1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; providing for designation of certain state park and state 
1.3 	forest boundaries; providing for certain historic property exemption; modifying 
1.4 	state forest acquisition provisions; providing for acquisition of Lake Vermilion 
1.5 	State Park; adding to and deleting from state parks and state forests; authorizing 
1.6 	public and private sales, conveyances, and exchanges of certain state land;
1.7 	amending Minnesota Statutes 2008, sections 85.011; 85.012, subdivision 40; 
1.8 	89.021, by adding a subdivision; 89.032, subdivision 2; proposing coding for 
1.9 	new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 85.
1.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.011, is amended to read:
1.12 	85.011 CONFIRMATION OF CREATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF 
1.13 	STATE PARKS, STATE RECREATION AREAS, AND WAYSIDES.
1.14 		Subdivision 1.Confirmation and establishment. The legislature of this state has 
1.15 	provided for the creation and establishment of state parks, designated state recreation 
1.16 	areas, and waysides for the purpose of conserving the scenery, natural and historic objects 
1.17 	and wildlife and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in a manner that will leave them 
1.18 	unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
1.19 	The establishment of the state parks, designated state recreation areas, and waysides 
1.20 	is hereby confirmed as provided in this section and sections 85.012 and 85.013 and they 
1.21 	shall remain perpetually dedicated for the use of the people of the state for park purposes.
1.22 	The enumerated state parks, state recreation areas, and state waysides shall consist 
1.23 	of the lands and other property authorized therefor before January 1, 1969, together with 
1.24 	such other lands and properties as may be authorized therefor on or after January 1, 1969.
1.25 		Subd. 2.Boundaries designated. The commissioner of natural resources may 
1.26 	acquire by gift or purchase land or interests in land adjacent to or in the proximity of a 
2.1 	state park. The commissioner may change the boundaries of established state parks for 
2.2 	the acquisition of land or interests in land adjacent to or in the proximity of the state 
2.3 	parks, provided that the lands will contribute to the recreational value of the state parks. 
2.4 	The new boundaries shall be designated by the process provided for in section 86A.07, 
2.5 	subdivision 3.

2.6 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.012, subdivision 40, is amended to read:
2.7 		Subd. 40. McCarthy Beach State Park, St. Louis County and Itasca Counties, which 
2.8 	is hereby renamed from McCarthy Beach Memorial State Park.

2.9 	Sec. 3. [85.0144] HILL-ANNEX MINE STATE PARK; HISTORIC PROPERTY 
2.10 	EXEMPTION.
2.11 	In accordance with Laws 1988, chapter 686, article 1, section 53, that provided that 
2.12 	mining may be conducted on Hill-Annex Mine State Park in the future and that portions 
2.13 	of the surface estate may be necessary for these mining operations, section 138.665, 
2.14 	subdivision 2, does not apply to the removal of any taconite or any iron-bearing material 
2.15 	stockpiles within the Hill-Annex Mine State Park.

2.16 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 89.021, is amended by adding a subdivision 
2.17 	to read:
2.18 		Subd. 1a.Boundaries designated. The commissioner of natural resources may 
2.19 	acquire by gift or purchase land or interests in land adjacent to or in the proximity of a 
2.20 	state forest. The commissioner may change the boundaries of established state forests for 
2.21 	the acquisition of land adjacent to or in the proximity of the state forests, provided that 
2.22 	the lands meet the definition of forest land as defined in section 89.001, subdivision 4. 
2.23 	The new boundaries shall be designated by the process provided for in section 86A.07, 
2.24 	subdivision 3.

2.25 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 89.032, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
2.26 		Subd. 2.Acquisition for state forests. The commissioner may acquire lands or 
2.27 	interest in lands for state forest purposes. The land or interests in land may be subject 
2.28 	to mineral reservations.

2.29 	Sec. 6. ACQUISITION; LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK.
 3.1 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural resources may 
3.2 	acquire by gift or purchase the lands for Lake Vermilion State Park. The commissioner 
3.3 	may pay up to $18,000,000 for the lands for Lake Vermilion State Park.

