1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; appropriating money to design and acquire land 
1.3 	for the Mississippi River Crossroads Trail in Cass, Crow Wing, and Morrison 
1.4 	Counties; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds;amending Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes 2008, section 85.015, by adding a subdivision.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.015, is amended by adding a 
1.8 	subdivision to read:
1.9 		Subd. 28.Mississippi River Crossroads Trail, in Cass, Crow Wing, and 
1.10 	Morrison Counties. The trail shall originate at Crow Wing State Park in Crow Wing 
1.11 	County at the southern end of the Paul Bunyan Trail and shall extend from Crow Wing 
1.12 	State Park westerly to the city of Pillager, then southerly along the west side of Camp 
1.13 	Ripley to the city of Randall, then easterly along the south side of Camp Ripley across 
1.14 	to the east side of the Mississippi River, and then northerly through Fort Ripley to Crow 
1.15 	Wing State Park. A second segment of the trail shall be established that shall extend in a 
1.16 	southerly direction and in close proximity to the Mississippi River from the southeasterly 
1.17 	portion of the first segment of the trail to the city of Little Falls, and then terminate at the 
1.18 	Soo Line Trail in Morrison County.

1.19 	Sec. 2. MISSISSIPPI RIVER CROSSROADS TRAIL.
 1.20 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $....... is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
1.21 	to the commissioner of natural resources to design and acquire land for the Mississippi 
1.22 	River Crossroads Trail.
2.1 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
2.2 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
2.3 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $....... in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
2.4 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
2.5 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

2.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.