1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; modifying Minnesota critical habitat private sector 
1.3 	matching account; modifying outdoor recreation system; adding to and deleting 
1.4 	from state parks, recreation areas, and forests; providing for public and private 
1.5 	sales, conveyances, and exchanges of certain state land;amending Minnesota 
1.6 	Statutes 2006, sections 84.943, subdivision 5; 86A.04; 86A.08, subdivision 1.
1.7 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.8 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 84.943, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.9 		Subd. 5.Pledges and contributions. The commissioner of natural resources may 
1.10 	accept contributions and pledges to the critical habitat private sector matching account. 
1.11 	A pledge that is made contingent on an appropriation is acceptable and shall be reported 
1.12 	with other pledges as required in this section. The commissioner may agree to match a 
1.13 	contribution contingent on a future appropriation. In the budget request for each biennium, 
1.14 	the commissioner shall report the balance of contributions in the account and the amount 
1.15 	that has been pledged for payment in the succeeding two calendar years.
1.16 	Money in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of natural resources only 
1.17 	for the direct acquisition or improvement of land or interests in land as provided in section 
1.18 	84.944. To the extent of available appropriations other than bond proceeds, the money 
1.19 	matched to the nongame wildlife management account may be used for the management 
1.20 	of nongame wildlife projects as specified in section 290.431. Acquisition includes: (1) 
1.21 	purchase of land or an interest in land by the commissioner; or (2) acceptance by the 
1.22 	commissioner of gifts of land or interests in land as program projects. 

1.23 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.04, is amended to read:
1.24 	86A.04 COMPOSITION OF SYSTEM.
2.1 	The outdoor recreation system shall consist of all state parks; state recreation areas; 
2.2 	state trails established pursuant to sections 84.029, subdivision 2, 85.015, 85.0155, and 
2.3 	85.0156; state scientific and natural areas; state wilderness areas; state forests; state 
2.4 	wildlife management areas; state aquatic management areas; state water access sites, 
2.5 	which include all lands and facilities established by the commissioner of natural resources 
2.6 	or the commissioner of transportation to provide public access to water; state wild, scenic, 
2.7 	and recreational rivers; state historic sites; state rest areas, which include all facilities 
2.8 	established by the commissioner of transportation for the safety, rest, comfort and use 
2.9 	of the highway traveler, and shall include all existing facilities designated as rest areas 
2.10 	and waysides by the commissioner of transportation; and any other units not listed in 
2.11 	this section that are classified under section 86A.05. Each individual state park, state 
2.12 	recreation area, and so forth is called a "unit." 

2.13 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 86A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.14 		Subdivision 1.Secondary authorization; when permitted. A unit of the outdoor 
2.15 	recreation system may be authorized wholly or partially within the boundaries of another 
2.16 	unit only when the authorization is consistent with the purposes and objectives of the 
2.17 	respective units and only in the instances permitted below:
2.18 	(a) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state park: 
2.19 	historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational 
2.20 	river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.
2.21 	(b) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state 
2.22 	recreation area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, 
2.23 	trail, rest area, aquatic management area, wildlife management area,  and water access site.
2.24 	(c) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state forest: 
2.25 	state park, state recreation area, historic site, wildlife management area, scientific and 
2.26 	natural area, wilderness area, wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic 
2.27 	management area, and water access site.
2.28 	(d) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state historic 
2.29 	site: wild, scenic, and recreational river, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and 
2.30 	water access site.
2.31 	(e) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wildlife 
2.32 	management area: state water access site and aquatic management area.
2.33 	(f) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state wild, 
2.34 	scenic, or recreational river: state park, historic site, scientific and natural area, wilderness 
2.35 	area, trail, rest area, aquatic management area, and water access site.
3.1 	(g) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within a state rest 
3.2 	area: historic site, trail, wild, scenic, and recreational river, aquatic management area,
3.3 	and water access site.
3.4 	(h) The following units may be authorized wholly or partially within an aquatic 
3.5 	management area: historic site, scientific and natural area, wild, scenic, and recreational 
3.6 	river, trail, rest area, and water access site.