3.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

3.5 	Sec. 7. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
 3.6 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 19.] Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, 
3.7 	Fillmore County. The following areas are added to Forestville Mystery Cave State Park, 
3.8 	all in Fillmore County:
3.9 	(1) commencing at the northeast corner of Section 14, Township 102 North, Range 
3.10 	12 West; thence West 1,608.8 feet; thence South 2 degrees 50 minutes West 1,260.4 feet; 
3.11 	thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West 656 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes 
3.12 	West 541.4 feet; thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West 302.7 feet; thence South 0 
3.13 	degrees 39 minutes West 347.1 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes East 132 feet; 
3.14 	thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes West 496 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes 
3.15 	East 495 feet; thence South 54 degrees East 990 feet; thence South 39 degrees East 295 
3.16 	feet; thence South 84 degrees East 594 feet; thence South 64 degrees East 148.5 feet; 
3.17 	thence South 66 degrees East 462 feet; thence North 0 degrees 45 minutes East 3763 
3.18 	feet to beginning;
3.19 	(2) that part of the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 14, Township 102 
3.20 	North, Range 12 West, lying North of the south bank of the North Branch Creek, also 
3.21 	known as Forestville Creek. Said parcel of real estate being more fully described as 
3.22 	follows: commencing at the northeast corner of Section 14, proceed West, a distance 
3.23 	of 1,608.8 feet; thence South 2 degrees 50 minutes West a distance of 1,260.4 feet; 
3.24 	thence North 89 degrees 57 minutes West, a distance of 656 feet; thence South 0 degrees 
3.25 	39 minutes West, a distance of 541.4 feet to the beginning corner. From the point of 
3.26 	beginning, continue North 89 degrees 57 minutes West, a distance of 302.7 feet; thence 
3.27 	South 0 degrees 39 minutes West a distance of 347.1 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 
3.28 	minutes East, a distance of 132 feet; thence South 0 degrees 39 minutes West, a distance 
3.29 	of 496 feet; thence South 89 degrees 58 minutes East a distance of 363 feet; thence South 
3.30 	54 degrees East 990 feet; thence South 39 degrees East 295 feet; thence South 84 degrees 
3.31 	East 594 feet; thence South 64 degrees East 148.5 feet; thence South 66 degrees East 462 
3.32 	feet, to the section line; thence North on the section line, a distance of 1,783 feet; thence 
3.33 	North 85 degrees 34 minutes West a distance of 2,340.2 feet to the beginning corner;
3.34 	(3) the South Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 102, Range 
3.35 	12, Fillmore County, Minnesota, except the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the 
4.1 	Southeast Quarter of said Northeast Quarter, and also except that part thereof lying West 
4.2 	of the center of County Road No. 12;
4.3 	(4) that part of the North Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 
4.4 	102, Range 12, Fillmore County, Minnesota, lying northerly and easterly of the following 
4.5 	described line: commencing at a point 288.4 feet North of the southwest corner of the 
4.6 	Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 23; thence North 132 feet, to 
4.7 	the point of beginning of the line to be described; thence East 1,800 feet, to the center 
4.8 	of river; thence South 6 degrees East 133 feet to intersect the hereinafter described Line 
4.9 	X; thence easterly along said Line X to the hereinafter described Point A; thence South, 
4.10 	parallel with the west line of said Southwest Quarter to the south line of said North Half of 
4.11 	said Southwest Quarter and said line there terminating. Said Line X and Point A being 
4.12 	described as follows: commencing at the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of 
4.13 	the Southwest Quarter of said Section 23; thence running North 4.37 chains; thence East, 
4.14 	along a line referred to as Line X in the above description, a distance of 27.25 chains to a 
4.15 	point referred to as Point A in the above description;
4.16 	(5) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23, 
4.17 	Township 102, Range 12, Fillmore County, Minnesota; and
4.18 	(6) the Southeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 102, Range 12, Fillmore County, 
4.19 	Minnesota, except the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of 
4.20 	said Southeast Quarter.
4.21 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 31.] Judge C. R. Magney State Park, Cook County.
 4.22 	The following areas are added to Judge C. R. Magney State Park, all in Cook County: 
4.23 	the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest 
4.24 	Quarter, and the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all in Section 5, Township 
4.25 	62 North, Range 3 East.
4.26 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 54.] Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Lake County.
 4.27 	The following areas are added to Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, all in Lake County: the 
4.28 	Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter and the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast 
4.29 	Quarter, all in Section 32, Township 55 North, Range 8 West.
4.30 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 55a.] Tettegouche State Park, Lake County. The 
4.31 	following areas are added to Tettegouche State Park:
4.32 	(1) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 15, Township 56, Range 7, Lake County, 
4.33 	Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the quarter corner between said Section 
4.34 	15 and Section 22, Township 56, Range 7; thence East, along the section line between said 
4.35 	Sections 15 and 22, a distance of 503.0 feet; thence northeasterly, deflecting to the left 75 
4.36 	degrees 00 minutes a distance of 425.0 feet, to a point designated by a two-inch iron pipe, 
5.1 	being the point of beginning; thence northwesterly, to a point on the west line of said Lot 2 
5.2 	distant approximately 970.0 feet North of said quarter corner between Sections 15 and 22; 
5.3 	thence North along said west line to the northwest corner of said Lot 2; thence East, along 
5.4 	the north line of said Lot 2, approximately 240.0 feet; thence in a southeasterly direction 
5.5 	to a point on the east side of a point of rocks projecting into Lake Superior, being marked 
5.6 	by an X; thence in a southwesterly direction, along the shore of said Lake Superior to the 
5.7 	point of beginning. (X mark on rock being in line making a deflection angle of 45 degrees 
5.8 	51 minutes to the left with the east-west section line from a point on the section line 503.0 
5.9 	feet East of the quarter corner between said Sections 15 and 22 and being approximately 
5.10 	830 feet from said point on said section line.); and
5.11 	(2) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 15, Township 56, 
5.12 	Range 7, Lake County, Minnesota.

5.13 	Sec. 8. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
 5.14 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 1a.] Afton State Park, Washington County. The 
5.15 	following area is deleted from Afton State Park: all that part of the Southwest Quarter of 
5.16 	Section 3, Township 27, Range 20, Washington County, Minnesota, embraced within the 
5.17 	recorded plat of ALPS ESTATES.
5.18 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 14.] Crow Wing State Park, Crow Wing, Cass, and 
5.19 	Morrison Counties. The following areas are deleted from Crow Wing State Park:
5.20 	(1) all that part of Government Lots 7 and 8, Section 24, Township 44, Range 32, 
5.21 	Crow Wing County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of RED RIVER 
5.22 	TRAIL; and
5.23 	(2) all that part of Government Lot 7, Section 24, Township 44, Range 32, Crow 
5.24 	Wing County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of LOGGER RUN.
5.25 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County.
 5.26 	The following area is deleted from Frontenac State Park: that part of the Southeast 
5.27 	Quarter, Section 11, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, being described as BLOCK P, 
5.28 	GARRARD'S SOUTH EXTENSION TO FRONTENAC according to the plat on file and 
5.29 	of record in the Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota, including any 
5.30 	portions of vacated roadway which have attached thereto.
5.31 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 26.] Hayes Lake State Park, Roseau County. The 
5.32 	following area is deleted from Hayes Lake State Park: the West 45.00 feet of the North 
5.33 	160.7 feet of the South 263.58 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of 
5.34 	Section 32, Township 160, Range 38, Roseau County, Minnesota.
6.1 		Subd. 5.[85.012] [Subd. 40.] McCarthy Beach State Park, St. Louis and 
6.2 	Itasca Counties. The following area is deleted from McCarthy Beach State Park in 
6.3 	Itasca County: all that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 1, 
6.4 	Township 60 North, Range 22 West, embraced within the recorded plat of "TRUST," 
6.5 	as depicted thereon.
6.6 		Subd. 6.[85.012] [Subd. 41.] Maplewood State Park, Otter Tail County. The 
6.7 	following areas are deleted from Maplewood State Park:
6.8 	(1) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail 
6.9 	County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of South Lida Shores, according to 
6.10 	the recorded plat thereof;
6.11 	(2) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail 
6.12 	County, Minnesota, embraced within the recorded plat of Greens Isle View Addition, 
6.13 	according to the recorded plat thereof;
6.14 	(3) that part of Government Lot 4, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter Tail 
6.15 	County, Minnesota, described as follows: beginning at a point located by running West 
6.16 	401 feet from the northeast corner of said Government Lot 4 in Section 9; thence South 47 
6.17 	degrees 10 minutes West 100 feet; thence South 52 degrees 19 minutes West along the 
6.18 	lakeshore of Lake Lida a distance of 50 feet; thence South 42 degrees 50 minutes East 
6.19 	200 feet; thence North 52 degrees 19 minutes East 50 feet; thence North 42 degrees 50 
6.20 	minutes West 100 feet; thence North 47 degrees 10 minutes East 100 feet; thence North 42 
6.21 	degrees 50 minutes West, 100 feet to the point of beginning;
6.22 	(4) that part of Government Lot 5, Section 9, Township 135, Range 42, Otter 
6.23 	Tail County, Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the northeast corner of 
6.24 	Government Lot 4 in said Section 9; thence on an assumed bearing of West, along the 
6.25 	north line of said Government Lot 4, a distance of 130 feet, to intersect the shore of South 
6.26 	Lida Lake, said point of intersection being the point of beginning of the tract of land to 
6.27 	be described; thence return on a bearing of East, a distance of 130 feet, to said northeast 
6.28 	corner of Government Lot 4; thence North 03 degrees 46 minutes 00 seconds West 
6.29 	224.40 feet, along the centerline of a township road; thence North 08 degrees 31 minutes 
6.30 	00 seconds East 346.60 feet along said centerline; thence North 81 degrees 14 minutes 
6.31 	00 seconds West 34.00 feet to the westerly line of said township road; thence North 08 
6.32 	degrees 31 minutes 00 seconds East along said westerly line 125.00 feet; thence North 36 
6.33 	degrees 09 minutes 00 seconds West 230.00 feet; thence South 71 degrees 21 minutes 00 
6.34 	seconds West 93.00 feet, more or less to the easterly shoreline of South Lida Lake; thence 
6.35 	southeasterly along said shoreline to the point of beginning; and
7.1 	(5) that part of Government Lot 2, Section 33, Township 136, Range 42, Otter Tail 
7.2 	County, Minnesota, described as follows: commencing at the East Quarter corner of said 
7.3 	Section 33; thence on an assumed bearing of West, along the east-west quarter line of 
7.4 	said Section 33, a distance of 3,994.0 feet; thence North 25 degrees East, a distance of 
7.5 	308.3 feet to the southwesterly right-of-way line of a public highway; thence North 40 
7.6 	degrees 00 minutes West, a distance of 169.0 feet, along said right-of-way; thence South 
7.7 	74 degrees 43 minutes West, a distance of 70.0 feet, more or less, to the shore of South 
7.8 	Lida Lake; thence southwesterly, along said shoreline to the south line of said Government 
7.9 	Lot 2; thence on a bearing of East, along the south line of said Government Lot 2, also 
7.10 	being said east-west quarter line to the point of beginning.
7.11 		Subd. 7.[85.012] [Subd. 54.] Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Lake County.
 7.12 	The following area is deleted from Split Rock Lighthouse State Park: the Southeast 
7.13 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 31, Township 55 North, Range 8 West, Lake 
7.14 	County.

7.15 	Sec. 9. ADDITIONS TO STATE FORESTS.
 7.16 	[89.021] [Subd. 32.] Lyons State Forest. The following area is added to the Lyons 
7.17 	State Forest: Section 16, Township 135 North, Range 32 West, Cass County.

7.18 	Sec. 10. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; 
7.19 	ANTICIPATED SAVINGS TO GENERAL FUND.
 7.20 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.10, the commissioner of natural 
7.21 	resources may sell surplus land at public or private sale for less than the estimated or 
7.22 	appraised value of the land or for less than the minimum sale price prescribed in Minnesota 
7.23 	Statutes, section 94.10, provided the land is being sold to meet the requirements of Laws 
7.24 	2005, chapter 156, article 2, section 45, as amended by Laws 2007, chapter 148, article 2, 
7.25 	section 73, and Laws 2009, chapter 37, article 1, section 59.

7.26 	Sec. 11. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; AITKIN COUNTY.
 7.27 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of 
7.28 	natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and 
7.29 	direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
7.30 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
7.31 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
7.32 	and ensure accuracy.
8.1 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as: 
8.2 	Government Lot 2 and the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, all in Section 19, 
8.3 	Township 47 North, Range 24 West, containing 84.25 acres, more or less.
8.4 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
8.5 	for natural resource purposes.

8.6 	Sec. 12. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ANOKA COUNTY.
 8.7 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
8.8 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
8.9 	(c).
8.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
8.11 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
8.12 	and ensure accuracy.
8.13 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Anoka County and is described as: the 
8.14 	East Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 32 North, Range 22 West, 
8.15 	Anoka County, Minnesota, containing 80 acres, more or less.
8.16 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
8.17 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a local unit 
8.18 	of government. A local unit of government would like to use this parcel as a wetland 
8.19 	mitigation site.

8.20 	Sec. 13. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BECKER COUNTY.
 8.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of 
8.22 	natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and 
8.23 	direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
8.24 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
8.25 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
8.26 	and ensure accuracy.
8.27 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Becker County and is described as: 
8.28 	Government Lot 3, Section 1, Township 139 North, Range 37 West, containing 37.75 
8.29 	acres, more or less.
8.30 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
8.31 	for natural resource purposes.

