1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; modifying requirements for conveying easements and leasing 
1.3 	state lands; adding to and deleting from state parks and state forests; authorizing 
1.4 	sale of certain surplus state land;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 
1.5 	84.632; Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, sections 84.63; 84.631; 92.502.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 84.63, is amended to read:
1.8 	84.63 CONVEYING INTERESTS IN LANDS TO STATE, FEDERAL, AND 
1.9 	TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.
1.10 	(a) Notwithstanding any existing law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural 
1.11 	resources is hereby authorized on behalf of the state to convey to the United States, to a 
1.12 	federally recognized Indian Tribe, or to the state of Minnesota or any of its subdivisions, 
1.13 	upon state-owned lands under the administration of the commissioner of natural resources, 
1.14 	permanent or temporary easements for specified periods or otherwise for trails, highways, 
1.15 	roads including limitation of right of access from the lands to adjacent highways and roads, 
1.16 	flowage for development of fish and game resources, stream protection, flood control, and 
1.17 	necessary appurtenances thereto, such conveyances to be made upon such terms and 
1.18 	conditions including provision for reversion in the event of non-user as the commissioner 
1.19 	of natural resources may determine.
1.20 	(b) In addition to the fee for the market value of the easement, the commissioner of 
1.21 	natural resources shall assess the applicant the following fees:
1.22 	(1) an application fee of $2,000 to cover reasonable costs for reviewing the application 
1.23 	and preparing the easement; and
2.1 	(2) a monitoring fee to cover the projected reasonable costs for monitoring the 
2.2 	construction of the improvement for which the easement was conveyed and preparing special 
2.3 	terms and conditions for the easement. The commissioner must give the applicant an estimate 
2.4 	of the monitoring fee before the applicant submits the fee.
2.5 	(c) The applicant shall pay these fees to the commissioner of natural resources. The 
2.6 	commissioner shall not issue the easement until the applicant has paid in full the application 
2.7 	fee, the monitoring fee, and the market value payment for the easement.
2.8 	(d) Upon completion of construction of the improvement for which the easement was 
2.9 	conveyed, the commissioner shall refund the unobligated balance from the monitoring fee 
2.10 	revenue. The commissioner shall not return the application fee, even if the application is 
2.11 	withdrawn or denied.
2.12 	(e) Money received under paragraph (b) must be deposited in the land management 
2.13 	account in the natural resources fund and is appropriated to the commissioner of natural 
2.14 	resources to cover the reasonable costs incurred for issuing and monitoring easements.
2.15 	(f) A county or joint county regional railroad authority is exempt from all fees specified 
2.16 	under this section for trail easements on state-owned land.
2.17 	(g) In addition to fees specified in this section, the applicant must reimburse the state 
2.18 	for costs incurred for cultural resources review, monitoring, or other services provided by 
2.19 	the Minnesota Historical Society under contract with the commissioner of natural resources 
2.20 	or the State Historic Preservation Office of the Department of Administration in connection 
2.21 	with the easement application, preparing the easement terms, or constructing the trail, 
2.22 	highway, road, or other improvements.
2.23 	(h) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (g), the commissioner of natural resources may 
2.24 	elect to assume the application fee under paragraph (b), clause (1), and waive or assume 
2.25 	some or all of the remaining fees and costs imposed under this section if the commissioner 
2.26 	determines that issuing the easement will benefit the state's land management interests.

