1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital improvements; natural resources; appropriating money for the 
1.3 	acquisition, development, and rehabilitation of state and local trails; authorizing 
1.4 	the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. STATE AND LOCAL TRAIL ACQUISITION, DEVELOPMENT, AND 
1.7 	REHABILITATION; APPROPRIATION.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.State trail acquisition and development. (a) $26,860,000 is 
1.9 	appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources for 
1.10 	acquisition and development of state trails. Of this amount:
1.11 	(1) $1,185,000 is for the Gitchi Gami Trail;
1.12 	(2) $1,100,000 is for the Cuyuna Trail;
1.13 	(3) $625,000 is for the Munger Trail;
1.14 	(4) $2,000,000 is for the Glacial Lakes Trail;
1.15 	(5) $2,500,000 is for the Paul Bunyan Trail;
1.16 	(6) $2,900,000 is for the Preston to Forestville State Park segment of the Blufflands 
1.17 	Trail system;
1.18 	(7) $900,000 is for the Rochester to Chester Woods Regional Park segment of the 
1.19 	Blufflands Trail system;
1.20 	(8) $1,000,000 is for the La Crescent to Houston segment of the Root River Trail 
1.21 	system;
1.22 	(9) $750,000 is for the Gateway Trail;
1.23 	(10) $2,000,000 is for the Goodhue Pioneer Trail;
1.24 	(11) $500,000 is for the Casey Jones Trail;
2.1 	(12) $3,800,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail;
2.2 	(13) $3,800,000 is for the Shooting Star Trail; and
2.3 	(14) $3,800,000 is for the Minnesota River Trail.
2.4 	(b) The $1,500,000 appropriated for the extension of the Paul Bunyan Trail across 
2.5 	Excelsior Road in the city of Baxter contained in Laws 2005, chapter 20, article 1, section 
2.6 	7, subdivision 14, may be used to match federal funding for the Paul Bunyan Trail.
2.7 		Subd. 2.State trail rehabilitation; appropriation. $2,000,000 is appropriated to 
2.8 	the commissioner of natural resources for the rehabilitation of state trails.
2.9 		Subd. 3.Local trail grants; appropriation. $3,250,000 is appropriated from the 
2.10 	bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources for local trail acquisition 
2.11 	and development grants. Of this amount:
2.12 	(1) $950,000 is for the Mesabi Trail;
2.13 	(2) $600,000 is for the Cedar Lake Trail;
2.14 	(3) $300,000 is for the Vento Trail and Interpretive Center;
2.15 	(4) $300,000 is for the Mankato Minnesota River Trail; and 
2.16 	(5) $1,100,000 is for the Great River Ridge.

2.17 	Sec. 2. BOND SALE.
 2.18 	To provide the money appropriated in this act from the bond proceeds fund, the 
2.19 	commissioner of finance shall sell and issue bonds of the state in an amount up to 
2.20 	$32,110,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect prescribed by Minnesota 
2.21 	Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota Constitution, article XI, 
2.22 	sections 4 to 7.

2.23 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.24 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.