Minnesota Session Laws - 2000, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 348-S.F.No. 3379 
                  An act relating to public lands; authorizing public 
                  and private sales of certain tax-forfeited lands; 
                  authorizing private conveyance of certain state land; 
                  authorizing an exchange of certain county land; 
                  amending Laws 1999, chapter 161, section 30. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
        PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, Aitkin 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.  If the lands described in paragraph (c), clauses (1) and 
        (3), meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 
        282.01, subdivision 7a, the county may use the alternative sale 
        procedure described under that section. 
           (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
        attorney general. 
           (c) The land to be sold is located in Aitkin county and is 
        described as: 
           (1) Lot 3, less the North 60 feet, Plat of Bridge Park; 
           (2) all that part of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 lying 
        northeast of the creek, Section 28, Township 52 North, Range 23 
        West; and 
           (3) all that part of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 
        lying south and east of the Snake river, Section 9, Township 43 
        North, Range 23 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. 2.  [PRIVATE CONVEYANCE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
        LAND; BELTRAMI COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale 
        provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A, 94, and 282, the 
        commissioner of natural resources may convey to Waskish 
        township, for no consideration, the consolidated conservation 
        land that is 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 if it is not used for public airport purposes. 
           (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Beltrami 
        county and is described as follows:  Southwest Quarter of 
        Northeast Quarter, Section Twenty, Township 154 North, Range 30 
        West. 
           Sec. 3.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
        PUBLIC WATER; DAKOTA COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
        Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Dakota county may sell to the 
        city of Farmington, housing and redevelopment authority, the 
        tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
        paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
        Statutes, chapter 282. 
           (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
        general and subject to a conservation easement, in a form 
        prescribed by the commissioner of natural resources, that 
        includes at least a 100-foot strip for protection along the 
        Vermillion river, protection of associated wetlands and uplands, 
        and public recreational use. 
           (c) The land to be sold is located in Dakota county and is 
        described as: 
           That part of the Northeast Quarter (NE-1/4) of the 
        Northwest Quarter (NW-1/4) of Section 31, Township 114 North, 
        Range 19 West, Dakota county, Minnesota, described as follows:  
        Beginning at the intersection of the northerly right-of-way line 
        of the Milwaukee Road Railway with the east line of the NE-1/4 
        of the NW-1/4 of said Section, said point being 1155.3 feet 
        South of the Northeast corner of the NE-1/4 of the NW-1/4 of 
        said Section; thence bearing North (assumed bearing) along the 
        said east line 450.00 feet; thence bearing West 65.89 feet; 
        thence bearing South 32 degrees 02 minutes East 45.51 feet; 
        thence bearing South 4 degrees 41 minutes East 39.62 feet; 
        thence bearing South 35 degrees 39 minutes West 135.10 feet; 
        thence bearing South 68 degrees 43 minutes West 59.91 feet; 
        thence bearing North 63 degrees 44 minutes West 39.11 feet; 
        thence bearing South 47 degrees 14 minutes West 14.80 feet to a 
        point which is 219.00 feet West of the east line of the NE-1/4 
        of the NW-1/4 of said Section (when measured on a line 
        perpendicular to said east line); thence bearing South parallel 
        with said east line 285.00 feet to the northerly right-of-way 
        line of said Milwaukee Road Railway; thence easterly along said 
        northerly right-of-way line on a nontangent curve; concave to 
        the North with a radius of 2814.79 feet, a distance of 222.16 
        feet to the point of beginning (the chord of said curve bearing 
        North 30 degrees 19 minutes 24 seconds East). 
           (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
        management interests would best be served if the land was 
        returned to private ownership. 
           (e) The commissioner of natural resources shall review the 
        city of Farmington's landfill clean up plan for the land 
        described in paragraph (c) to determine its impact on the 
        Vermillion river. 
           Sec. 4.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
        PUBLIC WATER; ISANTI COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, Isanti 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 to be sold is located in Isanti county and is 
        described as: 
           Lot 1, Block 1, River Ridge Second Addition (02.065.0020). 
           (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. 5.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
        PUBLIC WATER; ISANTI COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
        Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Isanti county may sell by 
        private sale 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 for the fair market value as determined by the 
        Isanti county board of commissioners. 
