HF 810

1st Engrossment - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state lands; providing for certain state 
  1.3             land acquisition; modifying the Mississippi whitewater 
  1.4             trail; modifying provisions of the outdoor recreation 
  1.5             system; establishing a mineral coordinating committee; 
  1.6             adding to and deleting from state parks, state 
  1.7             recreation areas, state forests, and wildlife 
  1.8             management areas; authorizing public and private sales 
  1.9             and conveyances of certain state lands; requiring 
  1.10            certain land exchanges; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.11            2002, sections 85.013, subdivision 1; 85.0156, 
  1.12            subdivision 1; 86A.04; proposing coding for new law in 
  1.13            Minnesota Statutes, chapter 93. 
  1.14  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.15     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 85.013, 
  1.16  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.17     Subdivision 1.  [NAMES, ACQUISITION; ADMINISTRATION.] State 
  1.18  parks, (a) Designated monuments, recreation reserves, and 
  1.19  waysides heretofore established and hereby confirmed as state 
  1.20  monuments, state recreation areas and state waysides together 
  1.21  with the counties in which they are situated are listed in this 
  1.22  section and shall hereafter be named as indicated in this 
  1.23  section.  
  1.24     (b) Any land that now is or hereafter becomes tax-forfeited 
  1.25  land and is located within the described boundaries of a state 
  1.26  recreation area as defined by session laws is hereby withdrawn 
  1.27  from sale and is transferred from the custody, control, and 
  1.28  supervision of the county board of the county to the 
  1.29  commissioner of natural resources, free from any trust in favor 
  2.1   of the interested taxing districts.  The commissioner shall 
  2.2   execute a certificate of acceptance of the lands on behalf of 
  2.3   the state for such purposes and transmit the same to the county 
  2.4   auditor of the county for record as provided by law in the case 
  2.5   of tax-forfeited land transferred to the commissioner by 
  2.6   resolution of the county board for conservation purposes. 
  2.7      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 85.0156, 
  2.8   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.9      Subdivision 1.  [CREATION.] An urban whitewater trail is 
  2.10  created along the Mississippi river in the lower St. Anthony 
  2.11  falls area below the stone arch bridge in Minneapolis.  The 
  2.12  trail must be primarily developed for whitewater rafters, 
  2.13  canoers, and kayakers. 
  2.14     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 86A.04, is 
  2.15  amended to read: 
  2.16     86A.04 [COMPOSITION OF SYSTEM.] 
  2.17     The outdoor recreation system shall consist of all state 
  2.18  parks; state recreation areas; state trails established pursuant 
  2.19  to sections 84.029, subdivision 2, and 85.015, 85.0155, and 
  2.20  85.0156; state scientific and natural areas; state wilderness 
  2.21  areas; state forests; state wildlife management areas; state 
  2.22  water access sites, which include all lands and facilities 
  2.23  established by the commissioner of natural resources or the 
  2.24  commissioner of transportation to provide public access to 
  2.25  water; state wild, scenic, and recreational rivers; state 
  2.26  historic sites; state rest areas, which include all facilities 
  2.27  established by the commissioner of transportation for the 
  2.28  safety, rest, comfort and use of the highway traveler, and shall 
  2.29  include all existing facilities designated as rest areas and 
  2.30  waysides by the commissioner of transportation; and any other 
  2.31  units not listed in this section that are classified under 
  2.32  section 86A.05.  Each individual state park, state recreation 
  2.33  area, and so forth is called a "unit." 
  2.34     Sec. 4.  [93.0015] [MINERAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE.] 
  2.35     Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHMENT; MEMBERSHIP.] The mineral 
  2.36  coordinating committee is established to plan for diversified 
  3.1   mineral development.  The mineral coordinating committee 
  3.2   consists of: 
  3.3      (1) the commissioner of natural resources; 
  3.4      (2) the deputy commissioner of the Minnesota pollution 
  3.5   control agency; 
  3.6      (3) the director of United Steelworkers of America, 
  3.7   district 11, or the director's designee; 
  3.8      (4) the commissioner of iron range resources and 
  3.9   rehabilitation; 
  3.10     (5) the director of the Minnesota geological survey; 
  3.11     (6) the dean of the University of Minnesota institute of 
  3.12  technology; 
  3.13     (7) the director of the natural resources research 
  3.14  institute; and 
  3.15     (8) three individuals appointed by the governor for a 
  3.16  four-year term, one each representing the iron ore and taconite, 
  3.17  nonferrous metallic minerals, and industrial minerals industries 
  3.18  within the state. 
  3.19     Subd. 2.  [STAFFING.] The commissioner of natural resources 
  3.20  shall serve as chair of the committee.  A member of the 
  3.21  committee may designate another person of the member's 
  3.22  organization to act in the member's place.  The commissioner 
  3.23  shall provide staff and administrative services necessary for 
  3.24  the committee's activities. 
  3.25     Subd. 3.  [EXPIRATION.] Notwithstanding section 15.059, 
  3.26  subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the committee 
  3.27  expires June 30, 2007.  
