1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state lands; requiring conveyance of certain surplus state land in 
1.3 	Schmidt Wildlife Management Area.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. CONVEYANCE OF SURPLUS STATE LAND; HENNEPIN COUNTY.
 1.6 	(a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 94.09 to 94.16 and 97A.135, 
1.7 	subdivision 2a, the commissioner of natural resources shall convey to the city of 
1.8 	Champlin, for no consideration, the Schmidt Wildlife Management Area land described in 
1.9 	paragraph (c). 
1.10 	(b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The 
1.11 	attorney general may make necessary changes to the legal description to correct errors 
1.12 	and ensure accuracy. The city shall pay for all transaction costs associated with the 
1.13 	conveyance and maintain the land as open space.
1.14 	(c) The land to be conveyed is located in Hennepin County and is described as 
1.15 	follows: 
1.16 	(1) part of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 
1.17 	120, Range 22 (parcel identification numbers 36 120 22 34 0002 and 36 120 22 34 
1.18 	0003); and
1.19 	(2) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, except road, of Section 36, 
1.20 	Township 120, Range 22 (parcel identification number  36 120 22 32 0001).
1.21 	(d) The Department of Natural Resources has determined that the lands are not 
1.22 	needed and the state's land interests would best be served if the lands were conveyed to a 
1.23 	local unit of government to be maintained as open space.