1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; modifying snowmobile
1.3 	state trail sticker provisions; providing for payment
1.4 	of trail maintenance costs; providing for trail
1.5 	easement acquisition; appropriating money; amending
1.6 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, sections 84.8205, subdivision
1.7 	1; 84.83, by adding subdivisions.
1.8 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.9 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.8205,
1.10 	subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.11 		Subdivision 1.Sticker required; fee.  A person may not
1.12 	operate a snowmobile that is not registered in this state on a
1.13 	state or grant-in-aid snowmobile trail unless a snowmobile state
1.14 	trail sticker is affixed to the snowmobile.  The commissioner of
1.15 	natural resources shall issue a sticker upon application and
1.16 	payment of a $15 $30 fee.  The sticker is valid from November 1
1.17 	through April 30.  Fees collected under this section shall be
1.18 	deposited in the state treasury and credited to the snowmobile
1.19 	trails and enforcement account in the natural resources fund and
1.20 	must be used for grants-in-aid.

1.21 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 84.83, is amended
1.22 	by adding a subdivision to read:
1.23 		Subd. 3a.Payment of maintenance costs. The commissioner
1.24 	must pay 90 percent of the maintenance costs under subdivision
1.25 	3, clause (1), except that trail grooming must be paid at a rate
1.26 	of at least $80 per hour.

2.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes, section 84.83, is amended by
2.2 	adding a subdivision to read:
2.3 		Subd. 6.Easement acquisition; appropriation. (a) The
2.4 	position of trails acquisition coordinator is created in the
2.5 	classified service under the commissioner of natural resources.
2.6 	The coordinator is responsible for acquiring easements for
2.7 	permanent recreational snowmobile trails.
2.8 	(b) $500,000 is annually appropriated from the snowmobile
2.9 	trails and enforcement account to the commissioner to acquire
2.10 	easements for permanent recreational snowmobile trails.