2.27 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 84.631, is amended to read:
2.28 	84.631 ROAD EASEMENTS ACROSS STATE LANDS.
2.29 	(a) Except as provided in section 85.015, subdivision 1b, the commissioner of natural 
2.30 	resources, on behalf of the state, may convey a road easement across state land under the 
2.31 	commissioner's jurisdiction to a private person requesting an easement for access to property 
2.32 	owned by the person only if the following requirements are met: (1) there are no reasonable 
3.1 	alternatives to obtain access to the property; and (2) the exercise of the easement will not 
3.2 	cause significant adverse environmental or natural resource management impacts.
3.3 	(b) The commissioner shall:
3.4 	(1) require the applicant to pay the market value of the easement;
3.5 	(2) limit the easement term to 50 years if the road easement is across school trust land;
3.6 	(3) provide that the easement reverts to the state in the event of nonuse; and
3.7 	(4) impose other terms and conditions of use as necessary and appropriate under the 
3.8 	circumstances.
3.9 	(c) An applicant shall submit an application fee of $2,000 with each application for a 
3.10 	road easement across state land. The application fee is nonrefundable, even if the application 
3.11 	is withdrawn or denied.
3.12 	(d) In addition to the payment for the market value of the easement and the application 
3.13 	fee, the commissioner of natural resources shall assess the applicant a monitoring fee to 
3.14 	cover the projected reasonable costs for monitoring the construction of the road and preparing 
3.15 	special terms and conditions for the easement. The commissioner must give the applicant 
3.16 	an estimate of the monitoring fee before the applicant submits the fee. The applicant shall 
3.17 	pay the application and monitoring fees to the commissioner of natural resources. The 
3.18 	commissioner shall not issue the easement until the applicant has paid in full the application 
3.19 	fee, the monitoring fee, and the market value payment for the easement.
3.20 	(e) Upon completion of construction of the road, the commissioner shall refund the 
3.21 	unobligated balance from the monitoring fee revenue.
3.22 	(f) Fees collected under paragraphs (c) and (d) must be credited to the land management 
3.23 	account in the natural resources fund and are appropriated to the commissioner of natural 
3.24 	resources to cover the reasonable costs incurred under this section.
3.25 	(g) In addition to fees specified in this section, the applicant must reimburse the state 
3.26 	for costs incurred for cultural resources review, monitoring, or other services provided by 
3.27 	the Minnesota Historical Society under contract with the commissioner of natural resources 
3.28 	or the State Historic Preservation Office of the Department of Administration in connection 
3.29 	with the easement application, preparing the easement terms, or constructing the road.
3.30 	(h) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (g), the commissioner of natural resources may 
3.31 	elect to assume the application fee under paragraph (c) and waive or assume some or all of 
4.1 	the remaining fees and costs imposed under this section if the commissioner determines 
4.2 	that issuing the easement will benefit the state's land management interests.

4.3 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 84.632, is amended to read:
4.4 	84.632 CONVEYANCE OF UNNEEDED STATE EASEMENTS.
4.5 	(a) Notwithstanding section 92.45, the commissioner of natural resources may, in the 
4.6 	name of the state, release all or part of an easement acquired by the state upon application 
4.7 	of a landowner whose property is burdened with the easement if the easement is not needed 
4.8 	for state purposes.
4.9 	(b) All or part of an easement may be released by payment of the market value of the 
4.10 	easement. The release must be in a form approved by the attorney general.
4.11 	(c) Money received under paragraph (b) must be credited to the account from which 
4.12 	money was expended for purchase of the easement. If there is no specific account, the money 
4.13 	must be credited to the land acquisition account established in section 94.165.
4.14 	(d) In addition to payment under paragraph (b), the commissioner of natural resources 
4.15 	shall assess a landowner who applies for a release under this section an application fee of 
4.16 	$2,000 for reviewing the application and preparing the release of easement. The applicant 
4.17 	shall pay the application fee to the commissioner of natural resources. The commissioner 
4.18 	shall not issue the release of easement until the applicant has paid the application fee in full. 
4.19 	The commissioner shall not return the application fee, even if the application is withdrawn 
4.20 	or denied.
4.21 	(e) Money received under paragraph (d) must be credited to the land management account 
4.22 	in the natural resources fund and is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources 
4.23 	to cover the reasonable costs incurred under this section.
4.24 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (e), the commissioner of natural resources may 
4.25 	elect to assume the application fee under paragraph (d) and waive or assume some or all of 
4.26 	the remaining fees and costs imposed under this section if the commissioner determines 
4.27 	that issuing the easement release will benefit the state's land management interests.

