1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND; BELTRAMI COUNTY.
 1.5 	(a) Notwithstanding the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, or 
1.6 	other law to the contrary, Beltrami County may sell by private sale the tax-forfeited land 
1.7 	described in paragraph (c).
1.8 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney 
1.9 	general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.10 	(c) The land to be sold is located in Beltrami County and is described as:
1.11 	That part of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 20, Township 150 
1.12 	North, Range 35 West, Beltrami County, Minnesota: Commencing at the southwest corner 
1.13 	of the said Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, said corner is documented by a 
1.14 	Certificate of Location of Government Corner filed in the Office of the Beltrami County 
1.15 	Recorder on February 14, 2013, by Document No. A000529106; thence South 89 degrees 
1.16 	31 minutes 48 seconds East, bearing based on the Beltrami County Coordinate System, 
1.17 	South Zone, along the south line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, a 
1.18 	distance of 1,318.01 feet; thence North 00 degrees 00 minutes 57 seconds West, along the 
1.19 	east line of said Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, a distance of 929.92 feet to 
1.20 	the point of beginning of land to be described and said point is designated by an iron pipe, 
1.21 	1/2 inch in diameter, stamped LS 15483; thence continue North 00 degrees 00 minutes 57 
1.22 	seconds West, along said east line, a distance of 151.79 feet to a point designated by an iron 
2.1 	pipe, 1/2 inch in diameter, stamped LS 15483; thence North 81 degrees 33 minutes 00 
2.2 	seconds West a distance of 62.18 feet to a point designated by an iron pipe, 1/2 inch in 
2.3 	diameter, stamped LS 15483; thence South 08 degrees 27 minutes 00 seconds West a distance 
2.4 	of 150.14 feet to the intersection with a line bearing North 81 degrees 33 minutes 00 seconds 
2.5 	West from the point of beginning and said intersection is designated by an iron pipe, 1/2 
2.6 	inch in diameter, stamped LS 15483; thence South 81 degrees 33 minutes 00 seconds East 
2.7 	a distance of 84.53 feet to the point of beginning (0.25 acres) (part of parcel identification 
2.8 	number 01.00227.00).
2.9 	(d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best 
2.10 	be served if the lands were returned to private ownership to resolve an encroachment.