Bill Text: MN HF1683 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Blufflands Trail system modified.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-02 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Environment and Natural Resources Policy [HF1683 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF1683-Introduced.html
1.2relating to natural resources; modifying Blufflands Trail system;amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85.015, subdivision 7.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85.015, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 7. Blufflands Trail system, Fillmore, Olmsted, Winona, and Houston
1.7Counties. (a) The Root River Trail shall originate at Chatfield in Fillmore County, and
1.8thence extend easterly in the Root River Valley to the intersection of the river with
1.9Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 26 in Houston County, and extend to the Mississippi River.
1.10(b) Additional trails may be established that extend the Blufflands Trail system to
1.11include La Crescent, Hokah, Caledonia, and Spring Grove in Houston County; Preston,
1.12Harmony, Fountain, Wykoff, Spring Valley, Mabel, Prosper, Canton, and Ostrander and
1.13connections to the Iowa border in Fillmore County; Rochester, Dover, Eyota, Stewartville,
1.14Byron, and Chester Woods County Park in Olmsted County; and Winona, Minnesota
1.15City, Rollingstone, Altura, Lewiston, Utica, St. Charles, and Elba in Winona County. In
1.16addition to the criteria in section86A.05, subdivision 4 , these trails must utilize abandoned
1.17railroad rights-of-way where possible.
1.18(c) The trails shall be developed primarily for nonmotorized riding and hiking.
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85.015, subdivision 7.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 85.015, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
1.6 Subd. 7. Blufflands Trail system, Fillmore, Olmsted, Winona, and Houston
1.7Counties. (a) The Root River Trail shall originate at Chatfield in Fillmore County, and
1.8thence extend easterly in the Root River Valley to the intersection of the river with
1.9Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 26 in Houston County, and extend to the Mississippi River.
1.10(b) Additional trails may be established that extend the Blufflands Trail system to
1.11include La Crescent, Hokah, Caledonia, and Spring Grove in Houston County; Preston,
1.12Harmony, Fountain, Wykoff, Spring Valley, Mabel, Prosper, Canton, and Ostrander and
1.13connections to the Iowa border in Fillmore County; Rochester, Dover, Eyota, Stewartville,
1.14Byron, and Chester Woods County Park in Olmsted County; and Winona, Minnesota
1.15City, Rollingstone, Altura, Lewiston, Utica, St. Charles, and Elba in Winona County. In
1.16addition to the criteria in section
1.17railroad rights-of-way where possible.
1.18(c) The trails shall be developed primarily for nonmotorized riding and hiking.
