Minnesota Legislature
Office of the Revisor of Statutes
Minnesota Session Laws - 2001, Regular Session
Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
CHAPTER 164-H.F.No. 873
An act relating to public lands; allowing private
easements across tax-forfeited land; changing certain
exchange requirements; modifying county lease terms
for tax-forfeited land; authorizing a conveyance of
certain Benton county land; authorizing public and
private sales and conveyances of certain tax-forfeited
lands in Aitkin, Cook, Hubbard, Lake, Meeker, Ramsey,
St. Louis, and Washington counties; authorizing the
commissioner of transportation to exercise the power
of eminent domain for acquisition of certain trust
fund land bordering public waters; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2000, section 282.04, subdivision 1, and by
adding a subdivision; Laws 1998, chapter 389, article
16, section 31, subdivisions 2, as amended, 3, as
amended, and 4, as amended.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 282.04,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [TIMBER SALES; LAND LEASES AND USES.] (a)
The county auditor may sell timber upon any tract that may be
approved by the natural resources commissioner. Such sale of
timber shall be made for cash at not less than the appraised
value determined by the county board to the highest bidder after
not less than one week's published notice in an official paper
within the county. Any timber offered at such public sale and
not sold may thereafter be sold at private sale by the county
auditor at not less than the appraised value thereof, until such
time as the county board may withdraw such timber from sale.
The appraised value of the timber and the forestry practices to
be followed in the cutting of said timber shall be approved by
the commissioner of natural resources.
(b) Payment of the full sale price of all timber sold on
tax-forfeited lands shall be made in cash at the time of the
timber sale, except in the case of oral or sealed bid auction
sales, the down payment shall be no less than 15 percent of the
appraised value, and the balance shall be paid prior to entry.
In the case of auction sales that are partitioned and sold as a
single sale with predetermined cutting blocks, the down payment
shall be no less than 15 percent of the appraised price of the
entire timber sale which may be held until the satisfactory
completion of the sale or applied in whole or in part to the
final cutting block. The value of each separate block must be
paid in full before any cutting may begin in that block. With
the permission of the county administrator the purchaser may
enter unpaid blocks and cut necessary timber incidental to
developing logging roads as may be needed to log other blocks
provided that no timber may be removed from an unpaid block
until separately scaled and paid for.
(c) The county board may require final settlement on the
basis of a scale of cut products. Any parcels of land from
which timber is to be sold by scale of cut products shall be so
designated in the published notice of sale above mentioned, in
which case the notice shall contain a description of such
parcels, a statement of the estimated quantity of each species
of timber thereon and the appraised price of each specie of
timber for 1,000 feet, per cord or per piece, as the case may
be. In such cases any bids offered over and above the appraised
prices shall be by percentage, the percent bid to be added to
the appraised price of each of the different species of timber
advertised on the land. The purchaser of timber from such
parcels shall pay in cash at the time of sale at the rate bid
for all of the timber shown in the notice of sale as estimated
to be standing on the land, and in addition shall pay at the
same rate for any additional amounts which the final scale shows
to have been cut or was available for cutting on the land at the
time of sale under the terms of such sale. Where the final
scale of cut products shows that less timber was cut or was
available for cutting under terms of such sale than was
originally paid for, the excess payment shall be refunded from
the forfeited tax sale fund upon the claim of the purchaser, to
be audited and allowed by the county board as in case of other
claims against the county. No timber, except hardwood pulpwood,
may be removed from such parcels of land or other designated
landings until scaled by a person or persons designated by the
county board and approved by the commissioner of natural
resources. Landings other than the parcel of land from which
timber is cut may be designated for scaling by the county board
by written agreement with the purchaser of the timber. The
county board may, by written agreement with the purchaser and
with a consumer designated by the purchaser when the timber is
sold by the county auditor, and with the approval of the
commissioner of natural resources, accept the consumer's scale
of cut products delivered at the consumer's landing. No timber
shall be removed until fully paid for in cash. Small amounts of
timber not exceeding $3,000 in appraised valuation may be sold
for not less than the full appraised value at private sale to
individual persons without first publishing notice of sale or
calling for bids, provided that in case of such sale involving a
total appraised value of more than $200 the sale shall be made
subject to final settlement on the basis of a scale of cut
products in the manner above provided and not more than two such
sales, directly or indirectly to any individual shall be in
effect at one time.
