Section 1. Sections 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 11 and 36 of this Act amend Sections 151(f), 202(a), 219(a), 219(c), 224, 232(c) and 364 of Title 8, respectively. Amendments to Sections 219, 224 and 232 and related provisions are intended to provide specific statutory authority for Delaware corporations to use networks of electronic databases (examples of which are described currently as “distributed ledgers” or a “blockchain”) for the creation and maintenance of corporate records, including the corporation’s stock ledger. Section 219(c), as amended, now includes a definition of “stock ledger.” Section 224, as amended, requires that the stock ledger serve three functions contemplated by the Delaware General Corporation Law: it must enable the corporation to prepare the list of stockholders specified in Sections 219 and 220; it must record the information specified in Sections 156, 159, 217(a) and 218; and, as required by Section 159, it must record transfers of stock as governed by Article 8 of subtitle I of Title 6. Sections 151, 202 and 364 are also amended to clarify that the notices given to holders of uncertificated shares pursuant to those sections may be given by electronic transmission. Section 2. Sections 3 and 4 of this Act amend Section 203(b) of Title 8. The amendments to Section 203(b)(3) clarify that an amendment to the corporation’s certificate of incorporation opting out of the restrictions on business combinations under that section becomes effective at the date and time such amendment becomes effective under Section 103 (in the case of a corporation that has never had a class of voting stock listed on a national securities exchange or held of record by more than 2,000 stockholders and that has not elected through its original certificate of incorporation or any amendment thereto to be governed by Section 203) or 12 months after the effective date of such amendment (in the case of all other corporations), rather than, in each case, the time at which the amendment is adopted by stockholders. The amendment to the last sentence of Section 203(b) adopts the same language with respect to the effectiveness of an amendment as added in Section 203(b)(3). Section 3. Sections 8, 9 and 10 of this Act amend Sections 228(c), 228(d) and 228(e) of Title 8, respectively. Section 228 is amended to provide that a consent need not bear the date of signature of the stockholder or member signing the consent. The amendments to Section 228(c) also provide that the sixty-day period for the delivery of consents will start on the first date a consent is delivered to the corporation. The amendments eliminate surplus language that specified where consents had to be delivered. Section 4. Sections 12 through 35 of this Act amend the provisions on mergers and consolidations in subchapter IX of chapter 1 of Title 8. Sections 254, 263 and 264 are amended to permit mergers of Delaware corporations with joint-stock or other associations, limited liability companies and partnerships formed or organized under the laws of a non-US jurisdiction. Sections 252, 253, 258 and 267 are amended to use the term “foreign corporation” (as such term is defined in Section 371(a)) to refer consistently to mergers with a corporation organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. Sections 255 and 256 are amended to clarify how membership interests in a non-stock corporation may be treated in a merger and, as a result, redundant language to this effect in Section 257 is eliminated. All sections relating to mergers are amended to conform language to eliminate inconsistencies. The term “organized” is used with respect to corporations and refers to the method by which a corporation is formed, incorporated, created or otherwise comes into being under the laws governing its internal affairs. The term “formed” is used with respect to non-corporate entities and includes the method by which a non-corporate entity is formed, created or otherwise comes into being under the laws governing its internal affairs. Both terms are used with respect to joint stock associations given that the manner in which they are characterized may, depending upon the law at issue, include attributes of both “organized” and “formed”. The clarification of the terms used to refer to corporations and non-corporate entities and the elimination of the term “existing” from Section 251 are for clarification purposes only and do not change the intent of such sections prior to the amendments. Each of the statutes on mergers and consolidations involving Delaware corporations and non-Delaware entities is amended to provide that such mergers and consolidations are permitted so long as the laws of the applicable non-Delaware jurisdictions do not prohibit the transaction. These amendments change provisions of Sections 252, 253, 256 and 258 that permitted these mergers and consolidations under Delaware law only if the applicable non-Delaware law “permitted” the transaction and change the language of Sections 254, 263, 264 and 267 from not “forbid” to not “prohibit”. The amendments are intended to further facilitate mergers and consolidations of Delaware corporations with non-Delaware entities. Section 5. Sections 37 and 38 of this Act amend Sections 374 and 502(a) of Title 8, respectively. Section 502 is amended to clarify the information required to be disclosed in annual reports filed by domestic corporations with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Section 374 is amended to conform the annual reporting requirements for corporations formed in another jurisdiction and qualifying to do business in Delaware with the requirements for domestic corporations. The amendments will allow for seamless electronic integration and more efficient processing of these annual reports. Section 6. Sections 39 and 40 of this Act relate to the effectiveness of the amendments to Title 8. Section 40 of this Act provides that Sections 8 through 10 of this Act (relating to the amendments to Section 228 of Title 8) are effective only for stockholder and member actions taken by consent having a record date, for purposes of determining the stockholders or members entitled to consent, on or after August 1, 2017. Section 39 of this Act provides that Sections 1 through 7 and Sections 11 through 38 of this Act (relating to the remaining amendments to Title 8 set forth in this Act) are effective on August 1, 2017.
