The outdoor recreation system shall consist of all state parks; state recreation areas; state trails established pursuant to sections 84.029, subdivision 2 , 85.015 , 85.0155 , and 85.0156 ; state scientific and natural areas; state wilderness areas; state forests; state wildlife management areas; state aquatic management areas; state water-access sites, which include all lands and facilities established by the commissioner of natural resources or the commissioner of transportation to provide public access to water; state wild, scenic, and recreational rivers; state historic sites; state rest areas, which include all facilities established by the commissioner of transportation for the safety, rest, comfort and use of the highway traveler, and shall include all existing facilities designated as rest areas and waysides by the commissioner of transportation; and any other units not listed in this section that are classified under section 86A.05 . Each individual state park, state recreation area, and so forth is called a "unit."
Minn. Stat. § 86A.04
COMPOSITION OF SYSTEM.
Known as the Outdoor Recreation Act
The act spans §§ 86–86 (12 sections).
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Green-Glo Turf Farms, Inc. v. State (1984)
Most recently applied in 270 Ga. App. 265 - Georgia Department of Transportation v. Thompson (November 2004)
1975 c 353 s 4; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1993 c 172 s 38; 2000 c 495 s 6; 1Sp2003 c 13 s 4; 2008 c 368 art 1 s 9
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.