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SF 2449

1st Unofficial Engrossment - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 04/29/2014 12:48pm

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

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

1.13    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 89.022, is amended to read:
1.1489.022 DISPOSAL OF TILLABLE LAND IN MEMORIAL HARDWOOD
1.15FOREST.
1.16    Subdivision 1. Exchange or sale required. If any parcel acquired for the Memorial
1.17Hardwood Forest after July 1, 1977 contains more than ten contiguous acres of tillable
1.18land adjacent to other tillable land or to a maintained public road or a farm homestead
1.19consisting of a residence and farm buildings abutting a maintained public road, the
1.20commissioner of natural resources shall either exchange the land for other land suitable for
1.21forest purposes or declare the land as surplus land to the commissioner of administration.
1.22The commissioner of administration shall offer the land for sale in the manner provided
1.23by law not less than six months after acquisition by the state and once thereafter in each
1.24of the next two years. Tillable land is land classified as class 1, 2, or 3 as defined by the
1.25United States Soil Conservation Service. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary neither
2.1the state nor any of its subdivisions shall be required to construct or maintain any street,
2.2highway or other road to provide access to any parcel of land sold or exchanged pursuant
2.3to this section. The commissioner of natural resources may retain easements over parcels
2.4sold or exchanged pursuant to this section as are required for purposes of providing access
2.5to public waters or forest lands or access to insure stream bank stabilization and protection.
2.6    Subd. 2. Exemption. The commissioner of natural resources may apply to the
2.7Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources county board for an exemption
2.8from the exchange or sale requirements of subdivision 1 in instances where it can be
2.9demonstrated that unique recreational, historical or scientific values would be destroyed
2.10by the exchange or sale of tillable land or a farm homestead has been or will be acquired
2.11for natural resource and public access purposes. Exemptions shall be decided by the
2.12commission on an individual basis. The county board may approve or disapprove the
2.13exemption. If the application for exemption is not decided by the commission county
2.14board within 90 days, the application shall be deemed to have been denied approved.
2.15    Subd. 3. Disposition. Money collected pursuant to this section 89.022 shall be
2.16deposited in the general fund natural resources fund established under section 16A.531,
2.17subdivision 2.

2.18    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 459.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.19    Subdivision 1. Accept donations. Any county, city, or town may by resolution of
2.20its governing body accept donations of land that the governing body deems to be better
2.21adapted for the production of timber and wood than for any other purpose, for a forest, and
2.22may manage it on forestry principles. The donor of not less than 100 acres of any such
2.23land shall be entitled to have the land perpetually bear the donor's name. The governing
2.24body of any city or town, when funds are available or have been levied therefor, may,
2.25when authorized by a majority vote by ballot of the voters voting at any general or special
2.26city election or town meeting where the question is properly submitted, purchase or
2.27obtain by condemnation proceedings, and preferably at the sources of streams, any tract
2.28of land for a forest which is better adapted for the production of timber and wood than
2.29for any other purpose, and which is conveniently located for the purpose, and manage it
2.30on forestry principles. The selection of the lands and the plan of management must be
2.31approved by the director of lands and forestry. The city or town may annually levy a tax
2.32on all taxable property within its boundaries to procure and maintain such forests.

3.1    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 477A.17, is amended to read:
3.2477A.17 LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK AND SOUDAN
3.3 VERMILION-SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK; ANNUAL
3.4PAYMENTS.
3.5    (a) Beginning in fiscal year 2012, In lieu of the payment amount provided under
3.6section 477A.12, subdivision 1, clause (1), the county shall receive an annual payment
3.7for state-owned land acquired for within the boundary of Lake Vermilion-Soudan
3.8Underground Mine State Park, established in section 85.012, subdivision 38a, and land
3.9within the boundary of Soudan Underground Mine State Park, established in section
3.1085.012, subdivision 53a, equal to 1.5 percent of the appraised value of the state-owned land.
3.11    (b) For the purposes of this section, the appraised value of the land acquired for
3.12Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park for the first five years after
3.13acquisition shall be the purchase price of the land, plus the value of any portion of the land
3.14that is acquired by donation. The appraised value must be redetermined by the county
3.15assessor every five years after the land is acquired. Thereafter, the appraised value of the
3.16state-owned land shall be as determined under section 477A.12, subdivision 3.
3.17    (c) The annual payments under this section shall be distributed to the taxing
3.18jurisdictions containing the property as follows: one-third to the school districts; one-third
3.19to the town; and one-third to the county. The payment to school districts is not a county
3.20apportionment under section 127A.34 and is not subject to aid recapture. Each of those
3.21taxing jurisdictions may use the payments for their general purposes.
3.22    (d) Except as provided in this section, the payments shall be made as provided
3.23in sections 477A.11 to 477A.13.

