1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to public lands; modifying land acquisition 
  1.3             procedures; modifying and creating certain state 
  1.4             trails; modifying provisions for certain lands 
  1.5             withdrawn from sale; modifying certain local planning 
  1.6             regulations; adding to and deleting from certain state 
  1.7             parks, state forests, and state recreation areas; 
  1.8             authorizing public and private sales, conveyances, and 
  1.9             exchanges of certain state land; modifying certain 
  1.10            grant requirements for flood hazard mitigation; 
  1.11            requiring maintenance of a certain public access in 
  1.12            Chippewa county; requiring a rule amendment; 
  1.13            appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2000, 
  1.14            sections 84.0272; 85.015, subdivision 2, by adding a 
  1.15            subdivision; 282.018, subdivision 1; 394.36, by adding 
  1.16            a subdivision; 462.357, by adding a subdivision. 
  1.17  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.18     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 84.0272, is 
  1.19  amended to read: 
  1.20     84.0272 [PROCEDURE IN ACQUIRING LANDS.] 
  1.21     Subdivision 1.  [ACQUISITION PROCEDURE.] When the 
  1.22  commissioner of natural resources is authorized to acquire lands 
  1.23  or interests in lands the procedure set forth in this section 
  1.24  shall apply.  The commissioner of natural resources shall first 
  1.25  prepare a fact sheet showing the lands to be acquired, the legal 
  1.26  authority for their acquisition, and the qualities of the land 
  1.27  that make it a desirable acquisition.  The commissioner of 
  1.28  natural resources shall cause the lands to be appraised.  An 
  1.29  appraiser shall before entering upon the duties of office take 
  1.30  and subscribe an oath to faithfully and impartially discharge 
  1.31  the duties as appraiser according to the best of the appraiser's 
  2.1   ability and that the appraiser is not interested directly or 
  2.2   indirectly in any of the lands to be appraised or the timber or 
  2.3   improvements thereon or in the sale thereof and has entered into 
  2.4   no agreement or combination to purchase the same or any part 
  2.5   thereof, which oath shall be attached to the report of the 
  2.6   appraisal.  The commissioner of natural resources may pay less 
  2.7   than the appraised value, but shall not agree to pay more than 
  2.8   ten percent above the appraised value, except that if the 
  2.9   commissioner pays less than the appraised value for a parcel of 
  2.10  land, the difference between the purchase price and the 
  2.11  appraised value may be used to apply to purchases at more than 
  2.12  the appraised value.  The sum of accumulated differences between 
  2.13  appraised amounts and purchases for more than the appraised 
  2.14  amount may not exceed the sum of accumulated differences between 
  2.15  appraised amounts and purchases for less than the appraised 
  2.16  amount.  New appraisals may be made at the discretion of the 
  2.17  commissioner of natural resources. 
  2.18     Subd. 2.  [STREAM EASEMENTS.] (a) Notwithstanding 
  2.19  subdivision 1, the commissioner may acquire permanent stream 
  2.20  easements for angler access, fish management, and habitat work 
  2.21  for a onetime payment based on a value attributed to both the 
  2.22  stream and the easement corridor.  The payment shall equal: 
  2.23     (1) the per linear foot of stream within the easement 
  2.24  corridor times $5; plus 
  2.25     (2) the easement corridor acres times the estimated market 
  2.26  value. 
  2.27     (b) The estimated market value is equal to: 
  2.28     (1) the total farm market value plus the timberlands value; 
  2.29  divided by 
  2.30     (2) the acres of deeded farmland plus the acres of timber. 
  2.31     (c) The total farm market value, timberlands value, acres 
  2.32  of deeded farmland, and acres of timber are determined from data 
  2.33  collected by the department of revenue during its annual spring 
  2.34  mini abstract survey.  The commissioner must use the most recent 
  2.35  available data for the city or township within which the 
  2.36  easement corridor is located. 
  3.1      (d) The commissioner shall periodically review the easement 
  3.2   payment rates under this subdivision to determine whether the 
  3.3   stream easement payments reflect current shoreland market 
  3.4   values.  If the commissioner determines that the easements do 
  3.5   not reflect current shoreland market values, the commissioner 
  3.6   shall report to the senate and house of representatives natural 
  3.7   resources policy committees with recommendations for changes to 
  3.8   this subdivision that are necessary for the stream easement 
  3.9   payment rates to reflect current shoreland market values.  The 
  3.10  recommendations may include an adjustment to the dollar amount 
  3.11  in paragraph (a), clause (1). 
  3.12     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 85.015, 
  3.13  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  3.14     Subd. 2.  [CASEY JONES TRAIL, MURRAY, REDWOOD, AND 
  3.15  PIPESTONE COUNTIES.] (a) The trail shall originate in Lake 
  3.16  Shetek state park~~,~~ in Murray county~~,~~ and include the six-mile 
  3.17  loop between Currie in Murray county and Lake Shetek state 
  3.18  park.  From there, the first half of the trail shall trail 
  3.19  southwesterly to Slayton~~, Minnesota~~ in Murray county; thence 
  3.20  westerly to the point of intersection with the most easterly 
  3.21  terminus of the state-owned abandoned railroad right-of-way, 
  3.22  commonly known as the Casey Jones unit; thence westerly along 
  3.23  said Casey Jones unit to Pipestone~~, Minnesota,~~ in Pipestone 
  3.24  county; thence southwesterly to Split Rock Creek state park in 
  3.25  Pipestone county, and there terminate.  The second half of the 
  3.26  trail shall commence in Lake Shetek state park in Murray county 
  3.27  and trail northeasterly to Walnut Grove in Redwood county and 
  3.28  there terminate.  
  3.29     (b) The trail shall be developed ~~primarily for riding and~~ 
  3.30  ~~hiking~~ as a multiuse, multiseasonal, dual treadway trail. 
  3.31  Nothing herein shall abrogate the purpose for which the Casey 
  3.32  Jones unit was originally established, and the use thereof shall 
  3.33  be concurrent. 
  3.34     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 85.015, is 
  3.35  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  3.36     Subd. 24.  [CUYUNA LAKES TRAIL, CROW WING AND AITKIN 
  4.1   COUNTIES.] (a) The trail alignments shall originate in Crow Wing 
  4.2   county at the Paul Bunyan trail in the city of Baxter and shall 
  4.3   extend in an east-northeasterly direction to the city of 
  4.4   Riverton, Crow Wing county, where they shall connect to the 
  4.5   Sagamore Mine segment of the Cuyuna Country state recreation 
  4.6   area.  The trail alignments shall then continue in a 
  4.7   northeasterly direction, generally along and using former 
  4.8   railroad rights-of-way insofar as practical, to connect with the 
  4.9   main body of the Cuyuna Country state recreation area, the 
  4.10  communities of Ironton and Crosby in Crow Wing county, and the 
  4.11  Croft Mine historical park.  The trail alignments shall then 
  4.12  continue in an east-northeasterly direction, generally along and 
  4.13  using former railroad rights-of-way insofar as practical, to the 
  4.14  city of Cuyuna in Crow Wing county, and then continue east to 
  4.15  the city of Aitkin, Aitkin county, and there terminate. 
  4.16     (b) The trail shall be developed as a multiuse, 
  4.17  multiseasonal, dual treadway trail. 
  4.18     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 282.018, 
  4.19  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  4.20     Subdivision 1.  [LAND ON OR ADJACENT TO PUBLIC WATERS.] (a) 
  4.21  All land which is the property of the state as a result of 
  4.22  forfeiture to the state for nonpayment of taxes, regardless of 
  4.23  whether the land is held in trust for taxing districts, and 
  4.24  which borders on or is adjacent to meandered lakes and other 
  4.25  public waters and watercourses, and the live timber growing or 
  4.26  being thereon, is hereby withdrawn from sale except as 
  4.27  hereinafter provided.  The authority having jurisdiction over 
  4.28  the timber on any such lands may sell the timber as otherwise 
  4.29  provided by law for cutting and removal under such conditions as 
  4.30  the authority may prescribe in accordance with approved, 
  4.31  sustained yield forestry practices.  The authority having 
  4.32  jurisdiction over the timber shall reserve such timber and 
  4.33  impose such conditions as the authority deems necessary for the 
  4.34  protection of watersheds, wildlife habitat, shorelines, and 
  4.35  scenic features.  Within the area in Cook, Lake, and St. Louis 
  4.36  counties described in the Act of Congress approved July 10, 1930 
  5.1   (46 Stat. 1020), the timber on tax-forfeited lands shall be 
  5.2   subject to like restrictions as are now imposed by that act on 
  5.3   federal lands.  
