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

1.4 	Section 1. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND AND EXCHANGE 
1.5 	FOR PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY; DAKOTA COUNTY.
 1.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 1a, and the 
1.7 	public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, the commissioner of revenue 
1.8 	shall convey to Dakota County for no consideration the tax-forfeited land that is described 
1.9 	in paragraph (c).
1.10 	(b) The conveyance to Dakota County must be in a form approved by the attorney 
1.11 	general. The attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to 
1.12 	correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.13 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Dakota County and is described as Outlot 
1.14 	A of Fairway Hills (PID No. 10-25600-00-010).
1.15 	(d) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 373.01, subdivision 1, paragraph (d), 
1.16 	Dakota County may exchange the parcel of land described in paragraph (c) with Northern 
1.17 	Natural Gas for another parcel necessary for a Dakota County highway right-of-way.
1.18 	(e) The county has determined that the county's highway right-of-way and 
1.19 	tax-forfeited land management interests would be best served if the land is acquired for 
1.20 	the public purpose of completing a highway right-of-way exchange.