           (c) The land to be sold is located in Isanti county and is 
        described as: 
           (1) Lot A, Block 17, Third Francis Lake Shores 
        (02.055.1110); 
           (2) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 21, Township 35, 
        Range 24 described as follows: 
           Commencing at the southwest corner of said Lot 2; thence 
           North along the west line thereof 147.73 feet; thence East 
           at right angles with the west line of said Government Lot 2 
           to the shore of Lake Francis; thence southerly along the 
           shore line of Lake Francis to its intersection with the 
           south line of Government Lot 2; thence West along the south 
           line of Government Lot 2 to the point of beginning and 
           there to terminate.  Subject to an easement for road 
           purposes over the West 33 feet thereof (02.021.2100); 
           (3) Lot 19, Block 1, River Ridge (02.064.0150); 
           (4) Lot 5, Block 1, River Ridge Second Addition 
        (02.065.0060); 
           (5) Lot 6, Block 1, River Ridge Second Addition 
        (02.065.0070); 
           (6) Lot 7, Block 1, River Ridge Second Addition 
        (02.065.0080); 
           (7) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 21, Township 34, 
        Range 22, described as follows: 
           Beginning at the northeast corner of said Section 21; 
           thence South, along the east line thereof, 1,380 feet; 
           thence South 66 degrees 26 minutes West for 570 feet; 
           thence South 5 degrees 4 minutes West for 560 feet; thence 
           South 50 degrees 35 minutes West for 240 feet; thence South 
           35 degrees 11 minutes West for 181 feet to the point of 
           beginning of the tract hereby described; thence South 69 
           degrees 17 minutes East for 112.48 feet to a point near the 
           top of the bank adjacent to the shore of Typo Lake; thence 
           South 35 degrees 11 minutes West, along or near said bank, 
           for 59 feet; thence North 83 degrees 49 minutes West for 
           124.4 feet; thence North 35 degrees 11 minutes East for 91 
           feet to the point of beginning (08.021.1900); 
           (8) the East half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast 
        Quarter, Section 10, Township 34, Range 25 (12.010.1900); and 
           (9) the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 
        11, Township 34, Range 25 (12.011.1900). 
           (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. 6.  Laws 1999, chapter 161, section 30, is amended to 
        read: 
           Sec. 30.  [PRIVATE CONVEYANCE OF COUNTY LAND; ITASCA 
        COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section sections 
        282.018, subdivision 1, and 373.01, subdivision 1, clause 
        (4), Itasca county may privately and the public sale provisions 
        of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, the commissioner of revenue 
        shall convey the land described in paragraph (b) as 
        tax-forfeited to the former owner for no consideration. 
           (b) The land to be conveyed is described as:  
           That portion of Government Lot 2 lying and being North of 
           the Ball Club river in Section 31, Township 145, Range 25, 
           according to the government survey thereof on file and of 
           record with the county recorder of and for said county and 
           state. 
           Subject to reservations, restrictions, and easements as 
           they appear of record.  
           (c) The land described in paragraph (b) was donated to 
        Itasca county to develop a park.  Itasca county has chosen not 
        to develop a park and has determined that the land should be 
        returned to the donor. 
           Sec. 7.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
        PUBLIC WATER; LAKE COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, Lake 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 to be sold is located in Lake county and is 
        described as: 
           (1) an undivided 1/200 interest in Government Lot 7, North 
        of CSAH 16, Section 30, Township 63 North, Range 11 West; 
           (2) an undivided 24 percent interest in Government Lot 8, 
        Section 30, Township 63 North, Range 11 West; and 
           (3) a 1/200 interest in the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Section 
        30, Township 63 North, Range 11 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. 8.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
        PUBLIC WATER; MARTIN COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
        Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Martin county may sell by 
        private sale 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 to be sold is located in Martin county and is 
        described as: 
           (1) Parcel No. 23-164-0010, Lot 001, Block 001, Lake Park 
        Addition, city of Fairmont; 
           (2) Parcel No. 23-164-0380, Lot 021, Block 002, Lake Park 
        Addition, city of Fairmont; 
           (3) Parcel No. 23-164-0400, Lot 025, Block 002, Lake Park 
        Addition, city of Fairmont; and 
           (4) Parcel No. 23-164-0450, Lot 004, Block 003, Lake Park 
        Addition, city of Fairmont.  
