SF4375

Purpose

This bill provides funding to develop parts of the Gitchi Gami State Trail and authorizes the sale of state bonds to pay for it. It appropriates money from a bond proceeds fund to support trail construction, improvements, and initial design work.

Main Provisions

• Appropriation: 4,500,000 is appropriated from the bond proceeds fund to the commissioner of natural resources for the Gitchi Gami State Trail.
• Use of funds: The money is to be used to develop three trail segments, including construction and related work, as described below.
• Bond sale authorization: The money appropriated may be raised by selling and issuing state bonds up to 4,500,000, under the state’s bond laws and constitutional provisions.

Specific Projects and Activities

• Lutsen segment: Construct a multiuse paved trail between Arrowhead Electric and Steam Engine Road.
• Flood Bay segment: Construct a multiuse paved trail between Superior Shores Road and Flood Bay State Wayside, including a bridge over a coastal wetland, and improve the trailhead and wayside at Flood Bay State Wayside.
• Design work: Predesign and design of a trail segment from Flood Bay State Wayside to Stewart River.

Legal Authority and Compliance

• Debt and financing: Bond issuance is authorized to fund the appropriation, in the manner allowed by Minnesota Statutes sections 16A.631 to 16A.675 and by Minnesota Constitution article XI sections 4 to 7.
• Administration: Work must be carried out according to the stated bond and state funding processes.

Significance and Impact

• Policy goal: Invest in outdoor recreation infrastructure by expanding and improving a major state trail.
• Fiscal impact: Creates a state debt obligation to fund trail construction and related improvements, with funds raised via bond proceeds.

Notable Terms (explicit terms from the bill)

• Gitchi Gami State Trail
• bond proceeds fund
• appropriation
• multiuse paved trail
• Arrowhead Electric
• Steam Engine Road
• Lutsen
• Superior Shores Road
• Flood Bay State Wayside
• Flood Bay
• bridge over coastal wetland
• trailhead
• wayside
• predesign and design
• Stewart River
• bond sale
• Minnesota Statutes 16A.631 to 16A.675
• Minnesota Constitution article XI sections 4 to 7

Relevant Terms - Gitchi Gami State Trail - bond proceeds fund - appropriation - multiuse paved trail - bond sale - Minnesota Statutes 16A.631 to 16A.675 - Minnesota Constitution article XI sections 4 to 7 - Arrowhead Electric - Steam Engine Road - Lutsen - Superior Shores Road - Flood Bay State Wayside - Flood Bay - Stewart River - trailhead - wayside - coastal wetland - predesign - design