1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying restrictions on access to created or 
1.3 	restored wetlands;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.235.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 103G.235, is amended to read:
1.6 	103G.235 RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS TO PUBLIC WATERS WETLANDS.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Wetlands adjacent to roads. To protect the public health or safety, 
1.8 	local units of government may by ordinance restrict public access to public waters 
1.9 	wetlands from municipality, county, or township roads that abut public waters wetlands.
1.10 		Subd. 2.Privately restored or created wetlands. When a landowner creates 
1.11 	or restores a wetland on private land that is adjacent to public land or a public road 
1.12 	right-of-way, there is no public access to the created or restored wetland as posted by the 
1.13 	landowner, except if the landowner grants permission for such access.