  5.4      (b) Of all tax-forfeited land bordering on or adjacent to 
  5.5   meandered lakes and other public waters and watercourses and so 
  5.6   withdrawn from sale, a strip two rods in width, the ordinary 
  5.7   high-water mark being the waterside boundary thereof, and the 
  5.8   land side boundary thereof being a line drawn parallel to the 
  5.9   ordinary high-water mark and two rods distant landward 
  5.10  therefrom, hereby is reserved for public travel thereon, and 
  5.11  whatever the conformation of the shore line or conditions 
  5.12  require, the authority having jurisdiction over such lands shall 
  5.13  reserve a wider strip for such purposes.  
  5.14     (c) Any tract or parcel of land which has ~~50~~ 150 feet or 
  5.15  less of waterfront may be sold by the authority having 
  5.16  jurisdiction over the land, in the manner otherwise provided by 
  5.17  law for the sale of such lands, if the authority determines that 
  5.18  it is in the public interest to do so.  If the authority having 
  5.19  jurisdiction over the land is not the commissioner of natural 
  5.20  resources, the land may not be offered for sale without the 
  5.21  prior approval of the commissioner of natural resources. 
  5.22     (d) Where the authority having jurisdiction over lands 
  5.23  withdrawn from sale under this section is not the commissioner 
  5.24  of natural resources, the authority may submit proposals for 
  5.25  disposition of the lands to the commissioner.  The commissioner 
  5.26  of natural resources shall evaluate the lands and their public 
  5.27  benefits and make recommendations on the proposed dispositions 
  5.28  to the committees of the legislature with jurisdiction over 
  5.29  natural resources.  The commissioner shall include any 
  5.30  recommendations of the commissioner for disposition of lands 
  5.31  withdrawn from sale under this section over which the 
  5.32  commissioner has jurisdiction.  The commissioner's 
  5.33  recommendations may include a public sale, sale to a private 
  5.34  party, acquisition by the department of natural resources for 
  5.35  public purposes, or a cooperative management agreement with, or 
  5.36  transfer to, another unit of government. 
  6.1      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 394.36, is 
  6.2   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  6.3      Subd. 1a.  [SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES.] Notwithstanding 
  6.4   subdivision 1, Minnesota Rules, parts 6105.0351 to 6105.0550, 
  6.5   may allow for the continuation and improvement of substandard 
  6.6   structures, as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 6105.0354, 
  6.7   subpart 30, in the Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway. 
  6.8      Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 462.357, is 
  6.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  6.10     Subd. 1f.  [SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURES.] Notwithstanding 
  6.11  subdivision 1e, Minnesota Rules, parts 6105.0351 to 6105.0550, 
  6.12  may allow for the continuation and improvement of substandard 
  6.13  structures, as defined in Minnesota Rules, part 6105.0354, 
  6.14  subpart 30, in the Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway. 
  6.15     Sec. 7.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.] 
  6.16     Subdivision 1.  [85.012] [Subd. 14.] [CROW WING STATE PARK, 
  6.17  CROW WING, CASS, AND MORRISON COUNTIES.] The following areas are 
  6.18  added to Crow Wing state park, Crow Wing county:  
  6.19     (1) all of Government Lots 1 and 2 of Section 7; all of 
  6.20  Government Lots 1, 2, and 4, the Southwest Quarter of the 
  6.21  Southwest Quarter, and the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
  6.22  Quarter of Section 8; that part of Government Lot 4 lying west 
  6.23  of Highway 371 and that part of the West Half of the Southwest 
  6.24  Quarter lying west of Highway 371 of Section 9; and all of 
  6.25  Government Lots 2 and 3 of Section 18; all in Township 44 North, 
  6.26  Range 31 West; 
  6.27     (2) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast 
  6.28  Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and 
  6.29  Government Lot 1, lying south, west, and north of the following 
  6.30  described line:  Beginning at the southeast corner of said 
  6.31  Section 13; thence North, assumed bearing, 66.00 feet along the 
  6.32  east line of said Section 13 to Point "A"; thence North 89 
  6.33  degrees 01 minutes 00 seconds West 367.23 feet; thence 
  6.34  northwesterly 1335.72 feet along a non-tangential curve concave 
  6.35  to the northeast, radius 4837.27 feet, central angle 15 degrees 
  6.36  49 minutes 16 seconds, the chord of which bears North 41 degrees 
  7.1   45 minutes 20 seconds West; thence North, not tangent to the 
  7.2   last described curve, 817.82 feet; thence northeasterly 650.80 
  7.3   feet along a non-tangential curve concave to the southeast, 
  7.4   radius 1230.00 feet, central angle 30 degrees 18 minutes 56 
  7.5   seconds the chord of which bears North 36 degrees 50 minutes 32 
  7.6   seconds East to Point "B"; thence East 868.26 feet, more or 
  7.7   less, to the east line of said Northeast Quarter of the 
  7.8   Southeast Quarter and there terminating of Section 13; and the 
  7.9   East Half of the Northeast Quarter and the East Half of the 
  7.10  Southeast Quarter of Section 24; all in Township 44 North, Range 
  7.11  32 West; and 
  7.12     (3) Government Lot 3 of Section 27, Township 133 North, 
  7.13  Range 29 West. 
  7.14     Subd. 2.  [85.012] [Subd. 27.] [MYRE-BIG ISLAND STATE PARK, 
  7.15  FREEBORN COUNTY.] The following areas are added to Myre-Big 
  7.16  Island state park, all in Township 102 North, Range 21 West, 
  7.17  Freeborn county: 
  7.18     (1) the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
  7.19  11, less therefrom land deeded to the State of Minnesota by deed 
  7.20  dated December 19, 1968, and filed January 20, 1969, in the 
  7.21  Office of the Recorder in and for Freeborn County, Minnesota, in 
  7.22  Book 195 of Deeds, page 332; and 
  7.23     (2) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 
  7.24  14, less therefrom land deeded to the State of Minnesota by deed 
  7.25  dated December 19, 1968, and filed January 20, 1969, in the 
  7.26  Office of the Recorder in and for Freeborn County, Minnesota, in 
  7.27  Book 195 of Deeds, page 332. 
  7.28     Sec. 8.  [DELETIONS FROM BIG STONE LAKE STATE PARK.] 
  7.29     [85.012] [Subd. 6.] [BIG STONE LAKE STATE PARK, BIG STONE 
  7.30  COUNTY.] The following areas are deleted from Big Stone Lake 
  7.31  state park, Big Stone county: 
  7.32     All those parts of Lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 
  7.33  13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of the plat SECOND ADDITION TO 
  7.34  SUNSET VIEW, according to the plat on file and of record in the 
  7.35  office of the recorder of Big Stone county, Minnesota, being in 
  7.36  Government Lot 1, Section 13, Township 122 North, Range 47 West; 
  8.1   and that part of Government Lot 1, Section 13, Township 122 
  8.2   North, Range 47 West, Big Stone county, Minnesota, being a strip 
  8.3   of land 80 feet in width lying northerly of the plat SECOND 
  8.4   ADDITION TO SUNSET VIEW, according to the plat on file and of 
  8.5   record in the office of the recorder for Big Stone county, 
  8.6   Minnesota, the southerly line of said strip is coincident with 
  8.7   the northerly lines of Lots 3 through 19, inclusive, of said 
  8.8   plat, the westerly boundary of said strip being the northerly 
  8.9   extension of the west line of Lot 19 of said plat. 
  8.10     Sec. 9.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE FORESTS.] 
  8.11     Subdivision 1.  [89.021] [Subd. 33.] [RICHARD J. DORER 
  8.12  MEMORIAL HARDWOOD STATE FOREST.] The following areas are added 
  8.13  to Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood state forest:  Sections 
  8.14  28, 29, 32, and 33, Township 103 North, Range 10 West. 
  8.15     Subd. 2.  [89.021] [Subd. 39.] [PILLSBURY STATE 
  8.16  FOREST.] The following areas are added to Pillsbury state forest:
  8.17     (1) Sections 1 to 36, inclusive, of Township 134 North, 
  8.18  Range 30 West; 
  8.19     (2) Section 36, Township 135 North, Range 30 West; and 
  8.20     (3) the East half, the North Half of the Northwest Quarter, 
  8.21  and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 3 
  8.22  and the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 10, all 
  8.23  in Township 133 North, Range 30 West. 
  8.24     Sec. 10.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE RECREATION AREAS.] 
  8.25     Subdivision 1.  [85.013] [Subd. 2c.] [BIG BOG STATE 
  8.26  RECREATION AREA, BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following areas are added 
  8.27  to Big Bog state recreation area, all in Township 156 North, 
  8.28  Range 31 West, Beltrami county: 
  8.29     (1) the Southeast Quarter of Section 35; and 
  8.30     (2) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and the 
  8.31  Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 36. 
