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House File 601

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 461A.15, Code 1997, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    461A.15  USE OF PRIVATE FUNDS.
  1  4    1.  The commission may permit the improvement of parks,
  1  5 when established, or the improvement of bodies of water, upon
  1  6 the border of which such parks may be established, by the
  1  7 expenditure of private funds, such improvement to be done,
  1  8 however, under the direction of the commission, by and with
  1  9 the consent of the executive council.
  1 10    2.  a.  Subject to compliance with development and
  1 11 maintenance plans, the commission shall enter into an
  1 12 agreement with one or more private organizations to finance,
  1 13 develop, and maintain one or more multipurpose trails in
  1 14 public areas owned by the United States corps of engineers and
  1 15 managed by the department.  The agreement shall provide for
  1 16 the development and long-term maintenance of a multipurpose
  1 17 trail by the private organization.  A multipurpose trail shall
  1 18 be developed for multiple uses including, but not limited to,
  1 19 foot traffic, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, horseback
  1 20 riding, and incidental uses.
  1 21    b.  As used in the subsection:
  1 22    (1)  "Incidental use" means the use of any public area for
  1 23 riding horses for the following purposes:
  1 24    (a)  Traveling from a designated watering station to a
  1 25 trailhead.
  1 26    (b)  Leaving a trail to rest.
  1 27    (c)  Allowing others to pass.
  1 28    (d)  Participating in an authorized field trial.
  1 29    (e)  Hunting at any time during a hunting season.
  1 30    (f)  Horse pleasure riding where a formal trail has not
  1 31 been designated but where riding is permitted.
  1 32    (2)  "Public area" means any park, recreation area, forest,
  1 33 preserve, game management area, wildlife area, or public
  1 34 hunting area under the jurisdiction of the department.  
  1 35                           EXPLANATION
  2  1    This bill codifies the terms "public area" and "incidental
  2  2 use" as they relate to riding horses on public lands and
  2  3 trails under the jurisdiction of the department of natural
  2  4 resources.
  2  5    The bill also provides that, subject to compliance with
  2  6 development and maintenance plans, the natural resource
  2  7 commission shall enter into an agreement with private
  2  8 organizations to finance, develop, and maintain multipurpose
  2  9 trails.  The trails are to be designed and developed for
  2 10 multiple uses including, but not limited to, foot traffic,
  2 11 snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, and horseback riding.  
  2 12 LSB 2376HV 77
  2 13 tj/jj/8
     

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