4.28 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2021 Supplement, section 92.502, is amended to read:
4.29 	92.502 LEASING TAX-FORFEITED AND STATE LANDS.
4.30 	(a) Notwithstanding section 282.04 or other law to the contrary, St. Louis County may 
4.31 	enter a 30-year lease of tax-forfeited land for a wind energy project.
5.1 	(b) The commissioner of natural resources may enter a 30-year lease of land administered 
5.2 	by the commissioner for a wind energy project.
5.3 	(c) The commissioner of natural resources may enter a 30-year lease of land administered 
5.4 	by the commissioner for recreational trails ~~and~~ or facilities. The commissioner may assess 
5.5 	the lease applicant a monitoring fee to cover the projected reasonable costs of monitoring 
5.6 	construction of the recreational trail or facility and preparing special terms and conditions 
5.7 	of the license to ensure proper construction. The commissioner must give the applicant an 
5.8 	estimate of the monitoring fee before the applicant is required to submit the fee. Upon 
5.9 	completion of construction of the trail or facility, the commissioner must refund the 
5.10 	unobligated balance from the monitoring fee revenue.
5.11 	(d) Notwithstanding section 282.04 or other law to the contrary, Lake and St. Louis 
5.12 	Counties may enter into 30-year leases of tax-forfeited land for recreational trails and 
5.13 	facilities.

5.14 	Sec. 5. ADDITION TO STATE PARK.
 5.15 	[85.012] [Subd. 27.] Myre-Big Island State Park, Freeborn County. The following 
5.16 	area is added to Myre-Big Island State Park, Freeborn County: all that part of the Northeast 
5.17 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 102 North, Range 21 West of the 
5.18 	5th principal meridian, lying South of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway, 
5.19 	and subject to road easement on the easterly side thereof.