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This bill continues the practice of amending periodically the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act (the "Act") to keep it current and to maintain its national preeminence. The following is a section-by-section review of the proposed amendments of the Act. Sections 1 through 6, 10 and 15. These sections amend Sections 17-101(4), 17-101(8), 17-102(5), 17-104(b), 17-104(g), 17-104(i)(4), 17-216(b)(6) and 17-902(1)(b) of the Act to clarify and confirm the distinction between domestic limited partnerships and foreign limited partnerships and to make certain other conforming changes. Section 7. This section adds subsection (e) to Section 17-201 of the Act to confirm and clarify that a certificate of limited partnership substantially complies with Section 17-201(a)(2) if it contains the name of the registered agent and the address of the registered office even if the certificate of limited partnership does not expressly designate such person as the registered agent or such address as the registered office or the address of the registered agent. Section 8. This section amends Section 17-211(a) of the Act relating to mergers and consolidations to confirm that "other business entity" includes any incorporated or unincorporated business or entity (other than a domestic limited partnership). Section 9. This section amends Section 17-215(a) of the Act relating to the domestication of non-United States entities to confirm that the term "non-United States entity" includes any incorporated or unincorporated non-United States business or entity. Section 11. This section amends Section 17-217(a) of the Act relating to conversions to a limited partnership to confirm that the term "other entity" includes any incorporated or unincorporated business or entity (other than a domestic limited partnership). Section 12. This section amends Section 17-219(a) of the Act relating to a conversion of a limited partnership to confirm that a domestic limited partnership may convert to any incorporated or unincorporated business or entity (other than a domestic limited partnership). Section 13. This section amends Section 17-303(b)(1) of the Act to confirm that limited partners may hold any type of interest in a general partner without participating in the control of the business of a limited partnership. Section 14. This section amends Section 17-403(c) of the Act to confirm and clarify the broad power and authority of a general partner to delegate any or all of the general partner’s rights, powers, and duties to manage and control the business and affairs of a limited partnership, including any core governance functions. Section 16. This section provides that the proposed amendments of the Act shall become effective August 1, 2017.
This bill expands the list of persons eligible to participate in the Ada Leigh Soles Memorial Professional Librarian and Archivist Incentive Scholarship Program to include employees of non-public libraries in Delaware that join the Delaware Library Consortium.