3.7 	Sec. 4. ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.
 3.8 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 9.] Buffalo River State Park, Clay County. The 
3.9 	following area is added to Buffalo River State Park, all in Section 11, Township 139 
3.10 	North, Range 46, Clay County: That part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 11, described 
3.11 	as follows: Beginning at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 
3.12 	11; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along the 
3.13 	westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 503.33 feet; 
3.14 	thence South 89 degrees 25 minutes 32 seconds East for a distance of 200.00 feet; thence 
3.15 	North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East, parallel to the westerly line of the Southeast 
3.16 	Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 457.87 feet; thence South 89 degrees 44 
3.17 	minutes 18 seconds East for a distance of 323.00 feet; thence South 48 degrees 16 minutes 
3.18 	47 seconds East for a distance of 89.46 feet; thence South 29 degrees 17 minutes 10 
3.19 	seconds East for a distance of 1,035.56 feet to a point of intersection with the southerly 
3.20 	line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11; thence North 89 degrees 44 minutes 18 
3.21 	seconds West, along the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for 
3.22 	a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the point of beginning. Said tract of land contains 16.133 
3.23 	acres, more or less, and is subject to the following described ingress-egress easement: A 
3.24 	30.00-foot strip of land for purposes of ingress and egress centered along the following 
3.25 	described line: Commencing at the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 
3.26 	11, Township 139 North, Range 46 West, Fifth Principal Meridian, Clay County, 
3.27 	Minnesota; thence North 00 degrees 13 minutes 06 seconds East (assumed bearing), along 
3.28 	the westerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 11, for a distance of 15.00 feet to 
3.29 	the true point of beginning; thence South 89 degrees 44 minutes 18 seconds East, parallel 
3.30 	to and 15.00 feet northerly of the southerly line of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 
3.31 	11, for a distance of 797.03 feet; thence North 22 degrees 07 minutes 20 seconds East for a 
3.32 	distance of 327.76 feet and there terminating.
3.33 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County. The 
3.34 	following areas are added to Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County:
4.1 	(1) all that part of Government Lot 4, and all that part of the Southwest Quarter of 
4.2 	the Southeast Quarter and of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, all in Section 
4.3 	2, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the 
4.4 	point of intersection of the east and west center line of said Section 2 with the line of the 
4.5 	west shore of Lake Pepin, running thence West 6 chains; thence South 33 degrees 15 
4.6 	minutes West 9.60 chains; thence South 41 degrees West 5.54 chains; thence South 51 
4.7 	degrees 15 minutes West 4.32 chains; thence South 65 degrees 15 minutes West 4 chains; 
4.8 	thence South 70 degrees 45 minutes West 11.27 chains to a rock in Glenway Street in the 
4.9 	village of Frontenac; thence South 48 degrees 30 minutes East 4.72 chains to the north and 
4.10 	south center line of said section; thence South 39 degrees 10 minutes East 11.14 chains; 
4.11 	thence South 32 degrees 30 minutes East 8.15 chains to the north line of Waconia Avenue 
4.12 	in said Frontenac; thence North 42 degrees 50 minutes East 5.15 chains; thence North 23 
4.13 	degrees 50 minutes East 2.75 chains; thence North 9 degrees 20 minutes East 7.90 chains; 
4.14 	thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 4.64 chains; thence North 52 degrees West 3.80 
4.15 	chains; thence North 20 degrees 20 minutes East 18.40 chains to the east line of said Mill 
4.16 	Street in said Frontenac; thence South along the east line of said Mill Street 3.76 chains 
4.17 	to the north line of Lot 8 in Block 13 in said Frontenac; thence along said north line to 
4.18 	the shore of Lake Pepin; thence along the shore of said lake 1.50 chains to the point of 
4.19 	beginning, containing in all 35.67 acres of land, more or less. Excepting therefrom all that 
4.20 	part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, described, 
4.21 	as follows: Beginning on the shore of Lake Pepin at the northeast corner of Lot 8 in 
4.22 	Block 13 of the town of Frontenac, running thence westerly along the north line of said 
4.23 	lot to the northwest corner thereof; thence northerly along the easterly line of Mill Street 
4.24 	in said town of Frontenac 215 feet, more or less, to its intersection with the north line of 
4.25 	said Government Lot 4; thence East along the north line of said Government Lot 4 to low 
4.26 	water mark on shore of Lake Pepin; thence southerly along the low water mark of Lake 
4.27 	Pepin to the place of beginning. Also excepting that part of Government Lot 4, Section 2, 
4.28 	Township 112 North, Range 12 West, which lies West of Undercliff Street in said village, 
4.29 	North of the southerly line of said Lot 1, Block 14, prolonged westerly, and East of a line 
4.30 	beginning 6 chains West of the intersection of the east and west center line of said Section 