5.20 	Sec. 6. DELETION FROM STATE FOREST.
 5.21 	[89.021] [Subd. 13.] Cloquet Valley State Forest. The following areas are deleted from 
5.22 	Cloquet Valley State Forest:
5.23 	(1) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 52 North, Range 16 West, described as 
5.24 	follows:
5.25 	(i) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
5.26 	Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
5.27 	Section 21;
5.28 	(ii) Government Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 and the Northeast Quarter of the 
5.29 	Northwest Quarter and Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 22;
5.30 	(iii) Government Lot 3, Section 23;
5.31 	(iv) Government Lot 2, Section 24;
6.1 	(v) Government Lots 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, Section 25;
6.2 	(vi) Government Lot 1, Section 26;
6.3 	(vii) Government Lots 2 and 7, Section 26;
6.4 	(viii) Government Lots 3 and 4, Section 27, reserving unto grantor and grantor's 
6.5 	successors and assigns a 66-foot-wide access road easement across said Government Lot 3 
6.6 	for the purpose of access to grantor's or grantor's successor's or assign's land and grantor's 
6.7 	presently owned land that may be sold, assigned, or transferred in Government Lot 1, Section 
6.8 	27, said access road being measured 33 feet from each side of the centerline of that road 
6.9 	that is presently existing at various widths and running in a generally 
6.10 	southwesterly-northeasterly direction;
6.11 	(ix) Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 28;
6.12 	(x) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 5 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
6.13 	and Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 29;
6.14 	(xi) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, Section 31, reserving unto grantor and grantor's 
6.15 	successors and assigns a 66-foot-wide access road easement across said Government Lots 
6.16 	1, 2, and 3 for the purpose of access to grantor's or grantor's successor's or assign's land and 
6.17 	grantor's presently owned lands that may be sold, assigned, or transferred in Government 
6.18 	Lot 4, Section 29, said access road being measured 33 feet from each side of the centerline 
6.19 	of that road that is presently existing at various widths and running in a generally East-West 
6.20 	direction and any future extensions thereof as may be reasonably necessary to provide the 
6.21 	access contemplated herein;
6.22 	(xii) Government Lots 5, 7, 8, and 9, Section 31;
6.23 	(xiii) Government Lots 1 and 2, an undivided two-thirds interest in the Northeast Quarter 
6.24 	of the Northwest Quarter, an undivided two-thirds interest in the Southeast Quarter of the 
6.25 	Northwest Quarter, and an undivided two-thirds interest in the Southwest Quarter of the 
6.26 	Northwest Quarter, Section 32, reserving unto grantor and grantor's successors and assigns 
6.27 	an access road easement across the West 66 feet of the North 66 feet of said Government 
6.28 	Lot 1 for the purpose of access to grantor's or grantor's successor's or assign's land and 
6.29 	grantor's presently owned land that may be sold, assigned, or transferred in Government 
6.30 	Lot 4, Section 29; and
6.31 	(xiv) the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35;
6.32 	(2) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 53 North, Range 13 West, described as 
6.33 	follows:
7.1 	(i) all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying North and West 
7.2 	of the Little Cloquet River, Section 4;
7.3 	(ii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
7.4 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
7.5 	Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
7.6 	Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
7.7 	Section 5;
7.8 	(iii) Government Lots 1, 2, and 4 and the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
7.9 	Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
7.10 	Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
7.11 	Section 6;
7.12 	(iv) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 and the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast 
7.13 	Quarter, Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Northwest Quarter of the Northwest 
7.14 	Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Southwest Quarter of the Northwest 
7.15 	Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and Northeast Quarter of the Southwest 
7.16 	Quarter, Section 7;
7.17 	(v) Government Lots 1 and 2 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
7.18 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
7.19 	Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
7.20 	Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and Southwest Quarter of the Southwest 
7.21 	Quarter, Section 8; and
7.22 	(vi) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Northwest Quarter of the Northwest 
7.23 	Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and Southwest Quarter of the Northwest 
7.24 	Quarter, Section 17;
7.25 	(3) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 54 North, Range 13 West, described as 
7.26 	follows:
7.27 	(i) Government Lots 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7, Section 20;
7.28 	(ii) Government Lots 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 and the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
7.29 	Section 21;
7.30 	(iii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7, Section 29;
7.31 	(iv) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, and 10, Section 30; and
8.1 	(v) Government Lots 5, 6, and 7 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
8.2 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
8.3 	Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
8.4 	Section 31;
8.5 	(4) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 54 North, Range 16 West, described as 
8.6 	follows:
8.7 	(i) Government Lots 2, 3, and 4 and the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
8.8 	Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
8.9 	and Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 1;
8.10 	(ii) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8 and the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast 
8.11 	Quarter, Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
8.12 	Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
8.13 	Quarter, and Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 2;
8.14 	(iii) all that part of Government Lot 9 lying South of the Whiteface River and West of 
8.15 	County Road 547, also known as Comstock Lake Road, Section 3; and
8.16 	(iv) Government Lots 3 and 4 and the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and 
8.17 	Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 10;
8.18 	(5) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 55 North, Range 15 West, described as 
8.19 	follows:
8.20 	(i) Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 11;
8.21 	(ii) Government Lot 9, except the Highway 4 right-of-way, Section 11;
8.22 	(iii) Government Lot 10, except the Highway 4 right-of-way, Section 11;
8.23 	(iv) Government Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, Section 15;
8.24 	(v) Government Lots 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8 and the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest 
8.25 	Quarter, Section 21;
8.26 	(vi) the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, reserving unto grantor and grantor's 
8.27 	successors and assigns a 66-foot-wide access easement across said Southwest Quarter of 
8.28 	the Northeast Quarter for the purpose of access to grantor's or grantor's successor's or assign's 
8.29 	land and grantor's presently owned land that may be sold, assigned, or transferred in 
8.30 	Government Lot 4, Section 21, Township 55 North, Range 15 West, said access road being 
8.31 	measured 33 feet on each side of the centerline of that road that is presently existing and 
8.32 	known as the Whiteface Truck Trail, Section 21;
9.1 	(vii) Government Lots 1, 2, and 3, Section 22;
9.2 	(viii) Government Lots 1 and 2 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 
9.3 	Section 28;
9.4 	(ix) Government Lots 1, 4, 6, 8, and 9 and the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 
9.5 	Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
9.6 	Section 29;
9.7 	(x) Government Lots 3 and 4 and the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
9.8 	Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
9.9 	Section 30;
9.10 	(xi) Government Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 and the Northeast Quarter of the 
9.11 	Southwest Quarter, Section 31; and
9.12 	(xii) Government Lot 1, Section 32; and
9.13 	(6) those parts of St. Louis County in Township 55 North, Range 16 West, described as 
9.14 	follows:
9.15 	(i) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, reserving unto grantor and grantor's 
9.16 	successors and assigns a 66-foot-wide access road easement across said Southwest Quarter 
9.17 	of the Southeast Quarter for the purpose of access to grantor's or grantor's successor's or 
9.18 	assign's land and grantor's presently owned land that may be sold, assigned, or transferred 
9.19 	in Government Lot 5, Section 1, Township 54 North, Range 16 West, Section 35; and
9.20 	(ii) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, reserving unto grantor and grantor's 
9.21 	successors and assigns a 66-foot-wide access road easement across said Southeast Quarter 
9.22 	of the Southeast Quarter for the purpose of access to grantor's or grantor's successor's or 
9.23 	assign's land and grantor's presently owned land that may be sold, assigned, or transferred 
9.24 	in Government Lot 5, Section 1, Township 54 North, Range 16 West, Section 35.

