SF 3344

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 06/30/2025 10:30 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; modifying an appropriation for the Heartland State
Trail; amending Laws 2023, chapter 72, article 1, section 7, subdivision 18.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2023, chapter 72, article 1, section 7, subdivision 18, is amended to read:

Subd. 18. Heartland State Trail

2,950,000

(a) For capital improvements to the Heartland
State Trail. Of this amount, (1) $550,000 is
for construction of a trail segment of the
Heartland State Trail between Detroit Lakes
and Frazee; and (2) $2,400,000 is for the
environmental review, predesign, design, and
construction of a paved multiple-use trail to
connect Itasca State Park to the Heartland
State Trail beginning from the park contact
station to the park's southeast boundary and
through a Phase 1 tunnel to be constructed
under marked U.S. Highway 71, and
continuing from there for about two miles.

(b) This appropriation is in addition to the
appropriations in Laws 2017, First Special
Session chapter 8, article 1, section 6,
subdivision 6, and Laws 2020, Fifth Special
Session chapter 3, article 1, section 7,
subdivision 12.

new text begin (c) Any unspent portion of the appropriation
remaining after completion of the project listed
in paragraph (a), clause (1), after written notice
to the commissioner of management and
budget, is available for the purposes of
environmental review, engineering, and design
of the following segments of the Heartland
State Trail: from the west Becker County line
to Detroit Lakes, from Park Rapids to Osage,
and from Osage to Frazee.
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new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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