This Act confirms that nursery stock as defined in Title 3, Chapter 13, Nurseries and Nursery Stock, includes clones and seedlings. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
The Agricultural Lands Preservation Act allows existing farm structures that are no longer in use, but which existed when the farmland was placed in the preservation program, to be converted to use for public gatherings under specific limitations. Experience has shown that these existing limitations do not adequately allow for renovation and modernization of these farm structures to accommodate the public gathering uses. This Act provides flexibility so a farm owner may upgrade the otherwise unused farm structures, while continuing to provide protection regarding agricultural activities conducted on the farmland. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
This Act creates a special license plate for members of the nonprofit organization, atTAcK addiction. This Act requires a greater-than-majority vote for passage because Article VIII, § 11 of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of 3/5 of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly when a new tax or license fee is imposed. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
This Resolution recognizes the month of June 2021 as “Reentry Awareness Month” in the State of Delaware.
This Concurrent Resolution creates an Aging-in-Place Working Group that will develop a plan to guide policies designed to promote successful aging-in-place for seniors in Delaware. The group will deliver preliminary recommendations to the General Assembly by March 30, 2022.
This Act is the result of the Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee’s review of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (“DIAA”) and addresses out-of-season coaching for student athletes. The State Public Integrity Commission (“PIC”) has issued advisory opinions stating that a public school coach violates the State Employees’, Officers and Officials’ Code of Conduct (Chapter 58, Title 29) (“Code of Conduct”) if the coach provides out-of-season instruction for pay for returning members of the varsity or sub-varsity teams of the school where the coach works as a coach. See Commission Op. No. 02-02 and Commission Op. No. 02-60. The 149th General Assembly passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 79 (“SCR 79”), directing the Department of Education (“DOE”), with the assistance of DIAA, to promulgate regulations that permit coaches to coach student athletes out of season, with or without pay, with restrictions to safeguard the health of student athletes and minimize the risk of unethical behavior. SCR 79 directed the DOE to publish proposed regulations by October 1, 2018. In April 2021, as a result of DIAA’s ongoing work, the DIAA published proposed regulations addressing most of the criteria listed in SCR 79. One of the remaining hurdles to completing the proposed regulations has been the limitations imposed by the PIC advisory opinions. The purpose of this Act is to codify the General Assembly’s recognition that Delaware athletes are at a disadvantage when competing against youth from other states because Delaware coaches cannot coach their students out of season. Under this Act, out-of-season coaching does not violate the Code of Conduct if the coach and the organization providing the sport meet certain criteria that provide restrictions to minimize the risk of unethical activity. This Act recognizes that DIAA does not have the authority – or desire – to regulate non-DIAA organizations or coaches’ actions outside of DIAA programs. Rather, this Act tasks DIAA with setting the parameters that establish whether a specific instance of out-of-season coaching violates the Code of Conduct. Under this Act, the DIAA Board must submit proposed regulations to the Registrar of Regulations by August 15, 2021, to address any of the criteria under § 313(b) of Title 14 of this Act that are not already addressed in proposed or enacted regulations.
Under the Governor’s Eleventh Modification of the COVID-19 State of Emergency Declaration, and continuing upon passage of Senate Bill No. 247, remote notarization and witnessing by Delaware attorneys via audio-visual technology has been permitted. This provision is currently set to sunset on June 30, 2021. This Act extends the provision through June 30, 2022.
This Act reduces risks to the environment and public health by doing all of the following: 1. Prohibiting the sale of containers, food service products, or packing material made of expanded polystyrene. 2. Prohibiting food establishments and public schools from providing ready-to-eat food and beverages in expanded polystyrene containers. 3. Limiting the use of single-service plastic items in food establishments. This Act allows restaurants to provide plastic straws at the request of a customer and does not apply to containers where the expanded polystyrene is wholly encased in more durable material. The term “food” includes beverages, under the Delaware Food Code. In addition, this Act encourages food establishments not to use or sell food that is pre-packaged in expanded polystyrene containers. This Act takes effect beginning July 1, 2022, except for public schools, for which it takes effect beginning with the 2022 – 2023 school year.
This Concurrent Resolution urges the President of the United States to designate a State Funeral at the time appropriate for the final Medal of Honor recipient from World War II.
This Senate Concurrent Resolutions proclaims April 2021 as "Second Chance Month" in the State of Delaware.
