Minnesota Session Laws - 1988, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1988 

                        CHAPTER 640-H.F.No. 1943 
           An act relating to public administration; permitting 
          the sale of certain tax-forfeited lands that border 
          public waters; providing for exchange of certain 
          tax-forfeited peat lands; permitting certain counties 
          to levy a tax for the county historical society; 
          imposing a reverse referendum requirement. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [TAX-FORFEITED LAND SALE; AITKIN COUNTY.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.018, Aitkin 
county may sell in accordance with the other provisions of 
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, the tax-forfeited land 
described in this section. 
    Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Block 2, in the Plat of Ripple 
View Development, in the City of Aitkin, SW1/4 of SW1/4, Section 
25, Township 47, Range 27. 
    The lots are adjacent to the Ripple River, suitable for 
residential use, and located in a residential area within the 
Aitkin city limits.  They are subject to substantial special 
assessments and are not necessary for public access to the 
Ripple River. 
    Sec. 2.  [EXCHANGE OF TAX-FORFEITED PEAT LANDS; AITKIN 
COUNTY.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.461 and 
94.347, Aitkin county may exchange certain tax-forfeited land 
containing peat and described in paragraph (a), for certain 
privately owned lands containing peat and described in paragraph 
(b), in accordance with this section. 
    The lands described in this section must be conveyed in a 
form approved by the attorney general. 
    (a) The tax-forfeited lands, consisting of approximately 
120 acres, to be exchanged are described as follows: 
    (1) the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
Section 33, Township 46, Range 23; 
    (2) the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of 
Section 33, Township 46, Range 23; and 
    (3) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of 
Section 33, Township 46, Range 23. 
    (b) The privately owned lands, consisting of approximately 
163 acres, are described as follows: 
    (1) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
Section 14, Township 48, Range 24; 
    (2) the East 80 Rods of Government Lot 3 of Section 22, 
Township 48, Range 24; 
    (3) the West 1/2 of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast 
Quarter of Section 22, Township 48, Range 24; 
    (4) the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying 
South of the Soo Line Railroad right-of-way of Section 15, 
Township 48, Range 24; 
    (5) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter lying 
South of the Soo Line Railroad right-of-way of Section 15, 
Township 48, Range 24; and 
    (6) the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of 
Section 15, Township 46, Range 23. 
    The lands to be exchanged contain approximately equal 
volumes of peat. 
     Sec. 3.  [HISTORICAL SOCIETY LEVY.] 
    Each of the counties of Chisago, Kanabec, Pine, and Carlton 
may levy a tax not greater than .75 mills per year on property 
in the county and use its proceeds for the county historical 
society.  The levy shall be disregarded in the calculation of 
any other levies or limits on levies provided by other law. 
    Sec. 4.  [LOCAL APPROVAL.] 
    Section 3 of this act is effective January 1, 1989 
separately for each of the counties of Chisago, Kanabec, Pine, 
and Carlton if its county board has complied with the 
requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 645.021, subdivision 
3, and section 3 has not been disapproved in a referendum under 
this section. 
    Before January 1, 1988, the county board shall publish this 
act for two successive weeks in the official newspaper of the 
county or, if there is no official newspaper, in a newspaper of 
general circulation in the county, together with a notice fixing 
a date for a public hearing to obtain public comment on the 
matter.  The hearing shall be held not less than two weeks nor 
more than four weeks after the first publication of the 
resolution. 
    If within 30 days after the hearing, a petition requesting 
a vote on section 3, signed by voters equal in number to ten 
percent of the votes cast in the county in the last general 
election, is filed with the county auditor, section 3 shall not 
be effective until a majority of the voters at a general or 
special election cast affirmative votes on the question of 
approving it.  The question of whether section 3 shall go into 
effect shall then be submitted to the voters at a general or 
special election before January 1, 1989.  The question submitted 
shall be: 
    "Shall the law that permits a tax not greater than .75 
mills on property for the ....... county historical society be 
approved? 
                                       Yes ..... 
                                       No ......" 
If a majority of those voting on the question vote yes, section 
3 shall be effective for the county on January 1, 1989, and the 
county board shall report the fact in accordance with section 
645.021. 