4.31 	2 with the west shore of Lake Pepin, being the point of intersection of the west line of said 
4.32 	Undercliff Street and said east and west center line; thence South 33 degrees 15 minutes 
4.33 	West 9.60 chains, being a triangular piece of land; all of Block 14, except Lot 1 of said 
4.34 	Block 14; Lots 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 of Block 15, except so much of Lot 
4.35 	11 in said Block 15 (in a triangular form) as lies between the west end of Lots 2 and 3 of 
4.36 	said Block 15 and the east line of Bluff Street, all in the town of Frontenac according to 
5.1 	the accepted and recorded map of said town of Frontenac now on file and of record in the 
5.2 	Office of the Register of Deeds in and for said County of Goodhue;
5.3 	(2) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 112 
5.4 	North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing 
5.5 	at the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence 
5.6 	South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of 
5.7 	said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the 
5.8 	point of beginning of the land to be described; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39 
5.9 	seconds West, along said east line, a distance of 400.00 feet; thence South 89 degrees 01 
5.10 	minute 10 seconds West, a distance of 442.03 feet; thence southwesterly, a distance of 
5.11 	534.99 feet along a nontangential curve concave to the northwest having a radius of 
5.12 	954.93 feet, a central angle of 33 degrees 53 minutes 57 seconds, and a chord that bears 
5.13 	South 42 degrees 45 minutes 42 seconds West; thence South 59 degrees 42 minutes 41 
5.14 	seconds West, tangent to said curve, a distance of 380.00 feet to the centerline of State 
5.15 	Highway 61, as now located and established; thence southeasterly, along said centerline 
5.16 	of State Highway 61, a distance of 160 feet, more or less, to the intersection with a line 
5.17 	bearing South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West from the point of beginning; thence 
5.18 	North 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East, to the point of beginning. Together with a 
5.19 	50.00-foot wide driveway and utility easement, which lies northwesterly and adjoins the 
5.20 	northwesterly line of the above described property; and
5.21 	(3) that part of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 
5.22 	112 North, Range 13 West, Goodhue County, described as follows: Commencing at 
5.23 	the northeast corner of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 6; thence 
5.24 	South 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds East, assumed bearing, along the east line of 
5.25 	said West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, a distance of 1,100.00 feet to the 
5.26 	point of beginning of the land to be described; thence South 73 degrees 00 minutes 00 
5.27 	seconds West, to the centerline of State Highway 61, as now located and established; 
5.28 	thence southeasterly, along said centerline of State Highway 61, to the south line of said 
5.29 	West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 88 degrees 34 minutes 
5.30 	56 seconds East, along said south line, to the southeast corner of said West Half of the 
5.31 	Northeast Quarter of Section 6; thence North 01 degree 11 minutes 39 seconds West, a 
5.32 	distance of 1,902.46 feet to the point of beginning.
5.33 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 44.] Monson Lake State Park, Swift County. The 
5.34 	following area is added to Monson Lake State Park, Swift County: the Northeast Quarter 
5.35 	of Section 1, Township 121 North, Range 37 West.
6.1 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 51.]  Savanna Portage State Park, Aitkin and St. 
6.2 	Louis Counties. The following areas are added to Savanna Portage State Park: the 
6.3 	Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest 
6.4 	Quarter, Government Lot 2, and Government Lot 3, all in Section 13, Township 50 North, 
6.5 	Range 23 West, Aitkin County.
6.6 		Subd. 5.[85.012] [Subd. 52.] Scenic State Park, Itasca County. The following 
6.7 	areas are added to Scenic State Park: Government Lot 3, Government Lot 4, the Northeast 
6.8 	Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, all 
6.9 	in Section 7, Township 60 North, Range 25 West, Itasca County.
6.10 		Subd. 6.[85.012] [Subd. 53a.]  Soudan Underground Mine State Park, St. 
6.11 	Louis County. The following area is added to Soudan Underground Mine State Park: the 
6.12 	Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, Section 29, Township 62 North, Range 15 
6.13 	West, St. Louis County.
6.14 		Subd. 7.[85.012] [Subd. 60.] William O'Brien State Park, Washington County.
 6.15 	The following areas are added to William O'Brien State Park, Washington County: 
6.16 	(1) Lot 1, Block 1, and Outlots A and B, Spring View Acres according to the plat on 
6.17 	file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for Washington County;
6.18 	(2) the South 200.00 feet of the North 1,326.20 feet of the West One-Half of the 
6.19 	Southeast Quarter, Section 36, Township 32 North, Range 20 West; and
6.20 	(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying west of 
6.21 	Highway 95 (St. Croix Trail North) in Section 31, Township 32 North, Range 19 West.

