Minnesota Session Laws - 1989, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1989 

                         CHAPTER 135-H.F.No. 43 
           An act relating to state lands; authorizing St. Louis 
          county to sell certain tax-forfeited lands bordering 
          public waters. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
COUNTY.] 
    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.018, St.
Louis county may sell the tax-forfeited land bordering public 
waters and described in paragraph (c) in the manner provided for 
appraisal, sale, and conveyance of tax-forfeited land by 
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
attorney general. 
    (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in St. Louis 
county and is described as: 
    (1) Lots 4 and 5, Block 1, and Lots 2, 4, 5, and 6, Block 
2, of Rearrangement of Part of Stoney Brook Park, Mt. Iron; and 
    (2) Lot 6, Block 1, of Stoney Brook Park, Mt. Iron. 
    (d) The lands in this section border on a relocated 
drainage ditch, which is public waters in the city of Mt. Iron, 
are not needed for state purposes and would better serve the 
public's interest if the lands were privately owned. 
    Sec. 2.  [PRIVATE SALES OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS; ST. LOUIS 
COUNTY.] 
    Subdivision 1.  (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
section 282.018, or the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell the 
tax-forfeited lands bordering public waters and described in 
subdivision 2, to the persons indicated, by private sale for not 
less than appraised value. 
    (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
attorney general. 
    Subd. 2.  (a) The following lands located in St. Louis 
county may be sold to the persons indicated.  
    (b) St. Louis county may sell to Charlotte Ekroot, Windigo 
Lodge, Grand Marais:  that part of the Southeast Quarter of the 
Northwest Quarter of Section 9, Township 55 North, Range 12 
West, lying west of the township road.  A cabin and a tool shed 
were built on what they thought was their property.  Later 
surveys indicated that they had built on tax-forfeited property. 
    (c) St. Louis county may sell to Manson Berg, 2930 Miller 
Trunk Highway, Duluth:  the easterly 164.1 feet of the South 
Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the 
Southwest Quarter, Section 12, Township 50 North, Range 15 
West.  The adjacent property has belonged to Mr. Berg since 1978.
Due to incorrect survey lines, part of Mr. Berg's trailer park 
along with water and sewage system was located on 1.24 acres of 
tax-forfeited land.  This land is surrounded by private property 
and has no road access.  
    (d) St. Louis county may sell to Mablo Enrico, 202 First 
Street N.W., Chisholm:  part of Outlot B, beginning at a point 
83.96 feet South and 212.77 feet West of the Northwest corner, 
go South 47 degrees 9 minutes East 393 feet to a point on the 
West line of a platted road, thence South 42 degrees 51 minutes 
West along the west side of said road 100 feet, thence North 47 
degrees 9 minutes West 396 feet to a point on the shore of Long 
Lake, thence in a northerly and easterly direction 100 feet to 
the point of beginning.  Plat of Long Lake Beach, Lot 1, Sec. 
17, Lot 7, Section 18, all in Township 59 North, Range 20 West.  
Mr. Enrico, who has been diagnosed as having Alzheimer's 
Disease, forgot to pay taxes on his lakeshore lot and it was 
forfeited.  The family would like to redeem the property.  
    (e) St. Louis county may sell to William Moffat, P. O. Box 
434, Tower:  an undivided three-eighths interest in the easterly 
175 feet of Government Lot 8, Section 19, Township 62 North, 
Range 14 West.  Mr. Moffat requested use of tax-forfeited lands 
adjoining his property.  New surveys indicated that his garage 
and part of his house are already on that property.  
    (f) St. Louis county may sell to Rodney and Mary Lou 
Halunen, 1009 1st Street South, Virginia:  the North Half of Lot 
8 of Ruth Ann's Acres, Little Fourteen Lake, Government Lot 1, 
Section 13, Township 60 North, Range 19 West.  Lot 8 is a small 
undevelopable lake lot between two private landowners.  The 
department of natural resources has stated that there is no need 
for a public access.  The county recommends that it be split and 
sold to the two landowners in paragraphs (f) and (g).  
    (g) St. Louis county may sell to Steve Prelesnik, Route 1, 
Box 790, Britt:  the South Half of Lot 8 of Ruth Ann's Acres, 
Little Fourteen Lake, Government Lot 1, Section 13, Township 60 
North, Range 19 West.  Lot 8 is a small undevelopable lake lot 
between two private landowners.  The department of natural 
resources has stated that there is no need for a public access.  
The county recommends that it be split and sold to the two 
landowners in paragraphs (f) and (g).  
    (h) Lands in this section are not needed for state purposes 
and the public's interest would be better served if the lands 
were publicly owned. 
    Sec. 3.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
COUNTY.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.018, or the 
public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. 
Louis county may sell the property described in this section by 
private sale to Lawrence and Marjo Mencel, 1715 Maryland Avenue, 
Superior, Wisconsin. 
    The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney 
general. 
    The property that may be sold is located in St. Louis 
county and described as:  an undivided one-half interest in Lot 
23, Bass Lake Shores, that is platted as part of Government Lot 
8, Section 34, Township 55, North of Range 15, West of the 
fourth principal meridian. 
    An undivided one-half interest of Lot 23 was forfeited for 
nonpayment of delinquent taxes for the years 1950 and 1953.  The 
Mencels own the other undivided one-half interest in Lot 23 and 
an adjacent parcel that includes a building partially located on 
Lot 23.  The state's interest is not manageable as an undivided 
interest and it would be in the public's interest to place the 
entire property with the Mencels. 
    Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final 
enactment. 
    Presented to the governor May 12, 1989 
    Signed by the governor May 16, 1989, 4:31 p.m.