1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing public and
1.3 	private sales of certain tax-forfeited lands in St.
1.4 	Louis 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; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 1.8 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and
1.9 	282.018, subdivision 1, St. Louis County may sell the
1.10 	tax-forfeited lands bordering public water that are described in
1.11 	paragraphs (c) to (g), under the remaining provisions of
1.12 	Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
1.13 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the
1.14 	attorney general.  The attorney general may make necessary
1.15 	changes to legal descriptions to correct errors and ensure
1.16 	accuracy.
1.17 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and
1.18 	is described as:
1.19 	(1) the westerly 400 feet of the easterly 800 feet of Lot
1.20 	4, Section 13, Township 54 North, Range 17 West; and 
1.21 	(2) the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest
1.22 	Quarter, Section 33, Township 51 North, Range 16 West.
1.23 	(d) The conveyances of land under this paragraph must
1.24 	retain for the state a 150-foot trout stream easement lying 75
1.25 	feet on each side of the centerline of the stream.  The land to
2.1 	be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as:
2.2 	(1) the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section
2.3 	7, Township 50 North, Range 18 West;
2.4 	(2) the North Half of the Northeast Quarter and the North
2.5 	Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 8, Township 50 North,
2.6 	Range 18 West;
2.7 	(3) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, except
2.8 	the North Half, and that part of the West 10 acres of the
2.9 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying south of Lester
2.10 	River and the West 10 acres of the Northeast Quarter of the
2.11 	Northeast Quarter lying north of Lester River, except the North
2.12 	5 acres, Section 17, Township 51 North, Range 13 West;
2.13 	(4) the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except
2.14 	the West Half, and the East 165 feet of the West Half of the
2.15 	Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 5, Township
2.16 	51 North, Range 13 West;
2.17 	(5) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast
2.18 	Quarter, Section 34, Township 58 North, Range 20 West; and 
2.19 	(6) Government Lot 2, Section 17, Township 51 North, Range
2.20 	12 West, Wonderland 1st Addition to the town of Duluth, Lot 22,
2.21 	Block 1.
2.22 	(e) The conveyance of land under this paragraph must
2.23 	contain a deed restriction that is 75 feet in width along the
2.24 	shoreline, excluding a 15-foot access strip.  The land to be
2.25 	sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: Lot 6,
2.26 	Lot 7, and Lot 8, except the easterly 50 feet, Erickson's Beach,
2.27 	town of Fayal, Section 27, Township 57 North, Range 17 West.
2.28 	(f) The conveyance of land under this paragraph must
2.29 	contain a deed restriction that is 75 feet in width along the
2.30 	shoreline.  The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County
2.31 	and is described as: Lots 64 and 65, Vermilion Dells, 1st
2.32 	Addition Greenwood, Section 2, Township 62 North, Range 16 West.
2.33 	(g) The conveyances of land under this paragraph must
2.34 	retain for the state a 150-foot conservation easement lying 75
2.35 	feet on each side of the centerline of the stream.  The land to
2.36 	be sold is located in St. Lois County and is described as:
3.1 	(1) the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section
3.2 	31, Township 52 North, Range 14 West;
3.3 	(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section
3.4 	31, Township 52 North, Range 14 West; and 
3.5 	(3) the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of the
3.6 	Southwest Quarter, except the westerly 15 acres, Section 31,
3.7 	Township 52 North, Range 14 West.
3.8 	(h) The county has determined that the county's land
3.9 	management interests would best be served if the lands were
3.10 	returned to private ownership.

3.11 	Sec. 2. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; ST. LOUIS
3.12 	COUNTY.
 3.13 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota
3.14 	Statutes, chapter 282, or other law to the contrary, St. Louis
3.15 	County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land described
3.16 	in paragraph (c).
3.17 	(b) The conveyances must be in a form approved by the
3.18 	attorney general and, except for the parcel under paragraph (c),
3.19 	clause (4), require the buyers to pay an administration fee to
3.20 	cover expenses incurred by the county.  The attorney general may
3.21 	make necessary changes to legal descriptions to correct errors
3.22 	and ensure accuracy.
3.23 	(c) The land to be sold is located in St. Louis County and
3.24 	is described as:
3.25 	(1) the West 335 feet of the South 130 feet of the
3.26 	Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 12, Township
3.27 	63 North, Range 12 West.  This parcel contains 1.0 acres more or
3.28 	less;
3.29 	(2) the westerly 165.00 feet of the southerly 80.00 feet of
3.30 	the easterly 490.00 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the
3.31 	Southeast Quarter, Section 14, Township 51 North, Range 14
3.32 	West.  This parcel contains 0.3 acres;
3.33 	(3) Lot 17, Block 5, Lyman Park Division of Duluth;
3.34 	(4) the West 220 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the
3.35 	Northeast Quarter, Section 11, Township 54 North, Range 15 West;
3.36 	(5) the West 115 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the
4.1 	Northeast Quarter of Section 32, Township 63 North, Range 12
4.2 	West, lying north of the centerline of State Trunk Highway 169
4.3 	and subject to highway right-of-way easement.  This parcel
4.4 	contains 1.2 acres more or less; and 
4.5 	(6) the West 115 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the
4.6 	Northeast Quarter of Section 32, Township 63 North, Range 12
4.7 	West, lying south of the centerline of State Trunk Highway 169
4.8 	and subject to highway right-of-way easement.  This parcel
4.9 	contains 2.5 acres more or less.
4.10 	(d) The sales under this section resolve unintentional
4.11 	occupancy trespasses.