  3.28     Subd. 4.  [ADVICE.] The mineral coordinating committee is 
  3.29  encouraged to solicit and receive advice from representatives of 
  3.30  the United States Geological Survey, United States Environmental 
  3.31  Protection Agency, and United States Department of Energy. 
  3.32     Sec. 5.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.] 
  3.33     Subdivision 1.  [85.012] [Subd. 18.] [FORT SNELLING STATE 
  3.34  PARK, RAMSEY, HENNEPIN, AND DAKOTA COUNTIES.] The following 
  3.35  areas are added to Ft. Snelling state park, Dakota and Hennepin 
  3.36  counties: 
  4.1      (1) the following is in Section 18, Township 27 North, 
  4.2   Range 23 West, Dakota county:  that part of Government Lot 8, 
  4.3   according to the Government Survey thereof, described as 
  4.4   follows:  commencing at the southwest corner of said Government 
  4.5   Lot 8; thence on an assumed bearing of South 88 degrees 21 
  4.6   minutes 46 seconds East, along the south line of said Government 
  4.7   Lot 8, a distance of 1287.93 feet to the actual point of 
  4.8   beginning of the property to be described; thence continuing 
  4.9   South 88 degrees 21 minutes 46 seconds East, along said south 
  4.10  line of Government Lot 8, a distance of 1055.38 feet to the 
  4.11  southwesterly right-of-way line of Cedar Avenue (Nicols Road); 
  4.12  thence northwesterly along said southwesterly right-of-way line 
  4.13  to a point distant 75.00 feet southeasterly, measured along said 
  4.14  southwesterly right-of-way line, from its intersection with the 
  4.15  southeasterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, St. Paul, 
  4.16  Minneapolis, and Omaha Railroad; thence South 48 degrees 15 
  4.17  minutes 09 seconds West, parallel with said southeasterly 
  4.18  right-of-way line, a distance of 150.00 feet; thence North 29 
  4.19  degrees 28 minutes 09 seconds West, parallel with said 
  4.20  southwesterly right-of-way line, a distance of 75.00 feet to the 
  4.21  southeasterly right-of-way line of said railroad; thence 
  4.22  southwesterly along said southeasterly right-of-way line to its 
  4.23  intersection with a line bearing North 32 degrees 45 minutes 39 
  4.24  seconds West from the point of beginning; thence South 32 
  4.25  degrees 45 minutes 39 seconds East a distance of 323.53 feet to 
  4.26  the point of beginning; EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part described 
  4.27  as follows:  beginning at the intersection of the south line of 
  4.28  said Government Lot 8 and the southwesterly right-of-way line of 
  4.29  Cedar Avenue (Nicols Road); thence northwesterly along said 
  4.30  southwesterly right-of-way line a distance of 285.00 feet; 
  4.31  thence South 57 degrees 40 minutes 36 seconds West a distance of 
  4.32  446.50 feet to a point on the south line of said Government Lot 
  4.33  8, distant 508.50 feet West of the point of beginning; thence 
  4.34  South 88 degrees 21 minutes 46 seconds East, along the south 
  4.35  line of said Government Lot 8, a distance 508.50 feet to the 
  4.36  point of beginning; 
  5.1      (2) that part of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter 
  5.2   North of Little Creek, Section 6, Township 27 North, Range 23 
  5.3   West, described as follows:  Beginning at the northeast corner 
  5.4   of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence South along 
  5.5   the east line of said Section 6, a distance of 2115.8 feet to 
  5.6   center of Little Creek so-called; thence with a bearing of North 
  5.7   74 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West from last mentioned 
  5.8   course, a distance of 750 feet along said center of creek; 
  5.9   thence North 38 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 
  5.10  170 feet along the center of said creek; thence North 14 degrees 
  5.11  44 minutes 00 seconds West, a distance of 250 feet along said 
  5.12  center line of creek; thence southwesterly along said center 
  5.13  line of creek a distance of 505 feet to a point on the west line 
  5.14  of the East Half of said Northeast Quarter of Section 6, said 
  5.15  point being 1790.6 feet South of the north line of said 
  5.16  Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North along the west line 
  5.17  of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6, a 
  5.18  distance of 1790.6 feet to the north line of said Northeast 
  5.19  Quarter; thence East 1320 feet to the point of beginning, the 
  5.20  title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of 
  5.21  Title No. 590582; which lies southerly of Line 1 described as 
  5.22  follows:  From the northeast corner of Section 6, Township 27 
  5.23  North, Range 23 West, run southerly on the east line of said 
  5.24  Section 6, on an azimuth of 179 degrees 57 minutes 16 seconds 
  5.25  for 50.13 feet to the point of beginning of Line 1 to be 
  5.26  described; thence on an azimuth of 235 degrees 01 minutes 06 
  5.27  seconds for 94.31 feet; thence on an azimuth of 224 degrees 33 
  5.28  minutes 00 seconds for 196.82 feet; thence on an azimuth of 230 
  5.29  degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds for 403.57 feet; thence on an 
  5.30  azimuth of 233 degrees 15 minutes 41 seconds for 276.59 feet; 
  5.31  thence on an azimuth of 237 degrees 46 minutes 24 seconds for 
  5.32  338.06 feet; thence on an azimuth of 247 degrees 21 minutes 24 
  5.33  seconds for 314.42 feet more or less to the west line of the 
  5.34  East Half of said Section 6, and there terminating.  Subject to 
  5.35  the following restrictions:  no access shall be permitted to 
  5.36  Trunk Highway 393, renumbered 494, from the lands herein 
  6.1   described and conveyed; and 
  6.2      (3) that part of Section 20, Township 28 North, Range 23 
  6.3   West, of the fourth principal meridian, Hennepin county, 
  6.4   Minnesota, as shown on an October 28, 1997, survey done by 
  6.5   William H. Herbst for Group No. 179 titled "TOWNSHIP 28 NORTH, 
  6.6   RANGE 23 WEST, OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MINNESOTA.  
  6.7   DEPENDENT RESURVEY AND SURVEY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, TWIN CITIES 
  6.8   RESEARCH CENTER, WITHIN THE FORT SNELLING MILITARY RESERVATION," 
  6.9   described as follows:  Commencing at Station H.H., said station 
  6.10  being a 1-inch-diameter steel rod firmly imbedded in concrete 
  6.11  (to get to Station H.H:  Commence at the southwest corner of 
  6.12  Section 17, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, said corner being 
  6.13  MCM 107 of the city of Minneapolis and state of Minnesota 
  6.14  coordinate grid systems; thence South 39 degrees 54 minutes 57 
  6.15  seconds East, a distance of 4,015.45 feet to monument number 2 
  6.16  located on a western extension of the south line of the U.S. 
