Office of the Revisor of Statutes
Minnesota Session Laws - 2003, 1st Special Session
Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
CHAPTER 13-H.F.No. 13
An act relating to state lands; modifying certain
boundary waters canoe area provisions; providing for
certain state land acquisition; modifying the
Mississippi whitewater trail; modifying provisions of
the outdoor recreation system; establishing a mineral
coordinating committee; establishing boundaries for a
proposed state park; adding to and deleting from state
parks, state recreation areas, state forests, and
wildlife management areas; authorizing public and
private sales and conveyances of certain state lands;
requiring certain land exchanges; modifying certain
appropriations conditions; amending Minnesota Statutes
2002, sections 84.523, by adding a subdivision;
85.013, subdivision 1; 85.0156, subdivision 1; 86A.04;
Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 2, section
14, subdivision 4; proposing coding for new law in
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 93.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 84.523, is
amended by adding a subdivision to read:
Subd. 6. [STATE OWNED LANDS.] Acquired lands owned by the
state within the boundary waters canoe area defined in
subdivision 1 are designated as state wilderness areas under
section 86A.05, subdivision 6.
Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 85.013,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [NAMES, ACQUISITION; ADMINISTRATION.] State
parks, (a) Designated monuments, recreation reserves, and
waysides heretofore established and hereby confirmed as state
monuments, state recreation areas and state waysides together
with the counties in which they are situated are listed in this
section and shall hereafter be named as indicated in this
section.
(b) Any land that now is or hereafter becomes tax-forfeited
land and is located within the described boundaries of a state
recreation area as defined by session laws is hereby withdrawn
from sale and is transferred from the custody, control, and
supervision of the county board of the county to the
commissioner of natural resources, free from any trust in favor
of the interested taxing districts. The commissioner shall
execute a certificate of acceptance of the lands on behalf of
the state for such purposes and transmit the same to the county
auditor of the county for record as provided by law in the case
of tax-forfeited land transferred to the commissioner by
resolution of the county board for conservation purposes.
Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 85.0156,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:
Subdivision 1. [CREATION.] An urban whitewater trail is
created along the Mississippi river in the lower St. Anthony
falls area below the stone arch bridge in Minneapolis. The
trail must be primarily developed for whitewater rafters,
canoers, and kayakers.
Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 86A.04, is
amended to read:
86A.04 [COMPOSITION OF SYSTEM.]
The outdoor recreation system shall consist of all state
parks; state recreation areas; state trails established pursuant
to sections 84.029, subdivision 2, and 85.015, 85.0155, and
85.0156; state scientific and natural areas; state wilderness
areas; state forests; state wildlife management areas; state
water access sites, which include all lands and facilities
established by the commissioner of natural resources or the
commissioner of transportation to provide public access to
water; state wild, scenic, and recreational rivers; state
historic sites; state rest areas, which include all facilities
established by the commissioner of transportation for the
safety, rest, comfort and use of the highway traveler, and shall
include all existing facilities designated as rest areas and
waysides by the commissioner of transportation; and any other
units not listed in this section that are classified under
section 86A.05. Each individual state park, state recreation
area, and so forth is called a "unit."
Sec. 5. [93.0015] [MINERAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE.]
Subdivision 1. [ESTABLISHMENT; MEMBERSHIP.] The mineral
coordinating committee is established to plan for diversified
mineral development. The mineral coordinating committee
consists of:
(1) the commissioner of natural resources;
(2) the deputy commissioner of the Minnesota pollution
control agency;
(3) the director of United Steelworkers of America,
district 11, or the director's designee;
(4) the commissioner of iron range resources and
rehabilitation;
(5) the director of the Minnesota geological survey;
(6) the dean of the University of Minnesota institute of
technology;
(7) the director of the natural resources research
institute; and
(8) three individuals appointed by the governor for a
four-year term, one each representing the iron ore and taconite,
nonferrous metallic minerals, and industrial minerals industries
within the state.
Subd. 2. [STAFFING.] The commissioner of natural resources
shall serve as chair of the committee. A member of the
committee may designate another person of the member's
organization to act in the member's place. The commissioner
shall provide staff and administrative services necessary for
the committee's activities.
Subd. 3. [EXPIRATION.] Notwithstanding section 15.059,
subdivision 5, or other law to the contrary, the committee
expires June 30, 2007.
Subd. 4. [ADVICE.] The mineral coordinating committee is
encouraged to solicit and receive advice from representatives of
the United States Geological Survey, United States Environmental
Protection Agency, and United States Department of Energy.
Sec. 6. [PROPOSED GREENLEAF LAKE STATE PARK.]
Subdivision 1. [PROPOSED PARK.] Boundaries for a proposed
Greenleaf Lake state park in Meeker county are established
according to subdivision 2.
Subd. 2. [BOUNDARIES.] The following described lands are
proposed for Greenleaf Lake state park, all in Township 118
North, Range 30 West, Meeker county:
(1) all of Government Lots 1 and 2, the East Half of the
South 23.61 acres of Government Lot 3, and Government Lot 4,
excepting that part described as follows: Beginning at a point
109 feet South of a point on the section line which is 4301.5
feet East of the northwest corner of Section 20; thence in a
southwesterly direction South 14 degrees 36 seconds West 403.0
feet; thence in a southeasterly direction South 75 degrees 24
minutes East 402 feet, to a point on the meandered line of Sioux
Lake; thence in a northeasterly direction along the meandered
line North 14 degrees 36 minutes East 553 feet; thence in a
southwesterly direction along the meandered line South 84
degrees 00 minutes West 431 feet, to the point of beginning,
said exception containing 4.4 acres more or less; all in Section
20;
(2) all of Government Lot 2, the Southeast Quarter except
that described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of
said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence on an
assumed bearing of South 0 degrees 08 minutes 46 seconds West,
along the east line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southeast
Quarter, a distance of 306.24 feet; thence on a bearing of North
84 degrees 17 minutes 23 seconds West, 628.50 feet; thence on a
bearing of North 0 degrees 08 minutes 46 seconds East, 338.05
feet; thence on a bearing of South 86 degrees 08 minutes East,
626.86 feet to the east line of the Northwest Quarter of the
Southeast Quarter; thence on a bearing of South 0 degrees 08
minutes 46 seconds West, along last said line, 52.07 feet to the
point of beginning. Containing 2.5 acres, more or less.