  8.32     Subd. 2.  [85.013] [Subd. 5c.] [CUYUNA COUNTRY STATE 
  8.33  RECREATION AREA, CROW WING COUNTY.] The following areas are 
  8.34  added to Cuyuna Country state recreation area, Crow Wing county, 
  8.35  all in Township 46 North, Range 29 West: 
  8.36     That part of the Northwest Quarter lying East of the 
  9.1   westerly right-of-way line of the Soo Line Railroad of Section 
  9.2   1; the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest 
  9.3   Quarter and the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of 
  9.4   Section 2; and the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of the 
  9.5   Northwest Quarter of Section 11. 
  9.6      Sec. 11.  [DELETIONS FROM CUYUNA COUNTRY STATE RECREATION 
  9.7   AREA.] 
  9.8      [85.013] [Subd. 5c.] [CUYUNA COUNTRY STATE RECREATION AREA, 
  9.9   CROW WING COUNTY.] The following area is deleted from Cuyuna 
  9.10  Country state recreation area, Crow Wing county:  Government 
  9.11  Lots 1 and 5 of Section 4, Township 46 North, Range 29 West. 
  9.12     Sec. 12.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BIG STONE 
  9.13  COUNTY.] 
  9.14     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
  9.15  94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
  9.16  sale to the township of Prior the surplus land that is described 
  9.17  in paragraph (c). 
  9.18     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  9.19  attorney general and may be for consideration less than the 
  9.20  appraised value of the land.  The conveyance shall include a 
  9.21  restriction on the use of the land to allow only utility use and 
  9.22  prohibit all other permanent structures. 
  9.23     (c) The land to be sold is located in Big Stone county and 
  9.24  is described as:  That part of Government Lot 1, Section 13, 
  9.25  Township 122 North, Range 47 West, Big Stone county, Minnesota, 
  9.26  being a strip of land 80 feet in width lying northerly of the 
  9.27  plat SECOND ADDITION TO SUNSET VIEW, according to the plat on 
  9.28  file and of record in the office of the recorder for Big Stone 
  9.29  county, Minnesota, the southerly line of said strip is 
  9.30  coincident with the northerly lines of Lots 3 through 19, 
  9.31  inclusive, of said plat, the westerly boundary of said strip 
  9.32  being the northerly extension of the west line of Lot 19 of said 
  9.33  plat.  EXCEPTING therefrom the south 30 feet thereof.  
  9.34     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
  9.35  longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
  9.36  state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 10.1   land was sold to the township of Prior to allow for upgrading 
 10.2   the septic systems and other utilities in the area. 
 10.3      Sec. 13.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 10.4   PUBLIC WATER; DOUGLAS COUNTY.] 
 10.5      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 10.6   282.018, subdivision 1, Douglas county may sell the 
 10.7   tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
 10.8   paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 10.9   Statutes, chapter 282. 
 10.10     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 10.11  attorney general.  
 10.12     (c) The land to be sold is located in Douglas county and is 
 10.13  described as: 
 10.14     Lot 4, Block 1, Cedar Hills 1st Addition, Section 8, 
 10.15     Township 130, Range 37. 
 10.16     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 10.17  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 10.18  returned to private ownership. 
 10.19     Sec. 14.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TRUST FUND LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
 10.20  WATER; ITASCA COUNTY.] 
 10.21     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
 10.22  commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale the 
 10.23  school trust fund land bordering public water that is described 
 10.24  in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions in Minnesota 
 10.25  Statutes, chapter 92. 
 10.26     (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
 10.27  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 10.28  value of the land.  The attorney general may make necessary 
 10.29  changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure 
 10.30  accuracy. 
 10.31     (c) The land that may be sold is located in Itasca county 
 10.32  and is described as follows:  Lot 6, Block 1 of Little Island 
 10.33  Lake Leased homesites, located in Government Lot 9, Section 16, 
 10.34  Township 58 North, Range 25 West. 
 10.35     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 10.36  longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 11.1   state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 11.2   land was sold. 
 11.3      Sec. 15.  [PRIVATE OR PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND 
 11.4   BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; KANDIYOHI COUNTY.] 
 11.5      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 11.6   94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell 
 11.7   the surplus land and buildings bordering on public waters that 
 11.8   are described in paragraph (c) to the city of New London; or 
 11.9   notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 
 11.10  94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by public 
 11.11  sale the surplus land and buildings bordering on public waters 
 11.12  that are described in paragraph (c). 
 11.13     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 11.14  general for consideration no less than the appraised value of 
 11.15  the land and buildings.  The sale shall reserve to the state an 
 11.16  easement along the Crow river to ensure public access and access 
 11.17  for dam management and maintenance at the outlet of the mill 
 11.18  pond known as Mud lake. 
 11.19     (c) The land to be sold is located in Kandiyohi county and 
 11.20  is described as: 
 11.21     All of Lots 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 and that part of Lot 14 
 11.22  otherwise described as the Mill Lot lying north and east of the 
 11.23  Crow river, all being in Block 8 within the city of New London, 
 11.24  Minnesota, excepting therefrom the following three parcels: 
 11.25     (1) commencing at a point on the west line of Lot 8, Block 
 11.26  8 in the village of New London, 16-2/3 feet North of the 
 11.27  southwest corner of said Lot 8; running thence easterly on a 
 11.28  line parallel to the south line of said Lot 8, 100 feet to the 
 11.29  west line of Main Street; thence southerly on west line of Main 
 11.30  Street to a point, 50 feet; thence westerly on a line parallel 
 11.31  to the south line of said Lot 8 to a point, 70 feet; thence 
 11.32  northwesterly to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; 
 11.33     (2) commencing at a point 16 feet West from the northwest 
 11.34  corner of Lot 1, Block 8 of the village of New London; thence 
 11.35  120 feet South parallel with the west line of Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 
 11.36  5, and 6; thence West to the bank of the Crow river; thence 
 12.1   along said bank of the Crow river to a point intersecting with a 
 12.2   line drawn North and South from a point, 100 feet West of the 
 12.3   PLACE OF BEGINNING; thence North to the north line of Block 8; 
 12.4   thence East to the PLACE OF BEGINNING; and 
 12.5      (3) commencing at a point on the north line of Block 8, 220 
 12.6   feet West of the northeast corner of said Block 8; thence West 
 12.7   50 feet; thence South 30 feet; thence southeasterly to a point 
 12.8   which is 50 feet South of the PLACE OF BEGINNING; thence due 
 12.9   North 50 feet to the PLACE OF BEGINNING. 
 12.10     The above described tract contains 0.46 acres to be sold. 
 12.11     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 12.12  longer needed for any natural resource purpose other than 
 12.13  easement access for dam maintenance and that the state's land 
 12.14  management interests would best be served if the land was sold 
 12.15  by public sale or sold to the city of New London. 
 12.16     Sec. 16.  [LAND EXCHANGE; LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.] 
 12.17     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 12.18  94.342, the commissioner of natural resources may exchange, with 
 12.19  the adjoining landowner, the acquired forest land bordering 
 12.20  public waters described in paragraph (b). 
 12.21     (b) The land to be exchanged is located in Lake of the 
 12.22  Woods county and is described as the West 450 feet of Government 
 12.23  Lot 7, Section 5, Township 167 North, Range 33 West. 
 12.24     (c) The exchange will correct an inadvertent trespass on 
 12.25  state land. 
 12.26     Sec. 17.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
 12.27  PUBLIC WATER; MEEKER COUNTY.] 
 12.28     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 12.29  282.018, subdivision 1, Meeker county may sell the tax-forfeited 
 12.30  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
 12.31  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
 12.32  282. 
 12.33     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 12.34  attorney general.  
 12.35     (c) The land to be sold is located in Meeker county and is 
 12.36  described as: 
 13.1      Pt Southeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter (SE1/4 SE1/4) 
 13.2   beginning southeast corner Section 23, thence West 683.17 feet 
 13.3   to point of beginning, northwest 252.31 feet northwest 122 feet, 
 13.4   northeast 91 feet, southerly to south line Southeast Quarter of 
 13.5   Southeast Quarter (SE1/4 SE1/4), thence West 44 feet to point of 
 13.6   beginning.  Section 23, Township 120, Range 31 (PID 12-0213001). 
 13.7      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 13.8   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 13.9   returned to private ownership. 
 13.10     Sec. 18.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; MORRISON 
 13.11  COUNTY.] 
 13.12     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
 13.13  94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
 13.14  sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c). 
 13.15     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 13.16  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 13.17  value of the land.  The attorney general may make necessary 
 13.18  changes to the legal description to correct errors and ensure 
 13.19  accuracy. 
