.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
12.4 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin County may 
12.5 	convey to a governmental subdivision of the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
12.6 	land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
12.7 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
12.8 	that the land reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision stops using the land for 
12.9 	the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to 
12.10 	the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
12.11 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
12.12 	Outlot B, Boulder Pointe (Hennepin County tax identification number 21-116-22 11 0021).
12.13 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
12.14 	be best served if the land is conveyed to a governmental subdivision for preservation of 
12.15 	wetlands.

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

12.17 	Sec. 19. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
12.18 	WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 12.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
12.20 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin County may 
12.21 	convey to a governmental subdivision of the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited 
12.22 	land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
12.23 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
12.24 	that the land reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision stops using the land for 
12.25 	the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to 
12.26 	the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
12.27 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
12.28 	including adjacent part of Wawonaissa Common, Lot 19, Block 7, "Woodland Point," 
12.29 	Hennepin County, Minnesota (Hennepin County tax identification number 13-117-24 
12.30 	21 0080).
12.31 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
12.32 	be best served if the land is conveyed to a governmental subdivision for preservation of 
12.33 	wetlands and open water purposes.

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

13.1 	Sec. 20. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 13.2 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
13.3 	or other law to the contrary, Hennepin County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
13.4 	land described in paragraph (c).
13.5 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
13.6 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
13.7 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as: except 
13.8 	road, Tract C, Registered Land Survey No. 0047, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Hennepin 
13.9 	County tax identification number 24-027-24 22 0003).
13.10 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
13.11 	best be served if the land is sold to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for 
13.12 	conservation, hiking, wildlife observation, and environmental education.

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

13.14 	Sec. 21. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
13.15 	WATER; ISANTI COUNTY.
 13.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
13.17 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Isanti County may 
13.18 	convey to the city of Isanti for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
13.19 	water that is described in paragraph (c).
13.20 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
13.21 	that the land reverts to the state if the city of Isanti stops using the land for the public 
13.22 	purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to the land 
13.23 	description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. Prior to the sale, the commissioner of 
13.24 	revenue shall grant a scenic easement to be held in the name of the Department of Natural 
13.25 	Resources for the parcel described in paragraph (c) located within Sections 24 and 25, 
13.26 	Township 35, Range 24, to protect the scenic, recreational, and natural characteristics of 
13.27 	the Rum River, according to Minnesota Statutes, sections 103F.311, subdivision 6, and 
13.28 	103F.331, subdivision 1. The easement shall be 400 feet in width, lying easterly of the 
13.29 	centerline of the Rum River.
13.30 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Isanti County and is described as:
13.31 	Section 36, Township 35, Range 24, Rum River Meadows Outlot D; ALSO Section 
13.32 	25, Township 35, Range 24, Villages on the Rum 5th Addition Outlot A, also in Section 
13.33 	24, Township 35, Range 24.
13.34 	(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the city of Isanti to use 
13.35 	as a park.

14.1 	Sec. 22. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
14.2 	WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
 14.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
14.4 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may 
14.5 	sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described in 
14.6 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
14.7 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
14.8 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
14.9 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Itasca County and are described as:
14.10 	(1) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, less 3.42 acres for the railroad 
14.11 	right-of-way, Section 36, Township 145, Range 25 (PIN No. 11-236-4400); and
14.12 	(2) Lot 4, less that part lying East of creek, Section 14, Township 58, Range 24 
14.13 	(PIN No. 04-114-1302).
14.14 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
14.15 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

14.16 	Sec. 23. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA COUNTY.
 14.17 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
14.18 	or other law to the contrary, Itasca County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land 
14.19 	described in paragraph (c).
14.20 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
14.21 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. The 
14.22 	land must be sold for no less than its market value. The purchaser must provide a certified 
14.23 	survey of the land acceptable to the county and must pay all survey and appraisal costs.
14.24 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is described as: the West 50 
14.25 	feet of the North 380 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
14.26 	19, Township 58 North, Range 24 West.
14.27 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
14.28 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