6.22 	Sec. 5. DELETIONS FROM STATE PARKS.
 6.23 		Subdivision 1.[85.012] [Subd. 21.] Frontenac State Park, Goodhue County.
 6.24 	The following areas are deleted from Frontenac State Park, all in Township 112 North, 
6.25 	Range 13 West, Goodhue County:
6.26 	(1) that part of the East Half, Section 11, and that part of the Southwest Quarter, 
6.27 	Section 12, being described as BLOCK's O, F, H, G, and L, GARRARD'S SOUTH 
6.28 	EXTENSION TO FRONTENAC according to the plat on file and of record in the Office 
6.29 	of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including all of those parts of vacated 
6.30 	Birch Way and Birch Way South situated in GARRARD'S SOUTH EXTENSION TO 
6.31 	FRONTENAC lying southerly of vacated Ludlow Avenue and northerly of Winona 
6.32 	Avenue;
6.33 	(2) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 70, 
6.34 	WESTERVELT (also known as the town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of 
6.35 	record in the Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota;
7.1 	(3) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as Lots 1, 2, 3, 
7.2 	4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, BLOCK 69, WESTERVELT (aka town of 
7.3 	Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the Office of the Recorder for 
7.4 	Goodhue County, Minnesota;
7.5 	(4) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 67, 
7.6 	WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the 
7.7 	Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota. Including the South 30 feet 
7.8 	of Graham Street lying adjacent to and northerly of Lots 1 and 16, BLOCK 67 of said 
7.9 	plat of WESTERVELT;
7.10 	(5) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as BLOCK 66, 
7.11 	WESTERVELT (aka town of Frontenac) according to the plat on file and of record in the 
7.12 	Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota; and
7.13 	(6) that part of the Northeast Quarter, Section 11, being described as those parts of 
7.14 	Lots 1 and 9 in BLOCK 65 of the town of Frontenac lying adjacent to and northerly of the 
7.15 	southerly 50 feet of said Lots 1 and 9 according to the plat on file and of record in the 
7.16 	Office of the Recorder for Goodhue County, Minnesota.
7.17 		Subd. 2.[85.012] [Subd. 35.] Lake Carlos State Park, Douglas County. The 
7.18 	following area is deleted from Lake Carlos State Park: that part of Government Lot 2, 
7.19 	being described as EHLERT'S ADDITION according to the plat on file and of record in 
7.20 	the Office of the Recorder for Douglas County, Minnesota, Section 10, Township 129 
7.21 	North, Range 37 West, Douglas County.
7.22 		Subd. 3.[85.012] [Subd. 38.]  Lake Shetek State Park, Murray County. The 
7.23 	following areas are deleted from Lake Shetek State Park:
7.24 	(1) Blocks 3 and 4 of Forman Acres according to the plat on file and of record in the 
7.25 	Office of the Recorder for Murray County;
7.26 	(2) the Hudson Acres subdivision according to the plat on file and of record in the 
7.27 	Office of the Recorder for Murray County; and
7.28 	(3) the road right-of-way running adjacent to Blocks 3 and 4 of Forman Acres 
7.29 	in Government Lot 7, Section 6, Township 107 North, Range 40 West, and the road 
7.30 	right-of-way running adjacent to the Hudson Acres subdivision in Government Lots 1 
7.31 	and 2, Section 7, Township 107 North, Range 40 West.
7.32 		Subd. 4.[85.012] [Subd. 44a.] Moose Lake State Park, Carlton County. The 
7.33 	following areas are deleted from Moose Lake State Park, all in Township 46 North, Range 
7.34 	19 West, Carlton County:
7.35 	(1) Parcel A: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
7.36 	of Section 28;