3.24    Sec. 5. DELETIONS FROM STATE RECREATION AREA.
3.25[85.013][Subd. 11b.] Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area, Meeker County.
3.26 The following areas are deleted from the Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area:
3.27(1) the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 118 North,
3.28Range 30 West;
3.29(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the
3.30Southeast Quarter, the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and the South 15
3.31acres of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 30, Township
3.32118 North, Range 30 West; and
3.33(3) the West 15 acres of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section
3.3432, Township 118 North, Range 30 West.

4.1    Sec. 6. ADDITION TO STATE FOREST.
4.2[89.021][Subd. 48a.] Snake River State Forest. The following area is added to the
4.3Snake River State Forest: Sections 15 and 16, Township 42 North, Range 23 West.

4.4    Sec. 7. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
4.5WATER; BECKER COUNTY.
4.6(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the
4.7commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering
4.8public water that is described in paragraph (c).
4.9(b) The commissioner may sell the land to a local unit of government for less than
4.10the value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide
4.11that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if
4.12the local unit of government fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use
4.13of the land. The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to
4.14correct errors and ensure accuracy.
4.15(c) The land that may be sold is located in Becker County and is described as: that
4.16part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 140
4.17North, Range 36 West, described as follows:
4.18Commencing at the northwest corner of said Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
4.19Quarter; thence on an assumed bearing of South 89 degrees 36 minutes 26 seconds
4.20East, a distance of 1,020.56 feet along the north line of said Northwest Quarter of
4.21the Northeast Quarter to the point of beginning; thence South 00 degrees 01 minutes
4.2230 seconds West, a distance of 222.19 feet; thence North 73 degrees 06 minutes 43
4.23seconds East, a distance of 222.99 feet; thence North 12 degrees 38 minutes 24
4.24seconds East, a distance of 159.58 feet to the north line of said Northwest Quarter
4.25of the Northeast Quarter; thence North 89 degrees 36 minutes 26 seconds West, a
4.26distance of 248.21 feet along said north line to the point of beginning, excepting the
4.27right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 34.
4.28Containing approximately 0.5 acres, more or less.
4.29    (d) The land described in paragraph (c) borders the Straight River. The Department
4.30of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource
4.31purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land
4.32were conveyed to a local unit of government for public use.

4.33    Sec. 8. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
4.34WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
5.1(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
5.2Beltrami County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described
5.3in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
5.4(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
5.5general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
5.6(c) The lands to be sold are located in Beltrami County and are described as:
5.7(1) part of Government Lot 1, Section 17, Township 154 North, Range 30 West
5.8(PIN No. 49.00135.01);
5.9(2) part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, Township
5.10146 North, Range 31 West (PIN No. 46.00208.00); and
5.11(3) part of Government Lot 3, Section 32, Township 155 North, Range 30 West
5.12(PIN No. 49.00172.03).
5.13(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
5.14best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

5.15    Sec. 9. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
5.16WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
5.17(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
5.18and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Beltrami County may
5.19sell by private sale to a state agency the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that
5.20are described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes,
5.21chapter 282.
5.22(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
5.23general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
5.24(c) The lands to be sold are located in Beltrami County and are described as:
5.25(1) Part of Government Lot 2, Section 10, Township 146 North, Range 33 West
5.26(PIN No. 80.00240.00); and
5.27(2) Outlot A, Lind's Addition to Bemidji, Section 2, Township 146 North, Range
5.2833 West (PIN No. 80.04443.00).
5.29(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best
5.30be served if the lands were conveyed to a state agency for natural resources management.

5.31    Sec. 10. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
5.32WATER; CARVER COUNTY.
5.33(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
5.34and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Carver County may
6.1convey to the city of Norwood Young America for less than the appraised value the
6.2tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
6.3(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
6.4that the land reverts to the state if the city of Norwood Young America stops using the
6.5land for the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make
6.6changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
6.7(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Carver County and is described as: Outlot
6.8A, The Preserve 3rd Addition (parcel 58.6520890).
6.9(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the city of Norwood Young
6.10America for a public park or lake access.