14.29 	Sec. 24. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND; KANABEC COUNTY.
 14.30 	(a) Notwithstanding the riparian restrictions in Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342, 
14.31 	subdivision 3, the commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land 
14.32 	Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and 
14.33 	according to the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.347, 
14.34 	exchange the riparian land described in paragraph (b).
15.1 	(b) The state land that may be exchanged is located in Kanabec County and is 
15.2 	described as:
15.3 	(1) the Northeast Quarter, Northwest Quarter, and Northwest Quarter of the 
15.4 	Southeast Quarter, all in Section 16, Township 42 North, Range 24 West; and
15.5 	(2) the East Half of the Northeast Quarter, North Half of the Southeast Quarter, and 
15.6 	South Half of the Southeast Quarter, all in Section 9, Township 42 North, Range 23 West.
15.7 	(c) The state land administered by the commissioner of natural resources borders 
15.8 	the Snake River. The state land administered by the county borders Hay Creek. While 
15.9 	those lands do not provide at least equal opportunity for access to the waters by the public, 
15.10 	the land to be acquired by the commissioner in the exchange will improve access to 
15.11 	adjacent state forest lands.

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

15.13 	Sec. 25. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 15.14 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
15.15 	or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited 
15.16 	lands described in paragraph (c).
15.17 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
15.18 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
15.19 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
15.20 	(1) Lots 1 to 4, Block 4, Atlantic Ave. Addition to Duluth;
15.21 	(2) Lots 5 to 7, Bay View Addition to Duluth No. 2;
15.22 	(3) Lots 8 to 11, Bay View Addition to Duluth No. 2;
15.23 	(4) Lot 12, Block 44, Bay View Addition to Duluth No. 2;
15.24 	(5) Lots 14 to 16, Duluth Heights 1st Division;
15.25 	(6) that part of Lot 11 beginning at the southwest corner of said lot; thence northeast 
15.26 	along the south line .20 feet; thence left 89 degrees 57 minutes 42 seconds a distance of 
15.27 	140.01 feet to a point on the north line of Lot 11 .12 feet East of the northwest corner; 
15.28 	thence southwest to the northwest corner; thence southeast along the west line 140.01 feet 
15.29 	to the point of beginning, Duluth Proper 1st Division West Superior Street;
15.30 	(7) Lots 33 to 39, odd-numbered lots, Block 172, Duluth Proper Third Division;
15.31 	(8) Lots 34 to 40, even-numbered lots, Block 172, Duluth Proper Third Division;
15.32 	(9) Lots 49 to 63, odd-numbered lots, including part of vacated 4th Ave W adjacent 
15.33 	to Lot 63, Duluth Proper Third Division;
15.34 	(10) Lots 50 and 52, Duluth Proper Third Division;
15.35 	(11) Lots 39 to 45, odd-numbered lots, Block 179, Duluth Proper Third Division; 
16.1 	(12) the southeasterly 30 feet of the northwesterly 100 feet, Lots 12 to 16, Soo Ry. 
16.2 	Lease No. 7841, Marine Division of Duluth;
16.3 	(13) the East 12-1/2 feet of the West 37-1/2 feet of Lots 1 and 2, West Duluth 5th 
16.4 	Division;
16.5 	(14) the East 10 feet of the South 63 feet of Lot 11 and the East 12-1/2 feet of the 
16.6 	North 37 feet of Lot 11, Block 16, West Park Division of Duluth;
16.7 	(15) the South 13 feet for st Lot 10, Block 4, Woodland Park 8th Division 1st 
16.8 	Rearr Duluth;
16.9 	(16) the North 13 feet of Lot 3, Block 5, Woodland Park 8th Division 1st Rearr Duluth;
16.10 	(17) the North 13 feet of Lot 4, Block 5, Woodland Park 8th Division 1st Rearr Duluth;
16.11 	(18) the South 424 feet of the North 999 feet of that part of the Northeast Quarter 
16.12 	of the Northwest Quarter lying West of the old North Shore Road, except the highway 
16.13 	right-of-way, 5.97 acres, and except that part lying South of the southerly highway 
16.14 	right-of-way, Section 19, Township 51, Range 12, Town of Duluth;
16.15 	(19) part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 19, Township 
16.16 	51, Range 17, Town of Industrial;
16.17 	(20) part of Government Lot 3, Section 2, Township 64, Range 18, Beatty Township; 
16.18 	and
16.19 	(21) the South 70 feet of the East 313 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
16.20 	Quarter, Section 31, Township 60, Range 17.
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 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

