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

1.4 	Section 1. STATE PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS; APPROPRIATION.
1.5 	$5,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of natural 
1.6 	resources for state park and recreation area operations. The money may be used for 
1.7 	increasing visitor services such as naturalist programming, increasing cross country ski 
1.8 	trail grooming, and extending hours at Minnesota state park visitor centers; providing for 
1.9 	natural resource management; providing for the operation and maintenance of state forest 
1.10 	campgrounds; and increasing marketing efforts.

1.11 	Sec. 2. STATE TRAILS; APPROPRIATION.
1.12 	$4,000,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of natural 
1.13 	resources for state trail operations and maintenance. The money may be used for 
1.14 	trail maintenance; providing for interpretation, signage, mapping, and natural resource 
1.15 	management; and maintenance of nonmotorized forest trails.