An Act Proposing An Amendment To Article Iv, Section 29 Of The Delaware Constitution Of 1897, As Amended, Relating To Justices Of The Peace. [SB-37]
Article IV, Section 29 currently provides that, after completing an initial four-year term successfully enough to warrant reappointment and confirmation, succeeding terms would then be for six years. This Amendment would provide that Justices of the Peace who have completed three terms of office successfully enough to warrant reappointment and confirmation for succeeding terms would thereafter serve terms of eight years, thereby retaining Justices of the Peace who are deemed most experienced by virtue of their years of service and increasing professionalism
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SB-37: An Act Proposing An Amendment To Article Iv, Section 29 Of The Delaware Constitution Of 1897, As Amended, Relating To Justices Of The Peace.
Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell
Passed By House Of Representatives. Votes: Passed 41 Yes 0 No 0 Not Voting 0 Absent 0 Vacant on 06/23/2011
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An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Sale, Purchase, Delivery And Transfer Of Firearms At Firearms Shows. [SB-39]
This bill would close the “gun show loophole” by requiring firearms vendors to have a licensed firearms dealer perform a background check prior to the sale, delivery or transfer of any firearm at a firearms show. For first offenses, firearms show vendors and licensed dealers who willfully and intentionally violate the law will be guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Additional offenses are a class G felony. Potential purchasers or transferees who willfully and intentionally make false statements or present false identification will be guilty of a class
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SB-39: An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Sale, Purchase, Delivery And Transfer Of Firearms At Firearms Shows.
Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell
Assigned To Judiciary Committee In Senate on 03/29/2011
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An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Pertaining To Business Tax Credits And Deductions And Clean Energy Technology Device Manufacturing. [SB-40]
This Act improves and updates the State’s primary economic development tax incentive program. Specifically, the Act: 1) makes the program permanent by eliminating a sunset provision; 2) better delineates eligibility for tax relief by establishing a three-year application deadline; 3) boosts the program’s effectiveness by increasing the amount of the corporate or personal income tax credits; and 4) modernizes the program’s scope by including provisions specifically designed to attract manufacturers of advanced clean energy technology power generating
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SB-40: An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Pertaining To Business Tax Credits And Deductions And Clean Energy Technology Device Manufacturing.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker
Signed By Governor on 06/22/2011
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An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Floodplain And Drainage Standards, Wetlands And Subaqueous Lands. [SB-64]
This legislation authorizes the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to adopt guidance and minimum standards to minimize risk from flooding with the input from a stakeholder advisory group. Such standards or equivalent standards shall subsequently be adopted by local governments to the extent that existing requirements do not meet the minimum standards established under this legislation. The legislation also authorizes the DNREC Secretary to waive regulatory requirements of the Wetlands and Subaqueous Lands Regulations to protect
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SB-64: An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Floodplain And Drainage Standards, Wetlands And Subaqueous Lands.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Signed By Governor on 08/17/2011
An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Parks And Recreation Council. [SB-96]
This bill updates the code to define eligible members of the Parks and Recreation Council appointed by the Governor. When the Parks and Recreation Council was created, the former Recreation Advisory Council was eliminated; this legislation would eliminate extraneous references to that defunct council. Further, the Bi-State Advisory Council for the White Clay Creek Preserve expired on December 31, 2010 by mutual agreement of Delaware and Pennsylvania. The ex-officio’s seat formerly held by a representative of that group would now become a gubernatorial
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SB-96: An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Parks And Recreation Council.
Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell
Signed By Governor on 02/03/2012
SCR-17: Urging The State Of New Jersey To Discontinue 'once Through' Cooling Systems On The Delaware River And Bay Which Harms The Fisheries And Limits Thousands Of Jobs In The Commercial And Recreational Fisheries And Crabbing Industries.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Passed In House By Voice Vote on 06/29/2011
You have voted SCR-17: Urging The State Of New Jersey To Discontinue 'once Through' Cooling Systems On The Delaware River And Bay Which Harms The Fisheries And Limits Thousands Of Jobs In The Commercial And Recreational Fisheries And Crabbing Industries..
SCR-30: Honoring Salesianum School Freshman Ben Hylak For His Hard Work And Creativity In Designing And Building An Innovative Telepresence Robot Known As “maya,” And Extending A Warm Welcome To Him And His Family Upon Their Visit To Legislative Hall.
Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell
Introduced In Senate on 03/22/2012
You have voted SCR-30: Honoring Salesianum School Freshman Ben Hylak For His Hard Work And Creativity In Designing And Building An Innovative Telepresence Robot Known As “maya,” And Extending A Warm Welcome To Him And His Family Upon Their Visit To Legislative Hall..
SCR-32: Commending The Delaware State Dental Society On The Achievements Of Its Ninth Annual Give Kids A Smile Program, And Recognizing Its Continuing Efforts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson
Introduced In Senate on 04/26/2012
You have voted SCR-32: Commending The Delaware State Dental Society On The Achievements Of Its Ninth Annual Give Kids A Smile Program, And Recognizing Its Continuing Efforts..