Minnesota Session Laws - 1995, Regular Session

                             CHAPTER 77-S.F.No. 133 
                  An act relating to state lands; authorizing the 
                  private sale of certain tax-forfeited lands bordering 
                  public waters in Cook and St. Louis counties. 
        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 sell by private 
        sale to the Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians the lands 
        bordering public waters that are 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 lands that may be conveyed are located in Cook 
        county and are described as: 
           (1) Township 63 North, Range 5 East, Section 25, part of 
        Government Lot 1, consisting of 6.54 acres, parcel number 
        57-325-1125; 
           (2) Township 63 North, Range 5 East, Section 25, that part 
        of Government Lot 3 lying south of the southern right-of-way of 
        state highway 61, consisting of 10.5 acres, parcel number 
        57-325-1300; and 
           (3) Township 63 North, Range 7 East, Section 5, part of 
        Government Lot 9, consisting of three acres, parcel number 
        59-305-1100. 
           (d) The lands are located within the Grand Portage Indian 
        Reservation and the county wishes to assist the Grand Portage 
        Band of Chippewa Indians in acquiring lands within the 
        reservation. 
           Sec. 2.  [SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; COOK COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, the conveyance by Cook county in October 
        1993, of the tax-forfeited land bordering public waters that is 
        described in paragraph (b), is hereby ratified. 
           (b) The land that was conveyed is located in Cook county 
        and is described as:  the one acre southwest corner of 
        Government Lot 6, Township 63 North, Range 5 East, Section 31. 
           (c) Through an error, the county sold the land to a private 
        party in October 1993, without legislative authorization.  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 STATE LAND IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
        commissioner of natural resources may sell the school trust land 
        bordering public waters described in paragraph (b) in accordance 
        with the procedures in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 92, for sale 
        of school trust lands. 
           (b) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and 
        is described as:  part of Lot 1, Block 2, Perch Lake Homesite 
        Addition, according to the plat thereof on file and of record in 
        the office of the county recorder, and parts of the unplatted 
        portions of Government Lots 7 and 8, Section 16, Township 60 
        North, Range 21 West. 
           Sec. 4.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Sections 1 to 3 are effective the day following final 
        enactment. 
           Presented to the governor April 20, 1995 
           Signed by the governor April 21, 1995, 1:50 p.m.