9.25 	Sec. 7. ADDITION TO STATE FOREST.
 9.26 	[89.021] [Subd. 42a.] Riverlands State Forest. The following areas are added to 
9.27 	Riverlands State Forest:
9.28 	(1) the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 16, Township 50 North, 
9.29 	Range 17 West;
9.30 	(2) Government Lot 9, Section 26, Township 50 North, Range 17 West;
10.1 	(3) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 30, Township 51 North, 
10.2 	Range 19 West;
10.3 	(4) Government Lot 6, Section 22, Township 51 North, Range 20 West; and
10.4 	(5) Government Lot 9, Section 24, Township 52 North, Range 20 West.

10.5 	Sec. 8. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
10.6 	WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 10.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
10.8 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
10.9 	in paragraph (c).
10.10 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
10.11 	errors and ensure accuracy.
10.12 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as:
10.13 	(1) the West 970 feet of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 32, 
10.14 	Township 135 North, Range 29 West, Cass County, Minnesota, EXCEPT therefrom a 
10.15 	rectangular piece in the southeast corner thereof 370 feet North and South by 420 feet East 
10.16 	and West; and
10.17 	(2) that part of Government Lot 6 of said Section 32, described as follows: beginning 
10.18 	at the northwest corner of said Government Lot 6; thence East along the north line of said 
10.19 	Government Lot 6 550 feet; thence South 30 degrees West 528 feet, more or less, to shoreline 
10.20 	of Agate Lake; thence northwest along said shoreline of Agate Lake to the west line of said 
10.21 	Government Lot 6; thence northerly along said west line 260 feet, more or less, to the point 
10.22 	of beginning.
10.23 	(d) The land borders Agate Lake and is not contiguous to other state lands. The 
10.24 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
10.25 	resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be served if 
10.26 	the land was returned to private ownership.

10.27 	Sec. 9. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
10.28 	WATER; FILLMORE COUNTY.
 10.29 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
10.30 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
10.31 	in paragraph (c), subject to the state's reservation of trout stream easements.
11.1 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
11.2 	errors and ensure accuracy.
11.3 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Fillmore County and is described as: the South 
11.4 	13 acres, except the East 2 acres thereof, of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
11.5 	Section 21, Township 103, Range 10 West, Fillmore County, Minnesota, excepting therefrom 
11.6 	the Harmony-Preston Valley State Trail corridor, formerly the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. 
11.7 	Paul and Pacific Railroad Company right-of-way.
11.8 	(d) The land borders the Root River and Watson Creek and is not contiguous to other 
11.9 	state lands. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
11.10 	for natural resource purposes, provided that trout stream easements are reserved on the Root 
11.11 	River and Watson Creek, and that the state's land management interests would best be served 
11.12 	if the land was returned to private ownership.

11.13 	Sec. 10. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; 
11.14 	HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 11.15 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
11.16 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering public 
11.17 	water that is described in paragraph (c) to a local unit of government for less than market 
11.18 	value.
11.19 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
11.20 	errors and ensure accuracy.
11.21 	(c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
11.22 	all those parts of Government Lot 5, Section 35, Township 118, Range 23, lying northerly 
11.23 	and northwesterly of East Long Lake Road, as it existed in 2021, easterly of a line drawn 
11.24 	parallel with and distant 924.88 feet westerly of the east line of said Government Lot 5, and 
11.25 	southerly of a line drawn westerly at a right angle to the east line of said Government Lot 
11.26 	5 from a point distant 620 feet South of the northeast corner of said Government Lot 5.
11.27 	(d) The land borders Long Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has determined 
11.28 	that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes and that the state's land management 
11.29 	interests would best be served if the land were conveyed to a local unit of government.

