Minnesota Session Laws - 1993, Regular Session

  
    Laws of Minnesota 1993 

                        CHAPTER 308-H.F.No. 543 
           An act relating to state lands; authorizing the sale 
          of certain tax-forfeited land that borders public 
          water in Cook and Sherburne counties; correcting the 
          legal description of the state land to be sold in 
          Anoka county; amending Laws 1989, chapter 150, section 
          6. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
     Section 1.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; COOK 
COUNTY.] 
    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Cook county may convey by 
private sale for not less than the appraised value the 
tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 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 Cook county 
and is described as: 
    (1) SW 1/4 of NE 1/4, Section 21, Township 60N, Range 3W 
    (2) SE 1/4 of NW 1/4, Section 21, Township 60N, Range 3W 
    (3) E 1/2 of NE 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 20, Township 60N, 
Range 3W 
    (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
management interests would best be served if the lands were 
returned to private ownership. 
    Sec. 2.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; COOK COUNTY.] 
    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
282.018, subdivision 1, Cook county may sell the tax-forfeited 
land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
under the remaining provisions of 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 Cook county 
and is described as that part of the SW 1/4 of the SE 1/4 of 
Section 20 lying southeasterly of the southernmost boundary of 
marked trunk highway number 61 and westerly of the following 
described line:  Commencing at the southwest corner of said SW 
1/4 SE 1/4, thence easterly along the south line thereof 1,000 
feet to the point of beginning, thence northerly deflecting 90 
degrees to the left 450 feet, more or less, to U.S. Highway 61 
and there terminating; and that part of Government Lot 1 of 
Section 29 lying southeasterly of the southernmost boundary of 
marked trunk highway number 61 and westerly of the following 
described line:  Commencing at the northwest corner of said 
Government Lot 1, thence easterly along the north line thereof 
1,000 feet to the point of beginning, thence southerly 
deflecting 90 degrees to the right 600 feet, more or less, to 
the water's edge of Lake Superior and there terminating; all in 
Township 58 North, Range 5 West.  
    (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
management interests would best be served if the lands were 
returned to private ownership. 
     Sec. 3.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; SHERBURNE COUNTY.] 
    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
282.018, subdivision 1, Sherburne county may sell the 
tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 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 on Clitty Lake 
and is described as Lots 7 and 11, Block 1, Highland Pond. 
    (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
management interests would best be served if the lands were 
returned to private ownership. 
    Sec. 4.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; STEARNS COUNTY.] 
    (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
282.018, subdivision 1, Stearns county may sell tax-forfeited 
land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c) 
under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
282. 
    (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
attorney general. 
    (c) The land that may be sold is located in Stearns county 
and is described as Lots 15 and 16, Block 1, Jody Estates 
Addition to Wakefield Township. 
    (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
management interests would best be served if the land is 
returned to private ownership. 
    Sec. 5.  Laws 1989, chapter 150, section 6, is amended to 
read: 
    Sec. 6.  [ANOKA COUNTY; SURPLUS LAND FOR RECREATIONAL 
PURPOSES.] 
    Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
commissioner of natural resources may sell the following 
described property to Anoka county in the manner prescribed by 
Minnesota Statutes, section 84.027, subdivision 10.  
    The commissioner of natural resources may sell property 
described as: 
    Government Lot 1, Section 5, Township 120 North, Range 22 
West; and Government Lot 1, Section 6, Township 120 North, Range 
22 West; and Government Lot 4, Section 31, Township 121 North, 
Range 22 West, Hennepin county, according to the government 
survey thereof.  Containing 97.0 acres, more or less.  
Government Lots One (1) and Two (2), Section Ten (10), Township 
One Hundred Twenty (120) North, Range Twenty-two (22) West.  
    This land will be used for a county park and the conveyance 
to the county will best serve the public interest. 
    Sec. 6.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
    Sections 1 to 5 are effective the day following final 
enactment. 
    Presented to the governor May 17, 1993 
    Signed by the governor May 20, 1993, 2:16 p.m.