1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to natural resources; adding to and deleting 
  1.3             from state parks; creating a new recreation area; 
  1.4             providing for a state park permit exemption; amending 
  1.5             Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 85.054, by adding a 
  1.6             subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 85.054, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 8.  [ZIPPEL BAY STATE PARK.] A state park permit is 
  1.11  not required and a fee may not be charged for motor vehicle 
  1.12  entry or parking at the parking area located adjacent to county 
  1.13  state aid highway No. 4 at Zippel Bay state park, Lake of the 
  1.14  Woods county. 
  1.15     Sec. 2.  [ADDITIONS TO STATE PARKS.] 
  1.16     Subdivision 1.  [85.012] [Subd. 14.] [CROW WING STATE PARK, 
  1.17  CROW WING, CASS, AND MORRISON COUNTIES.] The following areas are 
  1.18  added to Crow Wing state park, all in Section 25, Township 44 
  1.19  North, Range 32 West, Crow Wing county: 
  1.20     (1) the West Half of the Northeast Quarter; and 
  1.21     (2) that part of the Southeast Quarter lying north and west 
  1.22  of the state highway 371 right-of-way, EXCEPT that part thereof 
  1.23  described as follows:  Commencing at a point 39 rods North of 
  1.24  the southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25; 
  1.25  thence running East to the right-of-way of state highway 371; 
  1.26  thence in a southwesterly direction along the highway 
  2.1   right-of-way until it intersects the west line of the Southeast 
  2.2   Quarter; thence North to the place of beginning. 
  2.3      Subd. 2.  [85.012] [Subd. 23a.] [GLENDALOUGH STATE PARK, 
  2.4   OTTER TAIL COUNTY.] The following areas are added to Glendalough 
  2.5   state park, all in Township 133 North, Range 40 West, Otter Tail 
  2.6   county: 
  2.7      (1) that part of Government Lot 7 of Section 24 lying 
  2.8   westerly of the following described line:  Commencing at the 
  2.9   northeast corner of Government Lot 1 of Section 25; thence North 
  2.10  89 degrees 22 minutes 29 seconds West on an assumed bearing 
  2.11  along the north line of said Section 25 a distance of 75.00 feet 
  2.12  to the point of beginning; thence on a bearing of North 37 feet, 
  2.13  more or less, to the shoreline of Molly Stark lake and there 
  2.14  terminating; and 
  2.15     (2) that part of Government Lot 1 of Section 25 lying 
  2.16  northerly of county state aid highway no. 16 and easterly of the 
  2.17  following described line:  Commencing at the northeast corner of 
  2.18  said Government Lot 1; thence on an assumed bearing of South 
  2.19  along the east line of said Government Lot 1 a distance of 
  2.20  822.46 feet; thence North 77 degrees 59 minutes 14 seconds West 
  2.21  414.39 feet to the point of beginning; thence North 04 degrees 
  2.22  28 minutes 54 seconds East 707 feet, more or less, to the 
  2.23  shoreline of Molly Stark lake and there terminating. 
  2.24     Subd. 3.  [85.012] [Subd. 32.] [KILEN WOODS STATE PARK, 
  2.25  JACKSON COUNTY.] The following areas are added to Kilen Woods 
  2.26  state park, all in Township 103 North, Range 35 West, Jackson 
  2.27  county: 
  2.28     (1) the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of the 
  2.29  Northwest Quarter, Section 16; 
  2.30     (2) the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of the 
  2.31  Northwest Quarter, Section 16; 
  2.32     (3) the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
  2.33  16; 
  2.34     (4) Lots 15 and 16 of State Subdivision, Section 16; 
  2.35     (5) the West Half of the Southeast Quarter, Section 6; 
  2.36     (6) the East Half of the Southwest Quarter, Section 6; and 
  3.1      (7) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, Section 
  3.2   6. 
