1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for forest road maintenance 
1.3 	pilot program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$1,000,000 in fiscal year 2016 and $1,000,000 in fiscal year 2017 are appropriated 
1.7 	from the general fund to the commissioner of natural resources for a pilot program to 
1.8 	increase forest road maintenance. The commissioner shall use the money to perform 
1.9 	needed maintenance on forest roads in conjunction with timber sales. Optional forest 
1.10 	road maintenance contracts may be offered to successful purchasers of state timber sales 
1.11 	at the commissioner's discretion.