Contains whereas clauses. 

Authorizes the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) to add the First Broad River Trail (River Trail) in Cleveland and Rutherford Counties between the River's head of navigation in Golden Valley in Rutherford County and the River's confluence with the Broad River in Cleveland County to the State Parks System as a State Trail. Instructs DNCR to support, promote, encourage, and facilitate the establishment of trail segments on State park lands and on lands of other federal, State, local, and private landowners. Specifies that for any portions of State trails that cross lands governed by other agencies or owners, those policies govern the use of the property. Exempts the River Trail from requirement that trail additions be accompanied by adequate appropriations for land acquisition, development, and operations. Authorizes the State to receive donations of appropriate land and to purchase other needed lands for the River Trail with existing funds in the four named Funds along with other available funding sources. 

Effective July 1, 2026, appropriates $25,000 to DNCR for 2026-27 for public education and system planning efforts related to the authorization of the River Trail.