1594                             Laws of Maryland                      [Ch. 603

title "Park and Planning Commission," these codes being respec-
tively Articles 16 and 17 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Mary-
land, extending the authority of the Commission to lease park lands
for a term which shall not exceed forty years, providing for the
approval of the appropriate county governments and providing
that such agreements shall contain provisions for the reversion
of said leased property and improvements to the Commission at
the termination of the lease and limitations on the assignability
of such agreements.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 35 of Chapter 780 of the General Laws of the State
of Maryland OF THE YEAR 1959, being also Section 70-46 of the
Montgomery County Code, (1965 Edition as amended) title "Mont-
gomery County," subtitle "Park and Planning Commission," being
also Section 59-40 of the Code of Public Local Laws of Prince
George's County, (1963 Edition as amended) title "Prince George's
County," subtitle "Park and Planning Commission," be and it is
hereby repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

35. (70-46) (59-40)

The Commission shall have the power (1) to lease for a term not
exceeding [twenty] forty years and to renew any such lease from
time to time for additional terms not exceeding ten years each, to
any responsible individual, partnership, or corporation, any portion
of the lands within the Metropolitan District, acquired for park
purposes under any of the provisions of this subtitle, provided that
the Commission shall not enter into any lease agreement in excess
of 20 years duration without the prior approval OF THE PROVI-
SION OF THE LEASE by legislative enactment of the County in
which the lease property is located in whole or in part, and further
provided that all such lease agreements shall contain provisions for
reversion without cost to the Commission of the property and its
improvements regardless of whether the improvements were added
to the property by the lessee during the term of the lease or any ex-
tension thereof, (2) and/or to grant privileges, permits, and/or con-
cessions, and/or enter into contracts relating to the same, with any
responsible individual, partnership, or corporation, to engage in any
business or enterprise on lands acquired for park purposes within the
Metropolitan District under any of the provisions of this subtitle;
all on such terms and conditions as the Commission, in the exercise of
its discretion, may deem advantageous to the development of the park
system as a part of the plan for the physical development of the
Metropolitan District and the plan of the Maryland-Washington Re-
gional District within the Metropolitan District. The purpose for
which any such property is leased, and/or the privileges, permits,
and/or concessions are granted, shall not be inconsistent with the
use of the property for park purposes. Any lease and/or contract
executed under the authority of this section shall contain a con-
dition, stating specifically the purposes for which the property is
leased, and/or the privilege, permit, or concession is granted. All
agreements entered into by the Commission pursuant to this sub-
title shall contain provisions forbidding the assignment of said
agreement without the consent of the Commission. Nothing con-
tained in this subtitle shall be interpreted as a limitation on the
Commission's authority to require more restrictive provisions in