8.1 	(2) Parcel B: the West 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
8.2 	of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the 
8.3 	centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to a taking for highway purposes of a 
8.4 	100.00-foot wide strip for access and also subject to highway and road easements;
8.5 	(3) Parcel C: the West 660.00 feet of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter 
8.6 	of Section 28 lying northerly of a line 75.00 feet northerly of and parallel with the 
8.7 	centerline of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to taking for highway purposes of a 
8.8 	road access under S.P. 0919 (311-311) 901 from State Trunk Highway 73 to old County 
8.9 	Road 21, said access being 100.00 feet in width with triangular strips of land adjoining it at 
8.10 	the northerly line of State Trunk Highway 73, and subject to highway and road easements;
8.11 	(4) Parcel G: that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 28, which lies northerly of the 
8.12 	westerly extension of the northerly line of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter 
8.13 	of said Section 28, and southerly of the westerly extension of the northerly line of the 
8.14 	South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28;
8.15 	(5) Parcel H: the South 660.00 feet of the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast 
8.16 	Quarter of Section 28;
8.17 	(6) Parcel I: the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, except 
8.18 	the West 660.00 feet of said Southwest Quarter; and
8.19 	(7) Parcel J: that part of the North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 28, 
8.20 	described as follows: Commencing at the northwest corner of said North One-Half of the 
8.21 	Southeast Quarter; thence South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along the north 
8.22 	line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 660.01 feet to the east 
8.23 	line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter and the actual 
8.24 	point of beginning; thence continue South 89 degrees 57 minutes 36 seconds East along 
8.25 	the north line of said North One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 657.40 feet to 
8.26 	the southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 28; 
8.27 	thence South 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds West, parallel to the west line of said North 
8.28 	One-Half of the Southeast Quarter a distance of 715.12 feet to the westerly right-of-way 
8.29 	of US Interstate Highway 35; thence along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate 
8.30 	Highway 35 a distance of 457.86 feet on a nontangential curve, concave to the southeast, 
8.31 	having a radius of 1,054.93 feet, a central angle of 24 degrees 52 minutes 03 seconds, and 
8.32 	a chord bearing of South 39 degrees 00 minutes 37 seconds West; thence South 46 degrees 
8.33 	44 minutes 11 seconds West along said westerly right-of-way of US Interstate Highway 35 
8.34 	a distance of 295.30 feet to the northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73; 
8.35 	thence 163.55 feet along said northerly right-of-way of Minnesota Trunk Highway 73 on 
8.36 	a nontangential curve, concave to the south, having a radius of 1,984.88 feet, a central 
9.1 	angle of 4 degrees 43 minutes 16 seconds, and a chord bearing of South 77 degrees 39 
9.2 	minutes 40 seconds West to the east line of the West 660.00 feet of said North One-Half of 
9.3 	the Southeast Quarter; thence North 00 degrees 19 minutes 17 seconds East a distance of 
9.4 	1,305.90 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning and there terminating.

