1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; modifying the route of 
  1.3             Paul Bunyan state trail; permitting operation of 
  1.4             motorized devices by physically disabled on certain 
  1.5             state trails; amending Minnesota Statutes 1998, 
  1.6             sections 85.015, subdivision 15; and 85.018, 
  1.7             subdivision 4. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.015, 
  1.10  subdivision 15, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subd. 15.  [PAUL BUNYAN TRAIL, CROW WING, CASS, HUBBARD, 
  1.12  AND BELTRAMI COUNTIES.] The trail shall originate in the city of 
  1.13  Baxter Crow Wing state park in Crow Wing county and shall extend 
  1.14  through the city of Baxter and in a northerly direction along 
  1.15  the Burlington Northern Railroad right-of-way, intersecting the 
  1.16  Heartland state trail southeast southwest of the city of Walker 
  1.17  in Cass county.  The trail shall continue on the Heartland state 
  1.18  trail through the city of Walker, then in a northwesterly 
  1.19  direction along the Burlington Northern Railroad right-of-way to 
  1.20  the city of Bemidji in Beltrami county and there terminate in 
  1.21  Lake Bemidji state park. 
  1.22     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 85.018, 
  1.23  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.24     Subd. 4.  [NONMOTORIZED USE TRAILS.] No motorized vehicle 
  1.25  shall be operated on a trail designated for nonmotorized 
  1.26  use.  This subdivision does not apply to motorized wheelchairs 
  2.1   or other motorized devices operated by an individual who is 
  2.2   physically disabled.