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in committee · Delaware · House Jun 6, 2017

HB 209: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 RELATING TO EPILOGUE LANGUAGE IN THE BUDGET BILL.

This Act is meant to prohibit the practice of waiving certain sections of the Delaware Code year after year through the use of epilogue language in the budget bill.

Kim Williams (D) Andria L. Bennett (D) Margaret Rose Henry (D) John A. Kowalko (D) · 4 co-sponsors

in committee · Delaware · Senate Jun 6, 2017

SB 94: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

This Act inserts additional language to clarify that a qualified voter must be 18 years of age on or before the date of the election a vote is to be cast.

in committee · Delaware · House Jun 6, 2017

HB 213: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO LOCAL SCHOOL TAXES.

This bill creates a mechanism by which school boards may increase funds for a school district without a referendum.

passed · Delaware · Senate Jun 6, 2017

SR 12: MARKING THE CENTENNIAL OF THE BIRTH OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ON THE 29TH DAY OF MAY, 1917, AND HONORING HIS LIFE AND LEGACY AND THOSE OF HIS BROTHERS, ROBERT AND EDWARD, AND THEIR ALLY IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE, REV. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

This resolution marks the centennial of the birth of President John F. Kennedy and honors his memory and those of his brothers, Robert and Edward, and of their ally in the Civil Rights struggle of the 1960s, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

passed both · Delaware · House Jun 6, 2017

HCR 30: RECOGNIZING 2017 AS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF IN RE GAULT.

This Concurrent Resolution celebrates the 50th anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision In re Gault and the importance of its extension of the Constitutional guarantee of due process.

signed · Delaware · House Jun 2, 2017

HB 13: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 11, 16, AND 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DOGS.

This bill provides Statewide consistency in the law that protects the public from dangerous dogs and clarifies that dogs may not be held potentially dangerous or dangerous for animal control enforcement or for purposes of criminal liability based solely on breed-specific criteria. Findings to deem a dog dangerous will be based on actions of the dog, or an individualized demonstration of vicious behavior. It also prohibits municipalities from enacting breed-specific ordinances or regulations. The bill deletes outdated references to the now-defunct Dog Control Panel and replaces them with reference to the Justice of the Peace Court procedure laid out in Chapter 30F of Title 16.

in committee · Delaware · House Jun 1, 2017

HB 194: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 14 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SCHOOL PROPERTY TAX CREDITS.

This bill phases out the school property tax credit for residents age 65 or older, by eliminating eligibility for those born after 1967 (currently age 50). The fifteen year provision allows time for residents to adjust their long range financial plans. This bill does not affect anyone currently eligible for the credit.

signed · Delaware · House Jun 1, 2017

HB 69: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY AUDIT COMMITTEE.

This bill amends Title 9, Chapter 14 of the Delaware Code relating to New Castle County and the members of the Audit Committee, and provides that Audit Committee members' term of service is four years, instead of one year, provided, however, that the terms of any reconstituted committee shall be established in a staggered manner. This revision will lead to increased continuity, stability, and productivity of the Audit Committee.

in committee · Delaware · House Jun 1, 2017

HB 192: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES.

This bill creates a special license plate for emergency medical services professionals.

signed · Delaware · House May 30, 2017

HB 118: AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.

This legislation will allow Kent County to utilize Tax Increment Financing (TIF), an economic development tool which New Castle County already possesses.

signed · Delaware · House May 30, 2017

HB 116: AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DOVER TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO LEVY AND COLLECTION OF SPECIAL AD VALOREM TAXES, SPECIAL TAXES, AND AD VALOREM TAXES IN CONNECTION WITH A MUNICIPAL TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AND A MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS FINANCING.

This Act amends the Charter of the City of Dover to allow the City Council of Dover to levy and collect special ad valorem taxes, special taxes, and ad valorem taxes in amounts it deems necessary for any municipal tax increment financing under the Municipal Tax Increment Financing Act and any municipal development districts under the Municipal Special Development District Financing Act.

signed · Delaware · House May 30, 2017

HB 115: AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 18, TITLE 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MUNICIPAL SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS.

This Act amends the definition of "municipality" in 22 Del. C. 1801(4) to allow the City of Dover to take advantage of the economic development opportunities afforded by Municipal Special Development Districts, and enables such municipality to pledge the special tax levied on the property in the special development district to the payment of bonds issued by other issuers in the State for the purposes of the municipal special development district financing act.