HF 2403

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to recreational vehicles; modifying 
  1.3             provisions of snowmobile grants-in-aid; amending 
  1.4             Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84.83, subdivisions 3 
  1.5             and 4. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84.83, 
  1.8   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 3.  [PURPOSES FOR THE ACCOUNT.] The money deposited 
  1.10  in the account and interest earned on that money may be expended 
  1.11  only as appropriated by law for the following purposes:  
  1.12     (1) for a grant-in-aid program to counties and 
  1.13  municipalities for construction and maintenance of snowmobile 
  1.14  trails, including maintenance of trails on lands and waters of 
  1.15  Voyageurs National Park; 
  1.16     (2) for acquisition, development, and maintenance of state 
  1.17  recreational snowmobile trails; 
  1.18     (3) for snowmobile safety programs; and 
  1.19     (4) for the administration and enforcement of sections 
  1.20  84.81 to 84.90.  
  1.21     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 84.83, 
  1.22  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.23     Subd. 4.  [PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO FUNDING RECIPIENTS.] (a)
  1.24  Recipients of Minnesota trail assistance program funds must be 
  1.25  afforded the same protection and be held to the same standard of 
  2.1   liability as a political subdivision under chapter 466 for 
  2.2   activities associated with the administration, design, 
  2.3   construction, maintenance, and grooming of snowmobile trails.  
  2.4      (b) Recipients of Minnesota trail assistance program funds 
  2.5   who maintain ice trails on waters of Voyageurs National Park are 
  2.6   expressly immune from liability under section 466.03, 
  2.7   subdivision 6e.