Minnesota Session Laws - 1994, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 462-H.F.No. 2856 
                  An act relating to state lands; authorizing the sale 
                  of certain tax-forfeited lands that border public 
                  water in Mower county. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; MOWER COUNTY; TO 
        THE CITY OF AUSTIN.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
        Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Mower county may convey without 
        consideration to the city of Austin the tax-forfeited lands 
        bordering public water in the city of Austin that are described 
        in paragraph (c).  
           (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
        attorney general and must provide that the land reverts to the 
        state of Minnesota if it is not used for library or other public 
        purposes. 
           (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in the city of 
        Austin and is legally described as follows:  Lot 7, and the East 
        5 feet of Lot 8, all in Block 33, of the Original Village (now 
        City) of Austin, Mower County, Minnesota.  ALSO:  All that part 
        of the Northeast Quarter of Section 3, Township 102 North, Range 
        18 West, Mower County, Minnesota, described as follows:  
        Commencing at the Northeast corner of Lot 7; thence running West 
        on the North line of said Lots 7 and 8 to a point 45 feet East 
        of the West line of said Lot No. 8; thence North at right angles 
        of said North line of said Lots to the Cedar River; thence 
        Easterly down the Cedar River 55 1/2 feet more or less to a 
        point in a direct continuation of the East line of said Lot 7; 
        thence South to the Northeast corner of said Lot 7. 
           (d) The county has determined that the land is needed by 
        Austin for library or other public purposes. 
           Presented to the governor April 14, 1994 
           Signed by the governor April 18, 1994, 3:16 p.m.