 13.20     (c) The land to be sold is located in Morrison county and 
 13.21  is described as:  the South 33 feet of the Northwest Quarter of 
 13.22  the Southeast Quarter, the West 33 feet of Government Lot 2, and 
 13.23  the South 33 feet of the West 33 feet of the Northeast Quarter 
 13.24  of the Southeast Quarter, all in Section 11, Township 132 North, 
 13.25  Range 31 West. 
 13.26     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 13.27  longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 13.28  state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 13.29  land was returned to private ownership. 
 13.30     Sec. 19.  [PRIVATE SALE OF STATE WILDLIFE LAND; OTTER TAIL 
 13.31  COUNTY.] 
 13.32     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 13.33  94.09, and 94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell 
 13.34  the wildlife management area land described in paragraph (d) to 
 13.35  the Fergus Falls port authority according to Minnesota Statutes, 
 13.36  section 97A.135, subdivision 2a. 
 14.1      (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 14.2   general for consideration of no less than the appraised value of 
 14.3   the land.  The attorney general may make necessary changes to 
 14.4   the legal description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
 14.5      (c) The consideration received for the conveyance shall be 
 14.6   deposited in the state treasury and credited to the wildlife 
 14.7   acquisition account in the game and fish fund.  The money is 
 14.8   appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources to 
 14.9   purchase replacement wildlife management area lands in Otter 
 14.10  Tail county. 
 14.11     (d) The land that may be sold is in the Fergus Falls 
 14.12  wildlife management area in Otter Tail county and is described 
 14.13  as: 
 14.14     TRACT A:  The South Half of the Southeast Quarter of 
 14.15  Section 28, and the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter 
 14.16  of Section 27, Township 133 North, Range 43 West, lying 
 14.17  southwesterly of the Burlington Northern Railroad right-of-way, 
 14.18  excepting that part conveyed to Otter Tail Power Company 
 14.19  pursuant to Minnesota Laws 1971, chapter 139, described as 
 14.20  follows:  the West 120 feet and the East 280 feet of the West 
 14.21  400 feet of the North 200 feet of the South Half of the 
 14.22  Southeast Quarter of Section 28, Township 133 North, Range 43 
 14.23  West. 
 14.24     Also, the North 330.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the 
 14.25  Northeast Quarter of Section 33, Township 133 North, Range 43 
 14.26  West, excepting therefrom the West 120 feet of the North 300 
 14.27  feet of said NW1/4 NE1/4. 
 14.28     Also, that part of Block 7, "Seminary Reserve," vacated 
 14.29  Windsor Street, Fourth Avenue, and Fir Avenue in Wheeler and 
 14.30  Rawson's Third Addition to the city of Fergus Falls, described 
 14.31  as follows: 
 14.32     Beginning at the northwest corner of the Northeast Quarter 
 14.33  of the Northeast Quarter of Section 33, Township 133 North, 
 14.34  Range 43 West; thence southerly along the west line thereof to a 
 14.35  point 330.00 feet South of, measured at right angles to the 
 14.36  north line thereof; thence easterly 450.00 feet along a line 
 15.1   parallel with and 330.00 feet South of, measured at right angles 
 15.2   to said north line; thence southerly deflecting to the right 90 
 15.3   degrees a distance of 420.00 feet; thence easterly deflecting to 
 15.4   the left 90 degrees a distance of 350 feet to the east line of 
 15.5   vacated Fourth Avenue; thence northerly 760 feet along said east 
 15.6   line to the north line of said NE1/4 NE1/4; thence westerly 817 
 15.7   feet along said north line to the point of beginning. 
 15.8      Also, blocks 3 and 3-1/2, the adjacent portions of vacated 
 15.9   Hazel Court, vacated Fir Avenue between the east line of Fourth 
 15.10  Avenue and the southwesterly right-of-way of the Burlington 
 15.11  Northern Railroad, and vacated Second Avenue in Wheeler and 
 15.12  Rawson's Third Addition to the city of Fergus Falls lying 
 15.13  northerly and westerly of that part previously conveyed to the 
 15.14  city of Fergus Falls pursuant to Minnesota Laws 1979, chapter 
 15.15  134, and described in that certain deed filed for record on 
 15.16  January 13, 1981, in Book 518 of Deeds, page 555. 
 15.17     Subject to a conservation easement in a form prescribed by 
 15.18  the commissioner of natural resources and the right of public 
 15.19  access and use to be reserved by the state on that portion of 
 15.20  the above described parcel of land lying northerly and easterly 
 15.21  of the following described parcel: 
 15.22     TRACT B:  Commencing at the north quarter corner of Section 
 15.23  33, Township 133 North, Range 43 West; thence on an assumed 
 15.24  bearing, based on the survey done by the city engineer for the 
 15.25  city of Fergus Falls, of South 00 degrees 44 minutes 36 seconds 
 15.26  West 300.03 feet to the point of beginning of the land to be 
 15.27  described; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 01 seconds East 
 15.28  120.01 feet; thence North 00 degrees 44 minutes 36 seconds East 
 15.29  300.03 feet to the north line of said Section 33; thence North 
 15.30  00 degrees 51 minutes 17 seconds East 455.04 feet; thence North 
 15.31  89 degrees 59 minutes 19 seconds East 779.99 feet; thence South 
 15.32  28 degrees 08 minutes 03 seconds East 515.79 feet to the north 
 15.33  line of said Section 33; thence North 89 degrees 59 minutes 01 
 15.34  seconds East 205.14 feet; thence South 01 degrees 08 minutes 08 
 15.35  seconds West 330.19 feet to the north line of the "Tower Road 
 15.36  Industrial Park Addition;" thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes 19 
 16.1   seconds West 1352.88 feet; thence North 00 degrees 44 minutes 36 
 16.2   seconds East 30.00 feet to the point of beginning. 
 16.3      (e) The deed shall also reserve an access easement to the 
 16.4   state across TRACT B to ensure ingress and egress to the public 
 16.5   to access lands encumbered by the said conservation easement.  
 16.6   The exact location and legal description of said access easement 
 16.7   shall be determined by the commissioner of natural resources. 
 16.8      (f) This land no longer fits into the state wildlife 
 16.9   management area system because of hunting restrictions and 
 16.10  future development planned for the surrounding area.  Proceeds 
 16.11  from the sale will be used to purchase lands more suitable for 
 16.12  wildlife management and public use. 
 16.13     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
 16.14  following final enactment. 
 16.15     Sec. 20.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; RAMSEY 
 16.16  COUNTY.] 
 16.17     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 16.18  Statutes, chapter 282, Ramsey county may sell by private sale 
 16.19  the tax-forfeited land that is described in paragraph (c) under 
 16.20  the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 16.21     (b) The sale must be in a form approved by the attorney 
 16.22  general. 
 16.23     (c) The land to be sold is located in Ramsey county and is 
 16.24  described as:  
 16.25  The property defined as Laporte Meadows North of the state 
 16.26  highway 10 right-of-way. 
 16.27     (d) Ramsey county has determined that the county's land 
 16.28  management interests would be best served if the land was sold 
 16.29  to the city of Mounds View for the use of a public purpose. 
 16.30     Sec. 21.  [CONVEYANCE OF STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; 
 16.31  RAMSEY, STEVENS, AND CARLTON COUNTIES.] 
 16.32     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 16.33  94.09 to 94.16, or any other law to the contrary, the 
 16.34  commissioner of administration may convey to the University of 
 16.35  Minnesota board of regents for no consideration the surplus land 
 16.36  that is described in paragraph (c). 
 17.1      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 17.2   attorney general.  The attorney general may correct the legal 
 17.3   descriptions under paragraph (c) as reasonably necessary after 
 17.4   review of a survey and title report delivered to the board of 
 17.5   regents. 
