Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf

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District HD-014
Party Democrat
Bills Introduced 80

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To State Taxes On Telegraph And Telephone Companies. [HB-181]
This Act provides a credit against the tax on telephone lines and transmitters that is measured as a percentage of the capital investment made in Delaware by a taxpayer and its affiliates, and provides the credit shall not be treated as an unforeseen change in a service provider’s costs of providing telecommunications services. The Act also repeals the tax on telephone lines and transmitters after 2013.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 07/05/2012

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Special License Or Registration Plates. [HB-193]
This Act creates a special license plate for members of the Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute, Inc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Harvey Kenton Signed By Governor on 05/21/2012

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Commerce And Trade And The Safe Destruction Of Documents Containing Personal Identifying Information. [HB-194]
This bill will create a new chapter regarding the safe destruction by business entities of documents containing personal information. Aggrieved customers will have a civil action to recover potential treble damages. In addition, the Attorney General may file suit or bring an administrative enforcement proceeding against the business in violation if it is in the public interest. Banks, financial institutions, and certain other regulated institutions are exempt, as are governments and their subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Henry Introduced And Assigned To Economic Development/banking/insurance/commerce Committee In House on 06/16/2011

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Community Environmental Project Fund. [HB-197]
This Act provides that each civil or administrative penalty amount appropriated to the Community Environmental Project Fund will benefit the same community where the infraction or violation occurred that resulted in such penalty. A project benefits the same community if the project occurs within a 10-mile radius of where the infraction or violation occurred or if the Secretary of DNREC determines it is within the same community after consulting the Community Involvement Advisory Council.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Johnson Signed By Governor on 09/14/2011

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Providing For Reapportionment Of The State Legislative Districts. [HB-210]
This bill reapportions the 41 House of Representative Districts.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Valerie Longhurst Signed By Governor on 07/08/2011

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 1, 4, 6 ,7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20, 21, 25, 29, 30 And 31 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Removal Of Insensitive And Offensive Language. [HB-214]
People First Language (“PFL”) legislation is part of a national movement to promote dignity and inclusion for people with disabilities. PFL specifies that the order of terms used to describe any individual places the person first, and the description of the person second. For example, when using PFL, outdated terms such as “the disabled” would be phrased as “persons with disabilities.” This language emphasizes that individuals are people first, and that their disabilities are secondary. In compliance with PFL guidelines, this Act amends current (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 08/17/2011

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 26 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Standard Used For Cost Recovery For Public Utilities In Proceedings Involving A Change In Rates. [HB-228]
This Act requires for a motion of the Commission or for an application by a public utility relating to a public utility’s existing or proposed rate, or a proposed change thereof, that the public utility show that the rate involved is just and reasonable, which includes a showing that the rate involved allows for recovery of only those costs or expenses that were prudently incurred. Further, this Act allows a water utility to fully recover in the utility’s rates. without imputation of revenues, all costs which are prudently incurred by the water (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Re-assigned To Natural Resources Committee In House on 03/15/2012

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act Making Appropriations For The Expense Of The State Government For The Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2012; Specifying Certain Procedures, Conditions And Limitations For The Expenditure Of Such Funds; And Amending Certain Pertinent Statutory Provisions. [HB-25]
This Bill is the Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriation Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Harris McDowell Introduced And Assigned To Appropriations Committee In House on 01/28/2011

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Reapportionment Of The State Legislative Districts. [HB-250]
This bill makes several technical changes to the reapportionment legislation passed during the First Session of the 146th General Assembly. The corrections include: 1) clarifying road names, nonvisible boundaries, and direction designations; 2) adjustments to make some Representative and Senatorial lines congruent; 3) aligning District lines with some County Council lines; and 4) eliminating some election districts that have no registered voters.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gerald Hocker Signed By Governor on 02/03/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 7 And 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Occupational Licenses And Fees. [HB-251]
This Act eliminates the $100,000 business license fee for firms engaged in crude oil lightering. It consequently eliminates the designation of proceeds from the lightering license fee to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Fund.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Passed By Senate. Votes: Passed 18 Yes 0 No 0 Not Voting 3 Absent 0 Vacant on 03/29/2012

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