1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; appropriating money for regional parks and trails.
1.3 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.4 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; REGIONAL PARKS AND TRAILS.
 1.5 	$8,640,000 in fiscal year 2020 and $9,372,000 in fiscal year 2021 are appropriated from 
1.6 	the parks and trails fund to the commissioner of natural resources for grants for parks and 
1.7 	trails of regional significance outside the seven-county metropolitan area under Minnesota 
1.8 	Statutes, section 85.535. Grants funded under this section must support parks and trails of 
1.9 	regional or statewide significance that meet the applicable definitions and criteria for regional 
1.10 	parks and trails contained in the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Strategic Plan 
1.11 	adopted by the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission on April 22, 2015. 
1.12 	Grant recipients identified under this section must submit a grant application to the 
1.13 	commissioner of natural resources. The grants awarded under this section must be based 
1.14 	on the list of recommended projects submitted annually to the legislative committees under 
1.15 	Minnesota Statutes, section 85.536, subdivision 10, by the Greater Minnesota Regional 
1.16 	Parks and Trails Commission. The following is the list of recommended projects for fiscal 
1.17 	year 2020:
1.18 	(1) Duluth Hartley Park;
1.19 	(2) Red Lake River Corridor;
1.20 	(3) Gamehaven Park;
1.21 	(4) Gull Lake Trail;
2.1 	(5) Duluth Traverse;
2.2 	(6) Bertram Park;
2.3 	(7) Memorial Park;
2.4 	(8) Cannon Valley Trail;
2.5 	(9) Hole in the Mountain Park;
2.6 	(10) Belle Prairie Park; and
2.7 	(11) Plum Creek Park.