(d) As directed by the county board, the county auditor may
lease tax-forfeited land to individuals, corporations or
organized subdivisions of the state at public or private vendue,
and at such prices and under such terms as the county board may
prescribe, for use as cottage and camp sites and for
agricultural purposes and for the purpose of taking and removing
of hay, stumpage, sand, gravel, clay, rock, marl, and black dirt
therefrom, and for garden sites and other temporary uses
provided that no leases shall be for a period to exceed ten
years; provided, further that any leases involving a
consideration of more than $1,500 $12,000 per year, except to an
organized subdivision of the state shall first be offered at
public sale in the manner provided herein for sale of timber.
Upon the sale of any such leased land, it shall remain subject
to the lease for not to exceed one year from the beginning of
the term of the lease. Any rent paid by the lessee for the
portion of the term cut off by such cancellation shall be
refunded from the forfeited tax sale fund upon the claim of the
lessee, to be audited and allowed by the county board as in case
of other claims against the county.
(e) As directed by the county board, the county auditor may
lease tax-forfeited land to individuals, corporations, or
organized subdivisions of the state at public or private vendue,
at such prices and under such terms as the county board may
prescribe, for the purpose of taking and removing for use for
road construction and other purposes tax-forfeited stockpiled
iron-bearing material. The county auditor must determine that
the material is needed and suitable for use in the construction
or maintenance of a road, tailings basin, settling basin, dike,
dam, bank fill, or other works on public or private property,
and that the use would be in the best interests of the public.
No lease shall exceed ten years. The use of a stockpile for
these purposes must first be approved by the commissioner of
natural resources. The request shall be deemed approved unless
the requesting county is notified to the contrary by the
commissioner of natural resources within six months after
receipt of a request for approval for use of a stockpile. Once
use of a stockpile has been approved, the county may continue to
lease it for these purposes until approval is withdrawn by the
commissioner of natural resources.
(f) The county auditor, with the approval of the county
board is authorized to grant permits, licenses, and leases to
tax-forfeited lands for the depositing of stripping, lean ores,
tailings, or waste products from mines or ore milling plants,
upon such conditions and for such consideration and for such
period of time, not exceeding 15 years, as the county board may
determine; said permits, licenses, or leases to be subject to
approval by the commissioner of natural resources.
(g) Any person who removes any timber from tax-forfeited
land before said timber has been scaled and fully paid for as
provided in this subdivision is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(h) The county auditor may, with the approval of the county
board, and without first offering at public sale, grant leases,
for a term not exceeding 25 years, for the removal of peat from
tax-forfeited lands upon such terms and conditions as the county
board may prescribe. Any lease for the removal of peat from
tax-forfeited lands must first be reviewed and approved by the
commissioner of natural resources if the lease covers 320 or
more acres. No lease for the removal of peat shall be made by
the county auditor pursuant to this section without first
holding a public hearing on the auditor's intention to lease.
One printed notice in a legal newspaper in the county at least
ten days before the hearing, and posted notice in the courthouse
at least 20 days before the hearing shall be given of the
hearing.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 282.04, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 4a. [PRIVATE EASEMENTS.] (a) A county board may
convey a road easement across unsold tax-forfeited land to an
individual requesting an easement for access to private property
owned by the individual if:
(1) there are no reasonable alternatives to obtain access
to the individual's property; and
(2) exercising the easement will not cause significant
adverse environmental or natural resource management impacts.
(b) The county auditor shall require an individual applying
for an easement under paragraph (a) to pay the appraised value
of the easement. The conveyance must provide that the easement
reverts to the state in trust for the taxing district in the
event of nonuse.