  6.17  Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines reservation 
  6.18  heretofore established; thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 00 
  6.19  seconds East for a distance of 1,192 feet, more or less, along 
  6.20  the south boundary and fence line of the Bureau of Mines to 
  6.21  Station H.H.); thence on an assumed bearing of North 89 degrees 
  6.22  55.3 minutes West, a distance of 234.85 feet, along the south 
  6.23  line of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines 
  6.24  reservation to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence North 34 degrees 
  6.25  20.5 minutes West, a distance of 187.42 feet; thence North 23 
  6.26  degrees 39.6 minutes West, a distance of 80.18 feet; thence 
  6.27  North 19 degrees 26.3 minutes West, a distance of 75.69 feet; 
  6.28  thence North 16 degrees 31.6 minutes West, a distance of 70.66 
  6.29  feet; thence North 13 degrees 22.0 minutes West, a distance of 
  6.30  70.02 feet; thence North 10 degrees 30.0 minutes West, a 
  6.31  distance of 80.78 feet; thence North 08 degrees 56.6 minutes 
  6.32  West, a distance of 73.92 feet; thence North 07 degrees 52.2 
  6.33  minutes West, a distance of 1,189.90 feet to a point on the 
  6.34  north line of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
  6.35  Mines reservation (said point lying South 89 degrees 54.6 
  6.36  minutes West, a distance of 18.0 feet from Station A.A.); thence 
  7.1   South 89 degrees 54.6 minutes West, a distance of 740.84 feet 
  7.2   along said north line; thence South 14 degrees 43.1 minutes 
  7.3   East, a distance of 846.53 feet; thence South 13 degrees 29.7 
  7.4   minutes East, a distance of 57.42 feet; thence South 12 degrees 
  7.5   47.1 minutes East, a distance of 424.03 feet; thence South 25 
  7.6   degrees 57.4 minutes East, a distance of 283.01 feet; thence 
  7.7   South 38 degrees 45.3 minutes East, a distance of 303.20 feet to 
  7.8   the south line of said reservation; thence South 89 degrees 55.3 
  7.9   minutes East, a distance of 478.70 feet to the point of 
  7.10  beginning. 
  7.11     Subd. 2.  [85.012] [Subd. 33.] [LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK, 
  7.12  BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following area is added to Lake Bemidji 
  7.13  state park, all in Township 146 North, Range 33 West, Beltrami 
  7.14  county: 
  7.15     That part of Lot 1, Block 3 of LINDS ADDITION TO BEMIDJI, 
  7.16  according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in 
  7.17  the Beltrami county recorder's office, in Section 2, described 
  7.18  as follows:  commencing at the southeast corner of said Lot 1, 
  7.19  Block 3; thence westerly along the south line of said Lot 1, 
  7.20  Block 3 to a point being 25 feet easterly of, measured at right 
  7.21  angles to, the centerline of an existing trail and the point of 
  7.22  beginning of the land to be described; thence northwesterly 
  7.23  parallel with and 25 feet easterly of measured at right angles 
  7.24  to, the centerline of the existing trail to a point being 25 
  7.25  feet northerly of, measured at right angles to, the south line 
  7.26  of said Lot 1, Block 3; thence westerly, parallel with and 25 
  7.27  feet northerly of the south line of said Lot 1, Block 3, to a 
  7.28  point being 25 feet westerly of, measured at right angles to, 
  7.29  the centerline of the existing trail; thence southerly, 
  7.30  perpendicular to the south line of said Lot 1, Block 3, to the 
  7.31  said south line of Lot 1, Block 3; thence easterly along the 
  7.32  south line of said Lot 1, Block 3, to the point of beginning. 
  7.33     Subd. 3.  [85.012] [Subd. 55a.] [TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK, 
  7.34  LAKE COUNTY.] The following areas are added to Tettegouche state 
  7.35  park, Lake county:  the Northeast Quarter of Section 16, 
  7.36  Township 56 North, Range 7 West. 
  8.1      Sec. 6.  [DELETION FROM TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK.] 
  8.2      [85.012] [Subd. 55a.] [TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK, LAKE 
  8.3   COUNTY.] The following area is deleted from Tettegouche state 
  8.4   park, Lake county:  the Southwest Quarter of Section 16, 
  8.5   Township 56 North, Range 7 West. 
  8.6      Sec. 7.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE RECREATION AREAS.] 
  8.7      Subdivision 1.  [85.013] [Subd. 2c.] [BIG BOG STATE 
  8.8   RECREATION AREA, BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following area is added 
  8.9   to Big Bog state recreation area, Beltrami county:  that part of 
  8.10  Government Lot 6 lying east of Minnesota state trunk highway 72, 
  8.11  Section 5, Township 154, Range 30. 
  8.12     Subd. 2.  [85.013] [Subd. 12a.] [IRON RANGE OFF-HIGHWAY 
  8.13  VEHICLE RECREATION AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] The following areas 
  8.14  are added to Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle recreation area, St. 
  8.15  Louis county: 
  8.16     (1) the NW1/4, lying north of the Mesabi Trail, in Section 
  8.17  23, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, containing approximately 
  8.18  80 acres; and 
  8.19     (2) the N1/2 of the NW1/4, SW1/4 of the NW1/4, and the 
  8.20  NW1/4 of the SW1/4 all in Section 3, Township 58 North, Range 17 
  8.21  West, containing approximately 160 acres. 
  8.22     Sec. 8.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE FORESTS.] 
  8.23     Subdivision 1.  [89.021] [Subd. 38.] [PAUL BUNYAN STATE 
  8.24  FOREST.] The following area is added to Paul Bunyan state 
  8.25  forest: S1/2SE1/4 of Section 25, Township 143 North, Range 34 
  8.26  West; Lot 10 of Section 15, Township 141 North, Range 33 West; 
  8.27  Government Lot 4 and the SW1/4NW1/4 of Section 22, Township 141 
  8.28  North, Range 33 West; and the NW1/4SW1/4 of Section 9; the 
  8.29  N1/2NE1/4; W1/2NW1/4 and the SE1/4NW1/4 of Section 16, Township 
  8.30  141 North, Range 32 West. 
