SF 4489

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/18/2026 09:20 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating money for a new multimodal shared-use
trail from the city of La Crescent to the cities of Hokah and Houston to complete
the Root River State Trail; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.

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

Section 1. new text begin ROOT RIVER STATE TRAIL EXTENSION; LA CRESCENT - HOKAH
- HOUSTON.
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new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Appropriation. new text end

new text begin (a) $4,750,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds
fund to the commissioner of natural resources for acquisition of property and easements,
predesign, design, environmental review, permitting, and preliminary engineering of a
multimodal shared-use trail from the city of La Crescent to the cities of Hokah and Houston,
following the Root River corridor and Historic Bluff Country National Scenic Byway and
crossing, where necessary, the Root River; marked Trunk Highway 16, following the
abandoned rail bed and corridor; County Trunk Highway 7; and County Trunk Highway
25. The trail may be routed through existing Department of Natural Resources and state
lands and easements and public and private lands without the use of eminent domain, as
necessary for the continuous routing of the shared-use path along approximately 18 miles
of trail corridor. This appropriation is for Phase 1 of the project.
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new text begin (b) Any unspent portion of this appropriation remaining after completion of the project
in paragraph (a), after written notice to the commissioner of management and budget, is
available for final engineering and construction of the bike trail.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Bond sale. new text end

new text begin To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond
proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of
the state in an amount up to $4,750,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect
prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota
Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.
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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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