Subject to the rights of the public in County Road No. 172; and
excepting the north nine and eighty-four hundredths (9.84) acres
of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter described as
follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of the Southeast
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and running; thence West
nineteen and ninety-two hundredths chains (19.92) to the 1/16
section corner; thence South on the 1/16 section line four and
sixty-four hundredths (4.64) chains; thence East nineteen and
ninety-three hundredths (19.93) chains to the section line;
thence North on section line five and twenty-four hundredths
(5.24) chains to the place of beginning; all in Section 21;
(3) the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the
Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Northeast
Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and the Northwest Quarter of
the Northwest Quarter, all in Section 28;
(4) all of Section 29, except that part of Government Lot 4
bounded by the following described lines: Beginning at a point
of intersection with the center line of County Road No. 169 and
the north line of said Section 29; thence North 90 degrees 00
minutes East, 994.8 feet along the north line of said Section
29; thence South 00 degrees 00 minutes West, 17.9 feet; thence
South 75 degrees 28 minutes West, 1051.4 feet, to the center
line of County Road No. 169; thence North 04 degrees 39 minutes
East, 282.7 feet along the center line of County Road No. 169 to
the point of beginning: Including all riparian rights to the
contained 3.4 acres more or less and subject to existing road
easements; all in Section 29;
(5) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, the
Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, the Southeast
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, and the Northeast Quarter of
the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 30; and
(6) the West 15 acres of the Northwest Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter of Section 32.
Subd. 3. [LAND PURCHASES.] The commissioner may not use
money in the land acquisition account under Minnesota Statutes,
section 94.165, to purchase land for Greenleaf state park. The
commissioner may only purchase land for Greenleaf state park
with money appropriated specifically for that purpose.
Sec. 7. [ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.]
Subdivision 1. [85.012] [Subd. 18.] [FORT SNELLING STATE
PARK, RAMSEY, HENNEPIN, AND DAKOTA COUNTIES.] The following
areas are added to Ft. Snelling state park, Dakota and Hennepin
counties:
(1) the following is in Section 18, Township 27 North,
Range 23 West, Dakota county: that part of Government Lot 8,
according to the Government Survey thereof, described as
follows: commencing at the southwest corner of said Government
Lot 8; thence on an assumed bearing of South 88 degrees 21
minutes 46 seconds East, along the south line of said Government
Lot 8, a distance of 1287.93 feet to the actual point of
beginning of the property to be described; thence continuing
South 88 degrees 21 minutes 46 seconds East, along said south
line of Government Lot 8, a distance of 1055.38 feet to the
southwesterly right-of-way line of Cedar Avenue (Nicols Road);
thence northwesterly along said southwesterly right-of-way line
to a point distant 75.00 feet southeasterly, measured along said
southwesterly right-of-way line, from its intersection with the
southeasterly right-of-way line of the Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis, and Omaha Railroad; thence South 48 degrees 15
minutes 09 seconds West, parallel with said southeasterly
right-of-way line, a distance of 150.00 feet; thence North 29
degrees 28 minutes 09 seconds West, parallel with said
southwesterly right-of-way line, a distance of 75.00 feet to the
southeasterly right-of-way line of said railroad; thence
southwesterly along said southeasterly right-of-way line to its
intersection with a line bearing North 32 degrees 45 minutes 39
seconds West from the point of beginning; thence South 32
degrees 45 minutes 39 seconds East a distance of 323.53 feet to
the point of beginning; EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part described
as follows: beginning at the intersection of the south line of
said Government Lot 8 and the southwesterly right-of-way line of
Cedar Avenue (Nicols Road); thence northwesterly along said
southwesterly right-of-way line a distance of 285.00 feet;
thence South 57 degrees 40 minutes 36 seconds West a distance of
446.50 feet to a point on the south line of said Government Lot
8, distant 508.50 feet West of the point of beginning; thence
South 88 degrees 21 minutes 46 seconds East, along the south
line of said Government Lot 8, a distance 508.50 feet to the
point of beginning;
(2) that part of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter
North of Little Creek, Section 6, Township 27 North, Range 23
West, described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner
of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence South along
the east line of said Section 6, a distance of 2115.8 feet to
center of Little Creek so-called; thence with a bearing of North
74 degrees 30 minutes 00 seconds West from last mentioned
course, a distance of 750 feet along said center of creek;
thence North 38 degrees 53 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of
170 feet along the center of said creek; thence North 14 degrees
44 minutes 00 seconds West, a distance of 250 feet along said
center line of creek; thence southwesterly along said center
line of creek a distance of 505 feet to a point on the west line
of the East Half of said Northeast Quarter of Section 6, said
point being 1790.6 feet South of the north line of said
Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North along the west line
of the East Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6, a
distance of 1790.6 feet to the north line of said Northeast
Quarter; thence East 1320 feet to the point of beginning, the
title thereto being registered as evidenced by Certificate of
Title No. 590582; which lies southerly of Line 1 described as
follows: From the northeast corner of Section 6, Township 27
North, Range 23 West, run southerly on the east line of said
Section 6, on an azimuth of 179 degrees 57 minutes 16 seconds
for 50.13 feet to the point of beginning of Line 1 to be
described; thence on an azimuth of 235 degrees 01 minutes 06
seconds for 94.31 feet; thence on an azimuth of 224 degrees 33
minutes 00 seconds for 196.82 feet; thence on an azimuth of 230
degrees 12 minutes 40 seconds for 403.57 feet; thence on an
azimuth of 233 degrees 15 minutes 41 seconds for 276.59 feet;
thence on an azimuth of 237 degrees 46 minutes 24 seconds for
338.06 feet; thence on an azimuth of 247 degrees 21 minutes 24
seconds for 314.42 feet more or less to the west line of the
East Half of said Section 6, and there terminating. Subject to
the following restrictions: no access shall be permitted to
Trunk Highway 393, renumbered 494, from the lands herein
described and conveyed; and
(3) that part of Section 20, Township 28 North, Range 23
West, of the fourth principal meridian, Hennepin county,
Minnesota, as shown on an October 28, 1997, survey done by
William H. Herbst for Group No. 179 titled "TOWNSHIP 28 NORTH,
RANGE 23 WEST, OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MINNESOTA.
