1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of 
  1.3             certain tax-forfeited land in Koochiching county. 
  1.4   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.5      Section 1.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; 
  1.6   KOOCHICHING COUNTY.] 
  1.7      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  1.8   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  1.9   Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Koochiching county may sell by 
  1.10  private sale to the Bois Forte band of Chippewa Indians the 
  1.11  tax-forfeited land, some of which borders public water, that is 
  1.12  described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
  1.13  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
  1.14     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  1.15  attorney general and may be for a consideration of less than the 
  1.16  appraised value of the land and timber, as determined by the 
  1.17  commissioner of natural resources. 
  1.18     (c) The land to be sold is located within the Nett Lake 
  1.19  Reservation in Koochiching county and is described as fractional 
  1.20  interests in: 
  1.21     (1) W1/2SW1/4, Section 2, Township 64 North, Range 22 West; 
  1.22     (2) E1/2NE1/4, Section 13, Township 65 North, Range 23 
  1.23  West; 
  1.24     (3) E1/2SE1/4, Section 7, Township 64 North, Range 23 West; 
  2.1      (4) NE1/4SW1/4 and NW1/4SE1/4, Section 18, Township 64 
  2.2   North, Range 23 West; 
  2.3      (5) N1/2SE1/4, Section 11, Township 65 North, Range 23 
  2.4   West; 
  2.5      (6) W1/2SE1/4, Section 28, Township 66 North, Range 23 
  2.6   West; 
  2.7      (7) W1/2NE1/4, Section 3, Township 65 North, Range 22 West; 
  2.8      (8) Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 3, Township 65 North, 
  2.9   Range 22 West; 
  2.10     (9) S1/2SW1/4, Section 3, Township 65 North, Range 22 West; 
  2.11     (10) S1/2SE1/4, Section 22, Township 64 North, Range 22 
  2.12  West; 
  2.13     (11) Lots 2 and 3, Section 19, Township 64 North, Range 22 
  2.14  West; 
  2.15     (12) Lot 2, Section 30, Township 64 North, Range 23 West; 
  2.16     (13) Lot 3, Section 30, Township 64 North, Range 23 West; 
  2.17     (14) W1/2NE1/4, Section 34, Township 66 North, Range 23 
  2.18  West; 
  2.19     (15) E1/2SW1/4, Section 28, Township 66 North, Range 22 
  2.20  West; 
  2.21     (16) SE1/4NE1/4 and NE1/4SE1/4, Section 25, Township 65 
  2.22  North, Range 23 West; 
  2.23     (17) N1/2NE1/4, Section 7, Township 64 North, Range 22 
  2.24  West; 
  2.25     (18) S1/2NE1/4, Section 4, Township 65 North, Range 23 
  2.26  West; 
  2.27     (19) SE1/4NW1/4 and NE1/4SW1/4, Section 4, Township 65 
  2.28  North, Range 23 West; 
  2.29     (20) S1/2NE1/4, Section 10, Township 65 North, Range 23 
  2.30  West; 
  2.31     (21) W1/2SW1/4, Section 12, Township 65 North, Range 23 
  2.32  West; 
  2.33     (22) SW1/4NW1/4 and NW1/4SW1/4, Section 11, Township 65 
  2.34  North, Range 23 West; 
  2.35     (23) SW1/4NE1/4 and Government Lot 2, Section 6, Township 
  2.36  64 North, Range 22 West; 
  3.1      (24) Lots 3 and 4, Section 4, Township 65 North, Township 
  3.2   23 West; 
  3.3      (25) S1/2SE1/4, Section 33, Township 66 North, Range 23 
  3.4   West; 
  3.5      (26) N1/2NE1/4, Section 20, Township 64 North, Range 23 
  3.6   West; and 
  3.7      (27) Lot 13 and NW1/4SE1/4, Section 6, Township 64 North, 
  3.8   Range 23 West. 
  3.9      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  3.10  management interests would best be served if the fractional 
  3.11  interests in the lands were consolidated and the lands were 
  3.12  returned to private ownership.