1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; establishing the Red 
  1.3             River state recreation area; authorizing bonds and 
  1.4             appropriating money for the construction of a 
  1.5             visitors' center and campground at the recreation area.
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  [RED RIVER STATE RECREATION AREA.] 
  1.8      Subdivision 1.  [85.013] [Subd. 20a.] [RED RIVER STATE 
  1.9   RECREATION AREA, POLK COUNTY.] The Red River state recreation 
  1.10  area is established in Polk county. 
  1.11     Subd. 2.  [BOUNDARIES.] The following described lands are 
  1.12  located within the boundaries of the Red River state recreation 
  1.13  area, all in Polk county: 
  1.14     (1) Lots 3 to 14 of Block 2 including streets and alleys 
  1.15  adjacent thereto in Riverside Addition; 
  1.16     (2) Block 1 including streets and alleys adjacent thereto 
  1.17  in Surprenant's Addition; 
  1.18     (3) Lots 1 to 24 including streets and alleys adjacent 
  1.19  thereto in Grigg's Addition; 
  1.20     (4) Lots 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 of Block 1, Block 3, Lots 1 
  1.21  to 10 of Block 4, and Lots 1 to 12 in Blocks A and B including 
  1.22  streets and alleys adjacent thereto in Grand Forks East; 
  1.23     (5) Lots 1 to 5 of Block 1 and Blocks 2 to 14 including 
  1.24  streets and alleys adjacent thereto in Lake Park Addition; 
  1.25     (6) Lots 1 to 7 and Lots 19 to 24 of Block 2 including 
  2.1   streets and alleys adjacent thereto in E.B. Frederick's 
  2.2   Addition; 
  2.3      (7) Lots 1 to 3 of Block 1 and Blocks 2, 3, and 4 including 
  2.4   streets and alleys adjacent thereto in Budge's First Addition; 
  2.5      (8) Lots 1 to 4 of Block 1 including streets and alleys 
  2.6   adjacent thereto in River Heights 1st Addition; 
  2.7      (9) Blocks 1 and 2 including streets and alleys adjacent 
  2.8   thereto in Thompson's Addition; 
  2.9      (10) Lots 1 to 12 of Block 1, Lots 4 to 12 of Block 2, 
  2.10  Block 3, and Lots 1 to 4 of Block 4 in Edwards Outlots and 
  2.11  Outlots 4 to 8 including streets and alleys adjacent thereto in 
  2.12  Auditor's Plat of Outlots; 
  2.13     (11) Auditor's Plat of Mrs. Hines' Outlot; 
  2.14     (12) Lots 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24 of Block 
  2.15  3 and Lots 1 to 8 of Block 2 including streets and alleys 
  2.16  adjacent thereto in the Original Townsite of East Grand Forks; 
  2.17     (13) Blocks 1 to 8 including streets and alleys adjacent 
  2.18  thereto in Woodland Addition; 
  2.19     (14) Lots 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, and 23 of 
  2.20  Block 31 and Blocks 32 to 38 including streets and alleys 
  2.21  adjacent thereto in Traill's Addition; 
  2.22     (15) Blocks 2 to 16 including streets and alleys adjacent 
  2.23  thereto in Elm Grove; 
  2.24     (16) Block 1, Lots 1 to 11 of Block 2, and Lots 1 to 11 of 
  2.25  Block 3 including streets and alleys adjacent thereto in O'Leary 
  2.26  and Ryan's Addition to Elm Grove; 
  2.27     (17) Lots 6 to 10 of Block 1, Lots 8 to 35 of Block 2, 
  2.28  Blocks 3, 4, and 5 including streets and alleys adjacent thereto 
  2.29  in Folson Park Addition; 
  2.30     (18) Lots 1 to 6 of Block 1 in Jerome's Addition; 
  2.31     (19) Lots 1 to 4 of Block 3 in Prestige Addition; 
  2.32     (20) Lots 1 to 14 of Block 1 in Riverview Addition; 
  2.33     (21) Lots 6 to 16 of Block 3 in Riverview 3rd Addition; 
  2.34     (22) Lots 1 to 4 of Block 1 in Riverview 4th Addition; 
  2.35     (23) Lots 1 and 2 of Block 1 in Riverview 5th Addition; 
  2.36     (24) Lots 1 to 9 of Block 1 and Outlot A in Riverview 6th 
  3.1   Addition; 
  3.2      (25) Lots 1 to 18 of Block 1 and Lots 1 to 5 of Block 2 
  3.3   including streets and alleys adjacent thereto in Timberline 2nd 
  3.4   Addition; 
  3.5      (26) Lots 14 to 16 of Block 1 including streets and alleys 
  3.6   adjacent thereto in Timberline Addition; 
  3.7      (27) Lots 19 and 20 including streets and alleys adjacent 
  3.8   thereto in Murphy's Outlots; 
  3.9      (28) Lots 1 to 10 of Block 1 including streets and alleys 
  3.10  thereto in Croy's 2nd Addition; 
  3.11     (29) Lots 1 to 6 of Block 1 including the streets and 
