HB 62 Delaware House · 149th General Assembly (2017-2018)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF HARRINGTON RELATING TO CITY ELECTED OFFICES AND CITY FINANCES.

Summary

This Act amends the City of Harrington Charter to impose term limits on Mayor (2 terms) and Council Members (3 terms). Further, the City Charter is amended to allow without voter approval the term on debt to be up to 40 years, which is the standard term for USDA loans; and to allow refinancing of debt without voter approval if it saves the City money by reducing the term or interest rate on the debt. Finally, this amendment to the Charter allows financing without voter approval for debt that will not require the principal amount to be repaid. All 3 changes have been approved by City Council Resolutions.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2017

Committee Review

Apr 2017

House Passage

Mar 2017

Senate Passage

May 2017

Signed into Law

Jun 2017

Introduced Mar 9, 2017 Signed Jun 8, 2017

Floor votes · House Mar 23, 2017

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

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Committee

Jun 8, 2017

Signed into law

Signed by Governor

executive

May 3, 2017

Upper · Passed

Passed By Senate. Votes: 18 YES 3 ABSENT

upper

Apr 26, 2017

Upper · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (Judicial & Community Affairs) in Senate with 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable

upper

Mar 28, 2017

Introduced

Assigned to Judicial & Community Affairs Committee in Senate

upper

Mar 23, 2017

Lower · Passed

Passed By House. Votes: 39 YES 2 ABSENT

lower

Mar 22, 2017

Lower · Passed

Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits

lower

Mar 9, 2017

Introduced

Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors