Minnesota Session Laws - 1990, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1990 

                        CHAPTER 473-S.F.No. 1772 
           An act relating to natural resources; changing the 
          provisions relating to the delineation of wetland or 
          marginal land; exempting land classification agreement 
          lands from certain requirements; establishing Lake of 
          the Woods state forest; amending Minnesota Statutes 
          1988, section 89.021, subdivision 1, and by adding a 
          subdivision; Minnesota Statutes 1989 Supplement, 
          section 40.46, subdivisions 1 and 2. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1989 Supplement, section 
40.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [RESERVATION OF MARGINAL LAND AND 
WETLANDS.] (a) Notwithstanding any other law, marginal land and 
wetlands are withdrawn from sale by the state unless use of the 
marginal land or wetland is restricted by a conservation 
easement as provided in this section.  
    (b) This section does not apply to transfers of land by the 
board of water and soil resources to correct errors in legal 
descriptions under section 40.43, subdivision 8, or to transfers 
by the commissioner of natural resources for: 
    (1) land that is currently in nonagricultural commercial 
use if a conservation easement would interfere with the 
commercial use; 
    (2) land in platted subdivisions; 
    (3) conveyances of land to correct errors in legal 
descriptions under section 84.0273; 
    (4) exchanges of nonagricultural land with the federal 
government, or exchanges of Class A, Class B, and Class C 
nonagricultural land with local units of government under 
sections 94.342, 94.343, 94.344, and 94.349; 
    (5) land transferred to political subdivisions for public 
purposes under sections 84.027, subdivision 10, and 94.10; and 
    (6) land not needed for trail purposes that is sold to 
adjacent property owners and lease holders under section 85.015, 
subdivision 1, paragraph (b). 
    (c) This section does not apply to transfers of land by the 
commissioner of administration or transportation or to transfers 
of tax-forfeited land under chapter 282 if:  
    (1) the land is in platted subdivisions; or 
    (2) the conveyance is a transfer to correct errors in legal 
descriptions. 
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1989 Supplement, section 40.46, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  [DELINEATION OF WETLAND OR MARGINAL LAND.] (a) 
Before state land is sold, the land must be submitted to the 
board of water and soil resources to authority selling the land 
must determine and delineate the marginal land and wetlands to 
be reserved or restricted by a conservation easement.  The 
delineation must be reported to the board of water and soil 
resources or the commissioner of natural resources as provided 
in paragraph (b) before the land is sold.  The board or the 
commissioner may only disapprove the delineation within 60 days 
after the delineation is reported.  The delineation of the 
reservation or conservation easement need not be by legal 
description and may be a description in general terms that 
identifies the marginal land or wetlands.  
    (b) For tax-forfeited land in counties that have appointed 
land commissioners under section 282.13 and have the authority 
to sell land under section 282.01, subdivision 3, the county 
board shall determine whether the land commissioners or the soil 
and water conservation district board shall review marginal land 
and wetlands and delineate the reservation or conservation 
easement.  The delineation must be reported to the commissioner 
of natural resources and reviewed by the commissioner in 
conjunction with section 282.01, subdivision 2.  For other 
tax-forfeited land the soil and water conservation board of the 
district where the land is located must review marginal land and 
wetlands and delineate the reservation or conservation easement. 
    (c) Marginal land and wetlands may not be sold unless 
restricted by a conservation easement with the restrictions 
provided in section 40.43, subdivision 4, paragraphs (a) and 
(c), and other restrictions determined necessary by the board of 
water and soil resources. 
    Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 89.021, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
    Subdivision 1.  [ESTABLISHED.] There are hereby established 
and reestablished as state forests, in accordance with the 
forest resource management policy and plan, all lands and waters 
now owned by the state or hereafter acquired by the state, 
excepting lands acquired for other specific purposes or 
tax-forfeited lands held in trust for the taxing districts 
unless incorporated therein as otherwise provided by law, in the 
townships and sections described as follows:. 
    Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1988, section 89.021, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 30a.  [LAKE OF THE WOODS STATE FOREST.] Sections 1 
and 2; the south one-half of the northwest quarter of section 3; 
Government Lot 2, the southeast quarter of the northeast 
quarter, Government Lots 3 and 4, the southwest quarter, the 
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the south 
one-half of the southeast quarter of section 4; Government Lots 
1, 2 , 3 and 4, the south one-half of the northwest quarter, the 
northwest quarter of the southwest quarter, the south one-half 
of the southwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the 
southeast quarter of section 5; Government Lot 2, the south 
one-half of the northeast quarter, Government Lot 3, the east 
one-half of the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of 
section 6; Government Lot 2, the southeast quarter of the 
northwest quarter, Government Lots 3 and 4, the east one-half of 
the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of section 7; 
sections 8 through 12, inclusive; the northwest quarter and the 
southeast quarter of section 13; the northwest quarter and the 
south one-half of section 14; sections 15 through 18, inclusive; 
the northeast quarter, the east one-half of the northwest 
quarter, Government Lots 1 and 2, the east one-half of the 
southwest quarter and Government Lots 3 and 4 of section 19; the 
north one-half and the southeast quarter of section 20; sections 
21 through 24, inclusive; the northwest quarter and the south 
one-half of section 25; sections 26, 27 and 28; the southwest 
quarter of the northeast quarter, the northwest quarter and the 
south one-half of section 29; the northeast quarter, Government 
Lots 3 and 4, the east one-half of the southwest quarter and the 
southeast quarter of section 30; sections 31 through 36, 
inclusive; of township 157 north, range 30 west; 
    Government Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, the south one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the south one-half of the northwest quarter, 
the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter and the southeast 
quarter of section 1; the east one-half of the northeast 
quarter, the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, 
Government Lot 2, the southeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter, Government Lot 4, the southeast quarter of the 
southwest quarter and the south one-half of the southeast 
quarter of section 7; the northwest quarter of the northeast 
quarter, the northwest quarter and the southeast quarter of 
section 8; the south one-half of the northeast quarter, the 
south one-half of the northwest quarter and the south one-half 
of section 9; the south one-half of the northwest quarter and 
the southwest quarter of section 10; the east one-half of the 
southeast quarter of section 11; sections 12 and 13; the east 
one-half of the northeast quarter of section 14; the northwest 
quarter of the northeast quarter, the north one-half of the 
northwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the northwest 
quarter, the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, the 
south one-half of the southwest quarter and the southeast 
quarter of section 15; sections 16 and 17; the east one-half, 
Government Lots 1, 2 and 4, the east one-half of the northwest 
quarter and the east one-half of the southwest quarter of 
section 18; the east one-half, Government Lots 2, 3 and 4, the 
east one-half of the northwest quarter and the east one-half of 
the southwest quarter of section 19; sections 20, 21 and 22; the 
northeast quarter, the south one-half of the northwest quarter 
and the south one-half of section 23; the south one-half of the 
northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of section 24; the 
northeast quarter, the northwest quarter of the northwest 
quarter, the south one-half of the northwest quarter, the north 
one-half of the southwest quarter, the north one-half of the 
southeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the southeast 
quarter of section 27; the north one-half, the north one-half of 
the southwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the southwest 
quarter and the north one-half of the southeast quarter of 
section 28; the east one-half, the east one-half of the 
northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of section 29; the 
east one-half, Government Lots 1 and 2 and the east one-half of 
the northwest quarter of section 30; the northeast quarter of 
the northeast quarter, the south one-half of the northeast 
quarter, the east one-half of the northwest quarter, the east 
one-half of the southwest quarter, Government Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 
and the southeast quarter of section 31; the north one-half, the 
southwest quarter, the north one-half of the southeast quarter 
and the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 
32; the north one-half of the northeast quarter, the southwest 
quarter of the northeast quarter, the northwest quarter, the 
northwest quarter of the southwest quarter and the south 
one-half of the southwest quarter of section 33; the northwest 
quarter of the northeast quarter, the south one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the south one-half of the southwest quarter 
and the southeast quarter of section 34; section 35; the south 
one-half of the northeast quarter, the south one-half of the 
northwest quarter and the south one-half of section 36; of 
township 158 north, range 30 west; 
    Government Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, the southwest quarter of the 
northeast quarter, the south one-half of the northwest quarter, 
the southwest quarter, the west one-half of the southeast 
quarter and Government Lot 7 of section 1; sections 2 through 5, 
inclusive; Government Lots 1 and 2, the south one-half of the 
northeast quarter, Government Lot 5, the southeast quarter of 
the northwest quarter, the northeast quarter of the southwest 
quarter, Government Lot 6, the north one-half of the southeast 
quarter and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of 
section 6; the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of 
section 7; the east one-half of the northeast quarter, the north 
one-half of the northwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the 
northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the southwest 
quarter of section 8; the north one-half of section 9; the north 
one-half, the north one-half of the southwest quarter, the 
southeast quarter of the southwest quarter and the southeast 
quarter of section 10; the north one-half, the southwest 
quarter, the north one-half of the southeast quarter and the 
southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 11; 
Government Lot 1 and the northwest quarter of section 12; 
Government Lots 1 and 2 of section 13; the northwest quarter of 
the northeast quarter, the northwest quarter, the north one-half 
of the southwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the 
southwest quarter of section 14; the north one-half and the 
southeast quarter of section 15; the north one-half of the 
northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the northwest 
quarter of section 17; the northeast quarter, Government Lots 1 
and 2, the east one-half of the northwest quarter, the northeast 
quarter of the southwest quarter, Government Lot 3 and the 
southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 18; the 
north one-half of the southwest quarter, the north one-half of 
the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the southeast 
quarter of section 20; the north one-half of the northeast 
quarter of section 22; the northwest quarter of the northwest 
quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter and all 
that part of the north one-half of the southwest quarter lying 
north of Rapid River of section 23; Government Lot 2, the 
southwest quarter of the southwest quarter and Government Lot 4 
of section 24; Government Lots 1 and 2, the west one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the northwest quarter, the northeast quarter 
of the southwest quarter, the south one-half of the southwest 
quarter, Government Lot 3 and the northwest quarter of the 
southeast quarter of section 25; the north one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter, the south one-half of the northwest quarter, the 
southwest quarter and the south one-half of the southeast 
quarter of section 26; the south one-half of the southwest 
quarter, the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the 
south one-half of the southeast quarter of section 27; the 
northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the south one-half 
of the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of section 
32; the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter, the south 
one-half of the southwest quarter and the south one-half of the 
southeast quarter of section 33; section 34; the northwest 
quarter of the northeast quarter, the north one-half of the 
northwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter of section 35; the southeast quarter of the southwest 
quarter, the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter and 
Government Lot 4 of section 36; of township 159 north, range 30 
west; 
    The south one-half of the northwest quarter and the 
northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of section 13; the 
northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, the south one-half 
of the southwest quarter and the south one-half of the southeast 
quarter of section 23; the east one-half of the northeast 
quarter and the south one-half of section 25; the northwest 
quarter of the northeast quarter, the south one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the west one-half and the southeast quarter 
of section 26; the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter 
and the south one-half of section 27; the south one-half of 
section 28; the south one-half of section 29; Government Lots 3 
and 4, the east one-half of the southwest quarter and the 
southeast quarter of section 30; the northeast quarter, 
Government Lots 1 and 2, the east one-half of the northwest 
quarter, Government Lot 3 and the southeast quarter of section 
31; sections 32 to 35, inclusive; the northwest quarter and the 
south one-half of section 36; of township 160 north, range 30 
west; 
    Government Lots 2, 3 and 4, the south one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the south one-half of the northwest quarter 
and the south one-half of section 1; Government Lots 1 and 2, 
the southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, Government Lot 3 
and the southeast quarter of section 2; the southwest quarter of 
the northeast quarter, Government Lots 3 and 4, the south 
one-half of the northwest quarter, the northwest quarter of the 
southwest quarter and the south one-half of the southwest 
quarter of section 3; Government Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, the south 
one-half of the northeast quarter, the south one-half of the 
northwest quarter, the north one-half of the southwest quarter 
and the southeast quarter of section 4; Government Lots 1, 2, 3 
and 4, the south one-half of the northeast quarter, the south 
one-half of the northwest quarter, the southwest quarter, the 
north one-half of the southeast quarter and the southwest 
quarter of the southeast quarter of section 5; sections 6 and 7; 
the north one-half, the northeast quarter of the southwest 
quarter and the south one-half of the southwest quarter of 
section 8; the east one-half and the east one-half of the 
southwest quarter of section 9; the west one-half, the northwest 
quarter of the southeast quarter and the south one-half of the 
southeast quarter of section 10; the south one-half of the 
southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of section 11; the 
northwest quarter of section 12; the west one-half of the 
northwest quarter of section 13; the north one-half of section 
14; the northeast quarter and the north one-half of the 
northwest quarter of section 15; the north one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the southwest quarter of the northeast 
quarter, the west one-half, the north one-half of the southeast 
quarter and the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of 
section 17; the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, the 
south one-half of the northeast quarter, the east one-half of 
the northwest quarter, the east one-half of the southwest 
quarter, Government Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the southeast quarter 
of section 18; the northeast quarter, the east one-half of the 
northwest quarter, the east one-half of the southwest quarter, 
Government Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, the north one-half of the 
southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of the southeast 
quarter of section 19; the west one-half of the northeast 
quarter, the east one-half of the northwest quarter and the 
southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 20; the 
east one-half and the east one-half of the southwest quarter of 
section 21; the east one-half of section 22; section 23; the 
north one-half and the southwest quarter of section 24; sections 
25, 26 and 27; the east one-half, the northeast quarter of the 
northwest quarter, the south one-half of the northwest quarter 
and the southwest quarter of section 28; the southwest quarter 
of the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the 
southeast quarter of section 29; the west one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the east one-half of the northwest quarter, 
Government Lots 1 and 2, the east one-half of the southwest 
quarter, Government Lots 3 and 4, the west one-half of the 
southeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the southeast 
quarter of section 30; the east one-half, Government Lots 3 and 
4 and the east one-half of the southwest quarter of section 31; 
the north one-half of the northeast quarter, the southeast 
quarter of the northeast quarter, the west one-half and the 
southeast quarter of section 32; sections 33 and 34; the east 
one-half and the southwest quarter of section 35; section 36; of 
township 157 north, range 31 west; 
    Government Lots 3 and 4 of section 7; the north one-half of 
the southwest quarter of section 11; the southeast quarter of 
the northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the southwest 
quarter, the south one-half of the southwest quarter and the 
northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 12; the 
northwest quarter of section 13; the north one-half of the 
northwest quarter of section 17; Government Lots 1 and 2 of 
section 18; the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of 
section 19; the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the 
south one-half of the northeast quarter, the northeast quarter 
of the southwest quarter and the north one-half of the southeast 
quarter of section 20; the southeast quarter of the southwest 
quarter of section 22; the southeast quarter of the northeast 
quarter, the south one-half of the southwest quarter and the 
southeast quarter of section 23; the north one-half, the 
southwest quarter, the northeast quarter of the southeast 
quarter and the south one-half of the southeast quarter of 
section 24; sections 25 and 26; the south one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter, the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, the 
south one-half of the southwest quarter and the southeast 
quarter of section 27; the south one-half of the northeast 
quarter, the northwest quarter and the south one-half of section 
28; the west one-half of the northwest quarter, the north 
one-half of the southwest quarter, the southeast quarter of the 
southwest quarter, the west one-half of the southeast quarter 
and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 
29; the north one-half of the northeast quarter, the southwest 
quarter of the northeast quarter, the east one-half of the 
northwest quarter, Government Lots 1 and 2, the east one-half of 
the southwest quarter, Government Lots 3 and 4 and the southeast 
quarter of the southeast quarter of section 30; section 31; the 
east one-half of the northeast quarter, the northwest quarter 
and the south one-half of section 32; the north one-half, the 
southwest quarter, the north one-half of the southeast quarter 
and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 
33; the east one-half, the southeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter and the east one-half of the southwest quarter of 
section 34; section 35; the north one-half, the southwest 
quarter and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of 
section 36; of township 158 north, range 31 west; 
    Government Lots 1 and 2, the south one-half of the 
northeast quarter, Government Lots 3, 4 and 5, the southeast 
quarter of the northwest quarter, the northeast quarter of the 
southwest quarter, Government Lot 7, the southeast quarter of 
the southwest quarter and the west one-half of the southeast 
quarter of section 6; the west one-half of the northeast 
quarter, Government Lots 1 and 2, the east one-half of the 
northwest quarter, Government Lots 3 and 4, the east one-half of 
the southwest quarter and the west one-half of the southeast 
quarter of section 7; section 17; the northeast quarter, the 
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, the northeast 
quarter of the southwest quarter, Government Lot 4, the 
southeast quarter of the southwest quarter and the southeast 
quarter of section 18; sections 19 and 20; the north one-half, 
the southwest quarter and the northwest quarter of the southeast 
quarter of section 29; the east one-half, the northeast quarter 
of the northwest quarter, Government Lots 1 and 2 and the east 
one-half of the southwest quarter of section 30; the north 
one-half of the northeast quarter of section 31; the northeast 
quarter of the northwest quarter and the west one-half of the 
southwest quarter of section 32; of township 159 north, range 31 
west; 
    The southwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the 
south one-half of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter 
of section 15; Government Lots 3 and 4, the east one-half of the 
southwest quarter and the west one-half of the southeast quarter 
of section 19; the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, 
the south one-half of the northeast quarter, the east one-half 
of the northwest quarter, the east one-half of the southwest 
quarter, Government Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the southeast quarter 
of section 30; the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, 
the east one-half of the northwest quarter, Government Lots 1 
and 2, the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter and 
Government Lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 of section 31; of township 160 
north, range 31 west; 
     Government Lots 3 and 4, the south one-half of the 
northwest quarter and the west one-half of the southwest quarter 
of section 2; section 3; the north one-half, the north one-half 
of the southwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the 
southwest quarter of section 10; the northwest quarter of 
section 11; Government Lots 3 and 4 of section 12; Government 
Lot 1 of section 13; the south one-half of the northeast 
quarter, the west one-half, the northwest quarter of the 
southeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the southeast 
quarter of section 15; the north one-half, the northeast quarter 
of the southwest quarter, the south one-half of the southwest 
quarter and the southeast quarter of section 22; section 23; the 
southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the northwest 
quarter, the north one-half of the southwest quarter and the 
northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 24; 
Government Lots 1 and 2, the west one-half of the northeast 
quarter, the northwest quarter, the northwest quarter of the 
southwest quarter, the south one-half of the southwest quarter, 
Government Lot 3 and the west one-half of the southeast quarter 
of section 25; the north one-half of the northeast quarter, the 
southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the west one-half 
and the southeast quarter of section 26; the north one-half, the 
southwest quarter, the north one-half of the southeast quarter 
and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 
27; section 34; the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, 
the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, the west 
one-half and the southeast quarter of section 35; section 36; of 
township 158 north, range 32 west; 
     Sections 1, 2, 3, 10 and 11; the north one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the southwest quarter of the northeast 
quarter, the north one-half of the northwest quarter, the 
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the southwest 
quarter of the southwest quarter of section 14; section 22; the 
southwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the northwest 
quarter of the northwest quarter, the south one-half of the 
northwest quarter and the south one-half of section 23; the 
northeast quarter, the east one-half of the northwest quarter 
and the south one-half of section 24; sections 27 and 34; of 
township 159 north, range 32 west; 
    The south one-half of section 5; Government Lot 2, the 
south one-half of the northeast quarter, Government Lot 5, the 
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, the east one-half of 
the southwest quarter, Government Lots 6 and 7, the north 
one-half of the southeast quarter and the southwest quarter of 
the southeast quarter of section 6; the west one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the northeast 
quarter and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of 
section 7; the west one-half of the northwest quarter, the 
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter and the northeast 
quarter of the southwest quarter of section 8; the southeast 
quarter of section 14; the southwest quarter of the southeast 
quarter of section 15; the northeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter, Government Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 and the southeast quarter 
of the southwest quarter of section 19; the east one-half of 
section 22; the west one-half and the southeast quarter of 
section 23; the east one-half of section 24; sections 25, 26 and 
27; the east one-half, the southeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter and the southwest quarter of section 28; the northwest 
quarter of the southwest quarter, the south one-half of the 
southwest quarter and the south one-half of the southeast 
quarter of section 29; the southwest quarter of the northeast 
quarter, Government Lots 1 and 2, the east one-half of the 
northwest quarter, Government Lots 3 and 4, the east one-half of 
the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of section 30; 
the northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter, Government Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, the east one-half of the 
southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of section 31; the 
north one-half and the southwest quarter of section 32; sections 
33, 34 and 35; the east one-half and the southwest quarter of 
section 36; of township 160 north, range 32 west; 
     Government Lots 1 and 2, the east one-half of the northwest 
quarter, the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, 
Government Lot 3, the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter 
and the southeast quarter of section 31; of township 161 north, 
range 32 west; 
     Government Lots 1 and 2 and the south one-half of the 
northeast quarter of section 18; of township 162 north, range 32 
west; 
    The northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the 
south one-half of the southeast quarter of section 3; the 
northwest quarter of the southwest quarter and the south 
one-half of the southwest quarter of section 5; Government Lots 
1 and 2, the south one-half of the northeast quarter, Government 
Lot 3, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, the 
northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, the northwest 
quarter of the southeast quarter and the south one-half of the 
southeast quarter of section 6; the northeast quarter, the east 
one-half of the northwest quarter, the north one-half of the 
southeast quarter and the southeast quarter of the southeast 
quarter of section 7; the west one-half of section 8; the north 
one-half, the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter and the 
southeast quarter of section 10; the southwest quarter of 
section 11; the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter and 
the southeast quarter of section 13; the north one-half of the 
northwest quarter and the southeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter of section 14; the northeast quarter of the northeast 
quarter of section 15; the southwest quarter of the northeast 
quarter of section 17; the north one-half of the southeast 
quarter and the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of 
section 22; the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter and 
the south one-half of section 23; the north one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the northeast 
quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter, the 
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter and the south 
one-half of the southeast quarter of section 24; the north 
one-half of the northeast quarter, the southwest quarter of the 
northeast quarter, the west one-half, the northwest quarter of 
the southeast quarter and the south one-half, of the southeast 
quarter of section 25; the southwest quarter of the southwest 
quarter, the east one-half of the southeast quarter and the 
southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 26; the 
south one-half of the northwest quarter, the southwest quarter, 
the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter and the south 
one-half of the southeast quarter of section 27; the south 
one-half of the northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the 
southwest quarter and the east one-half of the southeast quarter 
of section 28; the southwest quarter and the west one-half of 
the southeast quarter of section 29; Government Lot 3 except 
that part described as follows:  starting from the northwest 
corner of Lot 3, run south along section line 448 feet more or 
less to a point on the south line of the right of way of Aichele 
Forest Road No. 65 which is the point of beginning:  Thence 
south along the section line 542 feet, thence at a right angle 
easterly 495 feet, thence at a right angle northerly 509 feet 
more or less to the south line of the right of way of Aichele 
Forest Road No. 65, thence westerly 507 feet more or less along 
the south line of the Aichele Forest Road No. 65 right of way to 
the point of beginning, Government Lot 4 and the east one-half 
of the southwest quarter of section 30; the northeast quarter, 
Government Lots 1 and 2, the east one-half of the northwest 
quarter and the southeast quarter of section 31; the north 
one-half of the northeast quarter, the southwest quarter of the 
northeast quarter, the west one-half and the southeast quarter 
of section 32; section 33; the north one-half, the north 
one-half of the southwest quarter, the southwest quarter of the 
southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of section 34; 
sections 35 and 36; of township 160 north, range 33 west; 
    The south one-half of the southwest quarter of section 20; 
the south one-half of the southwest quarter of section 27; the 
northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, the south one-half 
of the northeast quarter, the south one-half of the northwest 
quarter, the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter and the 
north one-half of the southeast quarter of section 28; the 
northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the south one-half 
of the northeast quarter, the northwest quarter, the north 
one-half of the southwest quarter and the northwest quarter of 
the southeast quarter of section 29; the northeast quarter, the 
east one-half of the northwest quarter, Government Lots 2, 3 and 
4, the east one-half of the southwest quarter and the southeast 
quarter of section 31; the south one-half of the northeast 
quarter and the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of 
section 34; the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and 
the east one-half of the southeast quarter of section 36; of 
township 161 north, range 33 west; 
    The northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, the south 
one-half of the northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of 
section 19; section 20; the north one-half of the northeast 
quarter, the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the 
northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 23; the 
northwest quarter and the north one-half of the southwest 
quarter of section 24; the north one-half of the northwest 
quarter and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of 
section 29; of township 162 north, range 33 west; 
    The northwest quarter, the north one-half of the southwest 
quarter and the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter of 
section 17; the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter, 
Government Lots 3 and 4, the east one-half of the southwest 
quarter, the north one-half of the southeast quarter and the 
southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 18; the 
east one-half of the northeast quarter, the southwest quarter of 
the northeast quarter, Government Lot 2, the southeast quarter 
of the northwest quarter and the southeast quarter of section 
19; the west one-half of section 20; the northwest quarter, the 
northwest quarter of the southwest quarter and the south 
one-half of the southwest quarter of section 29; a tract of land 
in the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of the 
northeast quarter more particularly described as follows:  
Commencing at the northeast quarter stake of the said southeast 
quarter of the northeast quarter; thence South, along the East 
boundary line of said forty a distance of 208.71 feet to a 
point; thence West, along a line parallel to the North boundary 
line of said described southeast quarter of the northeast 
quarter for a distance of 208.71 feet to a point; thence North 
along a line parallel to the East boundary line of the said 
southeast quarter of the northeast quarter for a distance of 
208.71 feet to a point on the North boundary line of said 
described forty; thence East along said North forty line a 
distance of 208.71 feet to point of beginning, containing one 
acre, and the south one-half of the southeast quarter of section 
30; the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter, the east 
one-half of the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of 
section 31; of township 163 north, range 33 west; 
    Government Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, the south one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the south one-half of the northwest quarter, 
the southwest quarter and the west one-half of the southeast 
quarter of section 4; Government Lot 1, the south one-half of 
the northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the southwest 
quarter, the south one-half of the southwest quarter and the 
southeast quarter of section 5; the southeast quarter of section 
6; the northeast quarter, Government Lots 3 and 4, the east 
one-half of the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of 
section 7; the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter and 
the south one-half of the southwest quarter of section 10; the 
south one-half of the southwest quarter of section 14; the 
northwest quarter of the northeast quarter, the northwest 
quarter and the south one-half of section 15; the southwest 
quarter of the northeast quarter, the west one-half and the west 
one-half of the southeast quarter of section 23; the west 
one-half, the north one-half of the southeast quarter and the 
southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 25; the 
west one-half of the northeast quarter, the west one-half and 
the west one-half of the southeast quarter of section 26; the 
west one-half of the northeast quarter, the northwest quarter, 
the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter and the southwest 
quarter of the southeast quarter of section 36; of township 161 
north, range 34 west; 
    The south one-half of the northwest quarter and the 
southwest quarter of section 2; the south one-half of the 
northeast quarter, the south one-half of the northwest quarter 
and the south one-half of section 3; Government Lots 1 and 2, 
the south one-half of the northeast quarter and the east 
one-half of the southeast quarter of section 4; the east 
one-half of the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of 
section 8; the south one-half of the northeast quarter, the 
south one-half of the northwest quarter and the south one-half 
of section 9; the north one-half and the southeast quarter of 
section 10; the northwest quarter, the northeast quarter of the 
southwest quarter and the south one-half of the southwest 
quarter of section 11; the northwest quarter and the north 
one-half of the southwest quarter of section 14; the northeast 
quarter, the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter and the 
north one-half of the southeast quarter of section 15; the 
northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the southwest 
quarter and the north one-half of the southeast quarter of 
section 16; the northeast quarter of section 17; the northwest 
quarter of the northeast quarter, the south one-half of the 
northeast quarter and the southeast quarter of section 21; the 
west one-half and the southeast quarter of section 22; the east 
one-half, the south one-half of the northwest quarter and the 
southwest quarter of section 23; the southeast quarter of the 
southwest quarter and the south one-half of the southeast 
quarter of section 24; the northwest quarter of the northeast 
quarter, the south one-half of the northeast quarter, the east 
one-half of the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of 
section 25; section 26; the east one-half, the northeast quarter 
of the northwest quarter and the south one-half of the northwest 
quarter of section 27; the northeast quarter, the southeast 
quarter of the southwest quarter, the northeast quarter of the 
southeast quarter and the south one-half of the southeast 
quarter of section 28; the southwest quarter of the northeast 
quarter of section 31; the east one-half of the southeast 
quarter of section 32; the northeast quarter, the northeast 
quarter of the northwest quarter, the northeast quarter of the 
southwest quarter and the north one-half of the southeast 
quarter of section 33; the north one-half, the north one-half of 
the southwest quarter, the north one-half of the southeast 
quarter and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of 
section 34; the north one-half and the southwest quarter of 
section 35; of township 162 north, range 34 west; 
    The north one-half of the northeast quarter, the southwest 
quarter of the northeast quarter, the southeast quarter of the 
northwest quarter and the east one-half of the southwest quarter 
of section 14; the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of 
section 16; the east one-half of the northeast quarter of 
section 17; the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of 
section 22; the south one-half of the northeast quarter, the 
south one-half of the northwest quarter, the northwest quarter 
of the northwest quarter and the south one-half of section 23; 
the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the west 
one-half of the southwest quarter and the southeast quarter of 
the southwest quarter of section 24; the northwest quarter of 
the northeast quarter, the north one-half of the northwest 
quarter, the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, the 
northwest quarter of the southwest quarter and the northwest 
quarter of the southeast quarter of section 25; section 26; the 
northeast quarter, the northeast quarter of the northwest 
quarter and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of 
section 27; the south one-half of the northeast quarter and the 
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 34; the 
north one-half of the northeast quarter, the southwest quarter 
of the northeast quarter and the northwest quarter of section 
35; the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 
36; of township 163 north, range 34 west. 
    Sec. 5.  [LAND CLASSIFICATION AGREEMENT LANDS EXEMPTION.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 40.46, lands 
sold pursuant to the land classification agreement between the 
commissioner of natural resources and Lake of the Woods county 
dated August 1989 need not comply with section 40.46 and are 
exempt from Minnesota Statutes, section 40.43.  
    Sec. 6.  [INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.] 
    The revisor need not include the legal description for 
state forests under Minnesota Statutes, section 89.021, but must 
include a history of the session laws establishing or amending 
the boundaries of state forests under each subdivision in the 
same manner as provided for state parks under Minnesota 
Statutes, section 85.012.  
    The lands described in the session laws establishing or 
changing the boundaries of each state forest are included in the 
state forests as established or changed.  
    The revisor shall renumber Minnesota Statutes, section 
89.021, subdivision 59, as subdivision 31a, and subdivision 57 
as subdivision 60. 
    Sec. 7.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    This act is effective the day following final enactment. 
    Presented to the governor April 19, 1990 
    Signed by the governor April 20, 1990, 11:15 a.m.