1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state lands; authorizing public sale of 
  1.3             certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water 
  1.4             in Lake county; authorizing private sale of certain 
  1.5             tax-forfeited land in St. Louis county. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  1.8   PUBLIC WATER; LAKE COUNTY.] 
  1.9      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  1.10  282.018, subdivision 1, Lake county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  1.11  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
  1.12  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  1.13  282. 
  1.14     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  1.15  attorney general. 
  1.16     (c) The land to be sold is located in Lake county and is 
  1.17  described as: 
  1.18     (1) an undivided 1/200th interest in Government Lot 7, 
  1.19  North of CSAH 16, Section 30, Township 63 North, Range 11 West; 
  1.20     (2) an undivided 24 percent interest in Government Lot 8, 
  1.21  Section 30, Township 63 North, Range 11 West; and 
  1.22     (3) an undivided 1/200th interest in the Northeast Quarter 
  1.23  of the Southwest Quarter, Section 30, Township 63 North, Range 
  1.24  11 West. 
  1.25     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  2.1   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  2.2   returned to private ownership. 
  2.3      Sec. 2.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS 
  2.4   COUNTY.] 
  2.5      (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
  2.6   Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, St. Louis 
  2.7   county may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described 
  2.8   in paragraph (c). 
  2.9      (b) The land described in paragraph (c) may be sold by 
  2.10  private sale to the iron range resources and rehabilitation 
  2.11  board for economic development.  The sale must be in a form 
  2.12  approved by the attorney general for the appraised value of the 
  2.13  land. 
  2.14     (c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis county, 
  2.15  consists of approximately 40 acres, and is described as:  the 
  2.16  Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 5, Township 
  2.17  58 North, Range 15 West. 
  2.18     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  2.19  management interests would best be served if the land was 
  2.20  returned to private ownership.