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

1.5 	Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
1.6 	WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 
1.8 	1, and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Beltrami County 
1.9 	may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
1.10 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
1.11 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
1.12 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.13 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: the easterly 
1.14 	350 feet of the following described parcel: Northland Addition to Bemidji Lots E, G, H, 
1.15 	I, J, Section 8, Township 146 North, Range 33 West, and all that part of Unplatted Lot 
1.16 	1, Section 17, Township 146 North, Range 33 West and the Minneapolis, Red Lake, and 
1.17 	Manitoba Railway right-of-way lying West of Park Avenue and within Lot 1 except that 
1.18 	part of the MRL&M RY R/W lying north of the north boundary line of Lot E, Northland 
1.19 	Addition to Bemidji.
1.20 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
1.21 	best be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.