9.5 	Sec. 6. ADDITIONS TO STATE RECREATION AREAS.
 9.6 	[85.013] [Subd. 11a.] Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of the Woods 
9.7 	County. The following areas are added to Garden Island State Recreation Area, Lake of 
9.8 	the Woods County:
9.9 	(1) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 013 (aka Bridges 
9.10 	Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 9, Township 165 North, Range 
9.11 	32 West;
9.12 	(2) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 014 (aka Knight 
9.13 	Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 22, Township 165 North, Range 
9.14 	32 West; and
9.15 	(3) Bureau of Land Management Island County Control Number 015 (aka Babe 
9.16 	Island) within Lake of the Woods and located in Section 17, Township 166 North, Range 
9.17 	32 West.

9.18 	Sec. 7. ADDITIONS TO BIRCH LAKES STATE FOREST.
 9.19 	[89.021] [Subd. 7.] Birch Lakes State Forest. The following area is added to 
9.20 	Birch Lakes State Forest: the East Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township 
9.21 	127 North, Range 33 West, Stearns County.

9.22 	Sec. 8. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
9.23 	LAND BORDERING PUBLIC WATER; AITKIN COUNTY.
 9.24 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, and the classification and 
9.25 	public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of 
9.26 	natural resources may sell by public or private sale the consolidated conservation land 
9.27 	bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c).
9.28 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
9.29 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
9.30 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
9.31 	survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
9.32 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
10.1 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Aitkin County and is described as: the 
10.2 	East 132 feet of the West 396 feet, less the North 40 feet of Government Lot 8, Section 19, 
10.3 	Township 50 North, Range 23 West, containing 3.74 acres, more or less.
10.4 	(d) The land borders Aitkin Lake with privately-owned land to the east and west.  The 
10.5 	land has been subject to continued trespasses by adjacent landowners. The Department of 
10.6 	Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural resource purposes.

10.7 	Sec. 9. PUBLIC OR PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION 
10.8 	LAND; AITKIN COUNTY.
 10.9 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
10.10 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, Aitkin County may sell by public or private sale the 
10.11 	consolidated conservation lands that are described in paragraph (c).
10.12 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
10.13 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
10.14 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
10.15 	survey costs and appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
10.16 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A. 
10.17 	(c) The lands that may be sold are located in Aitkin County and are described as:
10.18 	(1) that part of the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 31, Township 
10.19 	49 North, Range 22 West, lying east of County State-Aid Highway 6, containing 3 acres, 
10.20 	more or less;
10.21 	(2) that part of Government Lot 11, Section 3, Township 47 North, Range 26 West, 
10.22 	lying north of County Road 54, containing 2 acres, more or less;
10.23 	(3) that part of Government Lot 1, Section 19, Township 51 North, Range 25 West, 
10.24 	lying southwest of the ditch, containing 20 acres, more or less;
10.25 	(4) that part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 13, 
10.26 	Township 51 North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 12 acres, more or 
10.27 	less; and
10.28 	(5) that part of the South Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 13, Township 51 
10.29 	North, Range 26 West, lying south of the ditch, containing 40 acres, more or less. 
10.30 	(d) The lands are separated from management units by roads or ditches. The 
10.31 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for natural 
10.32 	resource purposes.

10.33 	Sec. 10. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 11.1 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, and upon 
11.2 	completion of condemnation of the school trust land interest, the commissioner of natural 
11.3 	resources may sell by private sale to Cormant Township the surplus land that is described 
11.4 	in paragraph (c).
11.5 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
11.6 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
11.7 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to Cormant Township for less than the value 
11.8 	of the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the 
11.9 	land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if Cormant 
11.10 	Township fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land. 
11.11 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as: that 
11.12 	part of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 15, Township 151 North, 
11.13 	Range 31 West, Beltrami County, Minnesota, described as follows: Commencing at the 
11.14 	northeast corner of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence West along the 
11.15 	north line of said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter to the northwest corner of 
11.16 	said Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter and the POINT OF BEGINNING of the 
11.17 	property to be described; thence East a distance of 76 feet, along said north line; thence 
11.18 	South a distance of 235 feet; thence West a distance of 76 feet to the west line of said 
11.19 	Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence North a distance of 235 feet along said 
11.20 	west line to the point of beginning. Containing 0.41 acre, more or less.
11.21 	(d) Cormant Cemetery has inadvertently trespassed upon the land.  The Department 
11.22 	of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land management interests would 
11.23 	best be served if the land was conveyed to Cormant Township and managed as part of 
11.24 	the cemetery. Since the land is currently school trust land, the Department of Natural 
11.25 	Resources shall first condemn the school trust interest prior to conveyance to Cormant 
11.26 	Township.

