The Department of Natural Resources is authorized to convey to municipalities, counties, or combinations thereof, in the name of the state, by appropriate instrument, all of the state's interest in any real property donated to the department at any time, in parcels not exceeding three acres, to be used for the construction and operation thereon of boat-launching ramps without the prior approval of the commission. The conveyance may be made without prior appraisal, without a plat, and without public bidding procedures and shall be made for nominal consideration or such consideration as may be agreed upon between the department and the other party or parties to the conveyance.