1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to state lands; authorizing private sale of certain tax-forfeited land that
1.3 borders public water.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. PRIVATE SALE OF TAX-FORFEITED LAND BORDERING PUBLIC
1.6WATER; SIBLEY COUNTY.
1.7 (a) Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, sections 92.45 and 282.018, subdivision 1, and
1.8the public sale provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282, Sibley County may sell by
1.9private sale the tax-forfeited land bordering public water that is described in paragraph (c),
1.10under the remaining provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 282.
1.11 (b) The conveyance must be in a form approved by the attorney general. The attorney
1.12general may make changes to the land description to correct errors and ensure accuracy.
1.13 (c) The land to be sold is located in Sibley County and is described as: that part of
1.14Government Lot 3, Section 27, Township 114 North, Range 28 West, described as follows:
1.15commencing at the center of said Section 27; thence due South along the north-south quarter
1.16line of said Section 27, 559.30 feet; thence South 86 degrees 46 minutes 30 seconds West,
1.17572.20 feet; thence South 30 degrees 04 minutes 33 seconds West, 541.52 feet; thence South
1.1812 degrees 41 minutes 30 seconds West, 163.17 feet more or less to a point on the high
1.19bank line of High Island Lake, said point being the point of beginning; thence North 12
1.20degrees 41 minutes 30 seconds East, 163.17 feet; thence South 71 degrees 05 minutes 30
1.21seconds West, 199.05 feet to a point on the high bank line of High Island Lake; thence
1.22southeasterly along said high bank line to the point of beginning (0.35 acres) (parcel number
1.2320.2712.000).
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State of Minnesota
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H. F. No. 2524
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
Authored by Harder03/20/2025
The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy 2.1 (d) The county has determined that the county's land management interests would best
2.2be served if the lands were returned to private ownership.
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