11.27 	Sec. 11. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN CARVER HIGHLANDS 
11.28 	WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA; CARVER COUNTY.
 11.29 	(a) The commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land 
11.30 	Exchange Board as required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and 
11.31 	according to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.343 to 94.347, exchange 
11.32 	the lands described in paragraph (b).
11.33 	(b) The lands to be exchanged are located in Carver County and are described as:
11.34 	(1) that part of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter and that part of the 
11.35 	Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter lying northwesterly of the following 
12.1 	described line: Beginning on the north line of the South Half of the Northwest Quarter, 
12.2 	1,815 feet East of the northwest corner thereof; thence southwesterly 3,200 feet, more or 
12.3 	less, to the southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter and there 
12.4 	terminating, all in Section 30, Township 115 North, Range 23 West;
12.5 	(2) the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the West Half of the Southeast 
12.6 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, and that part of the North Half of the Southeast Quarter 
12.7 	lying easterly of County State-Aid Highway 45, all in Section 25, Township 115 North, 
12.8 	Range 24 West;
12.9 	(3) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the 
12.10 	North Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, all 
12.11 	in Section 36, Township 115 North, Range 24 West; and
12.12 	(4) the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 6, Township 114 North, 
12.13 	Range 23 West.
12.14 	(c) The lands were acquired in part with bonding appropriations.  The exchange with 
12.15 	the United States Fish and Wildlife Service will consolidate land holdings, facilitate 
12.16 	management of the lands, and provide additional wildlife habitat acres to the state.

12.17 	Sec. 12. EXCHANGE OF STATE LAND WITHIN LAKE LOUISE STATE 
12.18 	PARK; MOWER COUNTY.
 12.19 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 94.342, subdivision 4, the 
12.20 	commissioner of natural resources may, with the approval of the Land Exchange Board as 
12.21 	required under the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, section 10, and according to the 
12.22 	remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.342 to 94.347, exchange the land 
12.23 	located within state park boundaries that is described in paragraph (c).
12.24 	(b)  The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general.  The 
12.25 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
12.26 	and ensure accuracy.
12.27 	(c) The state land that may be exchanged is located in Mower County and is 
12.28 	described as: that part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast 
12.29 	Quarter of Section 20, Township 101 North, Range 14 West, Mower County, Minnesota, 
12.30 	described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south line of said Section 20 a distance 
12.31 	of 1,039.50 feet (63 rods) East of the south quarter corner of said Section 20; thence North 
12.32 	at right angles to said south line 462.00 feet (28 rods); thence West parallel to said south 
12.33 	line 380.6 feet, more or less, to the west line of said Southeast Quarter of the Southwest 
12.34 	Quarter of the Southeast Quarter; thence South along said west line 462 feet, more or less, 
13.1 	to the south line of said Section 20; thence East along said south line 380.6 feet, more 
13.2 	or less, to the point of beginning, containing 4.03 acres.
13.3 	(d)  The exchange would resolve an unintentional trespass by the Department of 
13.4 	Natural Resources of a horse trail that is primarily located within Lake Louise State Park 
13.5 	and provide for increased access to the state park.

