1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; providing for the sale of certain surplus state land 
1.3 	bordering public water in Stevens County.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
1.6 	WATER; STEVENS COUNTY.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 94.09 to 94.16, the 
1.8 	commissioner of natural resources shall sell by private sale to the current occupier of the 
1.9 	land the surplus land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
1.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
1.11 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
1.12 	and ensure accuracy. The commissioner shall sell the land described in paragraph (c) to 
1.13 	the current occupier for $1 plus transaction costs, but the conveyance must provide that 
1.14 	the land described in paragraph (c) be used as a sporting club and reverts to the state if 
1.15 	the land is used for anything other than a sporting club.
1.16 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Stevens County and is described as: that part 
1.17 	of Government Lot 8, Section 30, Township 126 North, Range 41 West, lying between 
1.18 	the water's edge of Pomme De Terre Lake and the following described line: beginning 
1.19 	at a point on the south line of Government Lot 8, 2,546 feet East and 1,333.3 feet North 
1.20 	of the southwest corner of Section 30; thence along the south line of said Government 
1.21 	Lot 8, Township 126 North, Range 41 West, a distance of 362.1 feet; thence North 12 
1.22 	degrees West, a distance of 522 feet; thence South 89 degrees 30 minutes East, a distance 
1.23 	of 200 feet to Pomme De Terre Lake, including all riparian rights appurtenant thereto. 
1.24 	Containing 2.98 acres more or less.
2.1 	(d) The legislature has determined that the state's land management interests are best 
2.2 	served if the land is conveyed to the current occupier of the land who has been providing 
2.3 	upkeep and maintenance on the property since 1986.