8.32 	Sec. 14. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
8.33 	WATER; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 9.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
9.2 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
9.3 	in paragraph (c).
9.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
9.5 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
9.6 	ensure accuracy. The conveyance must include a reservation of perpetual road easements 
9.7 	described in paragraph (c) to the state for ingress and egress for constructing, repairing, 
9.8 	maintaining, and operating an adjacent northern pike spawning and rearing area.
9.9 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: 
9.10 	All that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and Government Lot 1, 
9.11 	Section 21, Township 146 North, Range 31 West, bounded by the water's edge of Cass 
9.12 	Lake and the following described lines: Commencing at the southwest corner of said 
9.13 	section, thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 691.2 feet on and along the west line of 
9.14 	said section to the point of beginning; thence South 58 degrees 27 minutes East, 177.64 
9.15 	feet; thence South 65 degrees 00 minutes East, 162.35 feet; thence North 52 degrees 
9.16 	07 minutes East, 175.70 feet; thence North 86 degrees 05 minutes East, 232.35 feet; 
9.17 	thence South 41 degrees 50 minutes East, 186.35 feet; thence South 25 degrees 59 minutes 
9.18 	East, 122.0 feet; thence South 33 degrees 47 minutes West, 176.13 feet; thence South 26 
9.19 	degrees 31 minutes West, 157.26 feet; thence South 50 degrees 19 minutes East, 142.34 
9.20 	feet; thence North 88 degrees 05 minutes East, 66.15 feet to point "A"; thence North 67 
9.21 	degrees 06 minutes East, 442.0 feet; thence North 76 degrees 24 minutes East, 113.86 
9.22 	feet; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 88.96 feet to point "B"; thence South 17 
9.23 	degrees 17 minutes East, 138 feet, more or less, to the water's edge of Cass Lake and 
9.24 	there terminating. And from the point of beginning; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes 
9.25 	West, 630.92 feet on and along the west line of said Section 21; thence South 75 degrees 
9.26 	27 minutes East, 206.01 feet; thence South 35 degrees 36 minutes East, 210.68 feet; 
9.27 	thence South 37 degrees 07 minutes East, 230.53 feet; thence South 51 degrees 18 minutes 
9.28 	East, 124.95 feet; thence North 55 degrees 37 minutes East, 156.60 feet; thence South 48 
9.29 	degrees 10 minutes East, 120.58 feet; thence South 89 degrees 59 minutes East, 197.76 
9.30 	feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes East, 195.0 feet; thence South 38 degrees 25 
9.31 	minutes East, 162.17 feet; thence South 56 degrees 38 minutes East, 410.58 feet; thence 
9.32 	South 31 degrees 06 minutes West, 203.30 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West, 
9.33 	14.84 feet; thence South 17 degrees 17 minutes East, 133 feet, more or less, to the water's 
9.34 	edge of Cass Lake and there terminating. Including all riparian rights to the contained 
9.35 	18.0 acres, more or less and subject to all existing easements.
10.1 	Subject to a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across the 
10.2 	following described land in Government Lot 1 of said section described as follows: 
10.3 	Beginning at point "B," said point being on the southerly boundary of the above described 
10.4 	tract; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 20.2 feet; thence South 17 degrees 17 
10.5 	minutes East, 33.33 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West, 20.2 feet; thence 
10.6 	North 17 degrees 17 minutes West, 33.33 feet to point "B" and the point of beginning.
10.7 	Except that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 21, Township 146 North, Range 
10.8 	31 West, described as follows: Commencing at the southwest corner of said Section 21; 
10.9 	thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 1,322.12 feet along the west line of said Section 
10.10 	21; thence South 75 degrees 27 minutes East, 206.01 feet; thence South 35 degrees 36 
10.11 	minutes East, 210.68 feet; thence South 37 degrees 07 minutes East, 230.53 feet; thence 
10.12 	South 51 degrees 18 minutes East, 124.95 feet; thence North 55 degrees 37 minutes East, 
10.13 	156.60 feet; thence South 48 degrees 10 minutes East, 120.58 feet; thence South 89 
10.14 	degrees 59 minutes East, 197.76 feet; thence South 68 degrees 28 minutes East, 195.0 
10.15 	feet; thence South 38 degrees 25 minutes East, 162.17 feet; thence South 56 degrees 38 
10.16 	minutes East, 383.52 feet, to the point of beginning; thence South 56 degrees 38 minutes 
10.17 	East, 27.06 feet; thence South 31 degrees 06 minutes West, 203.30 feet; thence South 80 
10.18 	degrees 48 minutes West, 2.52 feet; thence North 15 degrees 31 minutes West, 46.80 
10.19 	feet; thence North 32 degrees 31 minutes East, 18.96 feet; thence North 59 degrees 39 
10.20 	minutes East, 58.56 feet; thence North 20 degrees 23 minutes East, 105.29 feet to the 
10.21 	point of beginning; containing 0.1 acres.
10.22 	Together with a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across the 
10.23 	Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said section being a strip of land 33 feet 
10.24 	wide, lying 16.5 feet on each side of the following described lines: Commencing at the 
10.25 	southwest corner of said Section 21; thence North 00 degrees 07 minutes West, 656.4 feet 
10.26 	on and along the west line of said section to the point of beginning; thence South 42 
10.27 	degrees 51 minutes East, 52.16 feet; thence South 70 degrees 04 minutes East, 214.3 feet; 
10.28 	thence South 37 degrees 58 minutes East, 219.4 feet; thence South 49 degrees 02 minutes 
10.29 	East, 252.6 feet; thence South 45 degrees 15 minutes East, 152.5 feet; thence South 50 
10.30 	degrees 19 minutes East, 119.9 feet, to the south line of Section 21 and there terminating.
10.31 	Together with a perpetual road easement for ingress and egress over and across 
10.32 	the northwesterly 16.5 feet of the following described land in Government Lot 1 and 
10.33 	the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said section described as follows: 
10.34 	Beginning at point "A," said point being on the southern boundary of the above described 
10.35 	tract; thence North 67 degrees 06 minutes East, 442.0 feet; thence North 76 degrees 24 
10.36 	minutes East, 113.86 feet; thence North 80 degrees 48 minutes East, 88.96 feet; thence 
11.1 	South 17 degrees 17 minutes East, 33.33 feet; thence South 80 degrees 48 minutes West, 
11.2 	92.38 feet; thence South 76 degrees 24 minutes West, 109.91 feet; thence South 67 
11.3 	degrees 06 minutes West, 353.28 feet; thence South 88 degrees 05 minutes West, 92.15 
11.4 	feet to point "A" and the point of beginning.
11.5 	(d) The land borders Cass Lake. The land was acquired for a northern pike spawning 
11.6 	area but has not been used for such purpose for 30 years. The Department of Natural 
11.7 	Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

