Minnesota Session Laws - 1995, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 108-S.F.No. 830 
                  An act relating to state lands; allowing the sale of 
                  certain state forest lands; requiring the commissioner 
                  of natural resources to convey certain land to the 
                  city of Akeley for public purposes; authorizing the 
                  sale of certain trust fund lands; authorizing the sale 
                  of tax-forfeited land in Todd county; authorizing the 
                  commissioner of transportation to acquire certain 
                  trust fund land; proposing coding for new law in 
                  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 89. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [89.0211] [SALE OF STATE FOREST LANDS ADJACENT 
        TO PLATTED AREAS.] 
           Notwithstanding section 89.021, the commissioner may sell 
        state forest lands that are adjacent to areas platted under 
        section 92.46 in accordance with the applicable procedures in 
        chapter 92 or 94. 
           Sec. 2.  [CONVEYANCE TO THE CITY OF AKELEY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 84.027, 
        subdivision 10, and 94.09 to 94.16, the commissioner of natural 
        resources shall convey the land described in paragraph (c) to 
        the city of Akeley for no consideration. 
           (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
        attorney general and must provide that the land reverts to the 
        state if it ceases to be used for the purposes described in 
        paragraph (d).  If the land is pledged as security for a loan 
        for these purposes, the right of reverter is waived in favor of 
        the lender. 
           (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hubbard county 
        and is described as follows:  Lots nine (9) and ten (10) in 
        block five (5), and all of block six (6), of the Plat of Akeley 
        Industrial Gardens. 
           (d) The city of Akeley intends to use the land for 
        expansion of a city park and for senior citizen housing. 
           Sec. 3.  [CONDEMNATION OF TRUST FUND LAND; BELTRAMI 
        COUNTY.] 
           Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        103F.535, or other law to the contrary, the commissioner of 
        transportation may acquire the following described trust fund 
        land, except minerals and mineral rights, by eminent domain: 
           that part of Government Lots 1 and 2, the Northwest Quarter 
           of the Southeast Quarter and the Southeast Quarter of the 
           Southeast Quarter, all in Section 36, Township 147 North, 
           Range 34 West, shown as Parcel 1 on Minnesota Department of 
           Transportation Right of Way Plat Numbered 04-23 as the same 
           is on file and of record in the office of the County 
           Recorder in and for Beltrami County, Minnesota.  
           The department of transportation needs the land as a 
        maintenance storage site to house material, machinery, tools, 
        and supplies for constructing, repairing, and maintaining the 
        trunk highway system. 
           This section is effective the day following final enactment.
           Sec. 4.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; TODD COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, Todd 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, because it has determined that the county's land management 
        interests would best be served if the lands were returned to 
        private ownership. 
           (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
        attorney general. 
           (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Todd county 
        and is described as Lot 7 and Lot 8 of Little Deer Beach, on 
        Little Osakis Lake, in Leslie Township, Section 26, Township 129 
        North, Range 35 West. 
           Sec. 5.  [SALE OF TRUST FUND LANDS.] 
           Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the following 
        described trust fund lands, Lot 1, Block 1, Gold Mine on the 
        River, and Government Lot 7, except the part platted as Lots 2 
        and 3, all in Section 36, Township 67 North, Range 18 West, St. 
        Louis county, may be sold to the lessee under the provisions in 
        Minnesota Statutes, chapter 92. 
           Sec. 6.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Sections 2 and 4 are effective the day following final 
        enactment. 
           Presented to the governor April 28, 1995 
           Signed by the governor May 1, 1995, 2:55 p.m.