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

1.5 	Section 1. CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND; STEARNS COUNTY.
 1.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 222.63, or any other law to the contrary, 
1.7 	the commissioner of transportation may convey and quitclaim to a private party all right, 
1.8 	title, and interest of the state of Minnesota, in the land described in paragraph (e).
1.9 	(b) The conveyance may take place only upon conditions determined by the commissioner 
1.10 	or transportation and is not subject to restrictions on disposition, sale, lease, or otherwise 
1.11 	contained in Minnesota Statutes, section 222.63.
1.12 	(c) The consideration for a conveyance made under this section shall be the fair market 
1.13 	value of the land conveyed hereunder. Proceeds from the sale of real estate or buildings 
1.14 	under this section shall be deposited in the rail bank maintenance account established in 
1.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 222.63, subdivision 8.
1.16 	(d) The conveyance may reduce the width of the rail bank corridor to less than 100 feet, 
1.17 	provided the conveyance does not reduce the width of the rail bank corridor to less than ten 
1.18 	feet.
1.19 	(e) The land to be conveyed is located in Stearns County and is described as:
1.20 	That part of Tract A described below:
2.1 	Tract A. Outlot "A," Railroad Ridge, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in 
2.2 	the Office of the County Recorder in and for Stearns County, Minnesota; which lies northerly 
2.3 	of a line run parallel with and distant 33 feet southerly of the northerly line of said Outlot 
2.4 	"A" and westerly of the southerly extension of westerly right of way line of 5th Street as 
2.5 	shown on said Railroad Ridge; together with that part of Tract A, herein before described, 
2.6 	adjoining and southerly of the above described strip which lies northerly of a line run parallel 
2.7 	with and distant 40 feet southerly of the northerly line of said Outlot "A" and westerly of 
2.8 	the following described line: beginning at a point on the southerly line of said Outlot "A," 
2.9 	distant 436.36 feet easterly of the southwest corner thereof; thence northerly at right angles 
2.10 	from said southerly line for 50 feet and there terminating; containing 29,925 square feet, 
2.11 	more or less.

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