1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying areas marked as canoe and boating 
1.3 	routes; authorizing the sale of state bonds; appropriating money; amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.32, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 85.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Areas marked. The commissioner of natural resources is authorized 
1.8 	in cooperation with local units of government and private individuals and groups when 
1.9 	feasible to mark canoe and boating routes on the Ottertail, Little Fork, Big Fork, 
1.10 	Minnesota, St. Croix, Snake, Mississippi, Red Lake, Cannon, Straight, Des Moines, 
1.11 	Crow Wing, St. Louis, Pine, Rum, Kettle, Cloquet, Root, Zumbro, Pomme de Terre 
1.12 	within Swift County, Watonwan, Cottonwood, Whitewater, Chippewa from Benson in 
1.13 	Swift County to Montevideo in Chippewa County, Long Prairie, Red River of the North, 
1.14 	and Crow Rivers which have historic and scenic values and to mark appropriately points 
1.15 	of interest, portages, camp sites, and all dams, rapids, waterfalls, whirlpools, and other 
1.16 	serious hazards which are dangerous to canoe and watercraft travelers.

1.17 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; NATURAL RESOURCES FUND.
 1.18 	$65,000 is appropriated from the water recreation account in the natural resources 
1.19 	fund to the commissioner of natural resources to cooperate with local units of government 
1.20 	in marking routes and designating river accesses and campsites under Minnesota Statutes, 
1.21 	section 85.32. This is a onetime appropriation. The money is available until expended 
1.22 	and does not cancel.

2.1 	Sec. 3. APPROPRIATION; BOND PROCEEDS FUND.
 2.2 	$300,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural 
2.3 	resources to mark the route of and designate campsite and river access for the Ottertail 
2.4 	River canoe and boating route under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.32, subdivision 2.

2.5 	Sec. 4. BOND SALE.
 2.6 	To provide the money appropriated in section 3 from the bond proceeds fund, 
2.7 	the commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
2.8 	$300,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
2.9 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
2.10 	sections 4 to 7.

2.11 	Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.12 	Sections 1 to 4 are effective the day following final enactment.