    Sec. 5.  [TAX-FORFEITED LAND SALE; MCLEOD COUNTY.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.018, McLeod 
county may sell in accordance with the other provisions of 
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, the three tax-forfeited parcels 
described as follows: 
    (1) Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot "A" in 
Schillings Addition to Lake Addie Townsite, running thence North 
65' thence East 206.09', thence South 20', thence East by South 
119', thence South 40', thence West 118', thence North 10', 
thence West 206.09' to the point of beginning, and beginning at 
a point 65' North of the Northwest corner of Lot "A" in 
Schillings Addition to Lake Addie Townsite according to the plat 
thereof thence running North to the right-of-way of the Chicago, 
Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company, thence Northeasterly 
along said railway right-of-way 341.6', thence South to a point 
40' North of the Northeast corner of Lot "M" in Schillings 
Addition to Lake Addie Townsite, thence Northwesterly 119', 
thence North 20', thence West to the point of beginning; and, 
beginning at a point in the center of Buffalo Creek 50' North of 
the Northeast corner of Lot "M" in Schillings Addition to Lake 
Addie Townsite, according to the plat thereof on file and of 
record in the office of the county recorder of McLeod county, 
thence North 254' to the South line of right-of-way of the 
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company, thence South 
34 degrees 32 minutes East along said right-of-way a distance of 
35', thence South 261' to the center of Buffalo Creek, thence 
Northwesterly 85.1' to the place of beginning, all of the above 
being and lying in the Southeast Quarter of Southwest Quarter of 
Section 29, Township 115 North, Range 29 West. 
    (2) Beginning at a point in the center of Buffalo Creek 
442.09' East and 50' North of the Northeast Corner of Block 1 in 
Lake Addie Townsite, according to the plat thereof on file and 
of record in the office of the county recorder of the county of 
McLeod, Minnesota thence North to the South Line of the 
right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad 
Company thence Southeasterly along said right-of-way to a point 
360' due East of the West line of this tract, thence South to 
the center of Buffalo Creek, thence Westerly along the center of 
Buffalo Creek, to the point of beginning, being and lying in the 
Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and the Southwest 
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 115 
North, Range 29 West. 
    (3) United States Government Lot 1 (0.90 ac.) in Section 
14, Township 117 North, Range 27 West. 
    The parcels are all inaccessible and are not necessary for 
public access to the adjacent public waters. 
    Sec. 6.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; PINE COUNTY.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.018, Pine 
county may sell certain tax-forfeited land bordering public 
water, located in Pine county and described in this section, in 
the manner provided for appraisal, sale, and conveyance of 
tax-forfeited land by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
    The land described in this section may be sold by public 
sale for a consideration not less than its appraised value.  The 
conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. 
    The land that may be sold borders public water and consists 
of 57 lots in Windemere Township, Pine county, bordering Lake 
Twelve in Section 12, Township 45 North, Range 19 West, and 
described as: 
    (1) Windemere Acres, Block 1, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 
13, and 14; 
    (2) Windemere Acres, Block 2, lots 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 
23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33; 
    (3) Windemere Acres, Block 3, lots 1, 2, 7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 
18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30; and 
    (4) Windemere Acres, Block 4, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 
12, 13, 14, and 20. 
    Sec. 7.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; PINE COUNTY.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.018, and 
the public sale requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 
282.01, Pine county may sell certain tax-forfeited land, located 
in Pine county and described in this section, to Travel America 
in the manner provided for appraisal, sale, and conveyance of 
tax-forfeited land by Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
    The land described in this section may be sold by private 
sale for a consideration not less than its appraised value.  The 
conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. 
    The land that may be sold borders public water and consists 
of three tracts of about 120 acres of land located in Pine 
county, described as: 
    (1) the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 
21, Township 42 North, Range 20 West; 
    (2) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 
21, Township 42 North, Range 20 West; and 
    (3) the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 
21, Township 42 North, Range 20 West. 
    Sec. 8.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Except for sections 3 and 4, this act takes effect the day 
after final enactment. 
    Approved April 26, 1988