Sec. 3. Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 16, section 31,
subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 180, section 1,
and Laws 2000, chapter 488, article 3, section 31, is amended to
read:
Subd. 2. [EXCHANGE OF COUNTY LAKESHORE LAND FOR LEASED
LAKESHORE LOTS.] (a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) "county land" includes, but is not limited to,
tax-forfeited land administered by any county;
(2) "leased lakeshore lots" means lands leased by the
state, including lots for which leases have been canceled,
pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 92.46, subdivision 1;
and
(3) "plan for exchange" means a listing of parcels proposed
for exchange with legal descriptions, county estimates of
values, and maps and acreage for each parcel. By July 1, 1999,
counties shall include exchange plans for all lakeshore lease
lots that are in substantial compliance with official controls.
The plan shall also include a timeline that provides for the
completion of the exchange of all remaining lakeshore lease lots
by December 31, 2000.
(b) By July 1, 1999, a county board with leased lakeshore
lots must petition the land exchange board with a plan for an
exchange of county land for leased lakeshore lots in the county
that are not listed by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision
1. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342, the land
proposed for the exchange must be land bordering on or adjacent
to meandered or other public waters. A county board proposing
an exchange under this section may include tax-forfeited or fee
land administered by another county in the proposal with the
consent of that county board.
(c) In determining the value of the leased lakeshore lots
for purposes of the exchange, the land exchange board must
review an appraisal of each lot prepared by an appraiser
licensed by the commissioner of commerce. The selection of the
appraiser must be agreed to by the commissioner of natural
resources and the county board of the county containing the
leased lakeshore lot. The commissioner of natural resources
must pay the costs of appraisal and may recover these costs as
provided in this section. The commissioner must submit
appraisals under this paragraph to the land exchange board by
June 1, 1999.
(d) The land exchange board must determine whether the land
offered for exchange by a county under this section is lakeshore
of substantially equal value to the leased lakeshore lots
included in the county's petition. In making this
determination, the land exchange board must review an appraisal
of the land offered for exchange prepared by an appraiser
licensed by the commissioner of commerce. The selection of the
appraiser must be agreed to by the commissioner of natural
resources and the county board of the county containing the
leased lakeshore lots. The county must pay the costs of this
appraisal and may recover those costs as provided in this
section.
(e) Before the proposed exchange may be submitted to the
land exchange board, the commissioner of natural resources must
ensure that, whenever possible, state lands are added to the
leased lakeshore lots when necessary to provide conformance with
zoning official controls. The lands added to the leased
lakeshore lots must be included in the appraised value of the
lots. If the commissioner is unable to add the necessary land
to a lot, the lot shall be treated as if purchased at the time
the state first leased the site, for the purposes of local
zoning and other ordinances at the time of sale of the lot by
the county.
(f) Additional state or county lands, including state
riparian land leased for a commercial use, may be added to the
exchanges if mutually agreed upon by the commissioner and the
affected county board to meet county zoning standards or other
regulatory needs for the lots, for use of the land by the county
or state, or to avoid leaving unmanageable parcels of land in
state or county ownership after an exchange, or to dispose of
state commercial riparian leases. The additional county land
may include nonriparian land, if the land is adjacent to county
land exchanged under this section and is beneficial to or
enhances the value of the school trust land. Notwithstanding
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or any other law to the
contrary, a county board may sell all or part of any additional
land to an owner of a lakeshore lot sold by the county under
this section, or sold by the state at a lakeshore lot sale, or
to the lessee of a commercial lease.
(g) In the event that commercial leased state land is
proposed for exchange, the state and county must submit to the
land exchange board prior to exchanges, without regard to the
dates provided in this section, the reports, appraisals, and
plan for exchange required by this section. The county is not
required to sell the commercially leased lands it receives from
the state within the times stated in this section.
(h) The land exchange board must determine whether the lots
are of substantially equal value and may approve the exchange,
notwithstanding the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, sections
94.342 to 94.347, relating to the approval process. If the
board approves the exchange, the commissioner must exchange the
leased lakeshore lots for the county lands, together with any
additional state land provided for under this section, subject
to the requirements of the Minnesota Constitution, article XI,
section 10, relating to the reservation of mineral and water
power rights.