DEPENDENT RESURVEY AND SURVEY U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, TWIN CITIES
RESEARCH CENTER, WITHIN THE FORT SNELLING MILITARY RESERVATION,"
described as follows: Commencing at Station H.H., said station
being a 1-inch-diameter steel rod firmly imbedded in concrete
(to get to Station H.H: Commence at the southwest corner of
Section 17, Township 28 North, Range 23 West, said corner being
MCM 107 of the city of Minneapolis and state of Minnesota
coordinate grid systems; thence South 39 degrees 54 minutes 57
seconds East, a distance of 4,015.45 feet to monument number 2
located on a western extension of the south line of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines reservation
heretofore established; thence South 89 degrees 52 minutes 00
seconds East for a distance of 1,192 feet, more or less, along
the south boundary and fence line of the Bureau of Mines to
Station H.H.); thence on an assumed bearing of North 89 degrees
55.3 minutes West, a distance of 234.85 feet, along the south
line of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
reservation to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence North 34 degrees
20.5 minutes West, a distance of 187.42 feet; thence North 23
degrees 39.6 minutes West, a distance of 80.18 feet; thence
North 19 degrees 26.3 minutes West, a distance of 75.69 feet;
thence North 16 degrees 31.6 minutes West, a distance of 70.66
feet; thence North 13 degrees 22.0 minutes West, a distance of
70.02 feet; thence North 10 degrees 30.0 minutes West, a
distance of 80.78 feet; thence North 08 degrees 56.6 minutes
West, a distance of 73.92 feet; thence North 07 degrees 52.2
minutes West, a distance of 1,189.90 feet to a point on the
north line of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Mines reservation (said point lying South 89 degrees 54.6
minutes West, a distance of 18.0 feet from Station A.A.); thence
South 89 degrees 54.6 minutes West, a distance of 740.84 feet
along said north line; thence South 14 degrees 43.1 minutes
East, a distance of 846.53 feet; thence South 13 degrees 29.7
minutes East, a distance of 57.42 feet; thence South 12 degrees
47.1 minutes East, a distance of 424.03 feet; thence South 25
degrees 57.4 minutes East, a distance of 283.01 feet; thence
South 38 degrees 45.3 minutes East, a distance of 303.20 feet to
the south line of said reservation; thence South 89 degrees 55.3
minutes East, a distance of 478.70 feet to the point of
beginning.
Subd. 2. [85.012] [Subd. 33.] [LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK,
BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following area is added to Lake Bemidji
state park, all in Township 146 North, Range 33 West, Beltrami
county:
That part of Lot 1, Block 3 of LINDS ADDITION TO BEMIDJI,
according to the recorded plat thereof on file and of record in
the Beltrami county recorder's office, in Section 2, described
as follows: commencing at the southeast corner of said Lot 1,
Block 3; thence westerly along the south line of said Lot 1,
Block 3 to a point being 25 feet easterly of, measured at right
angles to, the centerline of an existing trail and the point of
beginning of the land to be described; thence northwesterly
parallel with and 25 feet easterly of measured at right angles
to, the centerline of the existing trail to a point being 25
feet northerly of, measured at right angles to, the south line
of said Lot 1, Block 3; thence westerly, parallel with and 25
feet northerly of the south line of said Lot 1, Block 3, to a
point being 25 feet westerly of, measured at right angles to,
the centerline of the existing trail; thence southerly,
perpendicular to the south line of said Lot 1, Block 3, to the
said south line of Lot 1, Block 3; thence easterly along the
south line of said Lot 1, Block 3, to the point of beginning.
Subd. 3. [85.012] [Subd. 55a.] [TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK,
LAKE COUNTY.] The following areas are added to Tettegouche state
park, Lake county: the Northeast Quarter of Section 16,
Township 56 North, Range 7 West.
Sec. 8. [DELETION FROM TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK.]
[85.012] [Subd. 55a.] [TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK, LAKE
COUNTY.] The following area is deleted from Tettegouche state
park, Lake county: the Southwest Quarter of Section 16,
Township 56 North, Range 7 West.
Sec. 9. [ADDITIONS TO STATE RECREATION AREAS.]
Subdivision 1. [85.013] [Subd. 2c.] [BIG BOG STATE
RECREATION AREA, BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following area is added
to Big Bog state recreation area, Beltrami county: that part of
Government Lot 6 lying east of Minnesota state trunk highway 72,
Section 5, Township 154, Range 30.
Subd. 2. [85.013] [Subd. 12a.] [IRON RANGE OFF-HIGHWAY
VEHICLE RECREATION AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] The following areas
are added to Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle recreation area, St.
Louis county:
(1) the NW1/4, lying north of the Mesabi Trail, in Section
23, Township 58 North, Range 17 West, containing approximately
80 acres; and
(2) the N1/2 of the NW1/4, SW1/4 of the NW1/4, and the
NW1/4 of the SW1/4 all in Section 3, Township 58 North, Range 17
West, containing approximately 160 acres.
Sec. 10. [ADDITIONS TO STATE FORESTS.]
Subdivision 1. [89.021] [Subd. 38.] [PAUL BUNYAN STATE
FOREST.] The following area is added to Paul Bunyan state
forest: S1/2SE1/4 of Section 25, Township 143 North, Range 34
West; Lot 10 of Section 15, Township 141 North, Range 33 West;
Government Lot 4 and the SW1/4NW1/4 of Section 22, Township 141
North, Range 33 West; and the NW1/4SW1/4 of Section 9; the
N1/2NE1/4; W1/2NW1/4 and the SE1/4NW1/4 of Section 16, Township
141 North, Range 32 West.
Subd. 2. [89.021] [Subd. 46.] [SAVANNA STATE FOREST.] The
following area is added to Savanna state forest: SW1/4-SW1/4 of
Section 32, Township 48 North, Range 23 West.
Subd. 3. [89.021] [Subd. 51a.] [WAUKENABO STATE
FOREST.] The following areas are added to Waukenabo state forest:
(1) Lot 1 of Section 4, Township 47 North, Range 26 West;
(2) Lot 2 and NE1/4-SW1/4 of Section 1 and Lot 8 of Section
2, all in Township 48 North, Range 26 West; and
(3) NE1/4-NW1/4 and SW1/4-NW1/4 of Section 11, Township 48
North, Range 27 West.
