1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to regional parks; modifying use of interest payments from metropolitan 
1.3 	parks appropriations; using funds for all recreational space under Metropolitan 
1.4 	Council jurisdiction.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. METROPOLITAN PARKS; INTEREST EARNINGS.
 1.7 	Notwithstanding Laws 1985, First Special Session chapter 15, section 5, subdivision 
1.8 	2, paragraph (b), and Laws 1987, chapter 384, article 3, section 45, the Metropolitan 
1.9 	Council shall use the interest earnings in Laws 1985, First Special Session chapter 15, 
1.10 	section 5, subdivision 2, for the use and betterment of all regional recreational open space 
1.11 	lands under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Council.

1.12 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective January 1, 2017.