This Bill creates a tax exemption for non-profit owned swimming pools in New Castle County and Kent County. Sussex County has no similar exemption statute.
This Act removes a derogatory term for Italian-, Spanish-, and Portuguese-American immigrants from the Delaware Code.
This Act changes the program for distributing payments to county seats with tax-exempt properties owned by the State. Section 8318 of Title 29 directs compensatory payments for exempt properties owned by the State to the county seats, Wilmington, Dover, and Georgetown. This Act authorizes these compensatory payments to any municipality with a population over 25,000 and more than 20% tax exempt property owned by the State. This Act also raises the annual cap on the amount distributed under this section by $500,000 and adjusts the formula under which these distributions are made. This Act improves the formulas to enable the elimination of specific dollar earmarks and to treat all higher education institutions in the State equally. The Act increases the compensatory payments under this section to each of the 3 county seats, and adds Newark to the program at a much lower payment than the payment provided to the county seats. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
Senate Bill No. 209, enacted by the 145th General Assembly, extended the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Act through June 2020. This Act extends the Historic Preservation Tax Credit Act through June 2030 and puts the provision regarding the effective date in the statute.
This legislation increases access to Delaware's existing community solar program by expanding geographic eligibility requirements of the program. The legislation also ensures 15% of all community solar facilities provide savings to low-to-moderate income households, and enables community solar facilities to reach 5 megawatts in size, which will maximize solar savings and grow the number of homes that can subscribe to a program.
This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that limits the ability of the State to appropriate moneys in a special fund created, after January 1, 2018, to fund capital projects with a dedicated revenue source and with a limitation on the amount or percentage of the revenue source that may be used for non-capital operating or administrative expenses. This Act essentially creates a lock box on these special funds that can only be opened by the agreement of three-fourths of all the members elected to each House through legislation separate from an annual budget act, bond and capital improvement act, or grants-in-aid act.
This act restores the $500 senior real property tax credit.
This Act directs the Board of Directors of the Riverfront Development Corporation to amend the membership and member terms of the Board of Directors contained in Article I, Section 1 of the Corporation's by-laws.
This Act requires each public school district to equip the schools within their respective jurisdictions with an adequate number of panic buttons that may be used to immediately alert local law enforcement authorities of a security threat at a school. Once activated, the required silent alarm system will immediately alert authorities without simultaneously activating an audible alarm within the school building.
As a public school safety measure, this bill requires that any door to a classroom will be equipped with a lock that can be locked from either side of the door. Many doors are currently not capable of locking from the inside. Locking the door(s) to a classroom from inside the classroom would enable precluding a school intruder from entering that classroom. The Act permits schools 5 years from the date of enactment to bring existing structures into compliance with this requirement. New construction and major renovations must comply with the requirement immediately upon enactment.
This Act requires insurers to check if an individual owes child support arrears before making a payment to the individual and permits the Division of Child Support Services to attach a lien to an insurance payment awarded pursuant to a settlement or award. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
This Act amends the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act (REPSA) to provide for a workable cost cap to protect Delmarva Power customers from sharp annual increases in their bills due to the cost of procuring renewable energy. This Act authorizes the Director of the Division of Energy and Climate of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to freeze the renewable portfolio standard (RPS) if the cost of compliance to Delmarva Power customers increases by more than 1% a year, or 0.5% for solar power, without shutting down the RPS permanently. However, this Act requires the Director to lift a freeze if the increase in costs is expected to fall below the annual cost caps. This Act revises the RPS cost cap provisions by making it clear that the cost caps measure the annual increase in the cost of compliance with REPSA. This Act reduces the cost cap thresholds from 3% to 1% for renewable energy overall and from 1% to 0.5% for solar energy. Finally, the Act delineates the authority to promulgate regulations on the part of DNREC and the Public Service Commission to avoid any regulatory conflict and ensure that the agencies work together to implement REPSA while protecting customers from sharp cost increases.
