1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to state lands; authorizing public sale of 
  1.3             certain tax-forfeited land that borders public water 
  1.4             in Aitkin county. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [PUBLIC SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING 
  1.7   PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.] 
  1.8      (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 
  1.9   282.018, subdivision 1, Aitkin county may sell the tax-forfeited 
  1.10  land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), 
  1.11  under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 
  1.12  282.  If the lands described in paragraph (c), clauses (1) and 
  1.13  (3), meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, section 
  1.14  282.01, subdivision 7a, the county may use the alternative sale 
  1.15  procedure described under that section. 
  1.16     (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the 
  1.17  attorney general. 
  1.18     (c) The land to be sold is located in Aitkin county and is 
  1.19  described as: 
  1.20     (1) Lot 3, less the North 60 feet, Plat of Bridge Park; 
  1.21     (2) all that part of the SW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 lying 
  1.22  northeast of the creek, Section 28, Township 52 North, Range 23 
  1.23  West; and 
  1.24     (3) all that part of the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 
  1.25  lying south and east of the Snake river, Section 9, Township 43 
  2.1   North, Range 23 West.  
  2.2      (d) The county has determined that the county's land 
  2.3   management interests would best be served if the lands were 
  2.4   returned to private ownership.