HF 2397

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 02/20/2012 01:13pm

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; extending the availability of the appropriation for
the Chester Woods State Trail; amending Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 7,
subdivision 27, as amended.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2008, chapter 179, section 7, subdivision 27, as amended by Laws
2010, chapter 189, section 56, and Laws 2010, chapter 399, section 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 27. State Trail Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and Development

15,320,000

To acquire land for and to construct and
renovate state trails under Minnesota
Statutes, section 85.015.

$970,000 is for the Chester Woods Trail
from Rochester to Dover. new text begin Notwithstanding
Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642, the
bond authorization and appropriation of bond
proceeds for this project are available until
June 30, 2016.
new text end

$700,000 is for the Casey Jones Trail.

$750,000 is for the Gateway Trail, to replace
an at-grade crossing of the Gateway Trail
at Highway 120 with a grade-separated
crossing.

$1,600,000 is for the Gitchi-Gami Trail
between Silver Bay and Tettegouche State
Park.

$1,500,000 is for the Great River Ridge Trail
from Plainview to Elgin to Eyota.

$1,500,000 is for the Heartland Trail.

$500,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail from
Lake Byllesby Park to Cannon Falls.

$150,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail within
the city of Faribault.

$1,500,000 is for the Minnesota River Trail
from Appleton to Milan and to the Marsh
Lake Dam.

$2,000,000 is for the Paul Bunyan Trail from
Walker to Guthrie.

$250,000 is for the Root River Trail from
Preston to Forestville State Park.

$100,000 is for the Root River Trail, the
eastern extension.

$250,000 is for the Root River Trail, the
eastern extension Wagon Wheel.

$550,000 is to connect the Stagecoach Trail
with the Douglas Trail in Olmsted County.

$3,000,000 is to rehabilitate state trails.

For any project listed in this subdivision that
the commissioner determines is not ready to
proceed, the commissioner may allocate that
project's money to another state trail project
in this subdivision. The chairs of the house
and senate committees with jurisdiction
over environment and natural resources
and legislators from the affected legislative
districts must be notified of any changes.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end