1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state lands; authorizing the private sale 
  1.3             of certain state lands and modifying provisions of 
  1.4             prior private sale authorization; amending Laws 1999, 
  1.5             chapter 161, section 31, subdivisions 3, 5, 8. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Laws 1999, chapter 161, section 31, subdivision 
  1.8   3, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 3.  [APPRAISAL.] (a) An appraisal shall be made in 
  1.10  accordance with Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 
  1.11  3, except as modified by this subdivision.  Improvements that 
  1.12  are owned by the lessee shall be appraised separately.  
  1.13     (b) An appraiser shall be selected by the county.  The 
  1.14  appraiser selected shall meet the minimal appraisal standards 
  1.15  established by the federal Farmers Home Administration or the 
  1.16  federal Veterans Administration, and be licensed under Minnesota 
  1.17  Statutes, section 82B.03, and be approved by the department of 
  1.18  natural resources to appraise the property to be sold. 
  1.19     (c) The costs of appraisal shall be allocated by the county 
  1.20  to the lots offered for sale and the successful purchaser on 
  1.21  each lot shall reimburse the county for the appraisal costs 
  1.22  allocated to the lot purchased.  If no one purchases a lot, the 
  1.23  county is responsible for the appraisal cost.  
  1.24     (d) If a leaseholder disagrees with the appraised value of 
  1.25  the land or leasehold improvements, the leaseholder may select 
  2.1   an appraiser that meets the qualifications set forth herein to 
  2.2   reappraise the land and improvements.  The leaseholder must give 
  2.3   notice of its intent to object to the appraised value of the 
  2.4   land and buildings within ten days of the date of the mailing or 
  2.5   service of notice under subdivision 2, paragraph (a).  The 
  2.6   reappraisal must be delivered by the leaseholder to the county 
  2.7   auditor within 60 days of the date of mailing or service of 
  2.8   notice of appraised value under subdivision 2, paragraph (a), or 
  2.9   the initial appraisal shall be conclusive.  The leaseholder is 
  2.10  responsible for the costs of this reappraisal.  If the parcel is 
  2.11  reappraised within the time set forth herein and the county and 
  2.12  the leaseholder fail to agree on the value of the land and 
  2.13  improvements within 30 days of the date of delivery of the 
  2.14  reappraisal by a date set by the county, each of the appraisers 
  2.15  shall agree upon the selection of a third appraiser to conduct a 
  2.16  third appraisal that shall be conclusive as to the value of 
  2.17  the land and improvements.  The cost of this appraisal shall be 
  2.18  paid equally by the county and the leaseholder. 
  2.19     Sec. 2.  Laws 1999, chapter 161, section 31, subdivision 5, 
  2.20  is amended to read: 
  2.21     Subd. 5.  [SURVEY.] (a) Itasca county shall cause each lot 
  2.22  to be surveyed according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 505, and 
  2.23  the Itasca county platting and subdivision ordinance, each lot 
  2.24  prior to offering it for sale by a licensed surveyor.  
  2.25     (b) The costs of survey shall be allocated by the county to 
  2.26  the lots offered for sale and the successful purchaser on each 
  2.27  lot shall reimburse the county for the survey costs allocated to 
  2.28  the lot purchased.  If no one purchases the lot, the county is 
  2.29  responsible for the survey costs.  All surveying must be 
  2.30  conducted by a licensed surveyor.  
  2.31     Sec. 3.  Laws 1999, chapter 161, section 31, subdivision 8, 
  2.32  is amended to read: 
  2.33     Subd. 8.  [SUNSET.] This section expires five years after 
  2.34  the day of final enactment on June 1, 2007. 
  2.35     Sec. 4.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ITASCA 
  2.36  COUNTY.] 
  3.1      (a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota 
  3.2   Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, Itasca 
  3.3   County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described 
  3.4   in paragraph (c) to an adjoining landowner to resolve an 
  3.5   encroachment. 
  3.6      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  3.7   attorney general for consideration no less than the appraised 
  3.8   value of the land. 
  3.9      (c) The land to be sold is located in Itasca County and is 
  3.10  described as:  the North 150 feet of the East 175 feet of 
  3.11  Government Lot 8, Section 21, Township 55 North, Range 26 West. 
  3.12     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  3.13  management interests would best be served if the parcel was 
  3.14  returned to private ownership.