Minnesota Session Laws - 2001, Regular Session

                            CHAPTER 101-S.F.No. 2049 
                  An act relating to historic preservation; recognizing 
                  and extending the protection of the Minnesota Historic 
                  Sites Act and the Minnesota Field Archaeology Act to 
                  historic Camp Coldwater Springs; amending Minnesota 
                  Statutes 2000, section 138.73, subdivision 13. 
        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
           Section 1.  [PROTECTION OF NATURAL FLOW.] 
           Neither the state, nor a unit of metropolitan government, 
        nor a political subdivision of the state may take any action 
        that may diminish the flow of water to or from Camp Coldwater 
        Springs.  All projects must be reviewed under the Minnesota 
        Historic Sites Act and the Minnesota Field Archaeology Act with 
        regard to the flow of water to or from Camp Coldwater Springs. 
           Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 138.73, 
        subdivision 13, is amended to read: 
           Subd. 13.  Old Fort Snelling historic district in Hennepin 
        county is located within the following boundaries:  beginning at 
        the intersection of the westerly Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul 
        and Pacific Railroad (abandoned) right-of-way and the south 
        boundary of Minnehaha state park extended (which is an extension 
        of East 55th Street, Minneapolis); thence east along the 
        extension of East 55th Street to the easterly county line of 
        Hennepin county (center line of Mississippi river); thence 
        southerly and easterly along said county line to the point of 
        intersection of Hennepin, Ramsey and Dakota counties; thence 
        easterly along the Ramsey-Dakota common boundary to intersection 
        with the easterly line of Government Lot No. 2, Section 28, 
        Township 28, north, range 23, west Dakota county; thence south 
        on east line of said Government Lot No. 2, to intersection with 
        the east-west quarter line of said Section 28; thence westerly 
        on said east-west quarter line to the intersection with the 
        easterly right-of-way line of Minnesota state highway No. 5; 
        thence southerly on said right-of-way line to intersect with the 
        metropolitan airports commission boundary line extended; thence 
        northwesterly along last described boundary line to intersection 
        with a line parallel to Old Trunk Highway 100 (Bloomington Road) 
        and 600 feet northwesterly thereof, measured on a line 
        perpendicular to said highway; thence northeasterly on last 
        described parallel line to intersect with the northerly 
        right-of-way line of state highway No. 55; thence westerly on 
        said right-of-way line to intersect with the westerly 
        right-of-way line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and 
        Pacific Railroad (abandoned); thence northerly on last described 
        right-of-way line to the point of the beginning and there 
        terminating.  The tract herein described contains 580 acres more 
        or less.  This district aligns with the boundaries of the Fort 
        Snelling Historic District in the National Register of Historic 
        Places, as the description of that district is amended from time 
        to time. 
           Sec. 3.  [EFFECTIVE DATE.] 
           This act is effective the day following final enactment. 
           Presented to the governor May 11, 2001 
           Signed by the governor May 15, 2001, 1:55 p.m.