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Minnesota Session Laws - 2000, Regular Session
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CHAPTER 486-S.F.No. 3002
An act relating to natural resources; adding to and
deleting from state parks; providing for the
administration of certain boathouse lot leases in
Soudan underground mine state park; amending Minnesota
Statutes 1998, section 85.012, subdivision 32a.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.012,
subdivision 32a, is amended to read:
Subd. 32a. Lac qui Parle state park, Lac qui Parle county
and Chippewa counties, which is hereby renamed from Lac qui
Parle state recreation area.
Sec. 2. [ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.]
Subdivision 1. [85.012] [Subd. 13.] [CHARLES A. LINDBERGH
STATE PARK, MORRISON COUNTY.]
The following area is added to Charles A. Lindbergh state
park, all in Township 129 North, Range 29 West, Morrison
county: That part of Government Lots 1 and 2 of Section 5
described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of
said Section 5; thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes 32 seconds
East 2416.82 feet (assumed bearing) along the north line of said
Section 5 to an iron monument in the center line of Morrison
county road No. 213, the point of beginning; thence South 36
degrees 16 minutes 09 seconds West 1479.77 feet along said
center line; thence South 24 degrees 14 minutes 08 seconds West
286.99 feet continuing along said center line; thence South 15
degrees 42 minutes 07 seconds West 80.60 feet, continuing along
said center line; thence North 89 degrees 58 minutes 32 seconds
East 1286.20 feet, more or less, to the shore of the Mississippi
river; thence northerly along said shore to its intersection
with the north line of said Section 5; thence westerly along
said north line to point of beginning.
Subd. 2. [85.012] [Subd. 16.] [FLANDRAU STATE PARK, BROWN
COUNTY.]
The following area is added to Flandrau state park, all in
Brown county:
(1) the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; Lot 2
of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; Lot 4 of the
Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; Lot 6 of the
Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter; Sublot 1 of Lot C
and Sublot 3 of Lot D of the Northeast Quarter; and Sublot 1 of
Lot A of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5,
Township 109 North, Range 30 West;
(2) Sublot B of Lot 5 of the Southwest Quarter and Sublot 3
of Lot 3 of the Southeast Quarter, Section 32, Township 110
North, Range 30 West;
(3) that part of Outlot 407, city of New Ulm, lying outside
of the existing statutory boundary; and
(4) balance of Outlot 412; balance of Outlot 409; balance
of Outlot 408; Outlot 411; also, any and all portions of vacated
Lookout Street adjoining said described parcels, city of New Ulm.
Subd. 3. [85.012] [Subd. 27.] [MYRE-BIG ISLAND STATE PARK,
FREEBORN COUNTY.]
The following area is added to Myre-Big Island state park,
all in Freeborn county:
(1) The Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the
West Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 102
North, Range 21 West, excepting the following two parcels from
said West Half of the Southeast Quarter:
(i) commencing at the northeast corner of the Southeast
Quarter of said Section 11; thence South 89 degrees 55 minutes
48 seconds West a distance of 2572.93 feet, on an assumed
bearing, on the north line of said Southeast Quarter to the
point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 55 minutes 48
seconds West a distance of 66.00 feet on the north line of said
Southeast Quarter to the northwest corner thereof; thence South
00 degree 21 minutes 31 seconds East a distance of 969.71 feet
on the west line of said Southeast Quarter to the point on the
north right-of-way line of the Soo Line railroad; thence North
83 degrees 20 minutes 35 seconds East a distance of 66.40 feet
on the north right-of-way line of the Soo Line railroad; thence
North 00 degrees 21 minutes 31 seconds West a distance of 962.10
feet to the point of beginning; and
(ii) commencing at the northeast corner of the Southeast
Quarter of said Section 11; thence South 89 degrees 55 minutes
48 seconds West a distance of 2638.93 feet, on an assumed
bearing, on the north line of said Southeast Quarter to the
northwest corner thereof; thence South 00 degrees 21 minutes 31
seconds East a distance of 1070.32 feet on the west line of said
Southeast Quarter to a point on the south right-of-way line of
the Soo Line railroad, said point being the point of beginning;
thence South 00 degrees 21 minutes 31 seconds East a distance of
751.93 feet on the west line of said Southeast Quarter; thence
North 86 degrees 32 minutes 19 seconds East a distance of 550.32
feet; thence North 00 degrees 21 minutes 31 seconds West a
distance of 470.94 feet to a point on the north line of the
Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11;
thence North 89 degrees 50 minutes 34 seconds West a distance of
483.53 feet on the north line of said Southwest Quarter of the
Southeast Quarter; thence North 00 degrees 21 minutes 31 seconds
West a distance of 254.13 feet to a point on the south
right-of-way line of the Soo Line railroad; thence South 83
degrees 20 minutes 35 seconds West a distance of 66.40 feet on
the south right-of-way line of said Soo Line railroad to the
point of beginning;
(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and the
North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of
Section 12, Township 102 North, Range 21 West;
(3) the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of
Section 13, Township 102 North, Range 21 West, excepting
therefrom the East 330 feet;
(4) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the
Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 14,
Township 102 North, Range 21 West, less therefrom 10 acres in
the southeast corner thereof heretofore conveyed to Richard P.
and Eileen C. Stieler;
(5) Government Lots 3 and 4, the West 5 acres of the North
Half of the Northeast Quarter and the Southwest Quarter of the
Northeast Quarter of Section 19, Township 102 North, Range 20
West; and
(6) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section
19, Township 102 North, Range 20 West, excepting the following
parcel: Beginning at a point on the east line of said Southeast
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, which point is 859.0 feet
North of the southeast corner thereof; thence westerly 1071.95
feet on a line parallel to the north line of said quarter
quarter section; thence northerly 447.0 feet on a line parallel
to the east line of said quarter quarter section; thence
easterly 1071.95 feet to the east line of said quarter quarter
section; thence southerly 447.0 feet on the east line of said
quarter quarter section to the point of beginning.
