___________________ moved that HB 1185 be amended as follows:
" Section 2. That § 9-38-24 be amended to read:
9-38-24. The board may establish, improve, care for, regulate, and manage a system of public
parks, parkways, and boulevards and with the approval of the governing body may acquire land for
such purposes. The board may regulate the planting and trimming of trees and shrubbery in such
areas and may establish the channel of any stream or watercourse forming a part of the park system
and improve the banks of the stream or watercourse. The board may provide parkways and
boulevards for the streets and maintain and regulate the care of the parkways and boulevards. The
board may cause the cost of construction and maintenance of the street parkways and boulevards to
be assessed against the abutting property as provided in chapter 9-43. The board may establish,
maintain, and conduct with or without charge or grant concessions for places of public amusement,
recreation, or refreshment within or in connection with such parks. No concession lease or grant may
be made for longer than three years, and no professional shows or exhibitions for which an
admission price is charged may be given in such parks. However, a lease or grant to a concession
may be made by the board for a period not to exceed fifteen fifty years if the concession requires a
realty improvement or capital investment or any combination thereof of at least fifty thousand dollars
or for a period not to exceed fifty years if the concession requires a realty improvement investment
of at least one hundred thousand dollars. ".