11.8 	Sec. 15. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; CARLTON COUNTY.
 11.9 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
11.10 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
11.11 	(c).
11.12 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
11.13 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
11.14 	and ensure accuracy.
11.15 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Carlton County and is described as: the 
11.16 	Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, except state trunk 
11.17 	highway right-of-way, Section 26, Township 49 North, Range 17 West, containing 9.324 
11.18 	acres, more or less.
11.19 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
11.20 	for natural resource purposes.

11.21 	Sec. 16. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
11.22 	WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 11.23 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, and upon 
11.24 	completion of exchange of the school trust land for acquired land, the commissioner of 
11.25 	natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering public water that is 
11.26 	described in paragraph (c).
11.27 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
11.28 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
11.29 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell the land to a school district for less than the 
11.30 	value of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
11.31 	that the land described in paragraph (c) be used for an educational unit managed forest and 
11.32 	reverts to the state if the school district fails to provide for or abandons the educational 
11.33 	unit managed forest use of the land.
11.34 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as:
12.1 	(1) the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 27;
12.2 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28;
12.3 	(3) Government Lot 11 of Section 33; and
12.4 	(4) Government Lot 14 of Section 34,
12.5 	all in Township 141 North, Range 28 West, containing a total of 98.7 acres, more or 
12.6 	less.
12.7 	(d) The land borders Nellie Lake. Independent School District No. 118, Longville, 
12.8 	has inadvertently trespassed upon the land for the establishment of an educational unit 
12.9 	managed forest under Minnesota Statutes, section 89.41. The commissioner of natural 
12.10 	resources has determined that the state's land management interests would best be served 
12.11 	if the land was managed as an educational unit managed forest. Since the land is currently 
12.12 	school trust land, the commissioner of natural resources shall first exchange the school 
12.13 	trust land for acquired land prior to sale.

12.14 	Sec. 17. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND 
12.15 	BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; CASS COUNTY.
 12.16 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
12.17 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by public or private sale the surplus land 
12.18 	bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c). Notwithstanding Minnesota 
12.19 	Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of natural resources may sell the surplus land 
12.20 	described in paragraph (c) and direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
12.21 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
12.22 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
12.23 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to a local unit of government for less than the 
12.24 	value of the land, as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
12.25 	that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the local unit of government 
12.26 	fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
12.27 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cass County and is described as: Lot 7, 
12.28 	Block 1, Dell's Sleepy Hollow, Cass County, Minnesota, according to the recorded plat 
12.29 	thereof, containing 0.54 acres, more or less.
12.30 	(d) The land borders Woman Lake. The Department of Natural Resources has 
12.31 	determined that the state's land management interests would best be served if the land was 
12.32 	conveyed to a local unit of government.

12.33 	Sec. 18. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; COOK COUNTY.
 13.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of 
13.2 	natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and 
13.3 	direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
13.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
13.5 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
13.6 	and ensure accuracy.
13.7 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Cook County and is described as: the 
13.8 	South Half of the Northwest Quarter, Section 32, Township 62 North, Range 1 East, 
13.9 	containing 80 acres, more or less.
13.10 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
13.11 	for natural resource purposes.

13.12 	Sec. 19. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; DOUGLAS COUNTY.
 13.13 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of 
13.14 	natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and 
13.15 	direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
13.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
13.17 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
13.18 	and ensure accuracy.
13.19 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Douglas County and is described as: the 
13.20 	southerly 499.7 feet of the easterly 466.7 feet of the following described tract:
13.21 	Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 127 North, 
13.22 	Range 37 West, excepting therefrom the right-of-way of the public road running on 
13.23 	the south line of said tract, containing 5.00 acres, more or less.
13.24 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
13.25 	for natural resource purposes.

13.26 	Sec. 20. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
13.27 	WATER; GOODHUE COUNTY.
 13.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45, 94.09, and 94.10, the 
13.29 	commissioner of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land bordering 
13.30 	public water that is described in paragraph (c). Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, 
13.31 	section 86A.055, the commissioner of natural resources may sell the surplus land 
13.32 	described in paragraph (c) and direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
13.33 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
13.34 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
14.1 	ensure accuracy. The conveyance must include the easement specified in paragraph (c). 
14.2 	The purpose of the easement is to:
14.3 	(1) provide for the development of fish habitat, including tree planting, erosion 
14.4 	control, installation of instream structures, posting of signs, and other improvements;
14.5 	(2) permit angling by the public; and
14.6 	(3) provide ingress and egress through the property sold to the easement area.
14.7 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Goodhue County and is described as: 
14.8 	that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and that part of the Northwest 
14.9 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 7, Township 112, Range 15, Goodhue County, 
14.10 	Minnesota, which lie westerly of the centerline of County State-Aid Highway No. 6, 
14.11 	containing 2.6 acres, more or less.
14.12 	Reserving an easement over, under, and across that part of the above described 
14.13 	property located within a strip of land 132 feet in width, and centered on the centerline 
14.14 	of Spring Creek, as the same meanders through said Southwest Quarter of the Northeast 
14.15 	Quarter and said Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter.
14.16 	(d) The land borders Spring Creek. The Department of Natural Resources has 
14.17 	determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes provided that an 
14.18 	easement right is retained. The land is separated from the wildlife management area by a 
14.19 	county road and has been subject to inadvertent trespass by the adjacent landowner.