In every December in the years 2010 through 2015, the Code Revisors provided the General Assembly with a list of potential technical corrections they identified as they revised the Delaware Code to reflect legislation enacted that year. While technical in nature, these changes are beyond the authority of the Code Revisors to make and can only be done by the General Assembly through legislation. After reviewing the 148 items provided for the years 2010 through 2015, the following changes included in this Act are identified as technical in nature and in need of correction. Of the other 99 items, many had already been corrected, some statutes no longer existed or were subsequently amended so that the correction is no longer necessary, and some would be substantive changes. Each technical correction made by this Act is explained below: Section 1: HB 156 of the 148th General Assembly revised § 709 of Title 4. Section 709(d) now establishes rules for Sunday sales but does not list holidays. Holidays are now covered in § 709(c) of Title 4. This Act revises § 554 of Title 4 to codify current practice by listing the days that are covered by this rule. Section 2: SB 234 of the 145th General Assembly established the Recycling Public Advisory Council. This change corrects a drafting error in the language regarding the members representing the beverage industry. Section 3: HB 368 of the 147th General Assembly revised § 7402A of Title 7, adding language from federal law that does not follow the Delaware drafting style. The Code Revisors identified that the references to “paragraph c” were not clear because there are many paragraphs of § 7402A that are identified with the letter c. This Section clearly identifies which "paragraph c" is intended and corrects a typographical mistake and an additional instance where a paragraph reference is unclear. Section 4: SB 99 of the 147th General Assembly made changes to § 1009 of Title 10, eliminating paragraph (b)(3)a. The language that was in that paragraph is in § 351 of Title 31. Therefore, the reference is changed to refer to § 351 of Title 31 both times the repealed section appears in § 901 of Title 10. Section 5: SB 174, as amended by SA 1 and HA 2, of the 146th General Assembly amended § 4319 of Title 10 but failed to put “or” after the semicolon at the end of § 4319(d)(3). The word “or” is appropriate instead of “and” because all four of these conditions cannot be met at the same time. This Section makes the needed change. Section 6: HB 107, as amended by SA 1, of the 141st General Assembly intended to exclude child support obligations from the garnishment exemption for College and Able Act Savings plans. The citation was erroneously placed in § 4916 of Title 10 so that child support is exempted from garnishment rather than still available for garnishment. This Section corrects that error. Section 7: HB 427 of the 145th General Assembly amended Subchapter V, Chapter 5 of Title 7 to remove the word “experimental” throughout. Title 10 references Subchapter V, Chapter 5 of Title 7 so the word “experimental” should be removed in Title 10. This Section makes that change. Section 8: HB 346 of the 147th General Assembly substantially revised Delaware’s civil mental health laws. The exact language from what had been § 5127 of Title 16 was placed in the new § 5019(a) of Title 16. The reference to § 5127 of Title 16 was not updated in § 406 of Title 11 by HB 346. This Section makes that change. Section 9: SB 234 of the 144th General Assembly revised § 1102 of Title 11. Existing drafting errors in the provision were identified by the Code Revisors when the Code was being revised pursuant to SB 234. This Section makes the needed changes. Section 10: SB 174 of the 147th General Assembly revised the definition of contraband in § 1258 of Title 11 using incorrect punctuation. This Section corrects the punctuation to increase clarity. In addition, the Department of Correction is being added. This correction is consistent with HB 47 of the 148th General Assembly which corrected instances where the Department of Correction was still referred to as the State Board of Correction or the Department of Health and Social Services, where it used to be located. Section 11: HB 260 of the 147th General Assembly revised § 1335 of Title 11 and in combining the exemptions for legal and medical procedures used the word “and” when “or” is the correct grammatical choice. This Section corrects that error. Section 12: HB 427 of the 145th General Assembly added “combative sports” to the activities regulated by Title 28 and said all violations of Title 28 are subject to prosecution under Title 11. The term “combative sports” was not added to the section of Title 11 covering these specific offenses. This Section makes the needed changes. Section 13: HB 427 of the 145th General Assembly added “combative sports” to the activities regulated by Title 28 and said all violations of Title 28 are subject to prosecution under Title 11. The term “combative sports” was not added to the section of Title 11 covering these specific offenses. This Section makes the needed changes. Section 14: SB 45 of the 148th General Assembly amended the state implementation of the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 to mirror federal law. Prior to SB 45, § 1441A of Title 11 used the term “qualified active duty law-enforcement officer” and also covered retired law-enforcement officers. SB 45 removed the words “active duty” from § 1441A of Title 11 consistent with federal law and created a new § 1441B in Title 11 to cover retired law-enforcement officers. The changes to § 1441A of Title 11 were not updated in § 1448B of Title 11. This Section makes the needed changes. Section 15: SB 197 of the 147th General Assembly revised Delaware’s Human Trafficking crimes. It revised § 787 of Title 11 so that (b)(2) is the crime of forced labor and (b)(3) and (b)(4) refer to sex crimes. The reference in § 4121(a)(4), community notification of sex offenders, was changed from §787(b)(2) to §787(b)(3)-(4), but the same reference was not revised in § 4123(c) of Title 11 which addresses sentencing for a juvenile adjudicated delinquent of a sex offense. This Section makes the needed changes. Section 16: HB 346 of the 147th General Assembly substantially revised Delaware’s civil mental health laws. Section 5136 of Title 16 was repealed and the facilities referenced in the repealed § 5136 are now included in § 5001 by HB 346. This Section makes the needed changes. Section 17: SB 144 of the 148th General Assembly revised Delaware law regarding background checks for child-serving entities. The references in § 511 of Title 14 were not updated to reflect the new sections. This Section makes the needed changes. Section 18: HB 245 of the 145th General Assembly and HB 302 of the 147th General Assembly made changes to Title 15 of the Delaware Code relating to elections. Subchapter IV, Chapter 10 of Title 14 references the job titles used in Title 15 but Title 14 still uses the job titles in place prior to both bills. Title 15 is clear that all references to job titles that appear in any other act of law, to the extent they are consistent with a function transferred by this chapter to the Department, shall be construed as referring or relating to such person or persons and their powers, duties, and functions as established and created by Chapter 2 of Title 15. This Section makes the needed changes. Section 19: HB 1 of the 146th General Assembly deleted what was at the time paragraph (a)(1) of this section but did not delete the reference in (d)(6) so the Code Revisors inserted an explanation. The old language and explanation should be stricken. This Section makes the needed changes. Section 20: SB 20 of the 147th General Assembly created a prison education unit. The correct reference to the Department of Correction training program is § 2405 of Title 14. Section 2402 states that employees for the prison Education Program shall have the same qualifications as employees in public high schools and does not reference any Department of Correction training program. This Section makes the needed changes. Section 21: HB 384 of the 144th General Assembly revised the Universal Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention program. An existing drafting error in the statute was identified when the Code was being revised pursuant to HB 384. The error is that the language of § 804A(a)(3)e and § 804A(a)(4) of Title 16 are substantially similar without any legal reason for the duplication. This Section removes § 804A(a)(3)e of Title 16. Section 22: HB 346 of the 147th General Assembly substantially revised Delaware’s civil mental health laws. In section 5003 of Title 16, the word “licensed” was omitted from paragraph (a) of subsection (3). This Section corrects that error. Section 23: HB 346 of the 147th General Assembly substantially revised Delaware’s civil mental health laws. The Code Revisors identified that the citation to § 5127 of Title 16 is no longer correct. Researching that correction identified that § 5121 of Title 16 was also updated and moved to § 5003 of Title 16. Thus, § 5121 of Title 16 should be stricken. This Section makes the needed change. Section 24: HB 346 of the 147th General Assembly substantially revised Delaware’s civil mental health laws. The Code Revisors identified that the citation to § 5127 of Title 16 is no longer correct. Researching that correction identified that pursuant to HB 311 in the 146th General Assembly, § 5121A of Title 16 states that it is only in effect until July 1, 2013. Thus, § 5121A of Title 16 should be stricken. This Section makes the needed change. Section 25: HB 346 of the 147th General Assembly substantially revised Delaware’s civil mental health laws. The Code Revisors identified that the citation to § 5127 of Title 16 is no longer correct. Researching that correction identified that § 5123 of Title 16 was updated and moved to § 5003 of Title 16 so to correct the mistake, § 5123 of Title 16 should be stricken. This Section makes the needed change. Section 26: HB 346 of the 147th General Assembly substantially revised Delaware’s civil mental health laws. The exact language from what had been § 5127 of Title 16 was placed in the new § 5019(a) of Title 16. The reference to § 5127 of Title 16 was not updated in § 5154 of Title 16. This Section corrects that error. Section 27: HB 346 of the 147th General Assembly substantially revised Delaware’s civil mental health laws. Section 5135 of Title 16 was repealed and that language was included in the new § 5025(a) of Title 16. Also, the exact language from what had been § 5127 of Title 16 was placed in the new § 5019(a) of Title 16. The reference to § 5127 of Title 16 was not updated in § 5161 of Title 16. This Section corrects that error. Section 28: HB 346 of the 147th General Assembly substantially revised Delaware’s civil mental health laws. Section 5131 of Title 16 was repealed and that type of treatment is covered under Chapter 50. Section 5174(2) of Title 16 contains a reference to § 5123 of Title 16 which was updated by the same Act and moved to § 5003 of Title 16. This Section makes the needed changes. Section 29: HB 373 of the 147th General Assembly revised the process by which a health care payment system is published and eliminated (14) of § 2322B of Title 19. The correct reference should now be § 2322 of Title 19. This Section makes the needed change. Section 30: HB 162 of the 147th General Assembly added §§ 3571 and 3610 to Title 18 and both reference § 1302(d)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. There is no § 1302(d)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act so this reference is being changed § 1311(d)(2)(B)(ii) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care as originally intended. This Section makes the needed change. Section 31: HB 162 of the 147th General Assembly added §§ 3571 and 3610 to Title 18 and both reference § 1302(d)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. There is no § 1302(d)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act so this reference is being changed to § 1311(d)(2)(B)(ii) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care as originally intended. This Section makes the needed change. Section 32: As part of revising Title 18, the Code Revisors reversed the order of subsections (a) and (b) so as to maintain alphabetical order of the terms. Prior to this reversal, the term “Department” in Chapter 40 of Title 18 was modified by the phrase, “for the purposes of this chapter,” defining it for this Chapter as the Department of Health & Social Services. Reversing the order of the subsections changed “Department” to its definition in Chapter 1 of Title 18 as meaning the “Insurance Department.” This Section corrects that error and makes additional technical corrections to conform to the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual. Section 33: HB 175 of the 147th General Assembly Synopsis created a new section § 2379(f)(4) of Title 19. There is a typographical error so that the statute reads “whether the employer has complied with its obligations under § 2322E(d) of this title to provide a list of possible b [sic] assignments for injured workers.” The letter “b” is an error. The synopsis for HB 175 states that this section “requires that companies be compliant with their ‘back to work’ responsibilities for injured employees before being eligible for the credit.” Section 2379(f)(4) references § 2322E(d) of Title 19 which requires employers to provide a report of “modified-duty jobs.” Instead of “b”, the statute should reference “modified-duty jobs.” This Section makes the needed change. Section 34: HB 99 of the 146th General Assembly referenced “§ 4704(c)(1)(2)”. There is no such section. Section 4704 has a (c)(1) and a (c)(2). The Code Revisors assumed the word “or” was intended and placed it in the provision in brackets. This Section removes the brackets. Section 35: HB 416 of the 147th General Assembly corrected insensitive language regarding persons with disabilities. The Bill erroneously changed this term in a manner that it is incorrect. This Section corrects that error. Section 36: SB 200 of the 145th General Assembly created a new subsection (c) in § 4502 of Title 21. A sentence in paragraph (c)(9) needs the word “that” to be grammatically correct. This Section makes the needed change. Section 37: SB 189 of the 147th General Assembly eliminated the “limited” license and created the “academic” license but did not use definition language when adding the new term to the statute. This Section makes the needed change. Section 38: Subchapter VI of Chapter 11 of Title 24 was created by HB 392 of the 144th General Assembly. It contains a sunset provision stating that the Act will expire 2 years from date of enactment, if not re-enacted. The Act was not re-enacted. Section 1106(a)(13) of Title 24 gives the State Board of Dentistry and Dental Hygiene the authority to issue a volunteer license. This Section makes the needed change. Section 39: HB 359 of the 147th General Assembly revised the definition of the practice of physical therapy and in referencing the prior practice rules used the word “and” instead of “or” which was the language in the prior statute. This Section makes the needed change. Section 40: HB 357 of the 146th General Assembly amended § 5304 of Title 24 and referred to documents instead of the people holding the documents in § 5304(c). The regulations implementing this section refer to certificate holders and licensees and this change makes the provision consistent with the regulations and grammatically correct. This Section makes the needed change. Section 41: Chapter 81 of Title 25 was created by SB 273 of the 144th General Assembly and contains a reference to § 81-303(h) which has never existed. The correct reference should be to § 81-303(f). This Section makes the needed change. Section 42: HB 427 of the 145th General Assembly replaced the word “boxing” with “combative sports” in the title to Chapter 1 of Title 28 but did not replace it in § 929(2) of Title 28. Chapter 1 regulates combative sports so section 929(d) exclude events regulated by Chapter 1 from the catchall regulations for events not otherwise regulated. Since Chapter 1 covers all combative sports, not just boxing, § 929(2) of Title 28 should have been changed by HB 427. This Section makes the needed change. Section 43: SS1 for SB 28 of the 147th General Assembly allows a per diem employee of the General Assembly who receives a service pension to be exempt from the earnings limit while working for the General Assembly. In revising the statute, the Code Revisors noted punctuation errors. This Section makes the needed change. Section 44: SB 150 of the 147th General Assembly made changes to § 8059 of Title 29, which included repealing § 8059(e)(8). The reference to the repealed section remained in the revised § 8059(d)(3) and should be stricken because there is no such section. This Section makes the needed change. Section 45: HB 427 of the 145th General Assembly amended Chapter 1 of Title 28 by replacing the language “boxing, mixed martial arts” with “combative sports”. Included in this change was § 103 which directs the Division of Professional Regulation to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations relating to the regulation of combative sports and combative sports entertainment. Section 8735 of Title 29 also gives the Division of Professional Regulation this authority but it was not amended by HB 427. Adding “combative sports” to § 8735 of Title 29 of makes the sections consistent. This Section makes the needed change. Section 46: SB 140 of the 148th General Assembly amended § 6502 of Title 30 so that paragraph (b)(4) refers to "paragraphs a. and b." of the section. Section 6502 has "paragraphs a. and b." in sections (1), (2), and (3), making the reference in paragraph (b)(4) unclear. Because paragraph (b)(4) refers to "paragraphs a. and b." in all 3 of the sections, this Section makes the needed change by striking the language about "paragraphs a. and b.". Section 47: HB 205 of the 148th General Assembly revised Subchapter II of Chapter 27 of Title 16 and repealed the model form that was contained in § 2719. Section 2713 of Title 16 sets forth the manner of executing anatomical gifts, including an indication on a person’s driver’s license and is the correct reference. This Section changes the reference to § 2713 of Title 16. Section 48: SB 66 of the 148th General Assembly created The Delaware Neighborhood Conservation and Land Banking Act. Language requiring bidding information to be posted on a website was included in one amendment, but not included in the amendment that ultimately passed, however, this reference to bidding information remained. This Section makes the necessary change.
In January 2017, the Code Revisors provided the General Assembly with a list of potential technical corrections that they identified as they revised the Delaware Code to reflect legislation that was enacted by the 148th General Assembly in 2016. While technical in nature, these changes are beyond the authority of the Code Revisors to make and can only be done by the General Assembly through legislation. Section 1. HB 227 revised the Farm Wineries law to permit Farm Wineries to make and sell mead and cider in addition to wine to align with federal rules. As written, Farm Wineries would need to manufacture wine, mead, and cider to meet the definition of a Farm Winery. This Section changes the language to allow Farm Wineries to make wine, mead, or cider as intended by HB 227. Section 2. When reviewing the error identified by the Superior Court in § 4798(t) of Title 16 a technical error was found subsection (r) of this section. Under § 304 of Title 1, words in the singular number include the plural. This corrects that error. Section 3. The Superior Court discovered an error in the subject and verb agreement of § 4798(t) of Title 16. In reviewing this error, an additional technical error was identified. Under § 304 of Title 1, words in the singular number include the plural. This corrects that error. Section 4. This issue was discovered by the Code Revisors without relation to current legislation. There are 5 paragraphs after § 2304(28) of Title 18 that actually apply to §§ 2304(24) and (25). Section 2304(24) prohibits “discriminatory practices against victims of abuse regarding life and health insurance” and was added by SB 128 in 1995 and contained those 5 paragraphs. Section 2304(25) prohibits “discriminatory practices against victims of abuse regarding home owner’s and private passenger motor vehicle insurance” and was added by SB 433 in 1995. The 1998 and 1999 printed volumes of the Delaware Code had the 5 paragraphs after (25) because both (24) and (25) apply to issuing insurance to victims of abuse and these 5 paragraphs apply to issuing insurance to victims of abuse. Subsequently, in 2005, HS1 for HB 90 added § 2304(26) relating to regulatory inquiries; in 2007, SS1 for SB 31 added § 2304(27) relating to credit scoring; and in 2008 SB 239 added § 2304(28) relating to volunteer firefighters. These 3 subsections, (26), (27), and (28) were added in error above those 5 paragraphs. This Section clarifies that the 5 free-standing paragraphs at the end of § 2304 apply to subsections (24) and (25). Section 5. HB 381 amended Chapter 33 of Title 18 by redesignating what had been Chapter 33 as Subchapter I and creating a new Subchapter II. There were references to this "chapter" throughout what is now Subchapter I and the Code Revisors asked if they were correct to leave the term "chapter." In § 3302, the term "chapter" should now be "subchapter." This Section makes the necessary change. Section 6. HB 381 amended Chapter 33 of Title 18 by redesignating what had been Chapter 33 as Subchapter I and creating a new Subchapter II. There were references to this "chapter" throughout what is now Subchapter I and the Code Revisors asked if they were correct to leave the term "chapter." In § 3342(h), "chapter" should now be "section." This Section makes the necessary change. Sections 7 through 9. HB 160 amended Title 19 to allow the Department of Labor to collect over payments due under additional state and federal laws. In the list of those laws in §§ 3325, 3360, and 3384, there is a citation to § 5402 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 5402). This is the definition of a brewery. The correct citation is to § 6402 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 6402), which allows states to recover unemployment compensation debt, which is consistent with this section. In these 3 Code provisions, there is also a citation to § 303 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 303). This is also incorrect and the correct citations are to § 303 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 503). This Section makes the necessary changes. Section 10. HB 387 added a reference to “paragraph (a)(4) of this section” in § 1799F of Title 24 but there is no paragraph (a)(4) in § 1799F of Title 24. The correct reference should be to "subsection (a) of this section". This Section makes the necessary change. Section 11. SS 1 for SB 143 updated the definition of the practice of optometry. There is a reference in § 2101(a)(3)c. to “7(b).” There is no 7(b) and the correct reference should be to § 2101(a)(3)a.2. This Section makes the necessary change. Sections 12 & 14. HB 331 changed the name of the Bureau of Child Support Enforcement and the Division of Child Support Enforcement to the Division of Child Support Services. The name of the accounts used by the Division of Child Support Services were not updated to reflect this new name. This Section makes the necessary changes. Section 13. HS 1 for HB 262 adopted the Joint Sunset Committee recommendations to update the Open Space Council. In making this update, § 7506 of Title 7, a vacant statute, now provides the powers and duties of the Open Space Council. Section 8017A of Title 29, regarding the Delaware Council on Greenways and Trails, references § 7506 of Title 7 and that reference had been marked by Code Revisors as “[repealed]”. The reference to the new § 7506 of Title 7 is not relevant so this Act removes that sentence.
This Act will direct the first $8 million in auction proceeds received from the sale of emission allowances through the regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and CO2 Emission Trading Program to be directed to the General Fund for the fiscal year 2018. The balance of the funds will be directed to the Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to be directed for the public benefit in accordance with the goals and purposes of this initiative.
This Act provides supplementary appropriations to certain Grants-in-Aid for Fiscal Year 2018. Section 1 – Government Units and Senior Center $18,582,949 Section 2 – One-Times and Community Agencies $12,886,495 Section 3 – Fire Companies $4,711,925 Section 4 – Veterans Organizations $244,230 GRAND TOTAL $36,425,599
This Act increases by 1% the rate of realty transfer tax to be received by the State.
This bill will sunset the Delaware Estate Tax on December 31, 2017.
This resolution creates the Administrative Law Improvement Task Force, which is charged with reviewing Delaware’s Administrative Procedures Act and other related statutes for the purpose of making recommendations to modernize Delaware’s administrative tribunal process, including judicial review of administrative tribunal decisions and processes for disputes involving land use and real property, including the Landlord Tenant Code.