An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Disposition Of Children Pending Adjudication And Payment For Care. [SB-264]
For nearly 8 years Delaware has been involved in a collaborative effort among juvenile justice agencies to, among other goals, reduce the unwarranted detention of juveniles and provide meaningful alternatives to such detention. While the Juvenile Justice Collaborative has made significant strides in that effort, experience has shown that the current provisions of 10 Del. C. 1007 do not adequately meet the circumstances faced by those courts dealing with juvenile detention decisions. Situations such as violent misdemeanors-especially against parents,
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SB-264: An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Disposition Of Children Pending Adjudication And Payment For Care.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Signed By Governor on 07/12/2010
An Act To Amend Title 26 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Net Energy Metering. [SB-267]
This bill will further strengthen net energy metering provisions by providing customers the opportunity to aggregate individual meters for the purpose of allocating net metering credits to electricity accounts other than the account that hosts an energy generating facility. The bill also provides community choice aggregation provisions for community-owned energy generating facilities that are established by a group of customers. Recognizing that not all customers own properties that are favorable for energy generating facilities, the community-owned
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SB-267: An Act To Amend Title 26 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Net Energy Metering.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Signed By Governor on 07/28/2010
An Act To Amend Chapter 11 Of Title 12 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Escheats. [SB-272]
This Act improves the administration of the Delaware Abandoned and Unclaimed Property Statute by providing holders with additional clarity and certainty regarding the enforcement of the Delaware abandoned property statute. Section 1 of the Act provides for an administrative review process at the conclusion of an unclaimed property examination. This review process may be invoked at the option of the holder. It will allow the holder to file a written protest, submit additional information in support of the protest and request that the Audit Manager
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SB-272: An Act To Amend Chapter 11 Of Title 12 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Escheats.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Signed By Governor on 07/23/2010
An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Health Care Practices. [SB-275]
The Bill will authorize and require the Delaware Board of Medical Practice, the agency that oversees physician licensure, to require doctors applying for licensure or relicensure to present service letters from health care facilities through which they have had direct access to patients, or admitting or staff privileges, attesting to their good character. The letters would contain information, if it exists, about any reasonably substantiated incidents involving violence, threats of violence, abuse or neglect toward any other person, including any
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SB-275: An Act To Amend Title 24 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Health Care Practices.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Signed By Governor on 07/30/2010
An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Freedom Of Information. [SB-283]
This Act requires the Attorney General to screen challenges to public record request denials, if a state agency is involved. All such alleged violations must first be reviewed by the Chief Deputy. If the Chief Deputy determines that an agency should have produced the requested records, the Attorney General’s Office may not represent the agency in any further legal action if that agency fails to comply with the Chief Deputy’s decision. The Bill also permits a litigant, after requesting a decision by the Attorney General, to appeal the matter to the
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SB-283: An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Freedom Of Information.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Signed By Governor on 07/15/2010
An Act To Amend Part Iv Of Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Pertaining To Special Proceedings. [SB-29]
Article I Section 20 of the Delaware Constitution guarantees the individual citizen’s right to keep and bear arms for legitimate and lawful purposes such as “defense of self, family, home and State, and for hunting and recreational use.” The registration of firearms and their owners by government action and the concomitant creation of lists, files and data banks containing such information have a chilling effect on the lawful exercise of this right by law-abiding citizens and creates an opportunity for misuse of such information by governmental
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SB-29: An Act To Amend Part Iv Of Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Pertaining To Special Proceedings.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Stricken on 01/13/2010
An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Parental Involvement In Schools. [SB-293]
This Bill would require schools to notify parents of information being taught to their children relating to human sexuality issues, sexual acts, profanity, violence, drugs and/or alcohol. Such policy would ensure parent/guardian notification no less than 48 hours prior to introduction or instructional use. Such policy would afford parents or guardians the flexibility to exempt their children from any portion of said curriculum or materials through notification to the school principal.
SB-293: An Act To Amend Title 14 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Parental Involvement In Schools.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Assigned To Education Committee In Senate on 06/10/2010