(i) The deeds between the state and counties for land
exchanges under this section are exempt from the deed tax
imposed by Minnesota Statutes, section 287.21.
(j) The deeds issued by the state and counties for the land
exchanges and sales to a lessee made pursuant to this section
are exempt from the requirements imposed for well disclosure by
Minnesota Statutes, section 103I.235, well sealing by Minnesota
Statutes, section 103I.311, and individual sewage treatment
system disclosure by Minnesota Statutes, section 115.55,
subdivision 6.
Sec. 4. Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 16, section 31,
subdivision 3, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 180, section 2,
is amended to read:
Subd. 3. [COUNTY SALE.] Notwithstanding Minnesota
Statutes, section 282.018, or any other law to the contrary, a
county board must offer land that it has acquired through an
exchange under this section for sale to the lessee of the land
within 90 days from the date of acquisition for the value of the
land as determined by the county board. The county board may
include the cost of appraisal, abstract, and survey for the
purposes of this section in the value of the land. If the
lessee does not elect to purchase the land within 90 days from
the date of the offer by the county, the county board shall sell
the land by public sale no later than four years from the date
the county acquires the land through an exchange under this
section for no less than the value of the land as determined by
the county board, including the cost of appraisal required by
this section, any survey or abstract costs, and the value of
improvements to the land. The county may sell the land with a
directed sale to adjacent landowners within four years from the
date of acquisition, if the lessee does not elect to purchase
the lot within the 90-day period and if the county board
determines that a lot cannot be brought into substantial
compliance with official controls absent such a sale. The
county board must reimburse the lessee for the value of the
improvements to the land and the county may retain a sum from
the proceeds of the sale equivalent to the cost of appraisal,
abstract, and survey. The county board must reimburse the
commissioner of natural resources for the costs of appraisal
under subdivision 2, paragraph (c), survey, and abstract from
the proceeds of the sale.
Scheduled lease rate increases shall be suspended for lots
when the county certifies that the lessee has elected to
purchase the lot within 90 days from the date of the offer by
the county.
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 284.28,
subdivision 8, or any other law to the contrary, land acquired
through an exchange under this section is exempt from payment of
three percent of the sales price required to be collected by the
county auditor at the time of sale for deposit in the state
treasury.
Sec. 5. Laws 1998, chapter 389, article 16, section 31,
subdivision 4, as amended by Laws 1999, chapter 180, section 3,
is amended to read:
Subd. 4. [COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FUND.]
Notwithstanding the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter
282, and any other law relating to the apportionment of proceeds
from the sale of tax-forfeited land, and except as otherwise
provided in this section, a county board must deposit the money
received from the sale of land under subdivision 3 into an
environmental trust fund established by the county under this
subdivision. The following may be withheld by a county board
and are not required to be deposited into an environmental trust
fund: the costs of appraisal, abstracts, and surveys; money
received from a sale which is attributable to land owned by a
county in fee; amounts paid to lessees for improvements; amounts
paid to acquire land which is included in a county plan for
exchange and is conveyed to the state in the exchange, including
the purchase price, appraisal, abstract, survey, and closing
costs; and the costs of sale to lessees or other parties,
including the costs of advertising, realtors, and closing
services. If the proceeds from the sale of tax-forfeited land
in a county is $250,000 or more, the principal from the sale of
the land may not be expended, and the county board may spend
interest earned on the principal only for purposes related to
the improvement of natural resources. To the extent money
received from the sale is attributable to tax-forfeited land
from another county, the money must be deposited in an
environmental trust fund established under this section by that
county board.
Sec. 6. [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.
(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:
An undivided 1/43 interest in Lot 19, Block 1 in the Plat
of Waukenabo 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. 7. [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND WITHIN A
CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION AREA; AITKIN COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 84A.27, or
other law to the contrary, Aitkin county may sell certain
tax-forfeited land within a consolidated conservation area to
adjoining landowners under the alternative sale provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 7.
