1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to natural resources; establishing state trail connection between 
1.3 	Heartland Trail and Itasca State Park;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 
1.4 	85.015, subdivision 12.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 85.015, subdivision 12, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 12.Heartland Trail, Clay, Becker, Hubbard, and Cass Counties.
 1.8 	(a) The trail shall originate at Moorhead in Clay County and extend in an easterly 
1.9 	direction through Detroit Lakes in Becker County to mile post 90.92 at Park Rapids in 
1.10 	Hubbard County; thence in an easterly direction along the Burlington Northern Railroad 
1.11 	right-of-way through Walker in Cass County; thence in a northerly direction along the 
1.12 	Burlington Northern Railroad right-of-way to Cass Lake in Cass County, and there 
1.13 	terminate. A segment shall be established that connects the trail to Itasca State Park.
1.14 	(b) The trail shall be developed primarily for riding and hiking.