6.11    Sec. 11. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
6.12WATER; CARVER COUNTY.
6.13(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 282.01, subdivision 1, and
6.14282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section
6.15282, Carver County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public
6.16water that are described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
6.17Statutes, section 282.
6.18(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
6.19attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
6.20ensure accuracy. The county may convey the land to the city of Watertown for less than
6.21the market value of the land as determined by the county board, but the conveyance must
6.22provide that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for a public use, as described in
6.23Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 1a, which may include but is not limited
6.24to a park, trails system, public transit system facility, and public service facility, which
6.25may include a water tower, administrative offices, a lift station, and a public works facility,
6.26as well as use in a wetland bank restoration project as defined in Minnesota Statutes,
6.27sections 103G.222 to 103G.2243, in which a conditional use deed or deed restrictions may
6.28be recorded. The land described in paragraph (c) may be subsequently subdivided and
6.29conveyed, in whole or in part, to other local governmental subdivisions of the state to
6.30accomplish these public uses. The land described in paragraph (c) is subject to the reverter
6.31interest of the state pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivisions 1c and 1d.
6.32(c) The lands to be sold are located in Carver County and are described as:
6.33the South Half of Southeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 117, Range 25, Carver
6.34County, Minnesota, except those parts described as follows, to wit: commencing at
6.35the southwest corner of Southeast Quarter of said Section 9; thence running North
7.160 rods to a point in the center of the Watertown, Chaska and Carver Road; thence
7.2southeasterly 73 rods to south line of said Southeast Quarter; thence West 44 rods to
7.3place of beginning. EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part of the South Half of the
7.4Southeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 117 North, Range 25 West, Carver County,
7.5Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the South Quarter corner of Section
7.69; thence on an assumed bearing of East along the south line of said Southeast
7.7Quarter 726.00 feet (44 rods) to the point of beginning of the tract to be described;
7.8thence North 36 degrees 59 minutes 00 seconds West along a line that would
7.9intersect the west line of said Southeast Quarter at a point 990.00 feet (60 rods)
7.10North of said South Quarter corner a distance of 267.81 feet; thence on a bearing of
7.11East a distance of 493.23 feet; thence on a bearing of South 1 degree 30 minutes 00
7.12seconds West a distance of 214.00 feet to said south line of the Southeast Quarter;
7.13thence on a bearing of West a distance of 326.52 feet to the actual point of beginning;
7.14ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part of the South Half of the Southeast
7.15Quarter of Section 9, Township 117 North, Range 25 West of the Fifth Principal
7.16Meridian, described as follows: commencing at the southwest corner of said
7.17Southeast Quarter; thence on an assumed bearing of East along the south line of said
7.18Southeast Quarter a distance of 726.00 feet; thence North 37 degrees 04 minutes 30
7.19seconds West, along a line that will intersect the west line of said Southeast Quarter
7.20at a point 990.00 feet northerly from said southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter,
7.21a distance of 267.81 feet; thence on a bearing of East a distance of 273.66 feet to the
7.22point of beginning of the land to be described; thence continuing on a bearing of
7.23East a distance of 219.57 feet; thence on a bearing of South 1 degree 30 minutes
7.2400 seconds West to said south line of the Southeast Quarter; thence on a bearing of
7.25East along said south line a distance of 236.23 feet; thence on a bearing of North a
7.26distance of 556.20 feet; thence on a bearing of West a distance of 65.27 feet; thence
7.27South 48 degrees 20 minutes 11 seconds West a distance of 515.27 feet to the point
7.28of beginning; ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM all that part of the Southwest
7.29Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 9, Township 117 North, Range 25 West,
7.30Carver County, Minnesota, lying southwesterly of the southwesterly right-of-way
7.31line of County State-Aid Highway No. 10, as described in Document No. 58827,
7.32as recorded in the office of the Carver County Recorder; ALSO EXCEPTING
7.33THEREFROM that part thereof platted as Tuscany Village (PIN No. 85.0092900).
7.34(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
7.35best be served if the land were conveyed to the city of Watertown for the use described in
7.36paragraph (b).

8.1    Sec. 12. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
8.2WATERS; CHISAGO COUNTY.
8.3(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
8.4Chisago County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public waters that is described in
8.5paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
8.6(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
8.7general may make changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
8.8(c) The land to be sold is located in Chisago County and is described as: those parts
8.9of Lots 4, 5, and 6 in Block 2 of Starks Second Addition to Harris lying south of Goose
8.10Creek (PID No. 14.00394.00).
8.11(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be
8.12best served if the land was returned to private ownership.