(b) The land to be sold is located in Aitkin county and is
described as:
That part of Government Lot 1 lying South of Highway 18 and
North of the plats of Pleasant View Ridge 1st Addition and
Pleasant View Ridge 2nd Addition lying West of the extended west
line of Lot 1 of the Plat of Pleasant View Ridge 1st Addition
and lying East of the extended west line of Lot 1 of the Plat of
Pleasant View Ridge 2nd Addition, all in Section 25, Township 45
North, Range 27 West.
(c) The county has determined that the sale would eliminate
a substandard parcel and that the county's land management
interests would best be served if the lands were returned to
private ownership.
Sec. 8. [BENTON COUNTY CONVEYANCE.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01,
subdivision 1, or other law, Benton county may convey to the
Benton county historical society the land described in paragraph
(b) for no or nominal consideration.
(b) The land to be conveyed is legally described as: Lots
Four (4), Five (5) and Six (6), Block Twenty-eight (28) in the
original TOWN OF SAUK RAPIDS, also so much of the Westerly
one-half of the vacated portion of Third Avenue North lying
Easterly thereof and contiguous thereto, according to the plat
and survey thereof on file and of record in the office of the
County Recorder in and for said Benton County, Minnesota.
(c) The land was previously conveyed to the historical
society but reverted to the county when the historical society's
building was not completed by the date necessary to avoid
reverter. The building has been built and the conveyance is
necessary to clear up title to the building and the land it is
built on.
Sec. 9. [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
PUBLIC WATER; 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 the land bordering public water that is described in
paragraph (d) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 282, if acquired by the county 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. The conveyance must reserve a perpetual easement, if
necessary, over and across roads and roadways required for
access to Lot 1, Hungry Jack Lake Summer Home Group.
(c) The land to be sold by private sale must be sold for
the appraised value to the present United States Forest Service
special use permittee occupying the resort property.
(d) The land to be sold is located in Cook county and is
described as:
That part of Government Lots Ten (10) and Eleven (11),
Section 4, Township 64 North, Range 1 West, Fourth Principal
Meridian, county of Cook, Minnesota described as follows:
Beginning at the Meander Corner to Sections 3 and 4 near a
north shore of Hungry Jack Lake, also being near the southwest
corner of Lot 1, Hungry Jack Lake Summer Home Group; thence
North 13 degrees 11 minutes 55 seconds West 10.40 feet to said
southwest corner of said Lot 1; thence along the west line of
said Lot 1, North 08 degrees 11 minutes 46 seconds West 264.00
feet to the northwest corner of Lot 1; thence along the north
line of Lot 1, North 64 degrees 36 minutes 18 seconds East 48.82
feet; thence North 650.79 feet to a point near the centerline of
County Road 65; thence along the approximate centerline of
County Road 65, North 87 degrees 45 minutes 51 seconds West
236.35 feet, more or less, to the line between Government Lots
10 and 11; thence continuing along the approximate centerline of
County Road 65 the following six (6) courses and distances:
North 87 degrees 45 minutes 51 seconds West 68.29 feet;
South 87 degrees 46 minutes 40 seconds West 108.81 feet;
South 79 degrees 57 minutes 59 seconds West 224.26 feet;
North 85 degrees 25 minutes 26 seconds West 112.89 feet;
North 85 degrees 25 minutes 26 seconds West 73.14 feet;
South 77 degrees 53 minutes 11 seconds West 68.19 feet;
thence South 12 degrees 06 minutes 49 seconds East 56.08 feet;
thence South 13 degrees 53 minutes 24 seconds West 115.50 feet;
thence South 09 degrees 02 minutes 24 seconds West 110.00 feet;
thence continuing South 09 degrees 02 minutes 24 seconds West 20
feet, more or less, to the north shore of Hungry Jack Lake;
thence southeast, east, and northeast to a point lying South 13
degrees 11 minutes 55 seconds East of the point of beginning;
thence North 13 degrees 11 minutes 55 seconds West 1.0 foot;
more or less to the point of beginning and there terminating.
Being 15.56 acres, more or less.
(e) The county has determined that the county's land
management interest would best be served if the land was
returned to private ownership.