  8.31     Subd. 2.  [89.021] [Subd. 46.] [SAVANNA STATE FOREST.] The 
  8.32  following area is added to Savanna state forest:  SW1/4-SW1/4 of 
  8.33  Section 32, Township 48 North, Range 23 West. 
  8.34     Subd. 3.  [89.021] [Subd. 51a.] [WAUKENABO STATE 
  8.35  FOREST.] The following areas are added to Waukenabo state forest:
  8.36     (1) Lot 1 of Section 4, Township 47 North, Range 26 West; 
  9.1      (2) Lot 2 and NE1/4-SW1/4 of Section 1 and Lot 8 of Section 
  9.2   2, all in Township 48 North, Range 26 West; and 
  9.3      (3) NE1/4-NW1/4 and SW1/4-NW1/4 of Section 11, Township 48 
  9.4   North, Range 27 West. 
  9.5      Sec. 9.  [DELETIONS FROM STATE FORESTS.] 
  9.6      Subdivision 1.  [89.021] [Subd. 19.] [FOOT HILLS STATE 
  9.7   FOREST.] The following areas are deleted from Foot Hills state 
  9.8   forest, Cass county: 
  9.9      (1) that part of Government Lot 4 lying west of County Road 
  9.10  No. 6, Section 8, Township 140 North, Range 31 West; 
  9.11     (2) that part of the SW1/4-NW1/4 lying northwest of County 
  9.12  Road No. 6, Section 15, Township 140 North, Range 31 West; and 
  9.13     (3) that part of the NE1/4-SW1/4 lying north of County Road 
  9.14  No. 6, Section 16, Township 140 North, Range 31 West. 
  9.15     Subd. 2.  [89.021] [Subd. 27.] [KABETOGAMA STATE 
  9.16  FOREST.] The following areas are deleted from Kabetogama state 
  9.17  forest, St. Louis county: 
  9.18     (1) that portion of Government Lot 5, Section 1, Township 
  9.19  67 North, Range 17 West, sold pursuant to section 21 of this 
  9.20  act; and 
  9.21     (2) Outlot B, Plat of Sunset Forest, located in Section 22, 
  9.22  Township 69 North, Range 21 West. 
  9.23     Subd. 3.  [89.021] [Subd. 34.] [MISSISSIPPI HEADWATERS 
  9.24  STATE FOREST.] The following areas are deleted from Mississippi 
  9.25  Headwaters state forest, Beltrami county: 
  9.26     (1) SE1/4-NE1/4, Section 32, Township 147 North, Range 34 
  9.27  West; and 
  9.28     (2) SW1/4-NW1/4, Section 33, Township 147 North, Range 34 
  9.29  West. 
  9.30     Sec. 10.  [DELETIONS FROM RED LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 
  9.31  AREA.] 
  9.32     [97A.133] [Subd. 44.] [RED LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA; 
  9.33  BELTRAMI COUNTY] The following areas are deleted from Red Lake 
  9.34  wildlife management area: 
  9.35     (1) all of Sections 1 and 2; Lot 1, Lot 2, the S1/2 of the 
  9.36  NE1/4, and the SE1/4 of Section 3; the E1/2, the SE1/4 of the 
 10.1   NW1/4, the NE1/4 of the SW1/4, and the S1/2 of the SW1/4 of 
 10.2   Section 10; all of Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15; all in 
 10.3   Township 155 North, Range 31 West; and 
 10.4      (2) all of Sections 25, 26, and 27; the E1/2, the NW1/4, 
 10.5   and the N1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 34; the N1/2 and the SW1/4 
 10.6   of Section 35; the N1/2, the E1/2 of the SW1/4; the SW1/4 of the 
 10.7   SW1/4, the W1/2 of the SE1/4 and the SE1/4 of the SE1/4 of 
 10.8   Section 36; all in Township 156 North, Range 31 West. 
 10.9      Sec. 11.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 10.10  PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.] 
 10.11     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 10.12  282.018, subdivision 1, Aitkin county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 10.13  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 10.14  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 10.15  282. 
 10.16     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 10.17  attorney general.  
 10.18     (c) The land to be sold is located in Aitkin county and is 
 10.19  described as: 
 10.20     Six acres in Government Lot 3 as in Document #198469 less 
 10.21  2.69 acres plat Section 24, Township 52, Range 26, more 
 10.22  accurately described as:  That part of Government Lot 3, Section 
 10.23  24, Township 52 North, Range 26 West, Aitkin County, Minnesota, 
 10.24  described as follows:  Commencing at the southwest corner of 
 10.25  Government Lot 3, Section 24, thence North, assumed bearing, 
 10.26  along the west line of Government Lot 3 a distance of 819.59 
 10.27  feet; thence South 89 degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds East a 
 10.28  distance of 244.00 feet to the point of beginning of parcel to 
 10.29  be described; thence continuing South 89 degrees 50 minutes 32 
 10.30  seconds East a distance of 893 feet, more or less, to the mean 
 10.31  high water mark of Hill Lake; thence southeasterly along the 
 10.32  meandered shoreline of Hill Lake a distance of 416 feet, more or 
 10.33  less, to a point at the intersection of the mean high water line 
 10.34  of Hill Lake and line "A" as hereinafter described; thence South 
 10.35  69 degrees 27 minutes 14 seconds West a distance of 188 feet, 
 10.36  more or less; thence North 41 degrees 52 minutes 10 seconds West 
 11.1   a distance of 245.95 feet; thence North 76 degrees 23 minutes 39 
 11.2   seconds West a distance of 653.09 feet; thence due North a 
 11.3   distance of 139.56 feet to the point of beginning containing six 
 11.4   acres.  Line "A" is hereby described by commencing at the 
 11.5   previous point of beginning; thence due South a distance of 
 11.6   139.56 feet; thence South 76 degrees 23 minutes 39 seconds East 
 11.7   a distance of 653.09 feet; thence South 41 degrees 52 minutes 10 
 11.8   seconds East a distance of 245.95 feet to the beginning of line 
 11.9   "A"; thence North 69 degrees 27 minutes 14 seconds East a 
 11.10  distance of 188 feet, more or less, along line "A" to the mean 
 11.11  high water line of Hill Lake, which is also the end of line 
 11.12  "A."  Which lies easterly of the following described line:  
 11.13  Commencing at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 3; 
 11.14  thence on an assumed bearing of North along the west line of 
 11.15  said Government Lot 3, a distance of 819.59 feet; thence South 
 11.16  89 degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance of 818.97 feet 
 11.17  to the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence 
 11.18  South 0 degrees 09 minutes 28 seconds West, a distance of 154.06 
 11.19  feet; thence South 18 degrees 42 minutes 02 seconds West, a 
 11.20  distance of 120 feet more or less to the southerly line of the 
 11.21  above described tract and there terminating. 
