1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; adding to the Iron 
  1.3             Range off-highway vehicle state recreation area; 
  1.4             extending the availability of a previous 
  1.5             appropriation; providing exemptions from hunting 
  1.6             restrictions in certain areas. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  [ADDITION TO IRON RANGE OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE 
  1.9   RECREATION AREA.] 
  1.10     [85.013] [Subd. 12a.] [IRON RANGE OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE 
  1.11  RECREATION AREA, ST. LOUIS COUNTY.] The following areas are 
  1.12  added to the Iron Range off-highway vehicle recreation area, all 
  1.13  in Township 58 North, Range 17 West, St. Louis county: 
  1.14     (1) the West Half of the Northeast Quarter; and the West 
  1.15  Half of the Southeast Quarter in Section 14; and 
  1.16     (2) the West Half of the Northeast Quarter in Section 23, 
  1.17  lying north of the Mesabi Trail. 
  1.18     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION EXTENSION.] 
  1.19     Notwithstanding Laws 1998, chapter 401, section 4, the 
  1.20  appropriations in Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 3, for the 
  1.21  Iron Range off-highway vehicle recreation area are available 
  1.22  until expended. 
  1.23     Sec. 3.  [EXEMPTIONS FROM HUNTING RESTRICTIONS.] 
  1.24     (a) Hunting is permitted in accordance with state law and 
  1.25  local government regulations in: 
  1.26     (1) the off-highway vehicle recreation area established 
  2.1   under Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 32, and Laws 1999, chapter 
  2.2   231, section 99; and 
  2.3      (2) the state recreation area established under Laws 1993, 
  2.4   chapter 172, section 34. 
  2.5      (b) The commissioner of natural resources shall amend any 
  2.6   rules that do not conform with this section.