8.13    Sec. 13. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
8.14WATERS; CHISAGO COUNTY.
8.15(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
8.16and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Chisago County may
8.17sell by private sale to the adjoining landowner the tax-forfeited land bordering public
8.18waters that is described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
8.19Statutes, chapter 282.
8.20(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
8.21general may make changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
8.22(c) The land to be sold is located in Chisago County and is described as: that part of
8.23Government Lot 5 described as follows: beginning at the southeast corner of Section 6;
8.24thence North 1 degree 5 minutes West 1,644.50 feet; thence South 88 degrees 22 minutes
8.2530 seconds West 401.10 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 4 degrees 17 minutes
8.2630 seconds East 150 feet; thence South 88 degrees 22 minutes 30 seconds West 220
8.27feet more or less to the shoreline of Chain Lake; thence northwesterly on the shoreline
8.28150 feet more or less to a point of intersection with a line bearing South 88 degrees 22
8.29minutes 30 seconds East from the point of beginning; thence North 88 degrees 22 minutes
8.3030 seconds East 337 feet more or less to the point of beginning, Section 5, Township 35,
8.31Range 21 (PID No. 11.00118.00).
8.32(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be
8.33best served if the land was returned to private ownership.

9.1    Sec. 14. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
9.2WATER; LAKE COUNTY.
9.3(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
9.4Lake County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described in
9.5paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
9.6(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
9.7general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
9.8(c) The lands to be sold are located in Lake County and are described as:
9.9(1) part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 33, Township 55,
9.10Range 11 (25-5511-33791); and
9.11(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 31, Township 64, Range
9.1211 (28-6411-31250).
9.13(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
9.14best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

9.15    Sec. 15. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
9.16WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.
9.17(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
9.18Crow Wing County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described
9.19in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
9.20(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
9.21general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
9.22(c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing County and is described as:
9.23(1) part of Government Lot 3, City of Baxter, Section 7, Township 133, Range 28,
9.24described as: beginning at the northwest corner of said Government Lot 3; thence East 300
9.25feet along the north line of said Lot 3; thence South 1 degree 44 minutes West, 262.8 feet;
9.26thence South 32 degrees 51 minutes West, 149.6 feet to shore of Perch Lake; thence North
9.2750 degrees 7 minutes West, 283 feet along shore of said lake to west line of said lot; thence
9.28North 1 degree 44 minutes East, 207.1 feet to point of beginning. PIN #010073103C00009;
9.29(2) Government Lot 5, City of Crosslake, Section 21, Township 137, Range 27,
9.30except:
9.31(i) 10 acres acquired by USA in condemnation decree in Register of Deeds Office in
9.32Book (E), page 151;
9.33(ii) .70 acres acquired by USA in decree in Book 31, page 120;
9.34(iii) part of Government Lot 5 described as: beginning at the quarter corner of west
9.35line of said lot; thence East 127.2 feet South 27 degrees 10 minutes East, 128.3 feet;
10.1thence South 29 degrees 21 minutes West, 70 feet; thence South 5 degrees 19 minutes
10.2West, 180 feet; thence West 134.9 feet; thence west line of said lot; thence North 354.5
10.3feet along said west line to point of beginning;
10.4(iv) that parcel sold to James W. Oberg;
10.5(v) part to Mudek;
10.6(vi) part to Robert Souther;
10.7(vii) two parcels conveyed to Crosslake Rental and Leasing Co. as recorded on
10.8Doc #495065;
10.9(viii) that part conveyed to Unlimited Potential Enterprises on recorded Doc
10.10#565043; and
10.11(ix) that part conveyed to Paul and Patricia Willmus on recorded Doc #562741.
10.12Subject to restrictions and reservations of record and subject to easement of record.
10.13PIN #120213205BCB009;
10.14(3) Lot 6, Block 1, Vansickle Creek Estates, City of Emily, Section 23, Township
10.15138, Range 26. PIN #211490010060009; and
10.16(4) the North 80 feet of Government Lot 1, Section 15, lying West of East 151.92
10.17feet thereof and also the South 35 feet of the North 115 feet of Government Lot 1, Section
10.1815, lying West of East 351.91 feet thereof with an easement of record and also the North
10.1930 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 15, lying West of
10.20Nisswa Village Road, City of Nisswa, Section 15, Township 135, Range 29. Subject to
10.21easements, reservations, and restrictions of record. PIN #280152101AA0009.
10.22(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
10.23best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

10.24    Sec. 16. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
10.25WATERS; DAKOTA COUNTY.
10.26(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45; 282.01, subdivision 1a; and
10.27282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
10.28Dakota County may convey to the city of Rosemount for no consideration the tax-forfeited
10.29land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
10.30(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
10.31attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and
10.32ensure accuracy. The conveyance must provide that the land reverts to the state if the city
10.33of Rosemount stops using the land for park or trail purposes.
10.34(c) The land to be conveyed is described as Outlot J of Outlots of Brockway (Dakota
10.35County PID No. 34-54300-00-100).
11.1(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interest would be
11.2best served if the land is conveyed to the city of Rosemount for park or trail purposes.