 11.22     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 11.23  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 11.24  returned to private ownership. 
 11.25     Sec. 12.  [PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BELTRAMI 
 11.26  COUNTY.] 
 11.27     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.10, the 
 11.28  commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale for 
 11.29  less than the appraised value the surplus land that is described 
 11.30  in paragraph (c). 
 11.31     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 11.32  attorney general. 
 11.33     (c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami county and 
 11.34  is described as:  Lots 6 through 12, Block 11, First Addition to 
 11.35  Blackduck. 
 11.36     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 12.1   longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 12.2   state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 12.3   land was sold. 
 12.4      Sec. 13.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 12.5   PUBLIC WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.] 
 12.6      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 12.7   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 12.8   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Crow Wing county may sell by 
 12.9   private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 12.10  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 12.11  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 12.12     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 12.13  attorney general for a consideration of the appraised value. 
 12.14     (c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing county and 
 12.15  is described as:  
 12.16  All of the following: 
 12.17     That part of Railroad Lot 7, located in the Northwest 
 12.18     Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 43 
 12.19     North, Range 32 West, shown as Parcel 212A on Minnesota 
 12.20     department of transportation right-of-way plat numbered 
 12.21     18-79 as the same is on file and of record in the office of 
 12.22     the county recorder in and for Crow Wing county, Minnesota; 
 12.23  containing 0.770 hectare (1.90 acres), more or less; together 
 12.24  with other rights as set forth below, forming and being part of 
 12.25  said Parcel 212A: 
 12.26  Access:  
 12.27     All right of access as shown on said plat by the access 
 12.28     control symbol. 
 12.29  Temporary Easement: 
 12.30     A temporary easement for highway purposes as shown on said 
 12.31     plat as to said Parcel 212A by the temporary easement 
 12.32     symbol; said easement shall cease on December 1, 2008, or 
 12.33     on such earlier date upon which the commissioner of 
 12.34     transportation determines by formal order that it is no 
 12.35     longer needed for highway purposes. 
 12.36     Sec. 14.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 13.1   PUBLIC WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.] 
 13.2      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 13.3   282.018, subdivision 1, Crow Wing county may sell the 
 13.4   tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 13.5   paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 13.6   Statutes, chapter 282. 
 13.7      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 13.8   attorney general.  
 13.9      (c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing county and 
 13.10  is described as:  Undivided 303/720 interest in the Northeast 
 13.11  Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 36, Township 44 
 13.12  North, Range 32 West. 
 13.13     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 13.14  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 13.15  returned to private ownership. 
 13.16     Sec. 15.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA 
 13.17  COUNTY.] 
 13.18     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 13.19  Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Itasca 
 13.20  county may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described 
 13.21  in paragraph (c) to an adjoining landowner. 
 13.22     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 13.23  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 13.24  value of the land. 
 13.25     (c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca county and is 
 13.26  described as: 
 13.27     (1) that part of Outlot B, the north one-half of the 
 13.28  vacated roadway south of Outlot B of the Plat of GREEN-ROCK on 
 13.29  file at the Itasca county recorder's office, and Government Lot 
 13.30  3, Section 24, Township 60 North, Range 22 West of the Fourth 
 13.31  Principal Meridian described as follows: 
 13.32     Commencing at the northwest corner of said Outlot B; thence 
 13.33  South 88 degrees 30 minutes 57 seconds West, bearing assigned, 
 13.34  along the extended north line of said Outlot B, 14.64 feet; 
 13.35  thence North 06 degrees 25 minutes 20 seconds West 175.49 feet; 
 13.36  thence South 87 degrees 58 minutes 29 seconds East 377.61 feet 
 14.1   to the point of beginning of the tract to be described; thence 
 14.2   South 89 degrees 27 minutes 27 seconds East 269.45 feet; thence 
 14.3   South 02 degrees 43 minutes 38 seconds East 142.22 feet more or 
 14.4   less to the south line of said Government Lot 3 and the east 
 14.5   corner of said Outlot B; thence South 80 degrees 20 minutes 57 
 14.6   seconds West along the south line of Outlot B 85.55 feet more or 
 14.7   less to the intersection of the south line of Outlot B and the 
 14.8   west line of Scott Avenue projected north; thence South 09 
 14.9   degrees 39 minutes 03 seconds East along the west line of said 
 14.10  projected Scott Avenue 16.50 feet to the south line of the north 
 14.11  half of the vacated roadway lying south of Outlot B; thence 
 14.12  South 80 degrees 20 minutes 57 seconds West along said south 
 14.13  line of north half of vacated roadway 187.10 feet more or less 
 14.14  to intersect a line bearing South 02 degrees 43 minutes 38 
 14.15  seconds East from the point of beginning; thence North 02 
 14.16  degrees 43 minutes 38 seconds West 206.87 feet more or less to 
 14.17  the point of beginning.  Tract contains 1.1 acres more or less; 
 14.18     (2) that part of SE-NW, Section 24, Township 60 North, 
 14.19  Range 22 West, lying south and east of County Road 531; 
 14.20     (3) the South 295.16 feet of the West 295.16 feet of SE-SW 
 14.21  of Section 10, Township 60 North, Range 25 West; 
 14.22     (4) the North 100 feet of the South 768 feet of SW-NW, 
 14.23  Section 33, Township 62 North, Range 24 West, lying East of 
 14.24  State Highway No. 1 LESS AND EXCEPT the East 245 feet thereof; 
 14.25  and 
 14.26     (5) that part of Lot 3 lying East of a line drawn parallel 
 14.27  to and 66 feet West of the E 1/16th line of Section 20, Township 
 14.28  150 North, Range 28 West. 
 14.29     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 14.30  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 14.31  returned to private ownership. 