 17.6      (c) The land to be conveyed is located in Ramsey, Stevens, 
 17.7   and Carlton counties and is described as: 
 17.8      (1) the North Half of the West Half of the West Half of the 
 17.9   Southwest Quarter of Section 21, Township 29 North, Range 23 
 17.10  West, Ramsey county, Minnesota; 
 17.11     (2) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, the 
 17.12  Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
 17.13  Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the 
 17.14  Southwest Quarter, the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest 
 17.15  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter of 
 17.16  the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, of Section 36, 
 17.17  Township 125, Range 42, Stevens county, Minnesota; 
 17.18     (3) the South Half of the South Half of the Northwest 
 17.19  Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of 
 17.20  Section 36, Township 125, Range 42, Stevens county, Minnesota; 
 17.21     (4) beginning at the northwest corner of the Southeast 
 17.22  Quarter of Section 36, Township 125, Range 42, Stevens county, 
 17.23  Minnesota, and running thence South on the quarter line 11.05 
 17.24  chains; thence East at right angles with said quarter line 3.16 
 17.25  chains; thence South parallel with said quarter line 2.57 chains 
 17.26  to the Morris and Cyrus public road; thence easterly along the 
 17.27  north line of said road to a point on the east line of the 
 17.28  Northwest Quarter of Southeast Quarter of said Section 36 7.25 
 17.29  chains South of the northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of 
 17.30  said Southeast Quarter of said Section 36 aforesaid; thence 
 17.31  North 7.25 chains to the northeast corner of the Northwest 
 17.32  Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 36 aforesaid; 
 17.33  thence West on the north line of said Northwest Quarter of 
 17.34  Southeast Quarter of said Section 36 to the northwest corner of 
 17.35  said Southeast Quarter of said Section 36, or place of 
 17.36  beginning, containing twenty one and one half acres, more or 
 18.1   less according to the government survey thereof; the same being 
 18.2   all that portion of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast 
 18.3   Quarter of Section 36, Township 125, Range 42, Stevens county, 
 18.4   Minnesota, lying and being North of the public highway running 
 18.5   from the city of Morris to Cyrus, except one acre thereof in the 
 18.6   southwest corner thereof used by the city of Morris as a pumping 
 18.7   station; 
 18.8      (5) all that part of the East one half of the Southwest 
 18.9   Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 125 
 18.10  North, Range 42 West, lying South of the county road running 
 18.11  from Morris, Minnesota to Cyrus, Minnesota, and contains 15 
 18.12  acres more or less according to government survey, and all lying 
 18.13  in the county of Stevens; 
 18.14     (6) Lot 3 of county subdivision of unplatted part of East 
 18.15  Half of Section 35, Township 125, Range 42, Stevens county, 
 18.16  Minnesota containing according to said county subdivision 8 and 
 18.17  3/4 acres described as follows:  Commencing at a point on the 
 18.18  North side of the county road leading from Morris to Cyrus, 
 18.19  Minnesota, 688 feet from the southeast corner of Section 35, 
 18.20  Township 125, Range 42; thence North 887 feet; thence West 440 
 18.21  feet; thence South 646 feet; thence southeast 391 feet to said 
 18.22  county road; thence northeast along said road 232 feet to the 
 18.23  place of beginning, containing 8.75 acres; 
 18.24     (7) beginning at the Quarter Post; being the southwest 
 18.25  corner of the Northwest Quarter of Section 31, Township 125 
 18.26  North, Range 41 West, Stevens county, Minnesota; running along 
 18.27  the county road (Morris, Minnesota to Glenwood, Minnesota) or 
 18.28  along the established line of the said county road running from 
 18.29  said quarter post North sixty three degrees and thirty minutes 
 18.30  East one and fifty six one hundredths chains; thence North sixty 
 18.31  one degrees East eight and thirteen one hundredths chains; 
 18.32  thence North eighty seven degrees and twenty five minutes East 
 18.33  seven and seven one hundredths chains; thence North sixty nine 
 18.34  degrees and thirty minutes East fourteen and eighty five one 
 18.35  hundredths chains; thence North seventy seven degrees East 
 18.36  twenty seven chains; thence leaving the said county road and 
 19.1   running North twenty five chains to a point on the north 
 19.2   boundary line of the said Section 31, Township 125, Range 41, 
 19.3   fifteen chains East of the northeast corner of the Northwest 
 19.4   Quarter of said Section 31, Township 125, Range 41; thence West 
 19.5   along the said north boundary line of the said Section 31, 
 19.6   Township 125, Range 41 to the northwest corner of the Northwest 
 19.7   Quarter of said Section 31, Township 125, Range 41; thence South 
 19.8   along the west boundary line of said Section 31, Township 125, 
 19.9   Range 41 to the place of beginning, except twelve and nine 
 19.10  tenths acres of land owned by the Northern Pacific Railway 
 19.11  Company, being used for railroad right-of-way and special snow 
 19.12  fence purposes.  The above described part of said Section 31, 
 19.13  Township 125, Range 41, contains however one hundred and sixty 
 19.14  acres, exclusive of said twelve and nine tenths acres of 
 19.15  railroad right-of-way; 
 19.16     (8) all that part of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4 and NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 
 19.17  1/4 Section 36, Township 125 North, Range 42 West, Stevens 
 19.18  county, Minnesota, lying north of the main wagon road running 
 19.19  from the village of Morris, Minnesota, to the village of Cyrus, 
 19.20  Minnesota, and more particularly described as follows:  
 19.21  Beginning at a point where said road intersects the north line 
 19.22  of the SE 1/4 SW 1/4; thence in a westerly direction 16.06 
 19.23  chains to the NW corner of the NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 of said 
 19.24  Section 36; thence in a southerly direction along the west line 
 19.25  of said NE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4, 5.90 chains to the north line of 
 19.26  said road right-of-way; thence in a northeasterly direction 
 19.27  along the north line of said road right-of-way 17.05 chains to 
 19.28  the point of beginning containing 4.80 acres, more or less, and 
 19.29  being the same lands conveyed to the United States by Edwin J. 
 19.30  Jones, et ux, by deed dated January 26, 1903, and Harold 
 19.31  Thorson, et ux, by deed dated February 26, 1903; 
 19.32     (9) all of that part of the Northeast Quarter of the 
 19.33  Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 36, 
 19.34  Township 125 North, Range 42 West, Stevens county, Minnesota, 
 19.35  lying North of the main wagon road running from the village of 
 19.36  Morris, Minnesota, to the village of Cyrus, Minnesota and 
 20.1   further described by metes and bounds as follows, to-wit: 
 20.2   Beginning at a point on the east line of the NE 1/4 of the SW 
 20.3   1/4 of the SW 1/4, Section 36, Township 125, Range 42, two and 
 20.4   thirty one hundredths chains South of the northeast corner of 
 20.5   said NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, Section 36, Township 
 20.6   125, Range 42, running North on the east line of said NE 1/4 of 
 20.7   SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 36, Township 125, Range 42, two and 
 20.8   thirty one hundredths chains to the said northeast corner of 
 20.9   said NE 1/4 of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 36, Township 125, Range 
 20.10  42; thence West on the north line of said described land, ten 
 20.11  chains, more or less to the northwest corner of said NE 1/4 of 
 20.12  SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 36, Township 125, Range 42; thence 
 20.13  South on the west line of said described tract of land five and 
 20.14  ninety one hundredths chains to the said wagon road; thence 
 20.15  northeast along said wagon road, ten and sixty one hundredths 
 20.16  chains to the place of beginning on the east line of said NE 1/4 
 20.17  of SW 1/4 of SW 1/4, Section 36, Township 125, Range 42, 
 20.18  containing about four and ten one hundredths acres, more or 
 20.19  less, according to the government survey thereof; 
 20.20     (10) beginning at the northwest corner of the Southeast 
 20.21  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 125, 
 20.22  Range 42, Stevens county, Minnesota and running South two and 
 20.23  thirty hundredths chains on the west line of said Southeast 
 20.24  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, of Section 36, Township 125, 
 20.25  Range 42 to the road.  Thence northeast along the north line of 
 20.26  the road six and forty five hundredths chains to the north line 
 20.27  of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 
 20.28  36, Township 125, Range 42; thence West on the north line of 
 20.29  said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 36, 
 20.30  Township 125, Range 42, six and six hundredths chains, to place 
 20.31  of beginning, containing seven tenths of an acre, more or less; 
 20.32     (11) all of Section 36, Township 49, Range 18, Carlton 
 20.33  county, Minnesota, except the East Half of the Northeast 
 20.34  Quarter; all of Section 31, Township 49, Range 17, except the 
 20.35  Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and the Southeast 
 20.36  Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; the South Half of the 
 21.1   Southeast Quarter, the South Half of the Southwest Quarter, the 
 21.2   Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and the South Half 
 21.3   of the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 30, Township 49, Range 
 21.4   17; the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, the South 
 21.5   Half of the Northwest Quarter, all of the Southwest Quarter, the 
 21.6   South Half of the Southeast Quarter, and Northeast Quarter of 
 21.7   the Southeast Quarter, Section 29, Township 49, Range 17; the 
 21.8   North Half of the Northwest Quarter, the Southwest Quarter of 
 21.9   the Northeast Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter, Section 32, 
 21.10  Township 49, Range 17, containing two thousand and ninety-four 
 21.11  and ninety-seven hundredths acres, according to government 
 21.12  survey thereof; 
 21.13     (12) the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
 21.14  Section 30 in Township 49 North, Range 17 West, Carlton county, 
 21.15  Minnesota, containing forty acres, according to the official 
 21.16  plat of the survey of the said lands, returned to the general 
 21.17  land office by the surveyor general; and 
 21.18     (13) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and the 
 21.19  Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, 
 21.20  Township 49 North, Range 17 West, Carlton county, Minnesota. 
 21.21     (d) Conveyance of land in Stevens county under this section 
 21.22  is subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 137.16.  Land conveyed 
 21.23  under this section retains any bonding obligations on the 
 21.24  buildings located thereon that exist at the time of conveyance. 
