1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; providing for private sale of certain tax-forfeited lands in 
1.3 	Koochiching County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; KOOCHICHING 
1.6 	COUNTY.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, 
1.8 	Koochiching County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited lands that are described in 
1.9 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
1.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
1.11 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
1.12 	and ensure accuracy.
1.13 	(c) The land to be sold is in Koochiching County and is described as: the South Half 
1.14 	of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 6, Township 63 North, 
1.15 	Range 25 West.
1.16 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
1.17 	best served if the lands were returned to private ownership.

1.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.