Minnesota Session Laws - 1994, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 531-H.F.No. 2054 
                  An act relating to natural resources; authorizing the 
                  commissioner of administration to sell lands in the 
                  Gordy Yaeger wildlife management area in Olmsted 
                  county; appropriating money. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [SALE OF WILDLIFE LANDS.] 
           Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.027, 
        subdivision 10; 92.45; 94.09 to 94.165; 97A.135; 103F.535, or 
        any other law, the commissioner of administration may sell lands 
        located in the Gordy Yaeger wildlife management area in Olmsted 
        county.  The consideration for the lands described in sections 2 
        and 3 shall be $950 per acre.  The conveyances shall be by 
        guitclaim deed in a form approved by the attorney general and 
        shall reserve to the state all minerals and mineral rights.  The 
        proceeds received from the sales are to be deposited in the 
        general fund and are appropriated to the commissioner of natural 
        resources for acquisition of replacement wildlife management 
        area lands.  These sales are pursuant to the recommendation of 
        the Gordy Yaeger wildlife management area advisory committee. 
           Sec. 2.  [SALE TO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 535.] The 
        commissioner may sell to independent school district No. 535 
        land described as:  the North Half of the Northwest Quarter of 
        the Northwest Quarter, Section 5, Township 106N, Range 13W.  The 
        conveyance must provide that the land reverts to the state if it 
        is not used for public purposes. 
           Sec. 3.  [SALE TO CITY OF ROCHESTER.] 
           The commissioner may sell to the city of Rochester land 
        described as:  the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of the 
        Northwest Quarter, Section 5, Township 106N, Range 13W; the 
        North Half of the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the 
        Northwest Quarter, Section 5, Township 106N, Range 13W.  The 
        conveyance must provide that the land reverts to the state if it 
        is not used for public purposes. 
           Sec. 4.  [PUBLIC SALE BY COMMISSIONER.] 
           The commissioner may sell at public sale for not less than 
        the appraised value, as determined by the commissioner, land 
        described as:  the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
        Section 5, Township 106N, Range 13W, except one (1) acre in the 
        northeast corner thereof; and the North Half of the North Half 
        of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 5, 
        Township 106N, Range 13W.  The cost of any survey or appraisal 
        shall be added to and made a part of the appraised value of the 
        lands to be sold.  The commissioner shall give notice of the 
        sale as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 94.10, 
        subdivision 2, paragraph (a).  A portion of the proceeds from 
        the sale equal in amount to the survey, appraisal, legal, 
        advertising, and other expenses incurred by the commissioner in 
        rendering the property salable shall be remitted to the account 
        from which the expenses were paid and are appropriated and 
        immediately available for expenditure in the same manner as 
        other money in the account. 
           Sec. 5.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Sections 1 to 4 are effective the day following final 
        enactment. 
           Presented to the governor April 26, 1994 
           Signed by the governor April 28, 1994, 2:27 p.m.