11.3    Sec. 17. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
11.4WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
11.5(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
11.6and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin County may
11.7convey to a governmental subdivision of the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited
11.8land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
11.9(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
11.10that the land reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision stops using the land for
11.11the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to
11.12the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
11.13(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hennepin County and is described as: Lot
11.143, Block 2, Oak Hollow (Hennepin County tax identification number 08-119-23 23 0012).
11.15(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be
11.16best served if the land is conveyed to a governmental subdivision of the state for use as a
11.17recreational trail and for maintenance of the land in its natural state.

11.18    Sec. 18. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
11.19WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
11.20(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
11.21and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin County may
11.22convey to a governmental subdivision of the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited
11.23land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
11.24(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
11.25that the land reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision stops using the land for
11.26the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to
11.27the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
11.28(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hennepin County and is described as:
11.29Outlot B, Boulder Pointe (Hennepin County tax identification number 21-116-22 11 0021).
11.30(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
11.31be best served if the land is conveyed to a governmental subdivision for preservation of
11.32wetlands.

12.1    Sec. 19. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
12.2WATER; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
12.3(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
12.4and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Hennepin County may
12.5convey to a governmental subdivision of the state for no consideration the tax-forfeited
12.6land 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
12.8that the land reverts to the state if the governmental subdivision stops using the land for
12.9the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to
12.10the 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:
12.12including adjacent part of Wawonaissa Common, Lot 19, Block 7, "Woodland Point,"
12.13Hennepin County, Minnesota (Hennepin County tax identification number 13-117-24
12.1421 0080).
12.15(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
12.16be best served if the land is conveyed to a governmental subdivision for preservation of
12.17wetlands and open water purposes.

12.18    Sec. 20. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
12.19(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
12.20or other law to the contrary, Hennepin County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited
12.21land described in paragraph (c).
12.22(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
12.23general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
12.24(c) The land to be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as: except
12.25road, Tract C, Registered Land Survey No. 0047, Hennepin County, Minnesota (Hennepin
12.26County tax identification number 24-027-24 22 0003).
12.27(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
12.28best be served if the land is sold to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for
12.29conservation, hiking, wildlife observation, and environmental education.

12.30    Sec. 21. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
12.31WATER; ISANTI COUNTY.
12.32(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
12.331, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Isanti County may
13.1convey to the city of Isanti for no consideration the tax-forfeited land bordering public
13.2water that is described in paragraph (c).
13.3(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide
13.4that the land reverts to the state if the city of Isanti stops using the land for the public
13.5purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to the land
13.6description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. Prior to the sale, the commissioner of
13.7revenue shall grant a scenic easement to be held in the name of the Department of Natural
13.8Resources for the parcel described in paragraph (c) located within Sections 24 and 25,
13.9Township 35, Range 24, to protect the scenic, recreational, and natural characteristics of
13.10the Rum River, according to Minnesota Statutes, sections 103F.311, subdivision 6, and
13.11103F.331, subdivision 1. The easement shall be 400 feet in width, lying easterly of the
13.12centerline of the Rum River.
13.13(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Isanti County and is described as:
13.14Section 36, Township 35, Range 24, Rum River Meadows Outlot D; ALSO Section
13.1525, Township 35, Range 24, Villages on the Rum 5th Addition Outlot A, also in Section
13.1624, Township 35, Range 24.
13.17(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the city of Isanti to use
13.18as a park.

13.19    Sec. 22. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
13.20WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
13.21(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
13.221, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Itasca County may
13.23sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described in
13.24paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
13.25(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
13.26general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
13.27(c) The lands to be sold are located in Itasca County and are described as:
13.28(1) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, less 3.42 acres for the railroad
13.29right-of-way, Section 36, Township 145, Range 25 (PIN No. 11-236-4400); and
13.30(2) Lot 4, less that part lying East of creek, Section 14, Township 58, Range 24
13.31(PIN No. 04-114-1302).
13.32(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
13.33best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

