1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing the sale of certain state lands bordering public 
1.3 	water in Pine County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
1.6 	PUBLIC WATER; PINE COUNTY.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, and 
1.8 	the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Pine County may sell the 
1.9 	tax-forfeited land described in paragraph (c) by public or private sale under the remaining 
1.10 	provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
1.11 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general for not less than 
1.12 	the appraised value of the land. The attorney general may make changes to the legal 
1.13 	description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.14 	(c) The lands to be sold are located in Pine County and are described as:
1.15 	(1) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying northwesterly of 
1.16 	State Highway 23 and described as follows: beginning at the northwest corner of the 
1.17 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; thence East along section line 417 feet to the 
1.18 	point of beginning; thence South 470 feet; thence East to westerly right-of-way of highway; 
1.19 	thence northeasterly along westerly right-of-way of State Highway 23 470 feet to the north 
1.20 	section line of Section 8; thence West along section line 500 feet to the point of beginning. 
1.21 	Section 8, Township 45, Range 17 (PIN 21.0188.001);
2.1 	(2) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter described as follows: 
2.2 	commencing at the northeast corner of said Northwest Quarter of Northeast Quarter; thence 
2.3 	North 89 degrees 42 minutes West (assumed bearing) along the north line of said Northwest 
2.4 	Quarter of Northeast Quarter, a distance of 200.00 feet to the actual point of beginning; 
2.5 	thence continue North 89 degrees 42 minutes West along said north line, a distance of 
2.6 	465.00 feet; thence South 00 degrees 31 minutes 30 seconds East, a distance of 468.43 feet; 
2.7 	thence South 89 degrees 42 minutes East, a distance of 465.00 feet; thence North 00 degrees 
2.8 	31 minutes 30 seconds West, a distance of 468.43 feet to the point of beginning. Subject to 
2.9 	the right-of-way of Pine County Highway Number 24 over the North 33 feet thereof. Section 
2.10 	5, Township 41, Range 17 (PIN 23.0097.002);
2.11 	(3) the South 100 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 20, 
2.12 	Township 41, Range 17, reserving a 75-foot-wide easement to the state of Minnesota, from 
2.13 	the centerline on each side of Crooked Creek and from the centerline of each side of Bang's 
2.14 	Brook for riparian protection, angler access, and future restoration work (PIN 23.0221.000);
2.15 	(4) the West 580 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying North of 
2.16 	the centerline of County Highway 7, subject to a nonexclusive easement for ingress and 
2.17 	egress to the Snake River for the plat of West Shoreview 1st Addition, less Lots 1, 2, 4, and 
2.18 	5, Block 1. Section 6, Township 38, Range 21 (PIN 26.0208.000); and
2.19 	(5) the South 467 feet of the West 467 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast 
2.20 	Quarter, Section 4, Township 39, Range 22 (PIN 28.0545.000).
2.21 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would be 
2.22 	best served if the lands were returned to private ownership.