 14.32     Sec. 16.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; KOOCHICHING 
 14.33  COUNTY.] 
 14.34     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 14.35  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 14.36  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Koochiching county may sell by 
 15.1   private sale to the Bois Forte band of Chippewa Indians the 
 15.2   tax-forfeited land, some of which borders public water, that is 
 15.3   described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 15.4   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 15.5      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 15.6   attorney general at a price agreed to by the Koochiching county 
 15.7   board and the Bois Forte tribal council. 
 15.8      (c) The land to be sold is located within the Nett Lake 
 15.9   Reservation in Koochiching county and is described as fractional 
 15.10  interests in: 
 15.11     (1) W1/2SW1/4, Section 2, Township 64 North, Range 22 West; 
 15.12     (2) E1/2NE1/4, Section 13, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 15.13  West; 
 15.14     (3) E1/2SE1/4, Section 7, Township 64 North, Range 23 West; 
 15.15     (4) NE1/4SW1/4 and NW1/4SE1/4, Section 18, Township 64 
 15.16  North, Range 23 West; 
 15.17     (5) N1/2SE1/4, Section 11, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 15.18  West; 
 15.19     (6) W1/2SE1/4, Section 28, Township 66 North, Range 23 
 15.20  West; 
 15.21     (7) W1/2NE1/4, Section 3, Township 65 North, Range 22 West; 
 15.22     (8) Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 3, Township 65 North, 
 15.23  Range 22 West; 
 15.24     (9) S1/2SW1/4, Section 3, Township 65 North, Range 22 West; 
 15.25     (10) S1/2SE1/4, Section 22, Township 64 North, Range 22 
 15.26  West; 
 15.27     (11) Lots 2 and 3, Section 19, Township 64 North, Range 22 
 15.28  West; 
 15.29     (12) Lot 2, Section 30, Township 64 North, Range 23 West; 
 15.30     (13) Lot 3, Section 30, Township 64 North, Range 23 West; 
 15.31     (14) W1/2NE1/4, Section 34, Township 66 North, Range 23 
 15.32  West; 
 15.33     (15) E1/2SW1/4, Section 28, Township 66 North, Range 22 
 15.34  West; 
 15.35     (16) SE1/4NE1/4 and NE1/4SE1/4, Section 25, Township 65 
 15.36  North, Range 23 West; 
 16.1      (17) N1/2NE1/4, Section 7, Township 64 North, Range 22 
 16.2   West; 
 16.3      (18) S1/2NE1/4, Section 4, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 16.4   West; 
 16.5      (19) SE1/4NW1/4 and NE1/4SW1/4, Section 4, Township 65 
 16.6   North, Range 23 West; 
 16.7      (20) S1/2NE1/4, Section 10, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 16.8   West; 
 16.9      (21) W1/2SW1/4, Section 12, Township 65 North, Range 23 
 16.10  West; 
 16.11     (22) SW1/4NW1/4 and NW1/4SW1/4, Section 11, Township 65 
 16.12  North, Range 23 West; 
 16.13     (23) SW1/4NE1/4 and Government Lot 2, Section 6, Township 
 16.14  64 North, Range 22 West; 
 16.15     (24) Lots 3 and 4, Section 4, Township 65 North, Township 
 16.16  23 West; 
 16.17     (25) S1/2SE1/4, Section 33, Township 66 North, Range 23 
 16.18  West; 
 16.19     (26) N1/2NE1/4, Section 20, Township 64 North, Range 23 
 16.20  West; and 
 16.21     (27) Lot 13 and NW1/4SE1/4, Section 6, Township 64 North, 
 16.22  Range 23 West. 
 16.23     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 16.24  management interests would best be served if the fractional 
 16.25  interests in the lands were consolidated and the lands were 
 16.26  returned to private ownership. 
 16.27     Sec. 17.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; LAKE 
 16.28  COUNTY.] 
 16.29     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 16.30  Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Lake county 
 16.31  may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described in 
 16.32  paragraph (c). 
 16.33     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 16.34  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 16.35  value of the land. 
 16.36     (c) The land to be sold is located in Lake county and is 
 17.1   described as:  the North 600 feet of the Westerly 150 feet of 
 17.2   the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 24, Township 55 North, Range 9 
 17.3   West. 
 17.4      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 17.5   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 17.6   returned to private ownership. 
 17.7      Sec. 18.  [CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING 
 17.8   PUBLIC WATER; LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.] 
 17.9      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 17.10  94.09 to 94.16, or other law to the contrary, the commissioner 
 17.11  of transportation may convey to the city of Baudette for no 
 17.12  consideration the surplus land bordering public water that is 
 17.13  described in paragraph (c). 
 17.14     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 17.15  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
 17.16  if the city of Baudette stops using the land for the public 
 17.17  purpose described in paragraph (d). 
 17.18     (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Lake of the Woods 
 17.19  county, consists of approximately 6.04 acres, and is described 
 17.20  as:  tract in Government Lot 4, Section 35, Township 161, Range 
 17.21  31 (parcel number R60.35.43.02E). 
 17.22     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 17.23  longer needed for any state purpose and that the state's land 
 17.24  management interests would best be served if the land was 
 17.25  conveyed to and used by the city of Baudette as a rest area. 
 17.26     Sec. 19.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 17.27  PUBLIC WATER; NORMAN COUNTY.] 
 17.28     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 17.29  282.018, subdivision 1, Norman county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 17.30  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 17.31  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 17.32  282. 
 17.33     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 17.34  attorney general.  
 17.35     (c) The land to be sold is located in Norman county and is 
 17.36  described as: 
 18.1      Parcel #18-6909000:  a triangular piece or parcel of land 
 18.2   beginning at the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of 
 18.3   the Northwest Quarter (NE 1/4 NW 1/4) of Section Nineteen (19) 
 18.4   Township One Hundred Forty-six (146) North of Range Forty-eight 
 18.5   (48) West of the Fifth Principal Meridian; thence running North 
 18.6   on the quarter line fifty-six and one-half (56 1/2) rods; thence 
 18.7   due West fifty-six and one-half (56 1/2) rods; thence in a 
 18.8   southeasterly direction to the place of beginning, containing 
 18.9   ten (10) acres, more or less. 
