1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing private sales of certain tax-forfeited lands that 
1.3 	border public waters.
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; CROW WING COUNTY.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
1.8 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Crow Wing 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 
1.12 	attorney general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure 
1.13 	accuracy. Prior to the sale, the commissioner of revenue shall grant a permanent 
1.14 	conservation easement according to Minnesota Statutes, section 282.37, to protect aquatic 
1.15 	habitat. The easement must be approved by the Crow Wing County Board and the 
1.16 	commissioner of natural resources.
1.17 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing County and is described as: 
1.18 	Government Lot 1, Section 26, Township 138 North, Range 27 West, city of Fifty Lakes.
1.19 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
1.20 	best be served if the land was returned to private ownership.

1.21 	Sec. 2. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
1.22 	WATER; CROW WING COUNTY.
 2.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
2.2 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Crow Wing County may 
2.3 	sell to the city of Crosby the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in 
2.4 	paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
2.5 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
2.6 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
2.7 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Crow Wing County and is described as:
2.8 	Of a tract of land lying south of the herein described line and being out of and 
2.9 	part of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 11, Township 46 North, 
2.10 	Range 29 West, except part to the city of Crosby, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, said line 
2.11 	described as follows: Commencing at the center of Section 11, thence South 88 degrees 
2.12 	59 minutes 19 seconds West, coincident with the south line of said Southeast Quarter of 
2.13 	the Northwest Quarter, 1291.01 feet to the southwest corner of said Southeast Quarter of 
2.14 	the Northwest Quarter; thence North 02 degrees 09 minutes 21 seconds East, coincident 
2.15 	with the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, 531.93 feet to the 
2.16 	point of beginning of the line herein described; thence through and across said Southeast 
2.17 	Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the following 21 courses and distances: 
2.18 	(1) South 71 degrees 26 minutes 55 seconds East, 27.36 feet;
2.19 	(2) South 33 degrees 07 minutes 48 seconds East, 34.76 feet;
2.20 	(3) South 87 degrees 03 minutes 06 seconds East, 64.17 feet;
2.21 	(4) South 61 degrees 33 minutes 20 seconds East, 45.74 feet;
2.22 	(5) South 72 degrees 07 minutes 59 seconds East, 112.59 feet;
2.23 	(6) South 77 degrees 44 minutes 53 seconds East, 56.34 feet;
2.24 	(7) North 70 degrees 49 minutes 46 seconds East, 83.42 feet;
2.25 	(8) South 76 degrees 32 minutes 31 seconds East, 94.57 feet;
2.26 	(9) North 80 degrees 41 minutes 54 seconds East, 33.03 feet;
2.27 	(10) North 83 degrees 09 minutes 05 seconds East, 41.90 feet;
2.28 	(11) North 68 degrees 51 minutes 01 seconds East, 175.87 feet;
2.29 	(12) South 58 degrees 17 minutes 34 seconds East, 54.35 feet;
2.30 	(13) South 80 degrees 01 minutes 47 seconds East, 43.42 feet;
2.31 	(14) North 36 degrees 43 minutes 03 seconds East, 84.81 feet;
2.32 	(15) North 60 degrees 06 minutes 12 seconds East, 57.47 feet;
2.33 	(16) South 83 degrees 31 minutes 42 seconds East, 90.21 feet;
2.34 	(17) North 73 degrees 59 minutes 37 seconds East, 57.44 feet;
2.35 	(18) South 65 degrees 21 minutes 29 seconds East, 81.38 feet;
2.36 	(19) North 86 degrees 47 minutes 22 seconds East, 75.46 feet;
3.1 	(20) North 47 degrees 10 minutes 02 seconds East, 52.07 feet; and 
3.2 	(21) North 63 degrees 13 minutes 46 seconds East, 48.20 feet 
3.3 	to the point of termination from which the point of commencing bears South 01 degrees 
3.4 	27 minutes 31 seconds West, 572.34 feet.
3.5 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would 
3.6 	best be served if the land was sold to the city of Crosby.