HF 1867

as introduced - 83rd Legislature (2003 - 2004) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; appropriating money for 
  1.3             state and local trails; authorizing the sale of state 
  1.4             bonds. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  [STATE AND LOCAL TRAILS APPROPRIATIONS.] 
  1.7      Subdivision 1.  [ACCELERATED STATE TRAIL 
  1.8   DEVELOPMENT.] $9,460,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds 
  1.9   fund to the commissioner of natural resources for accelerated 
  1.10  state trail development.  Of this amount: 
  1.11     (1) $2,500,000 is for acquisition and development of the 
  1.12  Goodhue Pioneer Trail; 
  1.13     (2) $2,500,000 is for development of the Gitchi-Gami Trail; 
  1.14     (3) $1,300,000 is for development of the Glacial Lakes 
  1.15  Trail; 
  1.16     (4) $1,700,000 is for acquisition and development of the 
  1.17  Blazing Star Trail; 
  1.18     (5) $800,000 is for acquisition and development of the 
  1.19  Shooting Star Trail; and 
  1.20     (6) $660,000 is for the construction of a trail bridge over 
  1.21  Manning Avenue for the Gateway Trail. 
  1.22     Subd. 2.  [STATE TRAIL EXTENSIONS.] $6,500,000 is 
  1.23  appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of 
  1.24  natural resources for state trail extensions.  Of this amount: 
  1.25     (1) $2,000,000 is for crossing and bridge development on 
  2.1   the Paul Bunyan Trail; 
  2.2      (2) $4,000,000 is for development of the Blufflands Trail 
  2.3   system; and 
  2.4      (3) $500,000 is for acquisition and preliminary development 
  2.5   of the Gateway Trail. 
  2.6      Subd. 3.  [STATE TRAIL REHABILITATION.] $3,900,000 is 
  2.7   appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of 
  2.8   natural resources for state trail rehabilitation.  Of this 
  2.9   amount: 
  2.10     (1) $900,000 is for rehabilitation and widening of the 
  2.11  Willard Munger Trail; 
  2.12     (2) $700,000 is for redevelopment and widening of the 
  2.13  Douglas Trail; 
  2.14     (3) $1,000,000 is for rehabilitation and repair of the 
  2.15  Heartland Trail; 
  2.16     (4) $400,000 is for rehabilitation of the Paul Bunyan 
  2.17  Trail; 
  2.18     (5) $500,000 is for rehabilitation of the Luce Line Trail; 
  2.19  and 
  2.20     (6) $400,000 is for widening of the Gateway Trail. 
  2.21     Subd. 4.  [NEW STATE TRAILS.] $3,800,000 is appropriated 
  2.22  from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural 
  2.23  resources for state trail design, acquisition, and development.  
  2.24  Of this amount: 
  2.25     (1) $1,500,000 is for development of the Mill Towns Trail; 
  2.26     (2) $500,000 is for design and acquisition of the Casey 
  2.27  Jones Trail; 
  2.28     (3) $800,000 is for acquisition and development of the 
  2.29  Cuyuna Lakes Trail; and 
  2.30     (4) $1,000,000 is for acquisition and development of the 
  2.31  Minnesota River Trail. 
  2.32     Subd. 5.  [LOCAL TRAIL GRANTS.] $6,000,000 is appropriated 
  2.33  from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural 
  2.34  resources for local trail grants.  Of this amount: 
  2.35     (1) $3,000,000 is for matching trail connection grants 
  2.36  under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4c; and 
  3.1      (2) $3,000,000 is for matching regional trail grants under 
  3.2   Minnesota Statutes, section 85.019, subdivision 4b. 
  3.3      Sec. 2.  [BOND SALE.] 
  3.4      To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond 
  3.5   proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue 
  3.6   bonds of the state in an amount up to $29,660,000 in the manner, 
  3.7   upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
  3.8   Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
  3.9   Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.