12.1 	Sec. 11. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
12.2 	WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.
 12.3 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
12.4 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
12.5 	in paragraph (c).
12.6 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
12.7 	errors and ensure accuracy.
12.8 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Itasca County and is described as:
12.9 	(1) the North 1,050.00 feet of Government Lot 1, Section 16, Township 55 North, Range 
12.10 	24 West of the fourth principal meridian, except that part described as follows: commencing 
12.11 	at the southeast corner of said Government Lot 1; thence North 0 degrees 46 minutes 09 
12.12 	seconds East, bearing assumed, along the east line thereof, a distance of 280.00 feet to the 
12.13 	point of beginning; thence North 89 degrees 13 minutes 51 seconds West, a distance of 
12.14 	345.00 feet; thence South 0 degrees 46 minutes 09 seconds West, a distance of 21.60 feet 
12.15 	to its intersection with the south line of the North 1,050.00 feet of said Government Lot 1; 
12.16 	thence South 89 degrees 08 minutes 51 seconds East along the south line of the North 
12.17 	1,050.00 feet of said Government Lot 1, a distance of 345.00 feet to the east line of said 
12.18 	Government Lot 1; thence North 0 degrees 46 minutes 09 seconds East, along the east line 
12.19 	of said Government Lot 1, a distance of 22.10 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to an 
12.20 	easement for ingress and egress over 66.00 feet in width, over, under, and across part of 
12.21 	Government Lot 1, Section 16, Township 55, Range 24. The centerline of said easement is 
12.22 	described as follows: commencing at the northeast corner of said Government Lot 1; thence 
12.23 	South 0 degrees 46 minutes 09 seconds West, bearing assumed, along the east line thereof, 
12.24 	a distance of 750.00 feet to the point of beginning of the centerline to be described; thence 
12.25 	North 89 degrees 08 minutes 51 seconds West, a distance of 845.00 feet; thence South 7 
12.26 	degrees 18 minutes 51 seconds East, a distance of 302.89 feet, and there terminating; and
12.27 	(2) Lots 1 through 4 of Block 2 and Outlot "B," Loons Landing, according to the plat 
12.28 	thereof on file and of record in the Office of the Itasca County Recorder.
12.29 	(d) The land borders Trout Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has determined 
12.30 	that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes and that the state's land management 
12.31 	interests would best be served if the land was returned to private ownership.

13.1 	Sec. 12. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; PINE COUNTY.
 13.2 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner of 
13.3 	natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c), 
13.4 	subject to the state's reservation of a perpetual flowage easement.
13.5 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
13.6 	errors and ensure accuracy.
13.7 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Pine County and is described as: the north 2 
13.8 	rods of the Southeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 38 North, Range 22 West, Pine 
13.9 	County, Minnesota.
13.10 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
13.11 	natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be 
13.12 	served if the land was returned to private ownership.

13.13 	Sec. 13. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; 
13.14 	SHERBURNE COUNTY.
 13.15 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
13.16 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering public 
13.17 	water that is described in paragraph (c) for less than market value.
13.18 	(b) The commissioner may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct 
13.19 	errors and ensure accuracy.
13.20 	(c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Sherburne County and is described as: 
13.21 	that part of the North 595.50 feet of Government Lot 6, Section 31, Township 34 North, 
13.22 	Range 27 West, Sherburne County, Minnesota, lying southerly of the following described 
13.23 	line: commencing at a Minnesota Department of Conservation monument on the south line 
13.24 	of the said North 595.50 feet; thence North 89 degrees 38 minutes 17 seconds West, bearing 
13.25 	per plat of Eagle Lake Estates Boundary Registration, along said south line 71.28 feet to a 
13.26 	Judicial Land Mark; thence North 21 degrees 51 minutes 43 seconds West, along the easterly 
13.27 	line of Outlot A of said Eagle Lake Estates Boundary Registration 27.5 feet to the point of 
13.28 	beginning; thence North 80 degrees East 72 feet, more or less, to the shoreline of Eagle 
13.29 	Lake and there terminating.
13.30 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
13.31 	natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best be 
13.32 	served if the land were returned to private ownership.