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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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