           (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. 9.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
        PUBLIC WATER; MORRISON COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
        103F.535, and 282.018, Morrison county may sell the 
        tax-forfeited land bordering public water or wetlands 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 to be sold is located in Morrison county and 
        is described as: 
           (1) Lot 13, Block 10, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
           (2) Lot 11, Block 10, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
           (3) Lot 10, Block 13, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
           (4) Lot 12, Block 13, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
           (5) Lot 20, Block 13, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
           (6) Lot 24, Block 13, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
           (7) Lot 26, Block 13, Enchanted Lakes First Addition; 
           (8) Lot 6, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
           (9) Lot 7, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
           (10) Lot 11, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
           (11) Lot 14, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
           (12) Lot 38, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
           (13) Lot 41, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
           (14) Lot 8, Block 2, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
           (15) Lot 10, Block 2, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
           (16) Lot 22, Block 2, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood North; 
           (17) Lot 33, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Birchwood South; 
           (18) Lot 8, Edgewater; 
           (19) Lot 4, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
           (20) Lot 32, Block 2, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
           (21) Lot 4, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
           (22) Lot 12, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
           (23) Lot 13, Block 5, Enchanted-Lakes Golf Course; 
           (24) Lot 15, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
           (25) Lot 17, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
           (26) Lot 18, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
           (27) Lot 19, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
           (28) Lot 3, Block 11, Enchanted Lakes-Golf Course; 
           (29) Lot 1, Block 1, Enchanted Lakes-Overlook; 
           (30) Lot 34, Block 3, Enchanted Lakes-Overlook; 
           (31) Lot 3A, Block 5, Enchanted Lakes-Overlook; 
           (32) S 1/2 of S 1/2 of S 1/2 and S 1/2 of N 1/2 of S 1/2 of 
        S 1/2, all of the SW 1/4, Lakin township, Section 12, Township 
        39 North, Range 28 West; 
           (33) SE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Platte township, Section 4, Township 
        42 North, Range 30 West; 
           (34) NW 1/4 of SE 1/4, town of Pulaski, Section 14, 
        Township 42 North, Range 29 West; 
           (35) Lot 3, Ripley township, Section 22, Township 42 North, 
        Range 31 West; 
           (36) Lot 4, Block 1, Lincoln Beach of Fish Trap; 
           (37) Outlot A, Block 1, The Summit, town of Scandia Valley; 
           (38) Lot 15, Shamineau Park 10th Addition; 
           (39) Lot 93, Shamineau Park 10th Addition; and 
           (40) Lot 94, Shamineau Park 10th Addition. 
           (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. 10.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
        PUBLIC WATER; NORMAN COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, Norman 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 to be sold is located in Norman county and is 
        described as: 
           (1) Section 12, Township 146, Range 49, commencing at a 
        point 369.13 feet North and 2318.07 feet West of the southeast 
        corner of Section 12-146-49; East 363.3 feet, North 514.71 feet, 
        northwest and westerly 1193.15 feet, South 290.6 feet, to the 
        center of Marsh river, southerly along the river center line to 
        the south line of Section 12 (Parcel 18-7034000); and 
           (2) Section 13, Township 146, Range 49, that part of the S 
        1/2 of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4, south of river (Parcel 
        18-7049000). 
           (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. 11.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
        PUBLIC WATER; NORMAN COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, Norman 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 sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
        general. 
           (c) The land to be sold is located in Norman county and is 
        described as:  2.73 acres beginning at a point 26 rods North of 
        the northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest 
        Quarter; North 44 rods; East 19 rods; Southwest 48 rods to 
        beginning, Section 20, Township 146 North, Range 48 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. 12.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
        PUBLIC WATER; POLK COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, Polk 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 to be sold is located in Polk county and is 
        described as: 
           Lots 1 to 8, Block 1, Park Addition to Erskine. 
           (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. 13.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
        PUBLIC WATER; RAMSEY COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
        Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Ramsey county may sell by 
        private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that 
        is described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
        Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
           (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
        general. 
