ENTITLED An Act to revise provisions regarding the acceptance of gifts by municipalities.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That § 9-38-32 be AMENDED:

9-38-32. Acceptance of gifts for parks and boulevards--Conditions permissible.

Any municipality may accept any gift, bequest, or devise of real or personal property or the income thereof for the purpose of parks, parkways, or boulevards or for improvement or ornamentation of the same, or for the establishment or maintenance in any park, zoo, gardens, observatories, monuments, works of art, or other park purposes, upon any terms and conditions, including exemption from payment of assessments, as may be prescribed by the grantors, donors, or devisors thereof and agreed to by the governing body and board. A municipality may, by resolution, establish a policy for the acceptance of gifts of personal property of value below an amount determined by the governing body.

An Act to revise provisions regarding the acceptance of gifts by municipalities.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the: House as Bill No. 1165 Chief Clerk Speaker of the House Attest: Chief Clerk President of the Senate Attest: Secretary of the Senate House Bill No. 1165 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________, 2020 at ____________M. By for the Governor The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2020 Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State Filed ____________, 2020 at _________ o'clock __M. Secretary of State By Asst. Secretary of State