Sec. 10. [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
PUBLIC WATER; COOK COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
282.018, subdivision 1, Cook county may sell the land bordering
public water that is described in paragraph (c) under the
remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, if
acquired by the county 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 land to be sold is located in Cook county and is
described as:
That part of Government Lots Ten (10) and Eleven (11),
Section 4, Township 64 North, Range 1 West, Fourth Principal
Meridian, county of Cook, Minnesota described as follows:
Commencing at the Meander Corner to Sections 3 and 4 near a
north shore of Hungry Jack Lake, also being near the southwest
corner of Lot 1, Hungry Jack Lake Summer Home Group; thence
North 13 degrees 11 minutes 55 seconds West 10.40 feet to said
southwest corner of Lot 1; thence along the west line of said
Lot 1, North 08 degrees 11 minutes 46 seconds West 264.00 feet
to the northwest corner of Lot 1; thence continuing North 08
degrees 11 minutes 46 seconds West 198.00 feet; thence North 71
degrees 28 minutes 50 seconds West 288.06 feet, more or less, to
the line to Government Lots 10 and 11; thence North 71 degrees
28 minutes 50 seconds West 586.94 feet; thence South 09 degrees
02 minutes 24 seconds West 110.00 feet to the POINT OF
BEGINNING; thence returning over the last described line North
09 degrees 02 minutes 24 seconds East 110.00 feet; thence North
13 degrees 53 minutes 24 seconds East 115.50 feet; thence North
12 degrees 06 minutes 49 seconds West 56.08 feet to a point near
the centerline of County Road 65; thence along the approximate
centerline of County Road 65 the following two (2) courses and
distances:
South 77 degrees 53 minutes 11 seconds West 398.72 feet;
South 70 degrees 29 minutes 18 seconds West 232.89 feet,
more or less
to the north-south quarter line of Section 4; thence along said
quarter line South 04 degrees 18 minutes 35 seconds West 99
feet, more or less, to the north shore of Hungry Jack Lake;
thence southeast, southwest, southeast, northeast, and southeast
to a point lying South 09 degrees 02 minutes 24 seconds West of
the point of beginning; thence North 09 degrees 02 minutes 24
seconds East 20 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning,
and there terminating.
Being 3.26 acres, more or less.
Together with a perpetual easement over and across all
roads and roadways abutting the property above described.
(d) The county has determined that the county's land
management interest would best be served if the lands were
returned to private ownership.
Sec. 11. [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; HUBBARD
COUNTY.]
(a) If the city of Park Rapids conveys the land described
in paragraph (c) to the state according to Minnesota Statutes,
section 282.01, subdivision 1d, then, notwithstanding any other
provision of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, the commissioner
of revenue shall reconvey the land described in paragraph (c) to
the city of Park Rapids for no consideration.
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general. Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, chapter
282, the city of Park Rapids may use the land for other than a
public use and may sell the land free of the tax-forfeited trust
if the proceeds of the sale are used for a public purpose.
(c) The land to be conveyed is in Hubbard county and is
described as: Lot 32, Auditor's Plat #4, city of Park Rapids.
Sec. 12. [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; LAKE
COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 282, Lake county may sell by private sale the
tax-forfeited land 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 a consideration of $1 and relinquishment of
a four-acre parcel of land that Lake county has used for road
relocation.
(c) The land to be sold is located in Lake county and is
described as: the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the
Southwest Quarter, Section 17, Township 55 North, Range 11 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. 13. [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; LAKE
COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 282, Lake county may sell by private sale the
tax-forfeited land 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: the easterly 200 feet of the Northeast Quarter of
the Northeast Quarter, Section 32, Township 57 North, Range 11
West.
(d) The county has determined that the county's land
management interests would best be served if the land was sold
to adjoining landowners to resolve boundary issues.
Sec. 14. [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
PUBLIC WATER; MEEKER COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
282.018, subdivision 1, Meeker 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 Meeker county and is
described as:
Lot 1, Section 12, Township 121 North, Range 32 West, Union
Grove township.