13.34    Sec. 23. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA COUNTY.
14.1(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
14.2or other law to the contrary, Itasca County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land
14.3described in paragraph (c).
14.4(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
14.5general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. The
14.6land must be sold for no less than its market value. The purchaser must provide a certified
14.7survey of the land acceptable to the county and must pay all survey and appraisal costs.
14.8(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is described as: the West 50
14.9feet of the North 380 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section
14.1019, Township 58 North, Range 24 West.
14.11(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
14.12best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

14.13    Sec. 24. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND; KANABEC COUNTY.
14.14(a) Notwithstanding the riparian restrictions in Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342,
14.15subdivision 3, the commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land
14.16Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and
14.17according to the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.347,
14.18exchange the riparian land described in paragraph (b).
14.19(b) The state land that may be exchanged is located in Kanabec County and is
14.20described as:
14.21(1) the Northeast Quarter, Northwest Quarter, and Northwest Quarter of the
14.22Southeast Quarter, all in Section 16, Township 42 North, Range 24 West; and
14.23(2) the East Half of the Northeast Quarter, North Half of the Southeast Quarter, and
14.24South Half of the Southeast Quarter, all in Section 9, Township 42 North, Range 23 West.
14.25(c) The state land administered by the commissioner of natural resources borders
14.26the Snake River. The state land administered by the county borders Hay Creek. While
14.27those lands do not provide at least equal opportunity for access to the waters by the public,
14.28the land to be acquired by the commissioner in the exchange will improve access to
14.29adjacent state forest lands.

14.30    Sec. 25. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND WITHIN STATE PARK;
14.31KITTSON COUNTY.
14.32(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012, subdivision 1, the
14.33commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land within Lake
14.34Bronson State Park described in paragraph (c).
15.1(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to
15.2correct errors and ensure accuracy.
15.3(c) The land that may be sold is located in Kittson County and is described as: the
15.4following lots located in the Lakeside Subdivision Plat, located within the Southeast
15.5Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 33, Township 161 North, Range 46 West:
15.6(1) Lots 3 and 4, Block 1;
15.7(2) Lots 4, 5, 7 to 9, and 13 to 15, Block 4; and
15.8(3) Lots 1 to 7 and 12 to 15, Block 5.
15.9Containing 2.15 acres, more or less.
15.10    (d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed
15.11for natural resource purposes.
15.12(e) Proceeds of land sales under this section may be used only to acquire property
15.13within Lake Bronson State Park.

15.14    Sec. 26. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
15.15WATER; LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.
15.16(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
15.17Lake of the Woods County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that
15.18are described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes,
15.19chapter 282.
15.20(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
15.21general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
15.22(c) The lands to be sold are located in Lake of the Woods County and are described as:
15.23(1) Lot 20 and part of Lot 9, Auditors Plat #2, Section 18, Township 161, Range
15.2433 (PIN No. 62.51.00.200); and
15.25(2) part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 5, Township
15.26159, Range 31 (PIN No. 37.05.44.000).
15.27(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
15.28best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

15.29    Sec. 27. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
15.30WATER; MARTIN COUNTY.
15.31(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
15.32and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Martin County may
15.33sell by private sale to the adjoining owner the tax-forfeited land bordering public water
16.1that is described in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes,
16.2chapter 282.
16.3(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
16.4general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
16.5(c) The land to be sold is located in Martin County and is described as: PID No.
16.623.039.1560.
16.7(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be
16.8best served if the land was returned to private ownership.