Sec. 11. [DELETIONS FROM STATE FORESTS.]
Subdivision 1. [89.021] [Subd. 19.] [FOOT HILLS STATE
FOREST.] The following areas are deleted from Foot Hills state
forest, Cass county:
(1) that part of Government Lot 4 lying west of County Road
No. 6, Section 8, Township 140 North, Range 31 West;
(2) that part of the SW1/4-NW1/4 lying northwest of County
Road No. 6, Section 15, Township 140 North, Range 31 West; and
(3) that part of the NE1/4-SW1/4 lying north of County Road
No. 6, Section 16, Township 140 North, Range 31 West.
Subd. 2. [89.021] [Subd. 27.] [KABETOGAMA STATE
FOREST.] The following areas are deleted from Kabetogama state
forest, St. Louis county:
(1) that portion of Government Lot 5, Section 1, Township
67 North, Range 17 West, sold pursuant to section 26 of this
act; and
(2) Outlot B, Plat of Sunset Forest, located in Section 22,
Township 69 North, Range 21 West.
Subd. 3. [89.021] [Subd. 34.] [MISSISSIPPI HEADWATERS
STATE FOREST.] The following areas are deleted from Mississippi
Headwaters state forest, Beltrami county:
(1) SE1/4-NE1/4, Section 32, Township 147 North, Range 34
West; and
(2) SW1/4-NW1/4, Section 33, Township 147 North, Range 34
West.
Subd. 4. [89.021] [Subd. 41.] [RED LAKE STATE FOREST.] The
following areas are deleted from Red Lake state forest, Beltrami
county, all in Section 20, Township 154 North, Range 30 West,
upon completion of the sale described in section 16:
(1) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter;
(2) the North 10 acres of the Southeast Quarter of the
Southwest Quarter; and
(3) the West 10 acres of the Northwest Quarter of the
Southeast Quarter.
Sec. 12. [DELETIONS FROM RED LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
AREA.]
[97A.133] [Subd. 44.] [RED LAKE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA;
BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following areas are deleted from Red Lake
wildlife management area:
(1) all of Sections 1 and 2; Lot 1, Lot 2, the S1/2 of the
NE1/4, and the SE1/4 of Section 3; the E1/2, the SE1/4 of the
NW1/4, the NE1/4 of the SW1/4, and the S1/2 of the SW1/4 of
Section 10; all of Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15; all in
Township 155 North, Range 31 West; and
(2) all of Sections 25, 26, and 27; the E1/2, the NW1/4,
and the N1/2 of the SW1/4 of Section 34; the N1/2 and the SW1/4
of Section 35; the N1/2, the E1/2 of the SW1/4; the SW1/4 of the
SW1/4, the W1/2 of the SE1/4 and the SE1/4 of the SE1/4 of
Section 36; all in Township 156 North, Range 31 West.
Sec. 13. Laws 2001, First Special Session chapter 2,
section 14, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
Subd. 4. Fish and Wildlife
Habitat 10,042,000 8,238,000
Summary by Fund
Future Resources
Fund 1,805,000 -0-
Trust Fund 8,237,000 8,238,000
(a) Forest and Prairie Stewardship of
Private Lands
$272,000 the first year and $273,000
the second year are from the trust fund
to the commissioner of natural
resources, in cooperation with the
Minnesota Forestry Association and the
Nature Conservancy, to develop
stewardship plans for private prairie
and forested lands and to implement
natural resource projects by providing
matching money on a one-to-one basis to
private landowners. This appropriation
is available until June 30, 2004, at
which time the project must be
completed and final products delivered,
unless an earlier date is specified in
the work program.
(b) State Fish Hatchery Rehabilitation
$145,000 is from the future resources
fund to the commissioner of natural
resources to accelerate hatchery
rehabilitation.
(c) Enhancing Canada Goose
Hunting and Management
$340,000 is from the future resources
fund to the commissioner of natural
resources for an agreement with the
Minnesota Waterfowl Association to
acquire leases to enter into
professional and technical agreements
on private farmlands for development of
foraging sites and public hunting
opportunities and to provide technical
assistance to local units of government
in developing controlled hunts for
nuisance geese. This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2004.
(d) Biological Control of
Eurasian Water Milfoil and
Purple Loosestrife - Continuation
$45,000 the first year and $45,000 the
second year are from the trust fund to
the commissioner of natural resources
for the fifth biennium of a five
biennia project to develop and
implement biological controls for
Eurasian water milfoil and purple
loosestrife. This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2004, at which
time the project must be completed and
final products delivered, unless an
earlier date is specified in the work
program.
(e) Restoring Minnesota's
Fish and Wildlife Habitat
Corridors
$5,873,000 the first year and
$5,872,000 the second year are from the
trust fund to the commissioner of
natural resources for acceleration of
agency programs and cooperative
agreements with Minnesota Waterfowl
Association, Minnesota Deer Hunters
Association, Ducks Unlimited, Inc.,
National Wild Turkey Federation,
Pheasants Forever, The Nature
Conservancy, Minnesota Land Trust,
Trust for Public Land, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Natural Resources Conservation
Service, and the U.S. Forest Service to
restore and acquire fragmented
landscape corridors that connect areas
of quality habitat to sustain fish,
wildlife, and plants. $352,000 is for
program coordination, corridor
identification, and mapping.
$3,343,000 is for restoration and
management activities in wildlife
management areas, wetland habitat,
lakes, wild rice beds, grasslands, and
fisheries habitat. $2,650,000 is for
conservation easement programs on
riparian areas, big woods forests,
native prairies, and wetlands.
$5,400,000 is for habitat acquisition
activities on prairies, riparian areas,
and other fish and wildlife habitat
corridors. As part of the required
work program, criteria and priorities
for planned acquisition and restoration
activities must be submitted to the
legislative commission on Minnesota
resources for review and approval.
Land acquired with this appropriation
must be sufficiently improved to meet
at least minimum management standards
as determined by the commissioner of
natural resources. Any land acquired
in fee title by the commissioner of
natural resources with money from this
appropriation must be designated:
(1) as an outdoor recreation unit under
Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.07; or
(2) as provided in Minnesota Statutes,
sections 89.018, subdivision 2,
paragraph (a); 97A.101; 97A.125;
97C.001; and 97C.011.