 21.25     Sec. 22.  [PUBLIC SALE OF SCHOOL TRUST LAND BORDERING 
 21.26  PUBLIC WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 21.27     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
 21.28  commissioner of natural resources may sell by public sale the 
 21.29  school trust land bordering public water that is described in 
 21.30  paragraph (c). 
 21.31     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 21.32  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 21.33  value of the land.  The conveyance must include an easement to 
 21.34  ensure public access and state management access to the 
 21.35  state-owned land on the north side of Blueberry lake.  The 
 21.36  attorney general may make necessary changes in the legal 
 22.1   description to correct errors and ensure accuracy. 
 22.2      (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and 
 22.3   is approximately three acres adjacent to Blueberry lake in the 
 22.4   northeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast 
 22.5   Quarter, Section 4, Township 61 North, Range 12 West. 
 22.6      (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 22.7   longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 22.8   state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 22.9   land was returned to private ownership.  The adjoining private 
 22.10  owner has inadvertently built part of a home, a septic system, 
 22.11  and yard improvements on the land. 
 22.12     Sec. 23.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING 
 22.13  PUBLIC WATERS; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 22.14     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 22.15  282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
 22.16  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis county may sell by 
 22.17  private sale the tax-forfeited lands bordering public waters 
 22.18  that are described in paragraph (c), under the remaining 
 22.19  provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
 22.20     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 22.21  attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary 
 22.22  changes to the legal descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
 22.23  accuracy. 
 22.24     (c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis county 
 22.25  and are described as: 
 22.26     (1) Government Lot 2, Section 26, Township 50 North, Range 
 22.27  17 West; 
 22.28     (2) Government Lot 2, Section 34, Township 50 North, Range 
 22.29  17 West; 
 22.30     (3) the West 60 feet of the East 360 feet of the North 800 
 22.31  feet of Government Lot 6, Section 32, Township 55 North, Range 
 22.32  12 West; and 
 22.33     (4) Plat of Long Lake Estates, 1st Addition, Lots 22 and 
 22.34  37, Section 26, Township 56 North, Range 16 West. 
 22.35     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 22.36  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 23.1   returned to private ownership. 
 23.2      Sec. 24.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LANDS BORDERING 
 23.3   PUBLIC WATERS; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] 
 23.4      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
 23.5   282.018, subdivision 1, St. Louis county may sell the 
 23.6   tax-forfeited lands bordering public waters that are described 
 23.7   in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota 
 23.8   Statutes, chapter 282. 
 23.9      (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 23.10  attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary 
 23.11  changes to the legal descriptions to correct errors and ensure 
 23.12  accuracy.  
 23.13     (c) The lands to be sold are located in St. Louis county 
 23.14  and are described as: 
 23.15     (1) Blocks 4, 5, and 6, Plat of McComber, town of Eagles 
 23.16  Nest, Section 13, Township 62 North, Range 14 West, subject to 
 23.17  the following restrictions: 
 23.18     (i) if any culverts are installed at the stream, they must 
 23.19  be sized and installed to allow for fish migration; 
 23.20     (ii) an adequate buffer of vegetation must be preserved 
 23.21  along the stream to maintain in-channel habitat, control 
 23.22  erosion, and reduce transport of sediment at the stream channel, 
 23.23  reduce nutrient transport to the channel, and provide a corridor 
 23.24  for wildlife; and 
 23.25     (iii) any development on the parcels must be done to avoid 
 23.26  any concentration of storm water runoff from flowing toward the 
 23.27  stream or lake; 
 23.28     (2) Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 6, Township 56 North, 
 23.29  Range 14 West; 
 23.30     (3) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the 
 23.31  North Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
 23.32  Section 10, Township 57 North, Range 18 West; 
 23.33     (4) Lots 20, 21, 22, and 23, Plat of Twin Lakes, Section 
 23.34  32, Township 60 North, Range 19 West; 
 23.35     (5) the East Half of the Northeast Quarter and the East 
 23.36  Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 12, Township 51 North, 
 24.1   Range 17 West; 
 24.2      (6) the East Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 13, 
 24.3   Township 51 North, Range 17 West; 
 24.4      (7) Lot 9, Block 3, Kings Court Subdivision, Section 31, 
 24.5   Township 52 North, Range 13 West, except that part beginning at 
 24.6   the northwest corner; thence South 13 degrees 7 minutes 17 
 24.7   seconds East along the line common to Lots 8 and 9 200 feet; 
 24.8   thence North 7 degrees 52 minutes 43 seconds East 200 feet; 
 24.9   thence North 13 degrees 7 minutes 17 seconds West 205.58 feet to 
 24.10  the southerly line of Lady Nicole Lane and the northerly line of 
 24.11  Lot 9; thence South 63 degrees 3 minutes 24 seconds West along 
 24.12  said southerly line 31.16 feet to the point of curvature of a 
 24.13  tangential curve concave to the North with a radius of 340 feet 
 24.14  and a central angle of 28 degrees 54 minutes 39 seconds; thence 
 24.15  westerly along said curve and coinciding with said southerly 
 24.16  line 171.56 feet to the point of beginning; and 
 24.17     (8) that part of Lot 7, Johnson McKinnon Addition, town of 
 24.18  Canosia, lying East of a line beginning 40 feet West of the 
 24.19  northeast corner; thence South 164 11/100 feet; thence South 24 
 24.20  degrees 24 minutes East 277 feet, more or less, to the lakeshore.
 24.21     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
 24.22  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
 24.23  returned to private ownership. 
 24.24     Sec. 25.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
 24.25  COUNTY.] 
 24.26     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 459.06, 
 24.27  subdivision 3, the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, 
 24.28  chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, St. Louis county may 
 24.29  sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described in 
 24.30  paragraph (c). 
 24.31     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 24.32  attorney general.  Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 
 24.33  459.06, subdivision 3, the land described in paragraph (c) is 
 24.34  withdrawn from memorial forest status. 
 24.35     (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county and 
 24.36  is described as: 
 25.1      the westerly 100 feet of the northerly 300 feet of the 
 25.2      NW1/4 of the NW1/4, Section 34, Township 61 North, Range 15 
 25.3      West of the Fourth Principal Meridian located in St. Louis 
 25.4      county. 
 25.5      Sec. 26.  [PUBLIC SALE OF STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA 
 25.6   LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATERS; SCOTT COUNTY.] 
 25.7      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the 
 25.8   commissioner of natural resources may sell the wildlife 
 25.9   management area land bordering public waters described in 
 25.10  paragraph (e) by public sale according to Minnesota Statutes, 
 25.11  section 97A.135, subdivision 2a. 
 25.12     (b) The conveyance shall be in a form approved by the 
 25.13  attorney general for consideration of no less than the appraised 
 25.14  value of the land. 
 25.15     (c) The deed must contain a restrictive covenant that 
 25.16  prohibits altering, disturbing vegetation in, draining, filling, 
 25.17  or placing any material or structure of any kind on or in the 
 25.18  existing wetland area located on the land; prohibits any run-off 
 25.19  from other lands or buildings into said wetland; and prohibits 
 25.20  diverting or appropriating water from said wetland. 
 25.21     (d) The consideration received for the conveyance shall be 
 25.22  deposited in the state treasury and credited to the wildlife 
 25.23  acquisition account in the game and fish fund.  The money is 
 25.24  appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources for 
 25.25  wildlife land acquisition purposes. 
 25.26     (e) The land that may be sold is in the Prior Lake wildlife 
 25.27  management area in Scott county and is described as: 
 25.28     The East 1200 feet of the South 800 feet of the Southwest 
 25.29     Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 
 25.30     115 North, Range 22 West.  Including the abandoned 
 25.31     right-of-way of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and 
 25.32     Pacific Railroad Company (formerly the Hastings and Dakota 
 25.33     Railway Company).  Containing 22 acres, more or less. 
 25.34     (f) This land no longer fits into the state wildlife 
 25.35  management area system because of hunting limitations, its small 
 25.36  size, and future development planned for the area.  Proceeds 
 26.1   from the sale will be used to purchase lands more suitable for 
 26.2   wildlife management and public hunting. 
 26.3      Sec. 27.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; SHERBURNE 
 26.4   COUNTY.] 
 26.5      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
 26.6   94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
 26.7   sale the lands that are described in paragraph (c) to the 
 26.8   adjacent landowners upon completion of an internal land exchange 
 26.9   whereby the status of the lands described in paragraph (c) will 
 26.10  become acquired state forest status. 
 26.11     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
 26.12  attorney general for consideration not less than the appraised 
 26.13  value of the lands. 
