1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state lands; authorizing private and 
  1.3             public sales of certain tax-forfeited land that 
  1.4             borders public water in Cook county. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  1.7   PUBLIC WATER; COOK COUNTY.] 
  1.8      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  1.9   282.018, subdivision 1, and the public sale provisions of 
  1.10  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Cook county may sell by private 
  1.11  sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is 
  1.12  described in paragraph (c), under the remaining provisions of 
  1.13  Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282. 
  1.14     (b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the 
  1.15  attorney general. 
  1.16     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Cook county 
  1.17  and is described as: 
  1.18     (1) an undivided 1/3 interest in Government Lot 5, Section 
  1.19  28, Township 63 North, Range 1 East, containing approximately 
  1.20  14.08 acres; and 
  1.21     (2) an undivided 1/4 interest in the South one-half of the 
  1.22  SW 1/4, the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4, and Government Lot 4, Section 
  1.23  23, Township 63 North, Range 4 East. 
  1.24     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  1.25  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  2.1   returned to private ownership. 
  2.2      Sec. 2.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING ON 
  2.3   PUBLIC WATER; COOK COUNTY.] 
  2.4      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  2.5   282.018, subdivision 1, Cook county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  2.6   land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
  2.7   under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  2.8   282. 
  2.9      (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  2.10  attorney general. 
  2.11     (c) The land that may be conveyed is located in Cook county 
  2.12  and is described as: 
  2.13     Part of Lot 2 and part of the NE 1/4 of SE 1/4, Section 22, 
  2.14  Township 63 North, Range 3 East, containing approximately 65 
  2.15  acres. 
  2.16     (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  2.17  management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  2.18  returned to private ownership. 
  2.19     Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
  2.20     Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final 
  2.21  enactment.