Delaware House Bill 52 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 13 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-13 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

Currently, Rockford Falls Partners, LLC owns the majority of the Bancroft Mills site in Wilmington, Delaware. Delawares Division of Parks and Recreation owns a smaller portion of the Bancroft Mills site that the State acquired with the intent of having it serve as an entrance, river crossing and parking area for Alapocas Run State Park. There is currently inadequate public access and parking onsite to meet recreational needs in this portion of the park.This bill authorizes DNREC to engage in a land swap with Rockford Falls Partners. The state will convey 1.53 acres of its land to Rockford Falls Partners, and will receive in exchange 3.92 acres of land and river bottom bordering the Brandywine Creek at the Bancroft Mills site, and an easement in perpetuity allowing vehicle, bike, and foot traffic across Rockford Falls property for purposes of accessing state park land. Rockford Falls will further agree to create and maintain a 25 space parking lot and a lawn on the State land at the park entrance, as well as installing a restroom facility and renovating an old train platform for use as a rentable pavilion in the park. This land swap was approved by the Open Space Council on December 7, 2016.

An Act Authorizing The Conveyance Of The State Of Delaware's Interest In Certain Lands Located In New Castle County, Delaware.

Rep. Gerald Brady [D]

Sen. Harris McDowell [D]

2017-03-23 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-03-16 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-13		Signed by Governor
2017-03-23		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2017-03-22		Reported Out of Committee (Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy) in Senate with 4 Favorable
2017-03-16		Assigned to Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy Committee in Senate
2017-03-16		Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 NOT VOTING
2017-03-15		Reported Out of Committee (Natural Resources) in House with 8 Favorable, 1 On Its Merits
2017-01-25		Introduced and Assigned to Natural Resources Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25423
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=25423&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB52
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18307
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#18351