1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to metropolitan government; requiring the Metropolitan Council to 
1.3 	reduce its allocation of regional parks and open space funding to the Three 
1.4 	Rivers Park District.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL; THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT.
 1.7 	Notwithstanding any law, policy, or guideline, the Metropolitan Council must 
1.8 	reduce its allocation of capital or operating funding for the Three Rivers Park District by 
1.9 	an amount equal to $372,000 plus any cost overruns related to the construction of the 
1.10 	cofferdam portion of the Coon Rapids Dam project. The council may spread the allocation 
1.11 	reduction over a period of up to four years.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.