1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to capital investment; appropriating money for state trail acquisition and 
1.3 	development; authorizing the sale and issuance of state bonds.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. STATE TRAIL ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. (a) $21,423,000 is appropriated from the bond 
1.7 	proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources to acquire land for and to construct 
1.8 	and renovate state trails under Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015. 
1.9 	(b) Of this appropriation:
1.10 	(1) up to $1,000,000 is for the Blazing Star Trail;
1.11 	(2) up to $1,000,000 is for the Browns Creek Trail;
1.12 	(3) up to $2,000,000 is for the Casey Jones Trail;
1.13 	(4) up to $2,000,000 is to design, acquire land for, and develop the Camp 
1.14 	Ripley/Veterans State Trail established in Minnesota Statutes, section 85.015, subdivision 
1.15 	28, in conjunction with the United States Department of Defense and the Minnesota 
1.16 	Department of Transportation;
1.17 	(5) up to $1,000,000 is for the Cuyuna Lakes Trail;
1.18 	(6) up to $2,000,000 is for the Gateway Trail;
1.19 	(7) up to $1,000,000 is for the Gitchi-Gami Trail;
1.20 	(8) up to $2,000,000 is to acquire and develop a five-mile bituminous extension of 
1.21 	the Glacial Lakes State Trail in the city of New London to Sibley State Park, in the CSAH 
1.22 	40 corridor, for bicycle and pedestrian use;
1.23 	(9) up to $1,300,000 is to acquire and develop the segment of the Goodhue Pioneer 
1.24 	Trail between the cities of Zumbrota and Goodhue;
2.1 	(10) up to $1,500,000 is for the Heartland Trail extension;
2.2 	(11) up to $2,373,000 is for paving the Luce Line Trail and developing a parallel 
2.3 	horse trail between the city of Winsted and city of Cedar Mills. The trail between the 
2.4 	city of Winsted and city of Cedar Mills must be available for multiple uses, including 
2.5 	hiking, biking, horseback riding, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and inline skating. 
2.6 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 84.8712, subdivision 1, snowmobiles with 
2.7 	metal traction devices may be used on the portion of the Luce Line Trail paved with 
2.8 	this appropriation. The commissioner of natural resources shall ensure that all drainage 
2.9 	tile passing under the Luce Line Trail can be maintained and shall provide for adequate 
2.10 	crossing locations for farmers with construction standards that allow for large machinery 
2.11 	to cross the trail;
2.12 	(12) up to $550,000 is for the Mill Towns Trail;
2.13 	(13) up to $400,000 is for the Minnesota River Trail;
2.14 	(14) up to $1,800,000 is for the Paul Bunyan Trail; and
2.15 	(15) up to $1,500,000 is for the Shooting Star Trail.
2.16 	(c) For any project listed in this subdivision that the commissioner determines is 
2.17 	not ready to proceed, the commissioner may allocate that project's money to another 
2.18 	state trail project. The chairs of the house of representatives and senate committees with 
2.19 	jurisdiction over environment and natural resources and legislators from the affected 
2.20 	legislative districts must be notified of any changes.
2.21 		Subd. 2.Bond sale. To provide the money appropriated in this section from the 
2.22 	bond proceeds fund, the commissioner of management and budget shall sell and issue 
2.23 	bonds of the state in an amount up to $21,423,000 in the manner, upon the terms, and with 
2.24 	the effect prescribed by Minnesota Statutes, sections 16A.631 to 16A.675, and by the 
2.25 	Minnesota Constitution, article XI, sections 4 to 7.

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