The commissioner may so designate any
lands acquired in less than fee title.
This appropriation is available until
June 30, 2004, at which time the
project must be completed and final
products delivered, unless an earlier
date is specified in the work program.
(f) Engineering Support for
Public Lands Waterfowl
Projects
$275,000 is from the future resources
fund to the commissioner of natural
resources for an agreement with Ducks
Unlimited, Inc., to provide survey and
engineering support to natural
resources agencies for waterfowl
projects on public lands.
(g) Metro Greenways
$1,365,000 the first year and
$1,365,000 the second year are from the
trust fund to the commissioner of
natural resources for the metro
greenways program for planning,
improving, and protecting important
natural areas in the metropolitan
region through grants, contracted
services, conservation easements, and
fee acquisition. Land acquired with
this appropriation must be sufficiently
improved to meet at least minimum
management standards as determined by
the commissioner of natural resources.
This appropriation is available until
June 30, 2004, at which time the
project must be completed and final
products delivered, unless an earlier
date is specified in the work program.
(h) Acquisition of Lands as
Scientific and Natural Areas
$227,000 the first year and $228,000
the second year are from the trust fund
to the commissioner of natural
resources to acquire land with natural
features of statewide significance in
the scientific and natural area program
long-range plan and to improve land
acquired with this appropriation. Land
acquired with this appropriation must
be sufficiently improved to meet at
least minimum management standards as
determined by the commissioner of
natural resources.
(i) Big Rivers Partnership:
Helping Communities to Restore
Habitat
$455,000 the first year and $455,000
the second year are from the trust fund
to the commissioner of natural
resources for an agreement with Great
River Greening to implement private and
public habitat projects on a cost-share
basis in the Mississippi and Minnesota
river valleys. This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2004, at which
time the project must be completed and
final products delivered, unless an
earlier date is specified in the work
program.
(j) Acquisition of
Eagle Creek's Last Private Land
$910,000 is from the future resources
fund to the commissioner of natural
resources for an agreement with the
city of Savage to acquire a buffer
strip along Eagle Creek for transfer
and dedication as an aquatic management
area. Acquisition expenses incurred
prior to July 1, 2001, may be
reimbursed by the commissioner. Land
acquired with this appropriation must
be sufficiently improved to meet at
least minimum management standards as
determined by the commissioner of
natural resources.
(k) Neighborhood Wilds
Program
$135,000 is from the future resources
fund to the commissioner of natural
resources for the neighborhood wilds
program to assist neighborhoods
adjacent to public lands and natural
areas in restoration and management of
habitat through demonstration
projects. This appropriation is
available until June 30, 2004, at which
time the project must be completed and
final products delivered, unless an
earlier date is specified in the work
program.
Sec. 14. [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:
Six acres in Government Lot 3 as in Document #198469 less
2.69 acres plat Section 24, Township 52, Range 26, more
accurately described as: That part of Government Lot 3, Section
24, Township 52 North, Range 26 West, Aitkin County, Minnesota,
described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of
Government Lot 3, Section 24, thence North, assumed bearing,
along the west line of Government Lot 3 a distance of 819.59
feet; thence South 89 degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds East a
distance of 244.00 feet to the point of beginning of parcel to
be described; thence continuing South 89 degrees 50 minutes 32
seconds East a distance of 893 feet, more or less, to the mean
high water mark of Hill Lake; thence southeasterly along the
meandered shoreline of Hill Lake a distance of 416 feet, more or
less, to a point at the intersection of the mean high water line
of Hill Lake and line "A" as hereinafter described; thence South
69 degrees 27 minutes 14 seconds West a distance of 188 feet,
more or less; thence North 41 degrees 52 minutes 10 seconds West
a distance of 245.95 feet; thence North 76 degrees 23 minutes 39
seconds West a distance of 653.09 feet; thence due North a
distance of 139.56 feet to the point of beginning containing six
acres. Line "A" is hereby described by commencing at the
previous point of beginning; thence due South a distance of
139.56 feet; thence South 76 degrees 23 minutes 39 seconds East
a distance of 653.09 feet; thence South 41 degrees 52 minutes 10
seconds East a distance of 245.95 feet to the beginning of line
"A"; thence North 69 degrees 27 minutes 14 seconds East a
distance of 188 feet, more or less, along line "A" to the mean
high water line of Hill Lake, which is also the end of line
"A." Which lies easterly of the following described line:
Commencing at the southwest corner of said Government Lot 3;
thence on an assumed bearing of North along the west line of
said Government Lot 3, a distance of 819.59 feet; thence South
89 degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds East, a distance of 818.97 feet
to the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence
South 0 degrees 09 minutes 28 seconds West, a distance of 154.06
feet; thence South 18 degrees 42 minutes 02 seconds West, a
distance of 120 feet more or less to the southerly line of the
above described tract and there terminating.
(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. [PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BELTRAMI
COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.10, the
commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale for
less than the appraised value the surplus land that is described
in paragraph (c).
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general.
(c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami county and
is described as: Lots 6 through 12, Block 11, First Addition to
Blackduck.
(d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no
longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the
state's land management interests would best be served if the
land was sold.
Sec. 16. [PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND;
BELTRAMI COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale
provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the
commissioner of natural resources may sell to Waskish township
the consolidated conservation land that is described in
paragraph (c) under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapters 84A and 282.
(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. The
conveyance must reserve an easement to ensure public access and
state management access to the public and private lands to the
west and south. The attorney general may make necessary changes
in the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
The consideration for the conveyance must not be less than the
appraised value of the land and timber and any survey costs.
Proceeds shall be disposed of according to Minnesota Statutes,
chapter 84A. No payments made under State Lease Numbered
144-015-0558 will be refunded, but payments made may be credited
against the payments due.
(c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Beltrami
county and is described as: the Northeast Quarter of the
Southwest Quarter; the North 10 acres of the Southeast Quarter
of the Southwest Quarter; and the West 10 acres of the Northwest
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, all in Section 20, Township
154 North, Range 30 West.
Sec. 17. [CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; CASS COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, chapter 94, or
other law, administrative rule, or commissioner's order to the
contrary, the commissioner of administration may convey to Cass
county or a regional jail authority for no consideration all the
buildings and land that are described in paragraph (c), except
the land described in paragraph (d).