14.20 	Sec. 21. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; GRANT COUNTY.
 14.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of 
14.22 	natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and 
14.23 	direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
14.24 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
14.25 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
14.26 	and ensure accuracy.
14.27 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Grant County and is described as: that 
14.28 	part of the East 690 feet of the West 870 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast 
14.29 	Quarter of Section 13, Township 127 North, Range 41 West, which lies southwesterly of a 
14.30 	line run parallel to and distant 225 feet southwesterly of the Soo Line Railroad Company 
14.31 	(formerly Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste Marie Railway Company) main track 
14.32 	centerline as the same is now located and established over and across said Section 13, 
14.33 	containing 4.00 acres, more or less.
14.34 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
14.35 	for natural resource purposes.

15.1 	Sec. 22. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 15.2 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
15.3 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
15.4 	(c). Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of natural 
15.5 	resources may sell the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and direct the net proceeds 
15.6 	to the general fund.
15.7 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
15.8 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
15.9 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to a local unit of government for less than the 
15.10 	value of the land, as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide 
15.11 	that the land be used for the public and reverts to the state if the local unit of government 
15.12 	fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
15.13 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hennepin County and is described as: 
15.14 	Outlot A, Block 1, Schendel Woods, Hennepin County, Minnesota, according to the 
15.15 	recorded plat thereof, containing 13.92 acres, more or less.
15.16 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
15.17 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a local unit of 
15.18 	government. A local unit of government would like to use this parcel for a storm water 
15.19 	runoff project.

15.20 	Sec. 23. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HUBBARD COUNTY.
 15.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of 
15.22 	natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and 
15.23 	direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
15.24 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
15.25 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
15.26 	and ensure accuracy.
15.27 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Hubbard County and is described as: that 
15.28 	part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 17, Township 143 
15.29 	North, Range 35 West, Minnesota lying easterly of MN Highway No. 200, containing 30 
15.30 	acres, more or less.
15.31 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
15.32 	for natural resource purposes.

15.33 	Sec. 24. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; MARTIN COUNTY.
 16.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of 
16.2 	natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and 
16.3 	direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
16.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
16.5 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
16.6 	and ensure accuracy.
16.7 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Martin County and is described as: all of 
16.8 	Tract A described below:
16.9 	Tract A:
16.10 	That part of Government Lot 3 and the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
16.11 	both in Section 32, Township 103 North, Range 30 West, described as follows: 
16.12 	Beginning at the point of intersection of a line run parallel with and distant 100 feet 
16.13 	northerly of Line 1 described below with a line run parallel with and distant 50 
16.14 	feet southeasterly of Line 3, described below; thence run easterly on said 100 foot 
16.15 	parallel line to its intersection with a line run parallel with and distant 100 feet 
16.16 	westerly of Line 2 described below; thence run northerly of the last described 100 
16.17 	foot parallel line to a point thereon, distant 100 feet southerly of its intersection 
16.18 	with a line run parallel with and distant 50 feet southerly of said Line 3; thence run 
16.19 	northwesterly to a point on said 50 foot parallel line distant 100 feet westerly of the 
16.20 	last described intersection (when measured along said 50 foot parallel line), said 
16.21 	point being hereinafter referred to as "Point B"; thence run southwesterly on said 50 
16.22 	foot parallel line to the point of beginning.
16.23 	Line 1:
16.24 	Beginning at a point on the east line of said Section 32, distant 516.9 feet South 
16.25 	of the east quarter corner thereof; thence run westerly at an angle of 89 degrees 
16.26 	20 minutes 15 seconds from said east section line (measured from North to West) 
16.27 	for 5,337.2 feet and there terminating.
16.28 	Line 2:
16.29 	Beginning at a point of Line 1, described above, distant 1,545 feet easterly of its 
16.30 	point of termination; thence run northerly at right angles to said Line 1 for 590 feet 
16.31 	and there terminating.
16.32 	Line 3:
16.33 	Beginning at the point of termination of Line 2 described above; thence run westerly 
16.34 	at right angles to said Line 2 for 134.26 feet; thence deflect to the left on a 07 degree 
16.35 	00 minute 00 second curve (delta angle 35 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds) for 500 
16.36 	feet; thence on a tangent to said curve for 280.6 feet; thence deflect to the right 
17.1 	on a 07 degree 00 minute 00 second curve (delta angle 35 degrees 00 minutes 00 
17.2 	seconds) for 500 feet and there terminating.
17.3 	Containing 5.75 acres, more or less. Subject to the following restriction:
17.4 	No access shall be permitted to Trunk Highway 391 renumbered 90 or to County 
17.5 	Road No. 59 from the lands herein conveyed; except that access shall be permitted 
17.6 	along a line run parallel with and distant 50 feet southeasterly of Line 3 described 
17.7 	above, between the point of beginning of Tract A hereinbefore described and "Point 
17.8 	B" hereinbefore described.
17.9 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
17.10 	for natural resource purposes.

17.11 	Sec. 25. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; MARTIN COUNTY.
 17.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
17.13 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
17.14 	(c). Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of natural 
17.15 	resources may sell the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and direct the net proceeds 
17.16 	to the general fund.
17.17 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
17.18 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
17.19 	and ensure accuracy.
17.20 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Martin County and is described as: the 
17.21 	North 700 feet of a strip of land 100 feet in width extending over and across the West Half 
17.22 	of the Northwest Quarter and the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 
17.23 	25, Township 101 North, Range 32 West, Martin County, Minnesota. The centerline of 
17.24 	said strip being the centerline of the main track (now removed) of the Minnesota and Iowa 
17.25 	Railway Company, as said centerline was originally located and established over and 
17.26 	across said Section 25. This parcel contains 1.6 acres, more or less.
17.27 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
17.28 	for natural resource purposes and that the state's land management interests would best 
17.29 	be served if the land were conveyed to the adjacent landowner to improve access to the 
17.30 	landowner's property.