 26.14     (c) The lands to be conveyed are located in Sherburne 
 26.15  county and are described as: 
 26.16     (1) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 26.17  Quarter of Section 36, Township 34 North, Range 27 West, 
 26.18  Sherburne county, Minnesota, described as follows:  Beginning at 
 26.19  the northeast corner of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 26.20  Quarter; thence on a bearing, based on the 1983 Sherburne County 
 26.21  Coordinate System (1986 Adjustment), of South 02 degrees 42 
 26.22  minutes 52 seconds West 746.69 feet along the east line of said 
 26.23  Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to the center line of 
 26.24  a township road; thence North 71 degrees 56 minutes 43 seconds 
 26.25  West 61.36 feet along said center line; thence North 00 degrees 
 26.26  35 minutes 14 seconds West 727.25 feet to the north line of said 
 26.27  Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence South 89 
 26.28  degrees 47 minutes 12 seconds East 101.15 feet along said north 
 26.29  line to the point of beginning; containing 1.35 acres; 
 26.30     (2) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 26.31  Quarter of Section 36, Township 34 North, Range 27 West, 
 26.32  Sherburne county, Minnesota, described as follows:  Commencing 
 26.33  at the northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the 
 26.34  Southwest Quarter; thence on a bearing, based on the 1983 
 26.35  Sherburne County Coordinate System (1986 Adjustment), of South 
 26.36  02 degrees 42 minutes 52 seconds West 905.10 feet along the east 
 27.1   line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to a 
 27.2   point on the south line of the North 904.20 feet of the 
 27.3   Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 36 
 27.4   and the point of beginning; thence North 89 degrees 50 minutes 
 27.5   32 seconds West 123.41 feet on the westerly extension of the 
 27.6   North 904.20 feet of said Northwest Quarter of the Southeast 
 27.7   Quarter; thence South 00 degrees 20 minutes 40 seconds East 
 27.8   416.58 feet to the south line of said Northeast Quarter of the 
 27.9   Southwest Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 47 minutes 12 seconds 
 27.10  East 101.15 feet along said south line to the southeast corner 
 27.11  of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence North 
 27.12  02 degrees 42 minutes 52 seconds East 417.08 feet along the east 
 27.13  line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to the 
 27.14  point of beginning; containing 1.06 acres; 
 27.15     (3) that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 27.16  Quarter of Section 36, Township 34 North, Range 27 West, 
 27.17  Sherburne county, Minnesota, described as follows:  Commencing 
 27.18  at the northeast corner of said Southeast Quarter of the 
 27.19  Southwest Quarter; thence on a bearing, based on the 1983 
 27.20  Sherburne County Coordinate System (1986 Adjustment), of South 
 27.21  02 degrees 42 minutes 52 seconds West 746.69 feet along the east 
 27.22  line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to the 
 27.23  center line of a township road and the point of beginning; 
 27.24  thence North 71 degrees 56 minutes 43 seconds West 61.36 feet 
 27.25  along said center line; thence South 00 degrees 35 minutes 14 
 27.26  seconds East 593.77 feet to the south line of said Southeast 
 27.27  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 43 
 27.28  minutes 53 seconds East 25.00 feet along said south line to the 
 27.29  southeast corner of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 27.30  Quarter; thence North 02 degrees 42 minutes 52 seconds East 
 27.31  575.49 feet along the east line of said Southeast Quarter of the 
 27.32  Southwest Quarter to the point of beginning; containing 0.59 
 27.33  acres; and 
 27.34     (4) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 27.35  Quarter of Section 36, Township 34 North, Range 27 West, 
 27.36  Sherburne county, Minnesota, described as follows:  Beginning at 
 28.1   the northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 28.2   Quarter; thence on a bearing, based on the 1983 Sherburne County 
 28.3   Coordinate System (1986 Adjustment), of South 02 degrees 42 
 28.4   minutes 52 seconds West 905.10 feet along the east line of said 
 28.5   Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to a point on the 
 28.6   south line of the North 904.20 feet of the Northwest Quarter of 
 28.7   the Southeast Quarter of said Section 36; thence North 89 
 28.8   degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds West 123.41 feet on the westerly 
 28.9   extension of the North 904.20 feet of said Northwest Quarter of 
 28.10  the Southeast Quarter; thence North 00 degrees 20 minutes 40 
 28.11  seconds West 904.24 feet to the north line of said Northeast 
 28.12  Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 50 
 28.13  minutes 32 seconds East 171.71 feet along said north line to the 
 28.14  point of beginning; containing 3.06 acres. 
 28.15     (d) The lands described in paragraph (c) are part of an 
 28.16  internal pending land exchange.  After approval of the exchange 
 28.17  by the state land exchange board, the trust fund status of the 
 28.18  lands described in paragraph (c) will become acquired state 
 28.19  forest status.  The lands described in paragraph (c) are then 
 28.20  withdrawn from the Sand Dunes state forest and will be certified 
 28.21  as surplus by the commissioner.  The commissioner of natural 
 28.22  resources has determined, due to recent survey information, that 
 28.23  the lands described in paragraph (c) are not suitable for public 
 28.24  land management; that the state's land management interests 
 28.25  would best be served by conveyance of the land to the adjacent 
 28.26  land owners; and that the conveyance will resolve a 
 28.27  long-standing unintentional trespass. 
 28.28     Sec. 28.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; WASHINGTON 
 28.29  COUNTY.] 
 28.30     (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
 28.31  Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Washington 
 28.32  county may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described 
 28.33  in paragraph (c). 
 28.34     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 28.35  attorney general for a consideration of taxes due on the 
 28.36  property and any penalties, interest, and costs. 
 29.1      (c) The land to be sold is located in Washington county and 
 29.2   is described as: 
 29.3      Lot 7, Block 5, Sandlewood Addition, city of Woodbury, 
 29.4   Washington county. 
 29.5      (d) The county has determined that this conveyance is 
 29.6   necessary to correct an inadvertent forfeiture due to an error 
 29.7   in transferring property by the previous owner. 
 29.8      Sec. 29.  [PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WINONA 
 29.9   COUNTY.] 
 29.10     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 
 29.11  94.10, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
 29.12  sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph (c). 
 29.13     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 29.14  attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
 29.15  value of the land. 
 29.16     (c) The land to be sold is located in Winona county and is 
 29.17  described as: 
 29.18     That part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter 
 29.19  of Section 26, Township 105 North, Range 9 West, Winona county, 
 29.20  Minnesota, described as follows: 
 29.21     Beginning at the northwest corner of said Southeast Quarter 
 29.22  of the Southwest Quarter; thence on a bearing, based on the 
 29.23  Winona County Coordinate System of 1983 (1986 Adjustment), of 
 29.24  South 00 degrees 17 minutes 40 seconds West along the west line 
 29.25  of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter 388.05 feet; 
 29.26  thence North 85 degrees 20 minutes 05 seconds East 87.79 feet; 
 29.27  thence North 02 degrees 44 minutes 27 seconds West 353.94 feet; 
 29.28  thence North 86 degrees 36 minutes 30 seconds East 423.51 feet 
 29.29  to the north line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 29.30  Quarter; thence North 89 degrees 43 minutes 52 seconds West 
 29.31  along the north line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
 29.32  Quarter 491.34 feet to the point of beginning; containing 0.82 
 29.33  acres. 
 29.34     (d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no 
 29.35  longer needed for any natural resource purpose and that the 
 29.36  state's land management interests would best be served if the 
 30.1   land was returned to private ownership. 
 30.2      Sec. 30.  [CONVEYANCE TO CITY OF BIG FORK.] 
 30.3      (a) If the city of Big Fork conveys the land described in 
 30.4   paragraph (c) to the state, the commissioner of natural 
 30.5   resources shall reconvey the land described in paragraph (c) to 
 30.6   the city of Big Fork for no consideration and free of any 
 30.7   restriction that the land be used for a public purpose. 
 30.8      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 30.9   attorney general and provide that the city of Big Fork may use 
 30.10  the land for other than a public purpose, notwithstanding Laws 
 30.11  1988, chapter 472.  Any conveyance by the city of Big Fork must 
 30.12  provide that the conveyance is subject to the statewide 
 30.13  shoreland development standards regarding grading, filling, 
 30.14  structural setbacks, and vegetation clearing. 
 30.15     (c) The land to be conveyed is in Itasca county and is 
 30.16  described as Outlot 1, Zaiser's Addition, village of Big Fork. 
 30.17     Sec. 31.  [CONVEYANCE TO WISCONSIN.] 
 30.18     (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 161.43, 
 30.19  161.44, or any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of 
 30.20  transportation may convey the land described in paragraph (b) to 
 30.21  the state of Wisconsin. 
