Delaware Senate Bill 52 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on July 15 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-07-15 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

The Harrington Charter Changes involve changes to the City’s Borrowing Powers. The aggregate amount of debt is being changed from 15 percent to 25 percent of the total assessed value of all non-tax exempt real property within the City. The cap on short-term borrowing is being changed from $500,000 to 5% of the total assessed value of all non-tax exempt real property situated within the City. The maximum short term borrowing period is being changed from 5 years to 10 years. This Act also allows borrowing without referendum of up to 3.5% of the total assessed value of all non-tax exempt real property within the City if approved by a super-majority of Council after a public hearing on this issue. Five members of Council out of six must support a resolution to borrow, the borrowing term can be no longer than 30 years and the borrowing is limited to certain enumerated types of projects.

An Act To Amend The Charter Of The City Of Harrington Relating To Borrowing Powers

Sen. Gary Simpson [R]

Rep. William Outten [R]

2013-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-06-05 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-07-15	Senate	Signed by Governor
2013-06-30	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2013-06-19	House	Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2013-06-06	House	Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House
2013-06-05	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2013-05-01	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (COMMUNITY/COUNTY AFFAIRS) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2013-04-24	Senate	Assigned to Community/County Affairs Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/57648c8a93b151b485257b51006892cd?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+52/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/8d0d287331c16c1585257b810075e8c9?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/a985ae6d2190d2d285257b9b001385bd?OpenDocument