16.24 	Sec. 26. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
16.25 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 16.26 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
16.27 	St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described 
16.28 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
16.29 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
16.30 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
16.31 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
16.32 	(1) the westerly 200 feet of Lot 5, Section 31, Township 58, Range 16, Town of 
16.33 	Biwabik;
16.34 	(2) Lots 8, 9, and 10, Section 6, Township 62, Range 15, NE NA Mik Ka Ta Town of 
16.35 	Breitung;
17.1 	(3) Lots 14 to 17, Section 6, Township 62, Range 15, NE NA Mik Ka Ta Town of 
17.2 	Breitung;
17.3 	(4) Lot 242, Section 6, Township 62, Range 15, NE NA Mik Ka Ta Town of Breitung;
17.4 	(5) Lots 251 to 254, Section 6, Township 62, Range 15, NE NA Mik Ka Ta Town of 
17.5 	Breitung; and
17.6 	(6) Lots 8 to 20, even-numbered lots, Upper Duluth St. Louis Avenue.
17.7 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
17.8 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

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

17.10 	Sec. 27. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
17.11 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 17.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
17.13 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County 
17.14 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described in 
17.15 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
17.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
17.17 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
17.18 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
17.19 	(1) Lots 347 to 355, odd-numbered lots, Lower Duluth Minnesota Avenue;
17.20 	(2) Lots 22 to 30, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
17.21 	(3) Lots 44 to 54, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
17.22 	(4) Lots 58 to 68, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
17.23 	(5) Lots 78 to 84, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
17.24 	(6) Lot 86, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
17.25 	(7) Lot 88, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
17.26 	(8) Lot 132, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
17.27 	(9) Lots 206 to 212, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
17.28 	(10) Lots 324 to 330, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
17.29 	(11) Lot 5, Section 7, Township 54, Range 16, Town of Cotton; and
17.30 	(12) an undivided 11/12 interest, Lot 4, Section 29, Township 63, Range 12.
17.31 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
17.32 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

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

18.1 	Sec. 28. MERGER OF SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK, ST. 
18.2 	LOUIS COUNTY, INTO LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK, ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 18.3 	Soudan Underground Mine State Park is merged into Lake Vermilion State Park. The 
18.4 	merged park shall be known as Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park.

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

18.6 	Sec. 29. SALE OF NONCOMPLIANT TAX-FORFEITED LAND ON 
18.7 	MINNESOTA POINT, DULUTH.
 18.8 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 7a, tax-forfeited 
18.9 	land located on Minnesota Point in Duluth, which cannot be improved because of 
18.10 	noncompliance with local ordinances regarding minimum area, shape, frontage, or access, 
18.11 	may, at the discretion of the St. Louis County auditor, be offered and sold by the county 
18.12 	auditor to any single, specific adjoining or adjacent landowner without notifying or 
18.13 	offering to sell to all adjoining or adjacent landowners.

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

18.15 	Sec. 30. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
18.16 	WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
 18.17 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
18.18 	Wadena County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described 
18.19 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
18.20 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
18.21 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
18.22 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Wadena County and are described as:
18.23 	(1) PIN No. 03-025-1040;
18.24 	(2) PIN No. 05-023-3020;
18.25 	(3) PIN No. 05-024-4010;
18.26 	(4) PIN No. 06-003-3100;
18.27 	(5) PIN No. 07-001-2030;
18.28 	(6) PIN No. 09-007-2030;
18.29 	(7) PIN No. 09-007-2040;
18.30 	(8) PIN No. 09-013-1030;
18.31 	(9) PIN No. 09-013-2010;
18.32 	(10) PIN No. 13-002-3030;
18.33 	(11) PIN No. 13-011-1010;
19.1 	(12) PIN No. 13-011-2010;
19.2 	(13) PIN No. 13-011-2020;
19.3 	(14) PIN No. 13-012-2020;
19.4 	(15) PIN No. 13-119-4010;
19.5 	(16) PIN No. 13-127-3010;
19.6 	(17) PIN No. 15-012-3060;
19.7 	(18) PIN No. 15-012-3070;
19.8 	(19) PIN No. 15-012-3080;
19.9 	(20) PIN No. 17-440-0290;
19.10 	(21) PIN No. 17-440-0300;
19.11 	(22) PIN No. 18-300-0010;
19.12 	(23) PIN No. 19-440-0070;
19.13 	(24) PIN No. 19-440-0090;
19.14 	(25) PIN No. 22-480-0390;
19.15 	(26) PIN No. 02-350-0030;
19.16 	(27) PIN No. 03-014-1290;
19.17 	(28) PIN No. 03-024-3020;
19.18 	(29) PIN No. 08-001-1010;
19.19 	(30) PIN No. 03-011-1040;
19.20 	(31) PIN No. 03-011-1050;
19.21 	(32) PIN No. 03-013-3010;
19.22 	(33) PIN No. 06-015-1020;
19.23 	(34) PIN No. 13-121-3010;
19.24 	(35) PIN No. 13-121-3020;
19.25 	(36) PIN No. 13-128-2010;
19.26 	(37) PIN No. 07-016-2020; and
19.27 	(38) PIN No. 12-024-4020.
19.28 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
19.29 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

