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

1.5 	Section 1. METROPOLITAN REGIONAL PARKS.
 1.6 	$27,760,000 is appropriated from the parks and trails fund to the Metropolitan 
1.7 	Council for distribution to implementing agencies, as defined in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.8 	section 473.351, subdivision 1, paragraph (a), as grants according to the following formula:
1.9 	(1) 45 percent of the money must be disbursed according to the allocation formula in 
1.10 	Minnesota Statutes, section 473.351, subdivision 3, to each implementing agency;
1.11 	(2) 31.5 percent of the money must be distributed based on each implementing 
1.12 	agency's relative share of the most recent estimate of the population of the metropolitan 
1.13 	area;
1.14 	(3) 13.5 percent of the money must be distributed based on each implementing 
1.15 	agency's relative share of nonlocal visits based on the most recent user visitation survey 
1.16 	conducted by the Metropolitan Council; and
1.17 	(4) ten percent of the money must be distributed as grants to implementing agencies 
1.18 	for land acquisition within the Metropolitan Council-approved regional parks and trails 
1.19 	master plan boundaries under the council's park acquisition opportunity grant program. 
1.20 	The Metropolitan Council must provide a match of $2 of the council's parks bonds for 
1.21 	every $3 of state funds for the park acquisition opportunity grant program.