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.

Real Any municipality may accept any gift, bequest, or devise of real or personal property or the income thereof may be granted, bequeathed, devised, or conveyed to the first or second class municipality for the purpose of the improvement or ornamentation of parks, parkways, or boulevards or for improvement or ornamentation of the same, or for the establishment or maintenance in any park of zoological or other, zoo, gardens or, observatories, monuments or, works of art, or other park purposes, upon such trusts 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 or agreed to under the policy established by resolution of the governing body. 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.