19.30 	Sec. 31. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
19.31 	WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
 19.32 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
19.33 	Wadena County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
19.34 	paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
20.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
20.2 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
20.3 	The land may not be sold until the existing timber contract on the land is fulfilled.
20.4 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Wadena County and is described as: PIN No. 
20.5 	03-023-1020.
20.6 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
20.7 	best be served if the land was returned to private ownership.

20.8 	Sec. 32. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
20.9 	WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
 20.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
20.11 	Wadena County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described 
20.12 	in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
20.13 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
20.14 	attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and 
20.15 	ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent 
20.16 	conservation easements, according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, for the lands 
20.17 	described in paragraph (c). The easements shall serve to provide access to anglers. The 
20.18 	easement for land described in paragraph (c), clause (1), shall be 66 feet in width lying 
20.19 	north of the centerline of Union Creek. The easements for the lands described in paragraph 
20.20 	(c), clauses (2) to (4), shall be 66 feet in width lying south of the centerline of Union Creek.
20.21 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Wadena County and are described as:
20.22 	(1) PIN No. 22-600-0830;
20.23 	(2) PIN No. 22-770-0010;
20.24 	(3) PIN No. 22-770-0020; and
20.25 	(4) PIN No. 22-770-0030.
20.26 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
20.27 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

20.28 	Sec. 33. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON 
20.29 	COUNTY.
 20.30 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.695 and 16B.281 to 16B.296, 
20.31 	the commissioner of administration may convey to the city of Bayport for no consideration 
20.32 	the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).
20.33 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
20.34 	that the lands revert to the state if the city of Bayport stops using the land for the public 
21.1 	purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to the land 
21.2 	description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. After the conveyance, the land is no 
21.3 	longer considered state bond financed property.
21.4 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
21.5 	That part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 3, Township 29 
21.6 	North, Range 20 West, Washington County, Minnesota described as follows:
21.7 	Commencing at the southeast corner of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
21.8 	Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 28 minutes 13 seconds West, assigned bearing, along 
21.9 	the south line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, a distance of 665.22 
21.10 	feet to the easterly right-of-way line of Stagecoach Trail North (A.K.A. County State-Aid 
21.11 	Highway 21); thence North 00 degrees 31 minutes 47 seconds West, along said easterly 
21.12 	right-of-way line, 60.00 feet to the point of beginning of the tract to be herein described; 
21.13 	thence North 34 degrees 35 minutes 03 seconds West, along said right-of-way line, 112.00 
21.14 	feet; thence North 21 degrees 21 minutes 41 seconds East, along said right-of-way line, 
21.15 	508.03 feet; thence South 70 degrees 24 minutes 54 seconds East, 250.49 feet; thence 
21.16 	South 00 degrees 08 minutes 49 seconds East, 478.06 feet to the northerly right-of-way 
21.17 	line of County State-Aid Highway 14 (A.K.A. 5th Avenue North); thence South 89 
21.18 	degrees 28 minutes 13 seconds West, along said northerly right-of-way line, 358.72 feet to 
21.19 	the point of beginning. Subject to easements, restrictions and reservations of record.
21.20 	(d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no longer needed for any state 
21.21 	purpose and that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land 
21.22 	was conveyed to and used by the city of Bayport for a fire station.

21.23 	Sec. 34. BRAINERD DAM; CITY OF BRAINERD.
 21.24 	The requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.525, have been met and 
21.25 	the city of Brainerd may purchase the Brainerd Dam on the Mississippi River in Crow 
21.26 	Wing County.

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

21.28 	Sec. 35. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTIONS.
 21.29 	(a) In Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall combine the legislative history 
21.30 	of Soudan Underground Mine State Park with the legislative history of Lake Vermilion 
21.31 	State Park.
21.32 	(b) In Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall renumber section 84.157 as 
21.33 	section 94.3435 and make necessary cross-reference changes in Minnesota Statutes and 
21.34 	Minnesota Rules consistent with the renumbering.

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

22.2 	Sec. 36.  REPEALER.
 22.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85.012, subdivision 53a, is repealed.

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