1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying management of part of Lake 
1.3 	Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. LAKE VERMILION-SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK; 
1.6 	SECONDARY UNIT DESIGNATION.
 1.7 	The commissioner of natural resources shall manage the area within the statutory 
1.8 	boundary of Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park that is located south of 
1.9 	State Highway 169 as a secondary unit within the state park, as authorized in Minnesota 
1.10 	Statutes, section 86A.08. The secondary unit shall be designated a state recreation area and 
1.11 	managed in a manner consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 3. 
1.12 	In addition to the other activities authorized within Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground 
1.13 	Mine State Park, within the secondary unit the commissioner shall permit travel by 
1.14 	off-highway vehicles, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 84.771, on designated trails 
1.15 	and those state park roads that provide ingress or egress to overnight facilities.