Subd. 4. [85.012] [Subd. 32a.] [LAC QUI PARLE STATE PARK,
LAC QUI PARLE AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES.]
The following areas are added to Lac qui Parle state park,
all in Township 118 North, Range 42 West, Chippewa county:
(1) a tract of land described as follows: Beginning at the
northeast corner of Section 14; thence South 1283 feet measured
along the east line of said Section 14; thence in a
northwesterly direction along the 945 contour of the Lac qui
Parle lake project as now surveyed across the Northeast Quarter
of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 14 a distance of 1385
feet to the place where said contour line intersects the north
line of said Section 14; thence East along the north line of
said section 507.2 feet to the point of beginning;
(2) a tract of land described as follows: Beginning at a
point on the west line of Section 13 a distance of 560 feet
south of the northwest corner of said section where the westerly
right-of-way line of the highway as now located across said
section intersects the west line of said section; thence
southerly along the westerly right-of-way of highway 1255 feet
to the point where the 945 contour line of the Lac qui Parle
lake project intersects the westerly line of the highway; thence
northwesterly on a line which bears North 73 degrees 55 minutes
West a distance of 75 feet; thence along a line which bears
North 44 degrees 44 minutes West a distance of 578.2 feet to the
west line of said Section 13; thence North along the west line
of said section 723 feet to the point of beginning, EXCEPTING
THEREFROM HOWEVER THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND:
Beginning at a point 1212.8 feet South of the northwest corner
of said Section 13 (this point being on the west line of said
Section 13); thence to left 33 degrees 41 minutes a distance of
315.5 feet; thence left 13 degrees 14 minutes a distance of
145.8 feet; thence right 02 degrees 36 minutes a distance of
178.0 feet; thence left 29 degrees 19 minutes a distance of 63.0
feet; thence left 135 degrees 26 minutes a distance of 235.8
feet; thence right 12 degrees 04 minutes a distance of 240.0
feet; thence left 02 degrees 02 minutes a distance of 200.0
feet; thence left 99 degrees 08 minutes a distance of 247.6 feet
to point of beginning; and
(3) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of
Section 11.
Subd. 5. [85.012] [Subd. 43.] [MINNEOPA STATE PARK, BLUE
EARTH COUNTY.]
The following area is added to Minneopa state park, all in
Section 20, Township 108 North, Range 27 West, Blue Earth county:
That part of the East 390 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter and the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast
Quarter except the East 660 feet and lying southerly of the
Union Pacific railroad right-of-way and lying northerly of
county state-aid highway No. 69.
Subd. 6. [85.012] [Subd. 53.] [SIBLEY STATE PARK,
KANDIYOHI COUNTY.]
The following area is added to Sibley state park, Kandiyohi
county: the South Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 12,
Township 121 North, Range 35 West.
Sec. 3. [DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.]
Subdivision 1. [85.012] [Subd. 32a.] [LAC QUI PARLE STATE
PARK, LAC QUI PARLE AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES.]
The following area is deleted from Lac qui Parle state
park, Chippewa county: the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest
Quarter of Section 12, Township 118 North, Range 42 West.
Subd. 2. [85.012] [Subd. 33.] [LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK,
BELTRAMI COUNTY.]
The following area is deleted from Lake Bemidji state park,
Beltrami county: the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter
of Section 13, Township 147 North, Range 33 West.
Sec. 4. [BOATHOUSE LEASES; SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE
PARK.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 85.011;
85.012, subdivision 1; and 86A.05, subdivision 2, the leased
boathouse lots located at Stuntz bay in the Soudan underground
mine state park are extended for the lifetime of the current
leaseholder. The commissioner of natural resources shall not
cancel a lease, except for noncompliance with the lease
agreement.
(b) A lease, described under paragraph (a), may be
transferred only once by the current leaseholder to a person
within the third degree of kindred according to civil law or to
first cousins. When possession is transferred, the transferee
shall notify the commissioner and pay to the department of
natural resources an annual lease fee. The commissioner may
offer and, after agreement with the leaseholder, lease
equivalent alternative boathouse sites to a leaseholder.
(c) By January 15, 2001, the commissioner of natural
resources shall report to the senate and house environment and
natural resources policy and finance committees on boathouse
leases in state parks. The report shall include information on:
(1) the number of boathouse leases;
(2) the number of leases that have forfeited;
(3) the expiration dates of the leases;
(4) the historical significance of the boathouses;
(5) recommendations on the inclusion of the land described
in paragraph (d) within the park boundary; and
(6) any other relevant information on the leases.
(d) The commissioner of natural resources shall contact
U.S.X. Corporation and local units of government regarding the
inclusion of the following lands within Soudan underground mine
state park:
(1) all lands located South of Vermillion Lake shoreline in
Section 13, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
(2) all lands located South of Vermillion Lake shoreline in
the S1/2-SE1/4 of Section 14, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
(3) NE1/4-SE1/4 and E1/2-NE1/4 of Section 22, Township 62
North, Range 15 West;
(4) all lands located South of Vermillion Lake shoreline in
Section 23, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
(5) all of Section 24, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
(6) all lands North of trunk highway No. 169 located in
Section 25, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
(7) all lands North of trunk highway No. 169 located in
Section 26, Township 62 North, Range 15 West;
(8) NE1/4-SE1/4 and SE1/4-NE1/4 of Section 27, Township 62
North, Range 15 West; and
(9) NW1/4 of Section 19, Township 62 North, Range 14 West.
Presented to the governor May 11, 2000
Signed by the governor May 15, 2000, 10:46 a.m.
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