16.9    Sec. 28. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
16.10(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282,
16.11or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited
16.12lands described in paragraph (c).
16.13(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
16.14general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
16.15(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
16.16(1) Lots 1 to 4, Block 4, Atlantic Ave. Addition to Duluth;
16.17(2) Lots 5 to 7, Bay View Addition to Duluth No. 2;
16.18(3) Lots 8 to 11, Bay View Addition to Duluth No. 2;
16.19(4) Lot 12, Block 44, Bay View Addition to Duluth No. 2;
16.20(5) Lots 14 to 16, Duluth Heights 1st Division;
16.21(6) that part of Lot 11 beginning at the southwest corner of said lot; thence northeast
16.22along the south line .20 feet; thence left 89 degrees 57 minutes 42 seconds a distance of
16.23140.01 feet to a point on the north line of Lot 11 .12 feet East of the northwest corner;
16.24thence southwest to the northwest corner; thence southeast along the west line 140.01 feet
16.25to the point of beginning, Duluth Proper 1st Division West Superior Street;
16.26(7) Lots 33 to 39, odd-numbered lots, Block 172, Duluth Proper Third Division;
16.27(8) Lots 34 to 40, even-numbered lots, Block 172, Duluth Proper Third Division;
16.28(9) Lots 49 to 63, odd-numbered lots, including part of vacated 4th Ave W adjacent
16.29to Lot 63, Duluth Proper Third Division;
16.30(10) Lots 50 and 52, Duluth Proper Third Division;
16.31(11) Lots 39 to 45, odd-numbered lots, Block 179, Duluth Proper Third Division;
16.32(12) the southeasterly 30 feet of the northwesterly 100 feet, Lots 12 to 16, Soo Ry.
16.33Lease No. 7841, Marine Division of Duluth;
16.34(13) the East 12-1/2 feet of the West 37-1/2 feet of Lots 1 and 2, West Duluth 5th
16.35Division;
17.1(14) the East 10 feet of the South 63 feet of Lot 11 and the East 12-1/2 feet of the
17.2North 37 feet of Lot 11, Block 16, West Park Division of Duluth;
17.3(15) the South 13 feet for st Lot 10, Block 4, Woodland Park 8th Division 1st
17.4Rearr Duluth;
17.5(16) the North 13 feet of Lot 3, Block 5, Woodland Park 8th Division 1st Rearr Duluth;
17.6(17) the North 13 feet of Lot 4, Block 5, Woodland Park 8th Division 1st Rearr Duluth;
17.7(18) the South 424 feet of the North 999 feet of that part of the Northeast Quarter
17.8of the Northwest Quarter lying West of the old North Shore Road, except the highway
17.9right-of-way, 5.97 acres, and except that part lying South of the southerly highway
17.10right-of-way, Section 19, Township 51, Range 12, Town of Duluth;
17.11(19) part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 19, Township
17.1251, Range 17, Town of Industrial;
17.13(20) part of Government Lot 3, Section 2, Township 64, Range 18, Beatty Township;
17.14and
17.15(21) the South 70 feet of the East 313 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest
17.16Quarter, Section 31, Township 60, Range 17.
17.17(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
17.18best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

17.19    Sec. 29. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
17.20WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
17.21(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
17.22St. Louis County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described
17.23in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
17.24(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
17.25general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
17.26(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
17.27(1) the westerly 200 feet of Lot 5, Section 31, Township 58, Range 16, Town of
17.28Biwabik;
17.29(2) Lots 8, 9, and 10, Section 6, Township 62, Range 15, NE NA Mik Ka Ta Town of
17.30Breitung;
17.31(3) Lots 14 to 17, Section 6, Township 62, Range 15, NE NA Mik Ka Ta Town of
17.32Breitung;
17.33(4) Lot 242, Section 6, Township 62, Range 15, NE NA Mik Ka Ta Town of Breitung;
17.34(5) Lots 251 to 254, Section 6, Township 62, Range 15, NE NA Mik Ka Ta Town of
17.35Breitung; and
18.1(6) Lots 8 to 20, even-numbered lots, Upper Duluth St. Louis Avenue.
18.2(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
18.3best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

18.4    Sec. 30. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
18.5WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
18.6(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision
18.71, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County
18.8may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described in
18.9paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
18.10(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
18.11general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
18.12(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
18.13(1) Lots 347 to 355, odd-numbered lots, Lower Duluth Minnesota Avenue;
18.14(2) Lots 22 to 30, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
18.15(3) Lots 44 to 54, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
18.16(4) Lots 58 to 68, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
18.17(5) Lots 78 to 84, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
18.18(6) Lot 86, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
18.19(7) Lot 88, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
18.20(8) Lot 132, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
18.21(9) Lots 206 to 212, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
18.22(10) Lots 324 to 330, even-numbered lots, Lower Duluth St. Louis Avenue;
18.23(11) Lot 5, Section 7, Township 54, Range 16, Town of Cotton; and
18.24(12) an undivided 11/12 interest, Lot 4, Section 29, Township 63, Range 12.
18.25(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
18.26best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

18.27    Sec. 31. MERGER OF SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK, ST.
18.28LOUIS COUNTY, INTO LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK, ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
18.29Soudan Underground Mine State Park is merged into Lake Vermilion State Park. The
18.30merged park shall be known as Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park.

18.31    Sec. 32. SALE OF NONCOMPLIANT TAX-FORFEITED LAND ON
18.32MINNESOTA POINT, DULUTH.
19.1Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 7a, tax-forfeited
19.2land located on Minnesota Point in Duluth, which cannot be improved because of
19.3noncompliance with local ordinances regarding minimum area, shape, frontage, or access,
19.4may, at the discretion of the St. Louis County auditor, be offered and sold by the county
19.5auditor to any single, specific adjoining or adjacent landowner without notifying or
19.6offering to sell to all adjoining or adjacent landowners.