           (c) The land to be sold is located in Ramsey county and is 
        described as:  
           (1) that part of Government Lot 1 lying within the 
        Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and southerly of 
        North Owasso Boulevard, subject to easements, Section 36, 
        Township 30, Range 23 (PIN:  36-30-23-23-0015-2); and 
           (2) the North 41-6/10 feet of part of Government Lot 1 
        lying within the Southwest Quarter, except that part West of the 
        extended westerly line of Lot 1, Lake Owasso Heights, subject to 
        roads and easements, Section 36, Township 30, Range 23 (PIN:  
        36-30-23-32-0001-5). 
           (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
        management interests would best be served if the land was sold 
        to the Ramsey county department of public works to install a 
        permanent water aeration system for Lake Owasso. 
           Sec. 14.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
        COUNTY.] (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of 
        Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, 
        St. Louis county may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land 
        described in paragraph (c). 
           (b) The land described in paragraph (c) may be sold by 
        private sale to the iron range resources and rehabilitation 
        board for economic development.  The sale must be in a form 
        approved by the attorney general for the appraised value of the 
        land. 
           (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county, 
        consists of approximately 40 acres, and is described as:  the 
        Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 5, Township 
        58 North, Range 15 West. 
           (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
        management interests would best be served if the land was 
        returned to private ownership. 
           Sec. 15.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
        PUBLIC WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
        Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington county may sell 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 to be sold is located in Washington county and 
        is described as:  Lot 1, Block 1, Holiday Beach. 
           (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. 16.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
        COUNTY AND LAKE COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
        282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
        Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county and Lake 
        county may sell lands located in their counties described in 
        paragraph (d) by private sale under the remaining provisions of 
        chapter 282 if acquired by the counties as tax-forfeited land 
        pursuant to a land exchange by the United States of America, 
        United States Forest Service, under the authority of Minnesota 
        Statutes, section 94.344. 
           (b) The sale must be in the form approved by the attorney 
        general. 
           (c) The parcels of land to be sold for private sale must be 
        sold for appraised value to the present United States Forest 
        Service special use permittees occupying these resort properties.
           (d) The parcels of land to be sold are as follows: 
           (1) St. Louis county, Big Lake Wilderness Lodge Resort, 
        described as:  
           Government Lot 3, Section 28, Township 65 North, Range 13 
        West of the 4th Principal Meridian; 
           (2) St. Louis county, Timber Bay Lodge and Houseboat 
        Resort, described as: 
           part of Government Lots 6 and 7, Section 31, Township 61 
        North, Range 12 West of the 4th Principal Meridian; 
           (3) Lake county, Riverpoint Resort, described as: 
           part of Government Lots 1, 2, 10 and 11, Section 6, 
        Township 61 North, Range 11 West of the 4th Principal Meridian; 
        and 
           (4) Lake county, Roaring Stoney Resort, described as: 
           part of Government Lots 8 and 9, Section 30, Township 61 
        North, Range 11 West of the 4th Principal Meridian. 
           (e) The county has determined that the counties' land 
        management interest would best be served if the lands were 
        returned to private ownership. 
           Sec. 17. [EXCHANGE OF LAND AUTHORIZED; CARLTON COUNTY.] 
           (a) Notwithstanding the public sale requirements of 
        Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, subdivision 1, or other law 
        to the contrary, Carlton county may exchange the land described 
        in paragraph (b) for the land owned by the Fond du Lac band of 
        Lake Superior Chippewa described in paragraph (c).  
        Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, subdivision 
        1, Carlton county shall not reserve mineral rights in the land 
        described in paragraph (b). 
           (b) The land owned by Carlton county is described as:  the 
        Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 27, Township 
        49, Range 17. 
           (c) The land owned by the Fond du Lac band of Lake Superior 
        Chippewa is described as:  the Northwest Quarter of the 
        Southeast Quarter, except the South Half of the South Half 
        thereof, Section 28, Township 49, Range 17. 
           (d) Carlton county has determined that the lands to be 
        exchanged are of substantially equal value and that the exchange 
        is beneficial in creating contiguous ownership for both parties 
        of the exchange. 
           Sec. 18.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           Section 16 is effective the day following final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor April 6, 2000 
           Signed by the governor April 10, 2000, 2:46 p.m.