1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying management plan requirements of certain 
1.3 	recreation area; appropriating money for recreational underpass;amending Laws 
1.4 	1999, chapter 231, section 99, subdivision 4.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Laws 1999, chapter 231, section 99, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4. Management plan. The commissioner of natural resources and the 
1.8 	local area advisory committee shall cooperatively develop a separate comprehensive 
1.9 	management plan for the land added to the Iron Range off-highway vehicle recreation area 
1.10 	under subdivision 1. The management plan shall provide for: 
1.11 	(1) multiple use recreation for off-highway vehicles; 
1.12 	(2) protection of natural resources; 
1.13 	(3) limited timber management; 
1.14 	(4) mineral exploration and mining management; 
1.15 	(5) land acquisition needs; 
1.16 	(6) road and facility development; ~~and~~
1.17 	(7) trail and road connections between the land added under subdivision 1 and the 
1.18 	land added by Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 32, subdivision 6; and
1.19 	(8) a trail, primarily for off-road vehicles, connecting lands in clause (7) and the city 
1.20 	of Eveleth, following the Mesabi Mountain proposed trail alignment to the extent possible. 
1.21 	The completed management plan, together with the management plan completed 
1.22 	under Laws 1996, chapter 407, section 32, subdivision 5, shall serve as the master plan 
1.23 	for the Iron Range off-highway vehicle recreation area under Minnesota Statutes, section 
1.24 	86A.09. 

2.1 	Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION.
 2.2 	$1,000,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2009 from the natural resource fund to the 
2.3 	commissioner of natural resources for the development of the Virginia site and connecting 
2.4 	trails for the Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. Of this amount, $....... is 
2.5 	from the all-terrain vehicle account, $....... is from the off-highway motorcycle account, 
2.6 	and $....... is from the off-road vehicle account. This is a onetime appropriation. The 
2.7 	appropriation is available until expended for the design and development of an underpass 
2.8 	for off-highway vehicles on Highway 135 in the city of Gilbert. None of these funds may 
2.9 	be expended until all property within the Virginia site has been acquired.