13.6 	Sec. 13. PRIVATE SALE OF CONSOLIDATED CONSERVATION LAND; 
13.7 	ROSEAU COUNTY.
 13.8 	(a) Notwithstanding the classification and public sale provisions of Minnesota 
13.9 	Statutes, chapters 84A and 282, the commissioner of natural resources may sell by private 
13.10 	sale the consolidated conservation land that is described in paragraph (c).
13.11 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
13.12 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
13.13 	and ensure accuracy. The consideration for the conveyance must be for no less than the 
13.14 	survey costs and the appraised value of the land and timber. Proceeds shall be disposed of 
13.15 	according to Minnesota Statutes, chapter 84A.
13.16 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in Roseau County and is described as: the 
13.17 	North 75 feet of the East 290.4 feet of the West 489.85 feet of the East 1,321.15 feet 
13.18 	of the Northeast Quarter, Section 35, Township 160 North, Range 38 West, containing 
13.19 	0.5 acres, more or less.
13.20 	(d) The land would be sold to the current leaseholder who through an inadvertent 
13.21 	trespass located a cabin, septic system, and personal property on the state land.  The 
13.22 	Department of Natural Resources has determined that the land is not needed for natural 
13.23 	resource purposes.

13.24 	Sec. 14. PRIVATE SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 13.25 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 and 94.10, the commissioner 
13.26 	of natural resources may sell by private sale to St. Louis County the surplus land that is 
13.27 	described in paragraph (c).
13.28 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
13.29 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors and 
13.30 	ensure accuracy. The commissioner may sell to St. Louis County for less than the value of 
13.31 	the land as determined by the commissioner, but the conveyance must provide that the 
13.32 	land described in paragraph (c) be used for the public and reverts to the state if St. Louis 
13.33 	County fails to provide for public use or abandons the public use of the land.
14.1 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: an 
14.2 	undivided 1/12 interest in Government Lot 6, Section 6, Township 62 North, Range 13 
14.3 	West, containing 35.75 acres, more or less.
14.4 	(d) The land was gifted to the state. The remaining 11/12 undivided interest in 
14.5 	the land is owned by the state in trust for the taxing districts and administered by St. 
14.6 	Louis County. The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the state's land 
14.7 	management interests would best be served if the land was conveyed to St. Louis County.

14.8 	Sec. 15. CONVEYANCE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
14.9 	WATER; ST. LOUIS COUNTY.
 14.10 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, 
14.11 	and the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, St. Louis County may 
14.12 	sell or convey to the state acting by and through its commissioner of natural resources, 
14.13 	the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c), under the 
14.14 	provisions of Minnesota Statutes, section 282.01, subdivision 1a.
14.15 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general.  The 
14.16 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
14.17 	and ensure accuracy.
14.18 	(c) The land that may be sold is located in St. Louis County and is described as: 
14.19 	Lots 4 and 6, Block 1, Majestic Lake Shores, according to the plat thereof on file and of 
14.20 	record in the Office of the County Recorder, St. Louis County.
14.21 	(d) The county has determined that the land is not needed for county management 
14.22 	purposes and the Department of Natural Resources would like to acquire the land for use 
14.23 	as a public water access site to Little Grand Lake.

14.24 	Sec. 16. PUBLIC SALE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND BORDERING PUBLIC 
14.25 	WATER; WADENA COUNTY.
 14.26 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 92.45, the commissioner of natural 
14.27 	resources may sell by public sale the surplus lands bordering public water that are 
14.28 	described in paragraph (c).
14.29 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
14.30 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
14.31 	and ensure accuracy.
14.32 	(c) The lands that may be sold are located in Wadena County and are described as:
14.33 	(1) Government Lot 3, Section 28, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing 
14.34 	0.01 acres, more or less;
15.1 	(2) Government Lot 2, Section 34, Township 135 North, Range 33 West, containing 
15.2 	1.5 acres, more or less; and
15.3 	(3) Government Lot 7, Section 30, Township 135 North, Range 35 West, containing 
15.4 	0.01 acres, more or less.
15.5 	(d) The lands border the Leaf River and are not contiguous to other state lands. 
15.6 	The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not needed for 
15.7 	natural resource purposes.

15.8 	Sec. 17. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 15.9 	Sections 1 to 16 are effective the day following final enactment.