17.31 	Sec. 26. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN LAKE MARIA WILDLIFE 
17.32 	MANAGEMENT AREA; MURRAY COUNTY.
 17.33 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land 
17.34 	Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and 
18.1 	according to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange 
18.2 	the land described in paragraph (b).
18.3 	(b) The land that may be exchanged is located in Murray County and is described as:
18.4 	(1) the North 866 feet of the South 1555 feet of the Southwest Quarter of Section 7, 
18.5 	Township 108, Range 41, lying West of the East 450 feet thereof;
18.6 	(2) the South 689 feet of the Southwest Quarter of Section 7, Township 108, Range 
18.7 	41; and
18.8 	(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 108, Range 41, 
18.9 	described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said Section 7, Township 
18.10 	108, Range 41; thence running easterly along the north line of said Section 7 a distance of 
18.11 	2,769.50 feet to the intersection with the centerline of the township road; thence southerly 
18.12 	along the centerline of said township road a distance of 2,653.75 feet; thence deflecting 
18.13 	00 degrees 31 minutes right and continuing along the centerline of said township road a 
18.14 	distance of 2,051.75 feet; thence easterly and parallel to the south line of the Southwest 
18.15 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 7, a distance of 464 feet; thence South 
18.16 	and parallel to the west line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 18, a distance of 
18.17 	3,198.00 feet, to the south line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 18, and the point 
18.18 	of beginning of the land to be described; thence return northerly, along the last described 
18.19 	course, a distance of 2,635 feet to the north line of said Northeast Quarter; thence 
18.20 	southwesterly, a distance of 999 feet, to a point on the west line of said Northeast Quarter, 
18.21 	distant 421.5 feet South of the northwest corner of said Northeast Quarter, thence South 
18.22 	along said west line, to the southwest corner of said Northeast Quarter; thence East, along 
18.23 	the south line of said Northeast Quarter, a distance of 910 feet to the point of beginning.
18.24 	(c) The land was acquired in part with bonding appropriations. The exchange 
18.25 	with the adjacent landowner will provide additional wildlife acres and additional water 
18.26 	frontage to the state.

18.27 	Sec. 27. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; NOBLES COUNTY.
 18.28 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of 
18.29 	natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and 
18.30 	direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
18.31 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
18.32 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
18.33 	and ensure accuracy.
18.34 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Nobles County and is described as:
19.1 	(1) the North 500 feet of the West 450 feet of the East 1,650 feet of the North Half 
19.2 	of the Northeast Quarter of Section 32, Township 102 North, Range 43 West, subject to 
19.3 	the public road running on the north line of said North Half of the Northeast Quarter. 
19.4 	Containing 4.83 acres, more or less; and
19.5 	(2) the westerly 500 feet of the southerly 468.6 feet of the Southeast Quarter of the 
19.6 	Southeast Quarter of Section 17, Township 101 North, Range 43 West, subject to the 
19.7 	public road running on the south line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, 
19.8 	containing 5.00 acres, more or less.
19.9 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
19.10 	for natural resource purposes.

19.11 	Sec. 28. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; PIPESTONE COUNTY.
 19.12 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of 
19.13 	natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and 
19.14 	direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
19.15 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
19.16 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
19.17 	and ensure accuracy.
19.18 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Pipestone County and is described as: 
19.19 	that part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 107 North, 
19.20 	Range 45 West, described as follows:
19.21 	From the intersection of the east and west quarter line of said Section 27 with the 
19.22 	southeasterly right-of-way line of Trunk Highway 39 as same is now located and 
19.23 	established over and across said tract; run East along said east and west quarter line 
19.24 	for a distance of 1,037 feet; thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 
19.25 	minutes for a distance of 540 feet to the point of beginning; thence deflect to the 
19.26 	right at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance of 125 feet; thence deflect 
19.27 	to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance of 249 feet; thence 
19.28 	deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance of 350 feet; 
19.29 	thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance of 249 
19.30 	feet; thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance 
19.31 	of 225 feet to the point of beginning; 
19.32 	Together with all that part of the following described tract:
19.33 	That part of the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 
19.34 	107 North, Range 45 West, described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the 
19.35 	east and west quarter line of said Section 27 with the southeasterly right-of-way line 
20.1 	of Trunk Highway 39, as same is now located and established over and across said 
20.2 	tract; thence run East along said east and west quarter line for a distance of 1,037 
20.3 	feet; thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance of 
20.4 	540 feet; thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 degrees 00 minutes for a distance 
20.5 	of 577 feet to the southeasterly right-of-way line of said Trunk Highway 39; thence 
20.6 	run southeasterly along said right-of-way line to the point of beginning.
20.7 	Which lies southeasterly of a line run parallel with and distant 100 feet southeasterly 
20.8 	of the following described line:
20.9 	Beginning at a point on the west line of Section 33, Township 107 North, Range 
20.10 	45 West, distant 1,623.8 feet North of the southwest corner thereof; thence run 
20.11 	northeasterly at an angle of 39 degrees 49 minutes with said section line for 2,631.4 
20.12 	feet; thence deflect to the right on a 0 degree 30 minute curve (delta angle 4 degrees 
20.13 	52 minutes) for 973.3 feet; thence on a tangent to said curve for 27.9 feet; thence 
20.14 	deflect to the left on a 0 degree 30 minute curve (delta angle 4 degrees 52 minutes) for 
20.15 	973.3 feet; thence on a tangent to said curve for 6,129.0 feet and there terminating.
20.16 	Containing 11.36 acres, more or less.
20.17 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
20.18 	for natural resource purposes.

20.19 	Sec. 29. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
20.20 	WATER; ROSEAU COUNTY.
 20.21 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
20.22 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus land bordering public water that is described 
20.23 	in paragraph (c).
20.24 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
20.25 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
20.26 	and ensure accuracy.
20.27 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: 
20.28 	Government Lot 9, Section 30, Township 163 North, Range 36 West, containing 0.15 
20.29 	acres, more or less.
20.30 	(d) The land borders the Warroad River and is not contiguous to other state lands. 
20.31 	The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for 
20.32 	natural resource purposes.

