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

1.4 	Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 1.5 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
1.6 	other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands 
1.7 	described in paragraph (c).
1.8 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
1.9 	general may make changes to the land descriptions to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.10 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis County and are described as:
1.11 	(1) that part of the following described parcel lying westerly of the centerline of 1st 
1.12 	Avenue North, Kelly Lake, said parcel in the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
1.13 	assuming the west line of said Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to be North and 
1.14 	South. Beginning at a point on said west line 720 feet North of the southwest corner of said 
1.15 	Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence due East 250 feet, more or less, to the 
1.16 	west shore of Snowshoe Lake; thence northerly along the shore of said lake to a due East 
1.17 	and West line through a point on the west line of said Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
1.18 	Quarter 100 feet northerly from the point of beginning; thence due West to the west line of 
1.19 	said Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence due South along said west line to 
1.20 	the point of beginning, Section 15, Township 57, Range 21 (parcel identification 
1.21 	141-0050-02201);
2.1 	(2) the South 50 feet of the North 660 feet of the unplatted part of the Northwest Quarter 
2.2 	of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter West of the highway, except the West 33 
2.3 	feet for a road, Section 21, Township 57, Range 21 (parcel identification 141-0050-03460);
2.4 	(3) part of the South Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the South 
2.5 	52 28/100 feet of the North 276 29/100 feet of that certain triangular strip of land lying 
2.6 	between the public highways directly East of Kelly Lake, First Addition, Section 21, 
2.7 	Township 57, Range 21 (parcel identification 141-0050-03570);
2.8 	(4) part of Lot 5, Section 11, Township 64, Range 18 (part of parcel identification 
2.9 	250-0030-01720);
2.10 	(5) part of Lot 3, Section 23, Township 58, Range 16 (part of parcel identification 
2.11 	260-0014-00230);
2.12 	(6) part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 27, Township 53, 
2.13 	Range 14 (part of parcel identification 375-0020-04240);
2.14 	(7) part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 24, Township 52, 
2.15 	Range 16 (part of parcel identification 380-0020-03900);
2.16 	(8) the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Lot 2, Section 1, Township 60, Range 20 
2.17 	(parcel identification 734-0010-00025); and
2.18 	(9) part of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 21, Township 62, Range 16 
2.19 	(part of parcel identification 387-0010-02290).
2.20 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
2.21 	be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.