1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; providing for conveyance of certain surplus state land.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; REDWOOD COUNTY.
 1.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.695 and 16B.281 to 16B.298, or 
1.6 	any other law to the contrary, the director of the Minnesota Historical Society may convey 
1.7 	to the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the state of Minnesota, for no consideration, the 
1.8 	surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).
1.9 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
1.10 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.11 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Redwood County and is described as:
1.12 	(1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 
1.13 	112, Range 34, Redwood County, Minnesota lying North of the following described line: 
1.14 	Commencing at the northwest corner of said Section 8; thence on an assumed bearing of 
1.15 	South 00 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East along the west line of said Section 8, a distance 
1.16 	of 696.45 feet to the centerline of C.S.A.H. No. 2 as shown on REDWOOD COUNTY 
1.17 	RIGHT OF WAY PLAT NO. 3 C.S.A.H. NUMBER 2 as of public record, Redwood County, 
1.18 	Minnesota, said point being the point of beginning of the following described line; thence 
1.19 	on a bearing of South 62 degrees 28 minutes 55 seconds East along last said centerline, 
1.20 	25.95 feet; thence southeasterly 571.04 feet along last said centerline, along a tangent curve 
1.21 	concave to the northeast, having a radius of 1,432.4 feet and a central angle of 22 degrees 
1.22 	50 minutes 30 seconds; thence on a bearing of South 00 degrees 0 minutes 00 seconds East, 
2.1 	not tangent to last said curve, 123.98 feet; thence on a bearing of North 89 degrees 54 
2.2 	minutes 50 seconds East, 729.36 feet to the east line of said Northwest Quarter of the 
2.3 	Northwest Quarter and said line there terminating. Subject to easements of record. Subject 
2.4 	to the rights of the public in C.S.A.H. No. 2;
2.5 	(2) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 
2.6 	112, Range 34, Redwood County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the 
2.7 	northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence on an assumed 
2.8 	bearing of South 00 degrees 20 minutes 07 seconds East along the east line of said Northeast 
2.9 	Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 569.40 feet to the point of beginning of the 
2.10 	tract herein described; thence on a bearing of South 79 degrees 56 minutes 34 seconds West, 
2.11 	170.15 feet; thence on a bearing of South 26 degrees 08 minutes 59 seconds West, 640.67 
2.12 	feet to the centerline of C.S.A.H. NO. 2 as shown on REDWOOD COUNTY RIGHT OF 
2.13 	WAY PLAT NO. 3 C.S.A.H. NUMBER 2 as of public record, Redwood County, Minnesota; 
2.14 	thence southeasterly 381.28 feet, along last said centerline, along a nontangent curve, concave 
2.15 	to the southeast, having a radius of 4,540.70 feet, a central angle of 4 degrees 48 minutes 
2.16 	40 seconds and a chord bearing and distance of South 67 degrees 09 minutes 13 seconds 
2.17 	East, 381.16 feet to the south line of said Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence 
2.18 	on a bearing of North 89 degrees 54 minutes 50 seconds East along last said line, 103.04 
2.19 	feet to the southeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; thence on 
2.20 	a bearing of North 00 degrees 20 minutes 07 seconds West along the east line of said 
2.21 	Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, a distance of 752.66 feet to the point of 
2.22 	beginning. Subject to easements of record. Subject to the rights of the public in C.S.A.H. 
2.23 	No. 2; and
2.24 	(3) Government Lots 2 and 3 and the North eight acres of the Southeast Quarter of the 
2.25 	Northeast Quarter of Section 8 and the North 6.76 acres of Government Lot 7 in Section 9, 
2.26 	all being in Township 112 North, Range 34 West, Redwood County, Minnesota. Subject 
2.27 	to easements of record.
2.28 	(d) The Minnesota Historical Society has determined that the state's land management 
2.29 	interests and interpretive program interests would best be served if portions of the Lower 
2.30 	Sioux Agency Historic Site were conveyed to the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the 
2.31 	state of Minnesota.

2.32 	Sec. 2. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; REDWOOD COUNTY.
 2.33 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.695, 94.09, and 94.10, or any 
2.34 	other law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural resources may convey to the Lower 
3.1 	Sioux Indian Community in the state of Minnesota, for no consideration, the surplus land 
3.2 	that is described in paragraph (c).
3.3 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
3.4 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
3.5 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Redwood County and is described as:
3.6 	(1) Government Lot 2, Section 4, Township 112 North, Range 34 West; and
3.7 	(2) Government Lot 6, Section 9, Township 112 North, Range 34 West, excepting 
3.8 	therefrom: Commencing at the southwest corner of United States Government Lot 6 in said 
3.9 	Section 9, running thence North on division line, between Lots 6 and 7 1,482.5 feet; thence 
3.10 	East and parallel with the south line of said Lot 6 about 872 feet to the Minnesota River; 
3.11 	thence down the Minnesota River to a point due North of the southeast corner of said Lot 
3.12 	6; thence South 500 feet to the southeast corner of said Lot 6; thence West along the south 
3.13 	line of said Lot 6 to the place of beginning, said exception containing 40 acres, more or 
3.14 	less, and being a part of said Lot 6.
3.15 	(d) The commissioner has determined that the state's land management interests would 
3.16 	best be served if the land was conveyed to the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the state 
3.17 	of Minnesota.