Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission provisions modification

SF 3799 modifies Minnesota's Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission rules to update its operations and extend specific grant deadlines. It changes how the commission elects a chair (from annually to biennially), requires that park and trail projects receiving funds must be part of a commission-approved master plan, and updates annual reports to show recommendations by regional district. The bill extends the deadline for five specific projects to use allocated parks and trails funds until June 30, 2027 (for four projects) or 2028 (for one project), including the Mesabi Trail in St. Louis and Lake Counties and Oxbow Park in Olmsted County. These changes affect the commission, the six regional districts outside the seven-county metro area, and the counties/cities named in the extensions.