  3.3      Subd. 4.  [85.012] [Subd. 33.] [LAKE BEMIDJI STATE PARK, 
  3.4   BELTRAMI COUNTY.] The following area is added to Lake Bemidji 
  3.5   state park:  That part of Government Lot 6, Section 19, Township 
  3.6   147 North, Range 32 West, Beltrami county, lying northerly and 
  3.7   westerly of the northerly right-of-way of the abandoned 
  3.8   Burlington Northern railroad. 
  3.9      Subd. 5.  [85.012] [Subd. 43.] [MINNEOPA STATE PARK, BLUE 
  3.10  EARTH COUNTY.] The following areas are added to Minneopa state 
  3.11  park, all in Blue Earth county: 
  3.12     (1) Lots 1, 4, and 5 of Auditor's Subdivision of Government 
  3.13  Lot 1, Section 34, Township 109 North, Range 28 West; 
  3.14     (2) Government Lots 5, 6, 7, and 8, Section 1, Township 108 
  3.15  North, Range 28 West; 
  3.16     (3) the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter, Section 
  3.17  1, Township 108 North, Range 28 West; 
  3.18     (4) the Southwest Quarter, EXCEPT that part of said 
  3.19  Southwest Quarter lying southwesterly of the Dakota, Minnesota, 
  3.20  and Eastern railroad right-of-way, Section 1, Township 108 
  3.21  North, Range 28 West; 
  3.22     (5) Government Lots 4, 6, and 7, Section 2, Township 108 
  3.23  North, Range 28 West; 
  3.24     (6) the West Half of Government Lot 5, Section 2, Township 
  3.25  108 North, Range 28 West; 
  3.26     (7) the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 
  3.27  2, Township 108 North, Range 28 West; 
  3.28     (8) the South Half, EXCEPT that part of said South Half 
  3.29  lying southwesterly of the Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern 
  3.30  railroad right-of-way, Section 2, Township 108 North, Range 28 
  3.31  West; 
  3.32     (9) Government Lots 2 and 3, Section 3, Township 108 North, 
  3.33  Range 28 West; 
  3.34     (10) the South Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 3, 
  3.35  Township 108 North, Range 28 West; 
  3.36     (11) that part of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of 
  4.1   Section 3 lying northerly of Minnesota trunk highway no. 68, 
  4.2   EXCEPT for the following:  Commencing at the northwest corner of 
  4.3   the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 3; 
  4.4   thence South 385 feet; thence East 108 feet; thence North 385 
  4.5   feet; thence West 108 feet to the place of beginning, Township 
  4.6   108 North, Range 28 West; 
  4.7      (12) that part of the Northeast Quarter, the North Half of 
  4.8   the Southeast Quarter, and the Southeast Quarter of the 
  4.9   Northwest Quarter lying northerly of Minnesota trunk highway no. 
  4.10  68, Section 12, Township 108 North, Range 28 West; 
  4.11     (13) the North Half of the Northwest Quarter, EXCEPT that 
  4.12  part of said North Half of the Northwest Quarter lying 
  4.13  southwesterly of the Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern railroad 
  4.14  right-of-way, Section 12, Township 108 North, Range 28 West; 
  4.15     (14) Government Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6, Section 7, Township 
  4.16  108 North, Range 27 West; 
  4.17     (15) that part of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter 
  4.18  lying northerly of Minnesota trunk highway no. 68, Section 7, 
  4.19  Township 108 North, Range 27 West; 
  4.20     (16) Government Lots 5 and 6, Section 15, Township 108 
  4.21  North, Range 27 West; 
  4.22     (17) the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, 
  4.23  Section 15, Township 108 North, Range 27 West; 
  4.24     (18) that part of Government Lot 8 lying northerly of the 
  4.25  Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern railroad right-of-way, Section 
  4.26  16, Township 108 North, Range 27 West; and 
  4.27     (19) the West 208 feet of Outlot 9 and all of Outlot 10, 
  4.28  South Bend, lying northerly of the Dakota, Minnesota, and 
  4.29  Eastern railroad right-of-way, Section 15, Township 108 North, 
  4.30  Range 27 West. 
  4.31     Subd. 6.  [85.012] [Subd. 51.] [SAVANNA PORTAGE STATE PARK, 
  4.32  AITKIN AND ST. LOUIS COUNTIES.] The following areas are added to 
  4.33  Savanna Portage state park, all in Township 49 North, Range 23 
  4.34  West, Aitkin county: 
  4.35     (1) Government Lot 7, Section 6; and 
  4.36     (2) Government Lot 1, Section 8. 
  5.1      Subd. 7.  [85.012] [Subd. 55a.] [TETTEGOUCHE STATE PARK, 
  5.2   LAKE COUNTY.] The following area is added to Tettegouche state 
  5.3   park:  The South Half of Government Lot 2, Section 22, Township 
  5.4   56 North, Range 7 West, Lake county. 
  5.5      Sec. 3.  [GARDEN ISLAND STATE RECREATION AREA.] 
  5.6      Subdivision 1.  [85.013] [Subd. 11a.] [GARDEN ISLAND STATE 
  5.7   RECREATION AREA, LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY.] Garden Island state 
  5.8   recreation area is established in Lake of the Woods county. 
  5.9      Subd. 2.  [BOUNDARIES.] The following described lands are 
  5.10  located within the boundaries of Garden Island state recreation 
  5.11  area, all in Township 166 North, Range 33 West, Lake of the 
  5.12  Woods county: 
  5.13     (1) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, Section 22; 
  5.14     (2) Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 23; 
  5.15     (3) Government Lots 1, 3, 4, and 5, Section 25; 
  5.16     (4) Government Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, Section 26; 
  5.17     (5) the Northeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 
  5.18  26; and 
  5.19     (6) Government Lot 1, Section 27. 
  5.20     Subd. 3.  [ADMINISTRATION.] The commissioner of natural 
  5.21  resources shall administer the area according to Minnesota 
  5.22  Statutes, section 86A.05, subdivision 3, subject to existing 
  5.23  rules and regulations for state recreation areas and shall allow 
  5.24  hunting in the area.  The commissioner may not adopt new rules 
  5.25  or regulations that would limit or restrict recreational uses of 
  5.26  Garden Island as a state recreation area without legislative 
  5.27  approval.  The commissioner shall hold a public meeting in Lake 
  5.28  of the Woods county in conjunction with developing a management 
  5.29  plan for the area.