 18.10     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 18.11  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 18.12  returned to private ownership. 
 18.13     Sec. 20.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
 18.14  WATERS; SCOTT COUNTY.] 
 18.15     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45; 
 18.16  94.09; 94.10; 97A.135, subdivision 2a; and 103F.535, the 
 18.17  commissioner of natural resources shall sell by private sale the 
 18.18  surplus land bordering public waters that is described in 
 18.19  paragraph (e). 
 18.20     (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
 18.21  attorney general for consideration of no less than the appraised 
 18.22  value of the land. 
 18.23     (c) The deed must contain a restrictive covenant that 
 18.24  prohibits altering, disturbing vegetation in, draining, filling, 
 18.25  or placing any material or structure of any kind on or in the 
 18.26  existing wetland area located on the land; prohibits any 
 18.27  increase in run-off rate or volume from the land or future 
 18.28  buildings into said wetland; and prohibits diverting or 
 18.29  appropriating water from said wetland. 
 18.30     (d) The consideration received for the conveyance shall be 
 18.31  deposited in the state treasury and credited to the wildlife 
 18.32  acquisition account in the game and fish fund.  The money is 
 18.33  appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for 
 18.34  wildlife land acquisition purposes. 
 18.35     (e) The land that may be sold is in the Prior Lake wildlife 
 18.36  management area in Scott county and is described as: 
 19.1      The East 1200 feet of the South 800 feet of the Southwest 
 19.2      Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 
 19.3      115 North, Range 22 West.  Including the abandoned 
 19.4      right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and 
 19.5      Pacific Railroad Company (formerly the Hastings and Dakota 
 19.6      Railway Company).  Containing 22 acres, more or less. 
 19.7      (f) This land no longer fits into the state wildlife 
 19.8   management area system because of hunting limitations, its small 
 19.9   size, and future development planned for the area.  Proceeds 
 19.10  from the sale will be used to purchase lands more suitable for 
 19.11  wildlife management and public use. 
 19.12     Sec. 21.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING 
 19.13  PUBLIC WATERS; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 19.14     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 19.15  94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell 
 19.16  by private sale to adjacent landowners the surplus land 
 19.17  bordering public waters that is described in paragraph (c). 
 19.18     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 19.19  attorney general and the consideration must be equal to the fair 
 19.20  market value of the land plus the cost of appraisal. 
 19.21     (c) The land to be sold is in St. Louis county and is a 
 19.22  parcel of land to be split from Government Lot 5, Section 1, 
 19.23  Township 67 North, Range 17 West.  The exact area to be sold 
 19.24  will be determined by completion of a further site analysis. 
 19.25     (d) The conveyance is necessary for installation of a 
 19.26  community septic system to benefit the adjacent land owners in 
 19.27  Government Lot 6, Section 1, Township 67 North, Range 17 West. 
 19.28     (e) The commissioner has determined that the parcel needed 
 19.29  for the purpose described in paragraph (d) is available for 
 19.30  surplus, will not be necessary for natural resources purposes, 
 19.31  and is best suited for the above-stated purpose. 
 19.32     Sec. 22.  [PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND 
 19.33  BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 19.34     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 19.35  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 19.36  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell by 
 20.1   public or private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
 20.2   water that is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining 
 20.3   provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 20.4      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 20.5   attorney general for a consideration of taxes due on the 
 20.6   property and any penalties, interest, and costs.  The conveyance 
 20.7   must reserve fisheries easements of at least 75 feet on either 
 20.8   side of the stream for the property described in paragraph (c), 
 20.9   clauses (1) and (2), and at least 50 feet of shoreland for the 
 20.10  property described in paragraph (c), clauses (3) and (4). 
 20.11     (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and 
 20.12  is described as: 
 20.13     (1) the West 200 feet of W1/2 of S1/2 of NE1/4 of SE1/4, 
 20.14  Section 9, Township 50, Range 14, consisting of 3.03 acres, 
 20.15  Plat/Parcel Code:  10-2710-2750; 
 20.16     (2) the SW1/4SE1/4, except part southerly of center line of 
 20.17  Sargent Creek, Section 4, Township 48, Range 15, consisting of 
 20.18  20.47 acres, Plat/Parcel Code:  10-2730-540; 
 20.19     (3) Lots 6 and 7, Erickson Beach, Section 27, Township 57, 
 20.20  Range 17, consisting of .46 acre, Plat/Parcel Code:  340-90-60; 
 20.21  and 
 20.22     (4) Lot 8, except easterly 50 feet and the easterly 50 feet 
 20.23  of Lot 8, Erickson Beach, Section 27, Township 57, Range 17, 
 20.24  consisting of .5 acre, Plat/Parcel Codes:  340-90-80, 340-90-85. 
 20.25     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 20.26  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 20.27  returned to private ownership. 
 20.28     Sec. 23.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 20.29  PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 20.30     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 20.31  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 20.32  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell by 
 20.33  private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
 20.34  is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
 20.35  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 20.36     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 21.1   attorney general for a consideration of the appraised value. 
 21.2      (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and 
 21.3   is described as: 
 21.4      (1) Lot 7, Block E, Endion Division (10-1440-70); 
 21.5      (2) Lots 10-13, Block 1, Endion Division (10-1440-180) and 
 21.6   Lot 7, Block 1, except part NW'ly of NE'ly extension of SE'ly 
 21.7   line of Lot 6, Endion Division (10-1440-150); 
 21.8      (3) Lot 9, Block 1, Endion Division (10-1440-170); and 
 21.9      (4) Lots 1-4, Block E, Endion Division (10-1440-10) and 
 21.10  that part of the easterly 33 feet of 24th Avenue East lying 
 21.11  south of Water Street. 
 21.12     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 21.13  management interests would best be served if the lands were sold 
 21.14  to the city of Duluth. 