(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. 15. [TAX-FORFEITED LAND IN RAMSEY COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 282, Ramsey county may sell by private sale
the tax-forfeited land 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:
(Except the East 910 feet), the North 356 feet of the
Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (subject to roads),
in Section 3, Township 29, Range 22.
(d) The county has determined that the county's land
management interests would best be served if the land was sold
to Ramsey county to be used for library purposes.
Sec. 16. [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
PUBLIC WATER; RAMSEY COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
282.018, subdivisions 1 and 2, and the public sale provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, the commissioner of revenue
shall convey to Ramsey county for no consideration the
tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
paragraph (c).
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state
if Ramsey county stops using the land for park purposes. The
conveyance must provide that no landscape changes, stormwater
discharge, or watercourse alterations that affect the hydrology
and vegetative characteristics of the land are allowed beyond
those conditions that exist at the time of the conveyance in
order that the wetland characteristics and resulting wildlife
habitats are maintained in perpetuity.
(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Ramsey county and
is described as: that part northeasterly of the railway
right-of-way and the East 400 feet of the Northeast Quarter of
the Southwest Quarter, Section 17, Township 30 North, Range 23
West (P.I.N. 17-30-23-31-0016-9).
(d) The county has determined that the county's land
management interests would best be served if the land was used
for park purposes.
Sec. 17. [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS 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 may sell by
private sale to the adjacent land owner 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 a consideration of taxes due on the
property and any penalties, interest, and costs.
(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county on
Hinsdale Island, Lake Vermilion, and is described as:
Plat of NE-PAH-WIN, Lot 13 (387-282-130), Township 63
North, Range 17 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. 18. [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
282.018, subdivision 1, St. Louis 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 St. Louis county and
is described as:
the NE1/4-SW1/4 of Section 20, Township 61 North, Range 19
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. 19. [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; WASHINGTON
COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Washington
county may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described
in paragraph (c).
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general for a consideration of taxes due on the
property and any penalties, interest, and costs.
(c) The land to be sold is located in Washington county and
is described as: Parcel number 2903021310185, city of Willernie.
(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. 20. [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; WASHINGTON
COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 282, Washington county may convey to the city
of Forest Lake for no consideration the tax-forfeited land that
is described in paragraph (c).
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state
if the city of Forest Lake stops using the land for the public
purpose described in paragraph (d).
(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington county
and is described as: Lot 4, Block 1, Knob Hill, Forest Lake
township (parcel no. 12.032.21.22.0004).
(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by
the city of Forest Lake to straighten a road.
Sec. 21. [CONVEYANCE OR PUBLIC 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 convey to
New Scandia township for no consideration the tax-forfeited land
bordering public water that is described in paragraph (d).
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state
if New Scandia township stops using the land for a public
purpose.
(c) If Washington county does not convey the land according
to paragraph (a), then notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, Washington county may
sell by public sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public
water that is described in paragraph (d) under the remaining
provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. The conveyance
must be in a form approved by the attorney general.
(d) The land to be conveyed or sold is located in
Washington county and is described as:
(1) Lot 16, Block 1, Holiday Beach, New Scandia township
(parcel no. 31.032.20.11.0066), subject to an easement; and
(2) Lot 17, Block 1, Holiday Beach, New Scandia township
(parcel no. 31.032.20.11.0067), subject to an easement.
(e) The county has determined that the county's land
management interests would best be served if the lands were
removed from the tax-forfeited roll.
Sec. 22. [CONVEYANCE OR PUBLIC OR 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 convey to
the city of Marine on St. Croix for no consideration the
tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in
paragraph (e).
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state
if the city of Marine on St. Croix stops using the land for a
public purpose.
(c) If Washington county does not convey the land according
to paragraph (a), then 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 public or private sale the tax-forfeited land
bordering public water that is described in paragraph (e), under
the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
(d) If sold by private sale, the conveyance must be in a
form approved by the attorney general for a consideration of
taxes due on the property and any penalties, interest, and costs.