(b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the
attorney general and subject to Minnesota Statutes, section
16A.695. The commissioner of administration shall have a
registered land surveyor prepare a legal description of the
property to be conveyed. The attorney general may make
necessary changes in the legal description to correct errors and
ensure accuracy.
(c) The land and buildings of the Ah-Gwah-Ching property
that may be conveyed to Cass county or a regional jail authority
are located in that part of the South Half, Section 35, Township
142 North, Range 31 West and that part of Government Lot 6,
Section 2, Township 141 North, Range 31 West, in Cass county,
depicted on the certificate of survey prepared by Landecker and
Associates, Inc. dated April 25, 2002. The land described in
paragraph (d) is excepted from the conveyance.
(d) That portion of the Ah-Gwah-Ching property to be
excepted from the conveyance to Cass county or a regional jail
authority is the land located between the shoreline and the top
of the bluff line and is approximately described as follows:
(1) all that part of the Southeast Quarter of Southwest
Quarter, Section 35, Township 142 North, Range 31 West, lying
southeasterly of a line that lies 450 feet southeasterly of and
parallel with Minnesota Highway No. 290;
(2) Government Lot 4, Section 35, Township 142 North, Range
31 West;
(3) that part of Government Lot 3, Section 35, Township 142
North, Range 31 West, lying southerly of Minnesota Highway No.
290 and westerly of Minnesota Highway No. 371; and
(4) that part of Government Lot 6, Section 2, Township 141
North, Range 31 West, lying southeasterly of the 1,410 foot
contour.
The commissioner of administration shall determine the exact
legal description upon further site analysis and the preparation
of the surveyor's legal description described in paragraph (b).
(e) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a
conveyance under this section to Cass county or a regional jail
authority may include a conveyance by a bill of sale of the
water treatment facilities located within the land described in
paragraph (d) and a nonexclusive appurtenant easement for such
facilities over the land upon which such facilities are located,
including ingress and egress as determined by the commissioner.
The easement shall be in a form approved by the attorney general.
(f) At the option of the state, Cass county or the regional
jail authority must, for a period of at least two years, allow
the state to lease the space necessary to operate its programs
for the cost of utilities for the leased space. During the term
of the lease, the state shall be responsible for any and all
maintenance and repairs the state determines are necessary for
its use of the leased space.
Sec. 18. [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
PUBLIC WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Crow Wing 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 a consideration of the appraised value.
(c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing county and
is described as:
All of the following:
That part of Railroad Lot 7, located in the Northwest
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 43
North, Range 32 West, shown as Parcel 212A on Minnesota
department of transportation right-of-way plat numbered
18-79 as the same is on file and of record in the office of
the county recorder in and for Crow Wing county, Minnesota;
containing 0.770 hectare (1.90 acres), more or less; together
with other rights as set forth below, forming and being part of
said Parcel 212A:
Access:
All right of access as shown on said plat by the access
control symbol.
Temporary Easement:
A temporary easement for highway purposes as shown on said
plat as to said Parcel 212A by the temporary easement
symbol; said easement shall cease on December 1, 2008, or
on such earlier date upon which the commissioner of
transportation determines by formal order that it is no
longer needed for highway purposes.
Sec. 19. [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
PUBLIC WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
282.018, subdivision 1, Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing county and
is described as: Undivided 303/720 interest in the Northeast
Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 36, Township 44
North, Range 32 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. 20. [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA
COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Itasca
county may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described
in paragraph (c) to an adjoining landowner.
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised
value of the land.
(c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca county and is
described as:
(1) that part of Outlot B, the north one-half of the
vacated roadway south of Outlot B of the Plat of GREEN-ROCK on
file at the Itasca county recorder's office, and Government Lot
3, Section 24, Township 60 North, Range 22 West of the Fourth
Principal Meridian described as follows:
Commencing at the northwest corner of said Outlot B; thence
South 88 degrees 30 minutes 57 seconds West, bearing assigned,
along the extended north line of said Outlot B, 14.64 feet;
thence North 06 degrees 25 minutes 20 seconds West 175.49 feet;
thence South 87 degrees 58 minutes 29 seconds East 377.61 feet
to the point of beginning of the tract to be described; thence
South 89 degrees 27 minutes 27 seconds East 269.45 feet; thence
South 02 degrees 43 minutes 38 seconds East 142.22 feet more or
less to the south line of said Government Lot 3 and the east
corner of said Outlot B; thence South 80 degrees 20 minutes 57
seconds West along the south line of Outlot B 85.55 feet more or
less to the intersection of the south line of Outlot B and the
west line of Scott Avenue projected north; thence South 09
degrees 39 minutes 03 seconds East along the west line of said
projected Scott Avenue 16.50 feet to the south line of the north
half of the vacated roadway lying south of Outlot B; thence
South 80 degrees 20 minutes 57 seconds West along said south
line of north half of vacated roadway 187.10 feet more or less
to intersect a line bearing South 02 degrees 43 minutes 38
seconds East from the point of beginning; thence North 02
degrees 43 minutes 38 seconds West 206.87 feet more or less to
the point of beginning. Tract contains 1.1 acres more or less;
(2) that part of SE-NW, Section 24, Township 60 North,
Range 22 West, lying south and east of County Road 531;
(3) the South 295.16 feet of the West 295.16 feet of SE-SW
of Section 10, Township 60 North, Range 25 West;
(4) the North 100 feet of the South 768 feet of SW-NW,
Section 33, Township 62 North, Range 24 West, lying East of
State Highway No. 1 LESS AND EXCEPT the East 245 feet thereof;
and
(5) that part of Lot 3 lying East of a line drawn parallel
to and 66 feet West of the E 1/16th line of Section 20, Township
150 North, Range 28 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. 21. [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; KOOCHICHING
COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Koochiching county may sell by
private sale to the Bois Forte band of Chippewa Indians the
tax-forfeited land, some of which borders 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 at a price agreed to by the Koochiching county
board and the Bois Forte tribal council.
