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

1.4 	Section 1. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; RICE COUNTY.
 1.5 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 16B.281 to 16B.287, the 
1.6 	commissioner of administration may convey to Rice County for no consideration the 
1.7 	surplus land that is described in paragraph (c).
1.8 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
1.9 	that the land revert to the state if Rice County stops using the land for the public purpose 
1.10 	described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may make changes to the land description 
1.11 	to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.12 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Rice County and is described as:
1.13 	(1) that part of Section 5, Township 109 North, Range 20 West, Rice County, 
1.14 	Minnesota, described as follows:
1.15 	Commencing at the northwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 5; 
1.16 	thence southerly on a Minnesota State Plane Grid Azimuth from North of 180 
1.17 	degrees 23 minutes 50 seconds along the west line of said Northwest Quarter 348.30 
1.18 	feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be described; thence easterly on an 
1.19 	azimuth of 93 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds 279.20 feet; thence southerly on an 
1.20 	azimuth of 183 degrees 10 minutes 40 seconds 144.38 feet; thence southeasterly on 
1.21 	an azimuth of 148 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 110.00 feet; thence northeasterly 
1.22 	on an azimuth of 58 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 119.90 feet; thence southeasterly 
1.23 	on an azimuth of 148 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 133.00 feet; thence 
1.24 	southwesterly on an azimuth of 238 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 199.38 feet; 
2.1 	thence westerly on an azimuth of 268 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 180.72 feet; 
2.2 	thence northerly on an azimuth of 358 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 55.36 feet; 
2.3 	thence westerly on an azimuth of 268 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 152.18 feet; 
2.4 	thence northerly on an azimuth of 00 degrees 23 minutes 50 seconds 364.80 feet 
2.5 	to the point of beginning; and
2.6 	(2) that part of Section 5, Township 109 North, Range 20 West, Rice County, 
2.7 	Minnesota, described as follows:
2.8 	Commencing at the northwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 5; 
2.9 	thence southerly on a Minnesota State Plane Grid Azimuth from North of 180 
2.10 	degrees 23 minutes 50 seconds along the west line of said Northwest Quarter 348.30 
2.11 	feet; thence easterly on an azimuth of 93 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds 279.20 
2.12 	feet to the point of beginning of the parcel to be described; thence continuing 
2.13 	easterly on an azimuth of 93 degrees 18 minutes 54 seconds 45.00 feet; thence 
2.14 	southeasterly on an azimuth of 148 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 202.00 feet; 
2.15 	thence southwesterly on an azimuth of 238 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 119.90 
2.16 	feet; thence northwesterly on an azimuth of 328 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds 
2.17 	110.00 feet; thence northerly on an azimuth of 3 degrees 10 minutes 40 seconds 
2.18 	144.38 feet to the point of beginning.
2.19 	(d) The commissioner has determined that the land is no longer needed for any state 
2.20 	purpose and that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land 
2.21 	was conveyed to and used by Rice County for a jail.