1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; establishing a state 
  1.3             trail in Morrison county; appropriating money; 
  1.4             amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 85.015, by 
  1.5             adding a subdivision. 
  1.6   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.7      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 85.015, is 
  1.8   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.9      Subd. 21.  [SIOUX TRAIL, MORRISON COUNTY.] (a) The trail 
  1.10  shall follow an abandoned railroad line from the town of Genola 
  1.11  to the border of Stearns county. 
  1.12     (b) The trail must be developed primarily for hiking and 
  1.13  nonmotorized riding. 
  1.14     Sec. 2.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
  1.15     $300,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
  1.16  commissioner of natural resources to acquire the abandoned Soo 
  1.17  Line railroad corridor from Genola to the Stearns county line.