 30.22     (b) The lands to be conveyed are all those parts or parcels 
 30.23  of land situated in the county of Buffalo, state of Wisconsin, 
 30.24  more particularly described as follows: 
 30.25     (1) a strip of land for road purposes 200 feet in width, 
 30.26  being 100 feet on each side of a center line described as 
 30.27  follows:  Beginning at a point on the south line of the 
 30.28  Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 1, 
 30.29  Township 22 North, Range 14 West, 635 feet West of the southeast 
 30.30  corner of said Section 1; thence North 27 degrees East a 
 30.31  distance of 1,400 feet to a point in the east line of said 
 30.32  Section 1, 85 feet South of the northeast corner of the 
 30.33  Southeast Quarter of said Section 1, containing 6.3 acres more 
 30.34  or less, according to the survey thereof and being a part of the 
 30.35  Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 1, 
 30.36  Township 21 North, Range 14 West; 
 31.1      (2) a tract of land for road purposes situated in the 
 31.2   southeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast 
 31.3   Quarter of Section 1, Township 22 North, Range 14 West, 
 31.4   described as follows:  Beginning at the southeast corner of said 
 31.5   Northeast Quarter of said Southeast Quarter of said Section 1, 
 31.6   running thence North 125 feet; thence South 27 degrees West a 
 31.7   distance of 140.3 feet; thence East 63.7 feet to the place of 
 31.8   beginning, containing one-tenth of an acre; 
 31.9      (3) a strip of land for road purposes 200 feet in width, 
 31.10  being 100 feet on each side of a center line described as 
 31.11  follows:  Beginning at a point 72.6 feet North of the southwest 
 31.12  corner of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of 
 31.13  Section 13, Township 22 North, Range 14 West; thence South 30 
 31.14  degrees West, 350 feet to the north bank of the Mississippi 
 31.15  river, containing 1.6 acres and being a part of Government Lot 5 
 31.16  in said Section, Township, and Range; and 
 31.17     (4) a strip of land for road purposes 200 feet in width, 
 31.18  being 100 feet on each side of a center line described as 
 31.19  follows:  Beginning at a point in the west line of the Northeast 
 31.20  Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 13, Township 22 
 31.21  North, Range 14 West, 72.6 feet North of the southwest corner of 
 31.22  said Northeast Quarter of said Northwest Quarter of said Section 
 31.23  13; thence North 27 degrees East a distance of 1,400 feet to a 
 31.24  point in the north line of said Section 13, 684.4 feet West of 
 31.25  the northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
 31.26  Quarter of said Section 13; thence continuing said center line 
 31.27  in a straight line North 27 degrees, East an additional distance 
 31.28  of 2,963 feet to a point in the east and west quarter line of 
 31.29  said Section 12, Township and Range aforesaid, 660 feet East of 
 31.30  center of said Section 12, said strip containing 19.90 acres and 
 31.31  being a part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter 
 31.32  of said Section 13 and the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of 
 31.33  said Section 12 and the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast 
 31.34  Quarter of said Section 12, in the county of Buffalo and the 
 31.35  state of Wisconsin. 
 31.36     (c) The deed authorized by this law is intended to convey 
 32.1   to the state of Wisconsin all the interest of the state of 
 32.2   Minnesota in lands situated in the state of Wisconsin that the 
 32.3   state of Minnesota received by deed from the Wabasha-Nelson 
 32.4   Bridge Company, dated March 24, 1947, and filed of record in 
 32.5   Book 91 of Deeds, page 101, files of the register of deeds in 
 32.6   and for Buffalo county, Wisconsin. 
 32.7      Sec. 32.  [LAND CONVEYANCE; CITY OF WABASHA.] 
 32.8      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 
 32.9   94.09, 94.10, 161.43, 161.44, or any law to the contrary, the 
 32.10  commissioner of transportation shall convey, for no 
 32.11  consideration, to the city of Wabasha the surplus land that is 
 32.12  described in paragraph (c). 
 32.13     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
 32.14  attorney general and provide that the land reverts to the state 
 32.15  if the land is not used for public purposes. 
 32.16     (c) The land conveyed is in Wabasha county and is described 
 32.17  as: 
 32.18     (1) Government Lot 4 of Section 29, Township 111 North, 
 32.19  Range 10 West, in the city of Wabasha, according to the plat 
 32.20  thereof now on file and of record in the office of the county 
 32.21  recorder in and for Wabasha county, Minnesota; 
 32.22  which lies within a distance of 12 feet on each side of the 
 32.23  following described line: 
 32.24     Beginning at a point on a line drawn parallel with and 
 32.25     distant one foot southeasterly from the northeasterly 
 32.26     extension of the dividing line between Lots 4 and 5 in 
 32.27     Block 6, Original Town of the city of Wabasha, distant 59.1 
 32.28     feet northeasterly of its intersection with the 
 32.29     northeasterly line of Lot 4 in said Block 6; thence run 
 32.30     northwesterly at an angle of 90 degrees 19 feet with said 
 32.31     parallel line (when measured from southwest to northwest) 
 32.32     for 309.2 feet; thence deflect to the right on a curve 
 32.33     having a radius of 100 feet (delta angle 89 degrees 32 
 32.34     feet) for 156.3 feet, and there terminating; 
 32.35  together with a strip 3 feet in width adjoining and westerly of 
 32.36  the above described strip and a strip 6 feet in width adjoining 
 33.1   and easterly of the first above described strip, both beginning 
 33.2   opposite a point on the above described line, distant 309.2 feet 
 33.3   northwesterly of its point of beginning (when measured along 
 33.4   said line) and extending northerly to the northeasterly line of 
 33.5   the above described tract; the title thereto being registered as 
 33.6   evidenced by Certificate of Title No. 279; and 
 33.7      (2) Government Lot 4 of Section 29, Township 111 North, 
 33.8   Range 10 West, in the city of Wabasha, according to the plat 
 33.9   thereof now on file and of record in the office of the county 
 33.10  recorder in and for Wabasha county, Minnesota; 
 33.11  which lies within a distance of 12 feet on each side of the 
 33.12  following described line: 
 33.13     Beginning at a point on a line drawn parallel with and 
 33.14     distant one foot southeasterly from the northeasterly 
 33.15     extension of the dividing line between Lots 4 and 5 in 
 33.16     Block 6, original Town of the city of Wabasha, distant 59.1 
 33.17     feet northeasterly of its intersection with the 
 33.18     northeasterly line of Lot 4 in said Block 6; thence run 
 33.19     southeasterly at an angle 89 degrees 41 feet with said 
 33.20     parallel line (when measured from southwest to southeast) 
 33.21     for a distance of 171.9 feet; thence deflect to the right 
 33.22     on a curve having a radius of 50 feet for a distance of 
 33.23     78.1 feet; thence on tangent to said curve for 8 feet, more 
 33.24     or less, to the southeasterly extension of the 
 33.25     northeasterly line of said Block 6, being the northeasterly 
 33.26     end of Pembroke Street in said city of Wabasha; 
 33.27  together with a strip 4 feet in width on each side of the above 
 33.28  described strip, beginning opposite a point on the above 
 33.29  described line, distant 171.9 feet southeasterly of its point of 
 33.30  beginning (when measured along said line) and extending to the 
 33.31  termination of said line, (being that part of the land lying 
 33.32  between the northeasterly boundary line of Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 
 33.33  in the aforesaid Block 6 and the Mississippi River). 
 33.34     Sec. 33.  [FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION PROJECT GRANT; COTTON 
 33.35  TOWNSHIP.] 
 33.36     Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 103F.161, 
 34.1   subdivision 2, a grant for implementation of a flood hazard 
 34.2   mitigation project in Cotton Township may not exceed 95 percent 
 34.3   of the total cost of the proposed mitigation measures. 
 34.4      Sec. 34.  [PUBLIC ACCESS; CHIPPEWA COUNTY.] 
 34.5      The commissioner of natural resources shall maintain the 
 34.6   existing public access to Lac qui Parle lake adjacent to state 
 34.7   highway 40, including direct access for the adjoining landowner. 
 34.8      Sec. 35.  [RULE AMENDMENT.] 
 34.9      (a) The commissioner of natural resources shall amend 
 34.10  Minnesota Rules, part 6105.1680, subpart 7, item A, so that the 
 34.11  land use district in Section 18, Township 112 North, Range 18 
 34.12  West, is described as the North Quarter of the Northeast 
 34.13  Quarter, 40 acres; the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of the 
 34.14  Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, 5 acres; the 
 34.15  Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 40 acres; and the 
 34.16  Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 33.98 acres. 
 34.17     (b) The commissioner may use the good cause exemption 
 34.18  procedure provided under Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, 
 34.19  clause (3), in adopting rules under this section. 
 34.20     Sec. 36.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
 34.21     Section 1 is effective the day following final enactment.