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 permits the extension of special education and related services to those students with a disability who turn 21 during the 2020-2021 school year to address unfinished learning as a result of the pandemic which resulted in the COVID-19 Declaration of a State of Emergency for the State of Delaware Due to a Public Health Threat declared by the Governor on March 12, 2020. The IEP for the child must be revised to reflect the specific basis for extending services and the specific education and related services that will be provided.
This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Elsmere to create an Alderman Court and establish procedures governing the creation and operation of the Court. This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article IX of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend a municipal charter.
This Resolution recognizes the month of June 2021 as “Reentry Awareness Month” in the State of Delaware.
This Act creates the following new tax brackets: at $125,000, with a rate of 7.10%, at $250,000, with a rate of 7.85%, and at $500,000, with a rate of 8.6%.
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.
Senate Bill No. 132 (SB 132) and Senate Bill No. 110 (SB 110) both revise the requirements for rent increases in manufactured home communities and the dispute resolution process when a rent increase is proposed. Many of the revisions to Chapter 70 of Title 25, which governs manufactured homes on rented lots in manufactured home communities, are identical in both SB 132 and SB 110. The main difference between SB 132 and SB 110 is that SB 110 clarifies when a manufactured home community owner can recover the cost of a capital improvement from the homeowners in the community by making the amount the community owner collects a capital improvement assessment fee that ends when the cost of the capital improvement is recovered, instead of a permanent rent increase. SB 132 does all of the following: 1. Adds definitions and clarifies how often a rent increase may occur or be requested. 2. Revises the requirements for when rent may be increased above the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. 3. Adds disclosure requirements to the rent increase dispute resolution process. 4. Clarifies the legal standard and scope of a court’s review of an arbitrator’s decision. 5. Clarifies when rent increases take effect. 6. Makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual Senate Substitute No. 1 for SB 132 differs from SB 132 because it includes the revisions to Chapter 70 of Title 25 that are in SB 110, which are as follows: 1. Repeals the definition of “market rent” because that term is not a factor considered for justifying a rent increase under current law. 2. Clarifies that the amount the community owner collects from a capital improvement assessment fee ends when the cost of the capital improvement is recovered, instead of a permanent rent increase, consistent with a recent ruling by the Supreme Court of Delaware. 3. Adds a corresponding technical change that continues to allow a homeowner or homeowner association to dispute a capital improvement assessment fee under the existing rent increase dispute resolution process. Senate Substitute No. 1 for SB 132 differs from SB 132 and SB 110 as follows: 1. Restores changes in utility charges as a factor that may justify a rent increase above the CPI-U. 2. Reorganizes the notice requirements under § 7053(a) for clarity. 3. Allows a homeowner to receive income and operating expense statements from the community owner for a period of time longer than 3 years upon a showing of good cause. 4. Requires an arbitrator to use the standards in Chapter 70 of Title 25 in making a decision.
This Senate Concurrent Resolutions proclaims April 2021 as "Second Chance Month" in the State of Delaware.
This resolution recognizes April 26 - May 1, 2021 as "Auctioneers Week" in the State of Delaware.
