1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing public sale of certain tax-forfeited land that 
1.3 	borders public water.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
1.6 	WATER; KOOCHICHING COUNTY.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
1.8 	Koochiching County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described 
1.9 	in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
1.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
1.11 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.12 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Koochiching County and is described as:
1.13 	Beginning at the southeast corner of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
1.14 	Section 3, Township 154 North, Range 25 West; thence about ten rods to the bank of 
1.15 	Billy Creek; thence, in a northeasterly direction along Billy Creek to a point where 
1.16 	Billy Creek intersects the east line of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
1.17 	Section 3, Township 154 North, Range 25 West; thence South 35 rods to the point of 
1.18 	beginning (approximately 2.5 acres). Also known as part of the Southeast Quarter of the 
1.19 	Southwest Quarter lying east of Billy Creek, Section 3, Township 154 North, Range 25 
1.20 	West (approximately 2.5 acres).
1.21 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
1.22 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.