This Act updates the makeup and duties of the Council of Apprenticeship and Training to meet the current needs of the DOL, the apprenticeship workforce, and employers. It clarifies the duties of the Council, the membership of the Council, and term limits for council members.
This bill increases the assessments charged to insurance companies to fund the increased costs of the operation of the Fraud Prevention Bureau.
This Act updates the Legislative Oversight and Sunset Act, the governing statute for the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee (“JLOSC”), to reflect updated and modern review practices and standards. The more significant changes include: - Establishing the term “entity” to denote the organization that is under review. “Agency” has been the term used, but when discussing JLOSC reviews, “agency” could mean either the organization under review or the more common usage of any State agency. Because JLOSC’s reviews routinely include references to or assistance from State agencies that are not under review, using the term “entity” to mean the organization that is under review creates a distinction intended to avoid confusion. - Clarifying quorum, including the impact of participating virtually in a meeting. - Creating a new type of review, a focused review, to replace the antiquated and rarely-used rules review and distinguish a focused review from a “full review.” A full review is the standard review that JLOSC has historically performed, in which the entire entity is assessed. A focused review, in contrast, looks at specific components within an entity. A focused review is a more efficient assessment when only certain areas of an entity need to be reviewed. - Clarifying JLOSC’s powers and duties, including updating JLOSC members’ duties versus staff duties to reflect current, modern practices. - Clearly establishing 3 types of reports produced in JLOSC’s work: self-reports from the entity under review, staff reports from JLOSC staff, and annual reports from JLOSC summarizing the work performed each year. - Codifying the confidentiality with which JLOSC and its staff have treated records from an entity under review and exceptions or waivers of confidentiality. - Establishing that a record protected against public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act does not lose its protection by virtue of the entity submitting the record as part of its review. - Clarifying the purpose and standard for conducting a performance evaluation. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. Some of the types of technical corrections include changing the plural to the singular wherever appropriate and consistent with both the Drafting Manual and § 304 of Title 1; replacing passive voice with active voice; and, to increase readability, breaking down large, block paragraphs into lists where possible.
This Act clarifies what constitutes a sawmill under Delaware law and adds definitions related to agriculture and silviculture. This Act recognizes forest products as unadulterated materials and makes clear their importance to support a thriving industry that maintains sustainable and healthy forests. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
This Act is the result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's review of the Council on Libraries ("Council"). This Act updates the Council's membership composition, defines quorum, and adds other standard provisions, including member compensation and removal. One of the members that this Act adds to the Council is the president of the Delaware Association of School Libraries. At one time, the Department of Education had an Education Associate for Libraries, Media, and Technology, but that position no longer exists. This Act provides that, should the Department of Education ever re-establish that position or a position similar to it, the re-established position shall take the place of the president of the Delaware Association of School Librarians as a member on the Council. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
This bill adds workforce and affordable housing programs to the current list of realty transfer tax eligible expenditures for New Castle, Kent, and Sussex Counties.
This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative and Oversight Committee's review of the Advisory Council on Walkability and Pedestrian Awareness ("Council"). This Act codifies the Council, which was first established under Governor Ruth Ann Minner's Executive Order No. 83 (2006), disbanded in 2008, and re-established under Governor Jack Markell's Executive Order No. 54 (2015). This Act also updates the Council's membership, purpose, and goals to reflect current practices and needs.
This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's review of the Governor's Commission on Community and Volunteer Services ("Commission"). This Act does the following: - Removes outdated language. - Incorporates federal requirements regarding Commission membership and duties. - Clarifies quorum. - Clarifies that the Delaware State Office of Volunteerism provides reasonable staff support to assist the Commission. - Codifies the duties of the Commission's Executive Director. In Delaware, the Administrator of the State Office of Volunteerism also serves as the Commission's Executive Director. The Executive Director is a nonvoting, ex-officio Commission member and administers staffing services for the Commission. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law with the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
This Act is a result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee's review of the Council on Libraries. This Act repeals the Delaware Public Library Technology Assistance Act because Delaware Division of Libraries no longer issues technology grants.
This Act requires law-enforcement agencies, the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, and the Department of Justice to report suspected animal cruelty to the Office of Animal Welfare that is discovered while performing their responsibilities in child welfare cases. This Act also provides immunity to people who in good faith, report suspected animal cruelty. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
This Act adds the following acts against a person's companion animal or service animal to the definition of abuse for protection from abuse proceedings: 1. Engaging in cruelty. 2. Inflicting physical injury. 3. Engaging in a course of alarming or distressing conduct. In addition, this Act provides specific authority for the Court to include provisions in a protection from abuse order that grant a petitioner exclusive care, custody, or control of a companion animal and order a petitioner to stay away from the companion animal. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
This Act clarifies former HB 148 from the 151st General Assembly by defining the start and end date of the 4 year lookback period that determines if a municipality, governmental unit, the University of Delaware, or Delaware State University is subject to reimbursement for an employee’s training expenses when the employee is hired by another municipality, governmental unit, the University of Delaware, or Delaware State University.
