1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing conveyance of certain tax-forfeited land that 
1.3 	borders public water.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
1.6 	WATER; WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 1.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
1.8 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Washington County 
1.9 	may convey to the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District for no consideration the 
1.10 	tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
1.11 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general and provide 
1.12 	that the land reverts to the state if the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District stops 
1.13 	using the land for the public purpose described in paragraph (d). The attorney general may 
1.14 	make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.15 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Washington County and is described as:
1.16 	(1) Parcel A (PIN 05.032.21.12.0001): all that part of the Northwest Quarter of the 
1.17 	Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota, 
1.18 	that lies East of Minnesota Highway 61 as relocated and South of Judicial Ditch No. 
1.19 	1, except the following described tracts:
1.20 	Beginning at a point where the easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61 
1.21 	intersects the south line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5, 
1.22 	Township 32, Range 21, Washington County, Minnesota; thence East along said south 
1.23 	line of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 5 for 194.1 feet; thence 
1.24 	North at right angles 435.3 feet; thence South 75 degrees 56 minutes West for 294.4 feet 
2.1 	to said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61; thence South 14 degrees 04 
2.2 	minutes East along said easterly right-of-way of Minnesota Highway 61 for 375.0 feet to 
2.3 	the point of the beginning; and
2.4 	That part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 
2.5 	32 North, Range 21 West, Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows: 
2.6 	commencing at the north quarter corner of Section 5; thence East along the north line of 
2.7 	Section 5, a distance of 538.8 feet to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61; 
2.8 	thence southeasterly deflection to the right 76 degrees 00 minutes 20 seconds, along 
2.9 	said highway right-of-way line, 500.4 feet to the point of beginning; thence continuing 
2.10 	southeasterly along said highway right-of-way line 293.7 feet to the northwest corner of 
2.11 	the Philip F. and Maree la J. Turcott property, as described in Book 261 of Deeds on Page 
2.12 	69; thence northeasterly at right angles along the northerly line of said Turcott property in 
2.13 	its northeasterly projection thereof, 318.4 feet, more or less, to the centerline of Sunrise 
2.14 	River; thence northwesterly along said Sunrise River centerline, 358 feet, more or less, to 
2.15 	the point of intersection with a line drawn northeasterly from the point of beginning and 
2.16 	perpendicular to the easterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 61; thence southwesterly 
2.17 	along said line, 154.3 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; and
2.18 	(2) Parcel B (PIN 05.032.21.12.0004): that part of the Northwest Quarter of the 
2.19 	Northeast Quarter, Section 5, Township 32, Range 21, lying easterly of Highway 61 
2.20 	and North of Judicial Ditch No. 1.
2.21 	(d) The county has determined that the land is needed by the watershed district for 
2.22 	purposes of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 103D.