(e) The land to be conveyed or sold is located in
Washington county and is described as: Lot 15, Butternut Falls,
Marine on St. Croix (parcel no. 07.031.19.34.0020).
(f) The county has determined that the county's land
management interests would best be served if the land was
removed from the tax-forfeited roll.
Sec. 23. [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
WETLANDS; WASHINGTON COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
282.018, subdivisions 1 and 2, Washington county may sell the
tax-forfeited land bordering 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 the city of Oakdale,
Washington county, and is described as:
(1) Lot 2, Block 2, Sun Meadows First Addition (parcel no.
17.029.21.22.0010);
(2) Lot 3, Block 2, Sun Meadows First Addition (parcel no.
17.029.21.22.0011);
(3) Lot 6, Block 2, Sun Meadows First Addition (parcel no.
17.029.21.22.0014);
(4) Lot 7, Block 2, Sun Meadows First Addition (parcel no.
17.029.21.22.0015);
(5) Lot 8, Block 2, Sun Meadows First Addition (parcel no.
17.029.21.22.0016); and
(6) Lot 9, Block 2, Sun Meadows First Addition (parcel no.
17.029.21.22.0017).
(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. 24. [CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
WETLANDS; WASHINGTON COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
282.018, subdivisions 1 and 2, and the public sale provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington county may convey to
the city of Oakdale for no consideration the tax-forfeited land
bordering wetlands that is described in paragraph (c).
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state
if the city of Oakdale stops using the land for the public
purpose described in paragraph (d).
(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington county
and is described as:
Outlot B, Oakdale Hills 2nd
Addition, except that part
platted as Charter Oaks 3rd
Addition (parcel no.
30.029.21.31.0139).
(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by
the city of Oakdale for drainage.
Sec. 25. [CONVEYANCE OR PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF
TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING WETLANDS; WASHINGTON COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
282.018, subdivisions 1 and 2, and the public sale provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington county may convey to
the city of Oakdale for no consideration the tax-forfeited land
bordering wetlands that is described in paragraph (e).
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state
if the city of Oakdale stops using the land for drainage.
(c) If Washington county does not convey the land according
to paragraph (a), then notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes,
sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivisions 1 and 2, and the public
sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington
county may sell by public or private sale the tax-forfeited land
bordering wetlands that is described in paragraph (e), under the
remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
(d) If sold by private sale, the conveyance must be in a
form approved by the attorney general for a consideration of
taxes due on the property and any penalties, interest, and costs.
(e) The land to be conveyed or sold is located in
Washington county and is described as:
(1) Lot 1, Block 1, Sun Meadows First Addition (parcel no.
17.029.21.22.0005); and
(2) Lot 2, Block 1, Sun Meadows First Addition (parcel no.
17.029.21.22.0006).
(f) The county has determined that the county's land
management interests would best be served if the lands were
removed from the tax-forfeited roll.
Sec. 26. [CONDEMNATION OF TRUST FUND LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
WATERS; BELTRAMI COUNTY.]
Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
103F.535, the commissioner of transportation may acquire the
following described trust fund land, except minerals and mineral
rights, by eminent domain:
Those parts of Government Lots 1 and 2 of Section 36,
Township 147 North, Range 34 West of the Fifth Principal
Meridian lying southwesterly of Minnesota department of
transportation right-of-way plat no. 04-23, plat of which
is on file and of record in the office of the county
recorder in and for Beltrami county, Minnesota, bounded as
follows: southeasterly of the southwesterly projection of
the northwesterly line of said plat, northwesterly of the
southwesterly projection of the southeasterly line of said
plat, southwesterly of the southwesterly line of said plat,
and northeasterly of the shoreline of Grass Lake.
The above described tract contains 12.5 acres.
Sec. 27. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]
Sections 1 to 26 are effective the day following final
enactment. Section 15 is effective the day after the governing
body of Ramsey county and its chief clerical officer timely
complete their compliance with Minnesota Statutes, section
645.021, subdivisions 2 and 3.
Presented to the governor May 21, 2001
Signed by the governor May 24, 2001, 2:00 p.m.
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes