1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; authorizing the acquisition of certain lands for 
1.3 	Lake Vermilion State Park; incorporating lands from an existing state park into 
1.4 	Lake Vermilion State Park;repealing Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.012, 
1.5 	subdivision 53a.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. LAND ACQUISITION; LAKE VERMILION STATE PARK.
 1.8 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the commissioner of natural resources may 
1.9 	pay up to $18,000,000 for lands within the boundaries of Lake Vermilion State Park, 
1.10 	established under Laws 2008, chapter 368, article 3, section 2, subdivision 3.

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

1.12 	Sec. 2. INCORPORATION OF EXISTING PARK LAND; LAKE VERMILION 
1.13 	STATE PARK.
 1.14 	All lands within the boundaries of Soudan Underground Mine State Park as it exists 
1.15 	on the effective date of this section and that have been acquired for park purposes are 
1.16 	incorporated into and made part of Lake Vermilion State Park.

1.17 	Sec. 3. REVISOR'S INSTRUCTION.
 1.18 	In the next issue of the Minnesota Statutes, the revisor of statutes shall incorporate 
1.19 	the statutory history of Soudan Underground Mine State Park under the listing for Lake 
1.20 	Vermilion State Park, as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 85.012, subdivision 38a.

1.21 	Sec. 4.  REPEALER.
 2.1 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 85.012, subdivision 53a, is repealed.