19.7    Sec. 33. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
19.8WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
19.9(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
19.10Wadena County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described
19.11in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
19.12(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
19.13general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
19.14(c) The lands to be sold are located in Wadena County and are described as:
19.15(1) PIN No. 03-025-1040;
19.16(2) PIN No. 05-023-3020;
19.17(3) PIN No. 05-024-4010;
19.18(4) PIN No. 06-003-3100;
19.19(5) PIN No. 07-001-2030;
19.20(6) PIN No. 09-007-2030;
19.21(7) PIN No. 09-007-2040;
19.22(8) PIN No. 09-013-1030;
19.23(9) PIN No. 09-013-2010;
19.24(10) PIN No. 13-002-3030;
19.25(11) PIN No. 13-011-1010;
19.26(12) PIN No. 13-011-2010;
19.27(13) PIN No. 13-011-2020;
19.28(14) PIN No. 13-012-2020;
19.29(15) PIN No. 13-119-4010;
19.30(16) PIN No. 13-127-3010;
19.31(17) PIN No. 15-012-3060;
19.32(18) PIN No. 15-012-3070;
19.33(19) PIN No. 15-012-3080;
19.34(20) PIN No. 17-440-0290;
19.35(21) PIN No. 17-440-0300;
20.1(22) PIN No. 18-300-0010;
20.2(23) PIN No. 19-440-0070;
20.3(24) PIN No. 19-440-0090;
20.4(25) PIN No. 22-480-0390;
20.5(26) PIN No. 02-350-0030;
20.6(27) PIN No. 03-014-1290;
20.7(28) PIN No. 03-024-3020;
20.8(29) PIN No. 08-001-1010;
20.9(30) PIN No. 03-011-1040;
20.10(31) PIN No. 03-011-1050;
20.11(32) PIN No. 03-013-3010;
20.12(33) PIN No. 06-015-1020;
20.13(34) PIN No. 13-121-3010;
20.14(35) PIN No. 13-121-3020;
20.15(36) PIN No. 13-128-2010;
20.16(37) PIN No. 07-016-2020; and
20.17(38) PIN No. 12-024-4020.
20.18(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
20.19best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

20.20    Sec. 34. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
20.21WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
20.22(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
20.23Wadena County may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
20.24paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
20.25(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
20.26general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
20.27The land may not be sold until the existing timber contract on the land is fulfilled.
20.28(c) The land to be sold is located in Wadena County and is described as: PIN No.
20.2903-023-1020.
20.30(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
20.31best be served if the land was returned to private ownership.

20.32    Sec. 35. PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
20.33WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
21.1(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1,
21.2Wadena County may sell the tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described
21.3in paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
21.4(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The
21.5attorney general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and
21.6ensure accuracy. Prior to the sales, the commissioner of revenue shall grant permanent
21.7conservation easements, according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, for the lands
21.8described in paragraph (c). The easements shall serve to provide access to anglers. The
21.9easement for land described in paragraph (c), clause (1), shall be 66 feet in width lying
21.10north of the centerline of Union Creek. The easements for the lands described in paragraph
21.11(c), clauses (2) to (4), shall be 66 feet in width lying south of the centerline of Union Creek.
21.12(c) The lands to be sold are located in Wadena County and are described as:
21.13(1) PIN No. 22-600-0830;
21.14(2) PIN No. 22-770-0010;
21.15(3) PIN No. 22-770-0020; and
21.16(4) PIN No. 22-770-0030.
21.17(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would
21.18best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

21.19    Sec. 36. BRAINERD DAM; CITY OF BRAINERD.
21.20The requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 103G.525, have been met and
21.21the city of Brainerd may purchase the Brainerd Dam on the Mississippi River in Crow
21.22Wing County.

21.23    Sec. 37. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTIONS.
21.24(a) In Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall combine the legislative history
21.25of Soudan Underground Mine State Park with the legislative history of Lake Vermilion
21.26State Park.
21.27(b) In Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall renumber section 84.157 as
21.28section 94.3435 and make necessary cross-reference changes in Minnesota Statutes and
21.29Minnesota Rules consistent with the renumbering.

21.30    Sec. 38. REPEALER.
21.31Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85.012, subdivision 53a, is repealed.

21.32    Sec. 39. EFFECTIVE DATE.
22.1Sections 1 to 38 are effective the day following final enactment.