MN SF3799

Removes requirements for counties to hold public hearings with 15-day notice before submitting master plans for regional parks and trails to the commission.

Changes commission chair election from annual to biennial.

Removes requirement that commission recommendations be listed in priority order in the January 15 annual report to legislative committees.

Extends availability of FY2024 parks and trails fund grants to June 30, 2027 for four projects: Mesabi Trail (St. Louis/Lake Counties), Oxbow Park and Zollman Zoo (Olmsted County), Kraemer Lake and Wildwood County Park (Stearns County), and Plum Creek Park (Redwood County).

Extends availability of FY2025 grant for Robinson Quarry Park (City of Sandstone) to June 30, 2028, and repeals obsolete 2013 provisions regarding first appointments and first meeting of the commission.