 21.15     Sec. 24.  [LAND EXCHANGE; LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.] 
 21.16     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342, 
 21.17  subdivision 3, and 94.343, subdivision 3, the commissioner of 
 21.18  natural resources shall, with the approval of the land exchange 
 21.19  board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
 21.20  section 10, and according to the remaining provisions of 
 21.21  Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.348, exchange the 
 21.22  following land bordering on public waters for the land described 
 21.23  in paragraph (b):  the North 859.83 feet of the Southwest 
 21.24  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and the North 859.83 feet of 
 21.25  Government Lot 7, Section 5, Township 167 North, Range 33 West. 
 21.26     (b) The land bordering on public waters to be obtained by 
 21.27  the commissioner in the exchange under paragraph (a) is 
 21.28  described as:  the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
 21.29  Section 5, Township 167 North, Range 33 West. 
 21.30     Sec. 25.  [LAND EXCHANGE; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 21.31     Subdivision 1.  [EXCHANGE REQUIRED.] The commissioner of 
 21.32  natural resources shall exchange, according to Laws 1998, 
 21.33  chapter 389, article 16, section 31, as amended by Laws 1999, 
 21.34  chapter 184, Laws 2000, chapter 488, article 3, section 31, and 
 21.35  Laws 2001, chapter 164, section 5, the following trust fund land 
 21.36  in St. Louis county:  Lot 11, Block 1 of Lake Leander Homesite 
 22.1   Plat No. 1, Section 16, Township 60 North, Range 19 West, for 
 22.2   county land. 
 22.3      Subd. 2.  [DEADLINE.] The exchange required under 
 22.4   subdivision 1 must be completed by June 30, 2004. 
 22.5      Sec. 26.  [CONVEYANCE OF LAND; COOK COUNTY.] 
 22.6      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 22.7   94.09 to 94.16, 161.144, or any other law, the commissioner of 
 22.8   transportation shall convey to Cook county for no consideration 
 22.9   the land bordering public water that is described in paragraph 
 22.10  (c).  The commissioner may not convey the land until Cook county 
 22.11  enters into an agreement with the commissioner of transportation 
 22.12  to spend an amount equal to the value of the land described in 
 22.13  paragraph (c) for airport purposes.  The value of the land shall 
 22.14  be determined by a current appraisal. 
 22.15     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 22.16  attorney general and must convey the land free and clear of any 
 22.17  requirement to use the land for a particular purpose. 
 22.18     (c) The land to be conveyed is described as: 
 22.19     (1) all of Government Lots 1, 2, 10, 11, and 12 of Section 
 22.20  30, Township 62 North, Range 1 East of the Fourth Principal 
 22.21  Meridian, Cook county, Minnesota, according to plat of resurvey 
 22.22  accepted by the United States of America, Department of 
 22.23  Interior, Bureau of Land Management, on May 22, 1951, except the 
 22.24  land lying South and East of the following described line: 
 22.25     From the northwest corner of said Section 30, South 2 
 22.26  degrees 18 minutes East for a distance of 1758.9 feet to the 
 22.27  meander corner Sections 25 and 30 on the north shore of Devils 
 22.28  Track Lake; thence North 2 degrees 18 minutes West 26.4 feet to 
 22.29  a point on the section line; thence south 87 degrees 05 minutes 
 22.30  East for a distance of 646.8 feet; thence South 88.4 feet to a 
 22.31  point on the north shore of Devils Track Lake which is the point 
 22.32  of beginning of the line to be described herein; from said point 
 22.33  of beginning North for a distance of 88.4 feet; thence South 87 
 22.34  degrees 05 minutes East for a distance of 1442.8 feet; thence 
 22.35  South 100 feet; thence South 87 degrees 05 minutes East for a 
 22.36  distance of 947.1 feet to a point on the North-South quarter 
 23.1   line of said Section 30, said point being 124.1 feet South of 
 23.2   the center of Section 30, subject to reservation of the coal and 
 23.3   other minerals and conditions and limitations provided by the 
 23.4   Federal Act of December 22, 1928 (45 Stat., 1069); and 
 23.5      (2) that part of Government Lot 3, Section 30, Township 62 
 23.6   North, Range 1 East, Cook county, Minnesota, lying within the 
 23.7   following described lines: 
 23.8      Beginning at the northwest corner of Section 30, Township 
 23.9   62 North, Range 1 East, Cook county, thence South 02 degrees 00 
 23.10  minutes East for a distance of 1747 feet; thence South 87 
 23.11  degrees 05 minutes East for a distance of 2089.6 feet; thence 
 23.12  South for a distance of 100 feet; thence South 87 degrees 05 
 23.13  minutes East for a distance of 947.1 feet to a point on the 
 23.14  North-South quarter line of Section 30 which is the point of 
 23.15  beginning of the property to be described herein; from said 
 23.16  point of beginning thence South 87 degrees 05 minutes East for a 
 23.17  distance of 450 feet; thence North 01 degrees 38 minutes East 
 23.18  for a distance of 840 feet; thence North 87 degrees 05 minutes 
 23.19  West for a distance of 450 feet to a point on the North-South 
 23.20  quarter line of Section 30; thence South 01 degrees 38 minutes 
 23.21  West on said North-South quarter line for a distance of 840 feet 
 23.22  to the point of beginning. 
 23.23     Sec. 27.  [FOND DU LAC RESERVATION LANDS.] 
 23.24     Before offering state-owned lands for public sale under 
 23.25  Minnesota Statutes, sections 282.01 to 282.13, the county 
 23.26  auditor shall first offer lands within the Fond du Lac Indian 
 23.27  Reservation to the Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa Indians for sale 
 23.28  at the appraised value.  The costs of any survey or appraisal 
 23.29  must be added to and made a part of the appraised value.  To 
 23.30  determine whether the band wants to buy the land, the county 
 23.31  auditor shall give written notice to the band.  If the band 
 23.32  wants to buy the land, it shall submit a written offer to the 
 23.33  county auditor within two weeks after receiving the notice.  If 
 23.34  the offer is for at least the appraised value, including costs, 
 23.35  the county auditor shall accept it. 
 23.36     Sec. 28.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 24.1      (a) Section 27 is effective the day after the governing 
 24.2   body of Carlton county and its chief clerical officer timely 
 24.3   complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section 
 24.4   645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3. 
 24.5      (b) Sections 13 and 25 are effective the day following 
 24.6   final enactment.