  3.12  alleys adjacent thereto in Point of Woods 2nd Addition; 
  3.13     (30) Lots 1 to 6 of Block 1 including the streets and 
  3.14  alleys adjacent thereto in Point of Woods Addition; 
  3.15     (31) the unplatted portions of Government Lots 1, 2, and 3 
  3.16  of Section 35, Township 152 North, Range 50 West; 
  3.17     (32) all of Government Lot 7, the unplatted portion of 
  3.18  Government Lot 9, and that part of Government Lots 6 and 8 and 
  3.19  the Southeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter lying 
  3.20  southwesterly of the southwesterly right-of-way line of the 
  3.21  Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad of Section 1, Township 
  3.22  151 North, Range 50 West; 
  3.23     (33) the unplatted portions of Government Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 
  3.24  and 6 of Section 2, Township 151 North, Range 50 West; 
  3.25     (34) all of Government Lots 1 and 2 of Section 11, Township 
  3.26  151 North, Range 50 West; 
  3.27     (35) all of Government Lots 1, 7, and 11, the unplatted 
  3.28  portions of Government Lots 3, 5, 9, and 10, and the Northeast 
  3.29  Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 151 
  3.30  North, Range 50; 
  3.31     (36) all of Government Lots 1 and 2, the Southwest Quarter 
  3.32  of the Northwest Quarter, and the Northwest Quarter of the 
  3.33  Southwest Quarter of Section 13, Township 151 North, Range 50 
  3.34  West; 
  3.35     (37) all of Government Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Section 14; 
  3.36  Township 151 North, Range 50 West; 
  4.1      (38) that part of Government Lot 7 lying southwesterly of 
  4.2   the southwesterly right-of-way line of the Burlington Northern 
  4.3   and Santa Fe Railroad of Section 6, Township 151 North, Range 49 
  4.4   West; and 
  4.5      (39) all of Government Lots 2, 6, 7, and 9, the Northwest 
  4.6   Quarter of the Northeast Quarter, the Northeast Quarter of the 
  4.7   Northeast Quarter, the unplatted portions of Government Lots 3 
  4.8   and 5, and that part of Government Lot 1 and the Northeast 
  4.9   Quarter of the Northwest Quarter lying southwesterly of the 
  4.10  southwesterly right-of-way line of the Burlington Northern and 
  4.11  Santa Fe Railroad of Section 7, Township 151 North, Range 49 
  4.12  West.  
  4.13     Subd. 3.  [ADMINISTRATION.] The commissioner of natural 
  4.14  resources shall administer the area according to Minnesota 
  4.15  Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 3, subject to existing 
  4.16  rules and regulations for state recreation areas.  The 
  4.17  commissioner shall appoint a citizens' oversight committee to 
  4.18  assist with developing and managing the area.  The committee 
  4.19  shall serve without compensation and is exempt from Minnesota 
  4.20  Statutes, section 15.059. 
  4.21     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  4.22     $4,000,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to 
  4.23  the commissioner of natural resources for predevelopment and 
  4.24  development costs of the Red River state recreation area, 
  4.25  including the costs associated with the construction of a 
  4.26  visitors' center and a campground.  The area must be developed 
  4.27  in a manner that provides a satisfactory, multiple use solution 
  4.28  to the existing state park and recreation area deficiency in the 
  4.29  area surrounding the city of East Grand Forks.  The commissioner 
  4.30  shall seek advice and cooperation from the appropriate local 
  4.31  units of government and the appropriate state and national 
  4.32  agencies, including, but not limited to, the United States Fish 
  4.33  and Wildlife Service. 
  4.34     Sec. 3.  [BOND SALE.] 
  4.35     To provide the money appropriated in section 2 from the 
  4.36  bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of finance, on request of 
  5.1   the governor, shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an 
  5.2   amount up to $4,000,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
  5.3   the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 
  5.4   16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 
  5.5   4 to 7.