20.33 	Sec. 30. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
20.34 	LAND; ROSEAU COUNTY.
 21.1 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
21.2 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Roseau County may sell by public or private sale the 
21.3 	consolidated conservation lands that are described in paragraph (c).
21.4 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
21.5 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
21.6 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
21.7 	appraised value of the land and timber and survey costs. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
21.8 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
21.9 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as:
21.10 	(1) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 4, Township 162 North, Range 36 West, 
21.11 	lying southwesterly of the southwesterly right-of-way of the Canadian National Railway. 
21.12 	Subject to the right-of-way of State Highway 11. Contains 0.75 acres, more or less; and
21.13 	(2) the South Half of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
21.14 	Quarter, Section 34, Township 159 North, Range 39 West, containing 10 acres, more or 
21.15 	less.
21.16 	(d) The lands are not contiguous to other state lands. The Department of Natural 
21.17 	Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

21.18 	Sec. 31. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WADENA COUNTY.
 21.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of 
21.20 	natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and 
21.21 	direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
21.22 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
21.23 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
21.24 	and ensure accuracy.
21.25 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wadena County and is described as: the 
21.26 	Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28, Township 138 North, Range 33 
21.27 	West, containing 40 acres, more or less.
21.28 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
21.29 	for natural resource purposes.

21.30 	Sec. 32. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON 
21.31 	COUNTY.
 21.32 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
21.33 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
21.34 	(c).
22.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
22.2 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
22.3 	and ensure accuracy.
22.4 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described as:
22.5 	(1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 19, 
22.6 	Township 32, Range 21, lying South of the centerline of Highway 97; and
22.7 	(2) that part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 32 North, Range 21 
22.8 	West, Washington County, Minnesota, described as follows: beginning at the southwest 
22.9 	corner of said Southwest Quarter; thence on an assumed bearing of South 89 degrees 
22.10 	50 minutes 33 seconds East along the south line of said Southwest Quarter 1555.59 
22.11 	feet; thence North 11 degrees 40 minutes 58 seconds East 720.70 feet; thence North 53 
22.12 	degrees 20 minutes 40 seconds West 436.77 feet; thence North 45 degrees 10 minutes 18 
22.13 	seconds West 222.72 feet to the southerly boundary of the recorded plat of BASSWOOD 
22.14 	ESTATES, on file and of record in the Office of the County Recorder; thence westerly 
22.15 	along the southerly boundary of said BASSWOOD ESTATES to the southwesterly corner 
22.16 	thereof; thence northerly along the westerly boundary of said BASSWOOD ESTATES to 
22.17 	the most northerly corner of Lot 2 of Block 3 of said BASSWOOD ESTATES; thence 
22.18 	westerly to a point on the west line of said Southwest Quarter 407.50 feet southerly of 
22.19 	the northwest corner of said Southwest Quarter; thence South 00 degrees 23 minutes 19 
22.20 	seconds East along the west line of said Southwest Quarter 2238.63 feet to the point 
22.21 	of beginning.
22.22 	These parcels contain 57.2 acres, more or less.
22.23 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
22.24 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to a local unit of 
22.25 	government. A local unit of government would like to use these parcels as wetland 
22.26 	mitigation sites.

22.27 	Sec. 33. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WASHINGTON 
22.28 	COUNTY.
 22.29 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
22.30 	of natural resources may sell by private sale the surplus land that is described in paragraph 
22.31 	(c). Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of natural 
22.32 	resources may sell the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and direct the net proceeds 
22.33 	to the general fund.
23.1 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
23.2 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
23.3 	and ensure accuracy.
23.4 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Washington County and is described 
23.5 	as: the West 750 feet of the East 1,130.6 feet of the North 786.72 feet of the Northwest 
23.6 	Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 15, Township 29 North, Range 20 West, 
23.7 	containing 13.5 acres, more or less.
23.8 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
23.9 	for natural resource purposes. The state's land management interests would best be served 
23.10 	if the land was sold to an adjacent landowner, as the property described in paragraph (c) 
23.11 	does not have legal access to a public road.

23.12 	Sec. 34. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; WILKIN COUNTY.
 23.13 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.055, the commissioner of 
23.14 	natural resources may sell by public sale the surplus land described in paragraph (c) and 
23.15 	direct the net proceeds to the general fund.
23.16 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
23.17 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
23.18 	and ensure accuracy.
23.19 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Wilkin County and is described as: that 
23.20 	part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 136 North, Range 
23.21 	48 West, described as follows:
23.22 	Beginning at a point on the north and south quarter line of said Section 11, distant 
23.23 	1,470 feet North of the center thereof; thence run southerly along said north and 
23.24 	south quarter line for a distance of 700 feet; thence deflect to the left at an angle 
23.25 	of 90 degrees 00 minutes for 150 feet; thence deflect to the left at an angle of 90 
23.26 	degrees 00 minutes for 700 feet; thence deflect to the left on an angle of 90 degrees 
23.27 	00 minutes for 150 feet to the point of beginning.
23.28 	Together with the westerly 33 feet of the southerly 770 feet of the Southwest Quarter 
23.29 	of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 11, to be used for road purposes.
23.30 	Containing 3.00 acres, more or less.
23.31 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed 
23.32 	for natural resource purposes.

23.33 	Sec. 35. CONVEYANCE OF DRAINAGE DISTRICT LAND; WINONA 
23.34 	COUNTY.
 24.1 	The Rushford Area Drainage and Conservancy District, established by order of 
24.2 	the Tenth Judicial District Court on February 20, 1953, was terminated on January 1, 
24.3 	1988, by Laws 1987, chapter 239, section 140. The land that was owned by the Rushford 
24.4 	Area Drainage and Conservancy District in Winona County is now owned by the state 
24.5 	of Minnesota and is hereby transferred to the commissioner of natural resources for 
24.6 	administration and management for conservation purposes.

24.7 	Sec. 36. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 24.8 	Sections 10 to 35 are effective the day following final enactment.