1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; providing for a secondary park unit in Lake 
1.3 	Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park; appropriating money for 
1.4 	development of Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park; authorizing 
1.5 	the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. LAKE VERMILION-SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK; 
1.8 	SECONDARY UNIT DESIGNATION.
 1.9 	The commissioner of natural resources shall manage the area within the statutory 
1.10 	boundary of Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park that is located south of 
1.11 	State Highway 169 as a secondary unit within the state park, as authorized in Minnesota 
1.12 	Statutes, section 86A.08. The secondary unit shall be designated a state recreation area and 
1.13 	managed in a manner consistent with Minnesota Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 3. 
1.14 	In addition to other activities authorized within Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine 
1.15 	State Park, the commissioner shall permit ingress and egress on designated routes by 
1.16 	off-highway vehicles, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 84.771, into campgrounds 
1.17 	and overnight facilities developed south of State Highway 169.

1.18 	Sec. 2. LAKE VERMILION-SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARK; 
1.19 	APPROPRIATION.
 1.20 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. $5,800,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund 
1.21 	to the commissioner of natural resources to design and develop an off-highway vehicle 
1.22 	campground at Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park south of U.S. Highway 
1.23 	169.
2.1 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the bond 
2.2 	proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue bonds of 
2.3 	the state in an amount up to $5,800,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with the effect 
2.4 	prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the Minnesota 
2.5 	Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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