(c) The land to be sold is located within the Nett Lake
Reservation in Koochiching county and is described as fractional
interests in:
(1) W1/2SW1/4, Section 2, Township 64 North, Range 22 West;
(2) E1/2NE1/4, Section 13, Township 65 North, Range 23
West;
(3) E1/2SE1/4, Section 7, Township 64 North, Range 23 West;
(4) NE1/4SW1/4 and NW1/4SE1/4, Section 18, Township 64
North, Range 23 West;
(5) N1/2SE1/4, Section 11, Township 65 North, Range 23
West;
(6) W1/2SE1/4, Section 28, Township 66 North, Range 23
West;
(7) W1/2NE1/4, Section 3, Township 65 North, Range 22 West;
(8) Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 3, Township 65 North,
Range 22 West;
(9) S1/2SW1/4, Section 3, Township 65 North, Range 22 West;
(10) S1/2SE1/4, Section 22, Township 64 North, Range 22
West;
(11) Lots 2 and 3, Section 19, Township 64 North, Range 22
West;
(12) Lot 2, Section 30, Township 64 North, Range 23 West;
(13) Lot 3, Section 30, Township 64 North, Range 23 West;
(14) W1/2NE1/4, Section 34, Township 66 North, Range 23
West;
(15) E1/2SW1/4, Section 28, Township 66 North, Range 22
West;
(16) SE1/4NE1/4 and NE1/4SE1/4, Section 25, Township 65
North, Range 23 West;
(17) N1/2NE1/4, Section 7, Township 64 North, Range 22
West;
(18) S1/2NE1/4, Section 4, Township 65 North, Range 23
West;
(19) SE1/4NW1/4 and NE1/4SW1/4, Section 4, Township 65
North, Range 23 West;
(20) S1/2NE1/4, Section 10, Township 65 North, Range 23
West;
(21) W1/2SW1/4, Section 12, Township 65 North, Range 23
West;
(22) SW1/4NW1/4 and NW1/4SW1/4, Section 11, Township 65
North, Range 23 West;
(23) SW1/4NE1/4 and Government Lot 2, Section 6, Township
64 North, Range 22 West;
(24) Lots 3 and 4, Section 4, Township 65 North, Township
23 West;
(25) S1/2SE1/4, Section 33, Township 66 North, Range 23
West;
(26) N1/2NE1/4, Section 20, Township 64 North, Range 23
West; and
(27) Lot 13 and NW1/4SE1/4, Section 6, Township 64 North,
Range 23 West.
(d) The county has determined that the county's land
management interests would best be served if the fractional
interests in the lands were consolidated and the lands were
returned to private ownership.
Sec. 22. [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; LAKE
COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Lake 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 consideration no less than the appraised
value of the land.
(c) The land to be sold is located in Lake county and is
described as: the North 600 feet of the Westerly 150 feet of
the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4, Section 24, Township 55 North, Range 9
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. 23. [CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING
PUBLIC WATER; LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
94.09 to 94.16, or other law to the contrary, the commissioner
of transportation may convey to the city of Baudette for no
consideration the surplus 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 the city of Baudette stops using the land for the public
purpose described in paragraph (d).
(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Lake of the Woods
county, consists of approximately 6.04 acres, and is described
as: tract in Government Lot 4, Section 35, Township 161, Range
31 (parcel number R60.35.43.02E).
(d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no
longer needed for any state purpose and that the state's land
management interests would best be served if the land was
conveyed to and used by the city of Baudette as a rest area.
Sec. 24. [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:
Parcel #18-6909000: a triangular piece or parcel of land
beginning at the southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of
the Northwest Quarter (NE 1/4 NW 1/4) of Section Nineteen (19)
Township One Hundred Forty-six (146) North of Range Forty-eight
(48) West of the Fifth Principal Meridian; thence running North
on the quarter line fifty-six and one-half (56 1/2) rods; thence
due West fifty-six and one-half (56 1/2) rods; thence in a
southeasterly direction to the place of beginning, containing
ten (10) acres, more or less.
(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. 25. [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
WATERS; SCOTT COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45;
94.09; 94.10; 97A.135, subdivision 2a; and 103F.535, the
commissioner of natural resources shall sell by private sale the
surplus land bordering public waters that is described in
paragraph (e).
(b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the
attorney general for consideration of no less than the appraised
value of the land.
(c) The deed must contain a restrictive covenant that
prohibits altering, disturbing vegetation in, draining, filling,
or placing any material or structure of any kind on or in the
existing wetland area located on the land; prohibits any
increase in run-off rate or volume from the land or future
buildings into said wetland; and prohibits diverting or
appropriating water from said wetland.
(d) The consideration received for the conveyance shall be
deposited in the state treasury and credited to the wildlife
acquisition account in the game and fish fund. The money is
appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for
wildlife land acquisition purposes.
(e) The land that may be sold is in the Prior Lake wildlife
management area in Scott county and is described as:
The East 1200 feet of the South 800 feet of the Southwest
Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township
115 North, Range 22 West. Including the abandoned
right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and
Pacific Railroad Company (formerly the Hastings and Dakota
Railway Company). Containing 22 acres, more or less.
(f) This land no longer fits into the state wildlife
management area system because of hunting limitations, its small
size, and future development planned for the area. Proceeds
from the sale will be used to purchase lands more suitable for
wildlife management and public use.
Sec. 26. [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING
PUBLIC WATERS; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45,
94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell
by private sale to adjacent landowners the surplus land
bordering public waters that is described in paragraph (c).
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general and the consideration must be equal to the fair
market value of the land plus the cost of appraisal.
(c) The land to be sold is in St. Louis county and is a
parcel of land to be split from Government Lot 5, Section 1,
Township 67 North, Range 17 West. The exact area to be sold
will be determined by completion of a further site analysis.
(d) The conveyance is necessary for installation of a
community septic system to benefit the adjacent land owners in
Government Lot 6, Section 1, Township 67 North, Range 17 West.
(e) The commissioner has determined that the parcel needed
for the purpose described in paragraph (d) is available for
surplus, will not be necessary for natural resources purposes,
and is best suited for the above-stated purpose.
Sec. 27. [PUBLIC OR 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
public or 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 a consideration of taxes due on the
property and any penalties, interest, and costs. The conveyance
must reserve fisheries easements of at least 75 feet on either
side of the stream for the property described in paragraph (c),
clauses (1) and (2), and at least 50 feet of shoreland for the
property described in paragraph (c), clauses (3) and (4).
(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and
is described as:
(1) the West 200 feet of W1/2 of S1/2 of NE1/4 of SE1/4,
Section 9, Township 50, Range 14, consisting of 3.03 acres,
Plat/Parcel Code: 10-2710-2750;
(2) the SW1/4SE1/4, except part southerly of center line of
Sargent Creek, Section 4, Township 48, Range 15, consisting of
20.47 acres, Plat/Parcel Code: 10-2730-540;
(3) Lots 6 and 7, Erickson Beach, Section 27, Township 57,
Range 17, consisting of .46 acre, Plat/Parcel Code: 340-90-60;
and
(4) Lot 8, except easterly 50 feet and the easterly 50 feet
of Lot 8, Erickson Beach, Section 27, Township 57, Range 17,
consisting of .5 acre, Plat/Parcel Codes: 340-90-80, 340-90-85.
(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. 28. [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 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 the appraised value.
(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and
is described as:
(1) Lot 7, Block E, Endion Division (10-1440-70);
(2) Lots 10-13, Block 1, Endion Division (10-1440-180) and
Lot 7, Block 1, except part NW'ly of NE'ly extension of SE'ly
line of Lot 6, Endion Division (10-1440-150);
(3) Lot 9, Block 1, Endion Division (10-1440-170); and
(4) Lots 1-4, Block E, Endion Division (10-1440-10) and
that part of the easterly 33 feet of 24th Avenue East lying
south of Water Street.
(d) The county has determined that the county's land
management interests would best be served if the lands were sold
to the city of Duluth.
Sec. 29. [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 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 and
is described as: Lots 54 and 55, Lake Nichols, town of
Northland (parcel code 490-0020-00560).
(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. 30. [LAND EXCHANGE; LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342,
subdivision 3, and 94.343, subdivision 3, the commissioner of
natural resources shall, with the approval of the land exchange
board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI,
section 10, and according to the remaining provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.348, exchange the
following land bordering on public waters for the land described
in paragraph (b): the North 859.83 feet of the Southwest
Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and the North 859.83 feet of
Government Lot 7, Section 5, Township 167 North, Range 33 West.
(b) The land bordering on public waters to be obtained by
the commissioner in the exchange under paragraph (a) is
described as: the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter,
Section 5, Township 167 North, Range 33 West.
Sec. 31. [LAND EXCHANGE; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.]
Subdivision 1. [EXCHANGE REQUIRED.] The commissioner of
natural resources shall exchange, according to Laws 1998,
chapter 389, article 16, section 31, as amended by Laws 1999,
chapter 184, Laws 2000, chapter 488, article 3, section 31, and
Laws 2001, chapter 164, section 5, the following trust fund land
in St. Louis county: Lot 11, Block 1 of Lake Leander Homesite
Plat No. 1, Section 16, Township 60 North, Range 19 West, for
county land.
Subd. 2. [DEADLINE.] The exchange required under
subdivision 1 must be completed by June 30, 2004.
Sec. 32. [CONVEYANCE OF LAND; COOK COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45,
94.09 to 94.16, 161.144, or any other law, the commissioner of
transportation shall convey to Cook county for no consideration
the land bordering public water that is described in paragraph
(c). The commissioner may not convey the land until Cook county
enters into an agreement with the commissioner of transportation
to spend an amount equal to the value of the land described in
paragraph (c) for airport purposes. The value of the land shall
be determined by a current appraisal.
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general and must convey the land free and clear of any
requirement to use the land for a particular purpose.
(c) The land to be conveyed is described as:
(1) all of Government Lots 1, 2, 10, 11, and 12 of Section
30, Township 62 North, Range 1 East of the Fourth Principal
Meridian, Cook county, Minnesota, according to plat of resurvey
accepted by the United States of America, Department of
Interior, Bureau of Land Management, on May 22, 1951, except the
land lying South and East of the following described line:
From the northwest corner of said Section 30, South 2
degrees 18 minutes East for a distance of 1758.9 feet to the
meander corner Sections 25 and 30 on the north shore of Devils
Track Lake; thence North 2 degrees 18 minutes West 26.4 feet to
a point on the section line; thence south 87 degrees 05 minutes
East for a distance of 646.8 feet; thence South 88.4 feet to a
point on the north shore of Devils Track Lake which is the point
of beginning of the line to be described herein; from said point
of beginning North for a distance of 88.4 feet; thence South 87
degrees 05 minutes East for a distance of 1442.8 feet; thence
South 100 feet; thence South 87 degrees 05 minutes East for a
distance of 947.1 feet to a point on the North-South quarter
line of said Section 30, said point being 124.1 feet South of
the center of Section 30, subject to reservation of the coal and
other minerals and conditions and limitations provided by the
Federal Act of December 22, 1928 (45 Stat., 1069); and
(2) that part of Government Lot 3, Section 30, Township 62
North, Range 1 East, Cook county, Minnesota, lying within the
following described lines:
Beginning at the northwest corner of Section 30, Township
62 North, Range 1 East, Cook county, thence South 02 degrees 00
minutes East for a distance of 1747 feet; thence South 87
degrees 05 minutes East for a distance of 2089.6 feet; thence
South for a distance of 100 feet; thence South 87 degrees 05
minutes East for a distance of 947.1 feet to a point on the
North-South quarter line of Section 30 which is the point of
beginning of the property to be described herein; from said
point of beginning thence South 87 degrees 05 minutes East for a
distance of 450 feet; thence North 01 degrees 38 minutes East
for a distance of 840 feet; thence North 87 degrees 05 minutes
West for a distance of 450 feet to a point on the North-South
quarter line of Section 30; thence South 01 degrees 38 minutes
West on said North-South quarter line for a distance of 840 feet
to the point of beginning.
Sec. 33. [PRIVATE SALE OF COUNTY LAND; WADENA COUNTY.]
(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota
Statutes, section 373.01, subdivision 1, Wadena county may sell
by private sale to the commissioner of natural resources lands
described in paragraph (c).
(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the
attorney general for a consideration of the appraised value of
the land.
(c) The land to be sold is located in Wadena county and is
described as the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section
32, Township 138 North, Range 33 West.
Sec. 34. [EFFECTIVE DATE.]
Sections 13, 17, 18, and 31 are effective the day following
final enactment.
Presented to the governor May 30, 2003
Signed by the governor June 12, 2003, 8:33 a.m.
Official Publication of the State of Minnesota
Revisor of Statutes