Delaware Senate Bill 76 (Prior Session Legislation)

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

Section 1 requires election polls to be open for no less than 7 hours (but not during any specific time period). Section 2 allows notices of special meetings to be emailed or hand-delivered to Council members. Section 3 clarifies that the Town Solicitor does not need to be reappointed each year at the annual meeting. Section 4 provides that the annual assessment is to be posted each year on the town website and made available at Town Hall for public review, with notice of the same being posted in four locations in town. Section 5 amends certain dates in the tax collection process, clarifies the tax collection powers of the Finance Clerk, and clarifies the town’s authority to collect attorney’s fees in delinquent tax collection proceedings. Section 6 clarifies the town’s nuisance abatement powers. Section 7 clarifies that the annual audit (and not the annual statement) shall be posted for review by the public and specifies the notice requirements. Section 8 authorizes the town to specify nuisance abatement procedures via ordinance. Section 9 clarifies that property owners of jointly held property are each entitled to one vote in annexation proceedings. Section 10 requires the polls in annexation elections to be open for at least five hours (but not during any specific time period). Section 11 clarifies the number of votes needed by Council to approve an annexation when an election is not necessary due to the property being exempt from taxation. Section12 states the effective date of this bill.

An Act To Amend Volume 77, Chapter 450, Laws Of Delaware, Relating To The Charter Of The Town Of Wyoming.

Sen. Brian Bushweller [D]

Rep. Donald Blakey [R]

2013-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-06-13 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [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
2013-06-27	House	Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2013-06-18	House	Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House
2013-06-13	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 20 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2013-06-05	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (COMMUNITY/COUNTY AFFAIRS) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2013-05-09	Senate	Assigned to Community/County Affairs Committee in Senate

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/e859039feb1ea33485257b60005f82a3?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+76/$file/legis.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/9a66d7a41ba6c34085257b8900651d31?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/622a1d22862fbc1085257b9b001385e5?OpenDocument