1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of
1.3 	certain tax-forfeited land bordering public waters in
1.4 	Rice County.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING
1.7 	PUBLIC WATERS; RICE COUNTY.
 1.8 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
1.9 	282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of
1.10 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Rice County may sell by private
1.11 	sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public waters described in
1.12 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota
1.13 	Statutes, chapter 282.
1.14 	(b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney
1.15 	general.
1.16 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Rice County and is
1.17 	described as:  Lots 3, 4, and 5, Block 2, original plat of
1.18 	Morristown (parcel #20.0331.000).
1.19 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land
1.20 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
1.21 	returned to private ownership.