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This Act simplifies the licensing requirements for youth camps that are accredited by the American Camp Association (ACA) by requiring that the Department of Education's Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) deem a youth camp as meeting all equivalent health and safety requirements necessary for a youth camp license if the youth camp has ACA accreditation through August 30 of the current calendar year. By streamlining the OCCL licensing requirements for youth camps, this Act also increases the availability of summer child care that is eligible for provider reimbursement from the Purchase of Care (POC) program. Under existing OCCL regulations, a youth camp has the option of applying for either license exempt status or a license. To obtain a license, a youth camp must meet very detailed and specific requirements that are challenging, if not impossible, for many youth camps. ACA accreditation requires that a camp satisfies health and safety requirements that are similar and equivalent, but not identical, to the OCCL license requirements. However, an ACA accredited but license-exempt youth camp is unable to receive POC provider reimbursement because under the state plan for the federal Child Care and Development Fund, license exempt child care providers are not eligible for provider reimbursement. This Act also codifies the following policies that are in the current OCCL child care licensing regulations: • A youth camp license and the definition of “youth camp”. • The requirement that a youth camp must have a valid Division of Public Health permit to be licensed or approved as license exempt. • The school-age care, programs, and activities that are exempt from child care license requirements. This Act is effective immediately and § 3003A(c)(4)b. of Title 14 must be implemented no later than December 31, 2026. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.
This Act amends the City of Rehoboth Beach’s Charter by making all of the following changes requested by The Commissioners of the City of Rehoboth Beach (Rehoboth Beach): 1. Adds qualifications for candidates to be eligible for election or appointment to serve as a member of The Commissioners, including the Mayor, and requires a candidate to file an affidavit of eligibility attesting that the candidate meets the required qualifications. A candidate for election or appointment must meet all of the following qualifications: - The candidate is not a spouse, domestic partner, or cohabitant of a serving member of The Commissioners. - The candidate does not share a financial interest with a serving member of The Commissioners 2. Eliminates mileage reimbursement for non-resident Commissioners. 3. Updates the process for fixing the salaries for members of The Commissioners, including the Mayor, by allowing The Commissioners to fix the salaries by ordinance. An ordinance to increase salaries may not take effect earlier than 6 months after the ordinance is adopted. 4. Eliminates the Mayor’s civil and criminal jurisdiction because Rehoboth Beach has an Alderman and Assistant Alderman with civil and criminal jurisdiction. Also eliminates the Mayor’s duty to keep a docket of official acts and to report fines the Mayor imposes because the Mayor’s Court is eliminated. The Alderman and Assistant Alderman are required to record all official acts in the Alderman’s docket. Also, information regarding actions taken by the Mayor and the other Commissioners is available on Rehoboth Beach’s public website. 5. Adds a new subsection under Section 13 of the Charter to clarify that the Mayor retains the power to solemnize marriages in Rehoboth Beach, even though the Mayor’s Court is eliminated. 6. Eliminates the penalties for the Mayor failing to return documents and moneys belonging to Rehoboth Beach at the end of the Mayor’s term. Due to advancements in technology, the Mayor does not physically hold moneys belonging to Rehoboth Beach and documents belonging to Rehoboth Beach are stored electronically. 7. For violating an ordinance, increases the maximum fine from $500 to $2,500 and removes the penalties of imprisonment and being ordered to work while imprisoned. 8. Updates the Auditors of Accounts section to do all of the following: - Require the appointment of 1 certified public accountant or accounting firm to serve as an independent Auditor of Accounts (Auditor) for a 5-year term. - Prohibit reappointment of an Auditor until the expiration of 5 years since the Auditor last served. - Remove the requirement that the Auditor to be a substantial freeholder in Rehoboth Beach. - Change publication of the auditor’s report from a newspaper to the Rehoboth Beach website. 9. Removes the minimum valuation for real estate or improvements subject to assessment. 10. Adds the option for Rehoboth Beach to adopt county assessments for municipal tax purposes in compliance with Chapter 11 of Title 22 of the Delaware Code. 11. If Rehoboth Beach does not adopt county assessments, requires the Tax Assessor must reassess property at least every 5 years, to mirror the county reassessments required under § 8306 of Title 9 of the Delaware Code. 12. Updates the deadline for certification of a quarterly supplemental tax list to match Rehoboth Beach’s fiscal year. 13. Requires Rehoboth Beach to calculate the rolled-back rate and to provide notice of the difference between the rolled-back rate and the tax rate set by The Commissioners, as provided in § 1105 of Title 22 of the Delaware Code. 14. Changes the deadline for preparing the City Budget from May to March and changes the deadline for levying annual taxes from June to March because Rehoboth Beach’s fiscal year begins on April 1. 15. Updates the process for fixing the compensation or salary for Rehoboth Beach’s employees, officers, and agents, other than the members of the Commissioners, to conform with modern practices. Salary or compensation is fixed in the City Budget instead of at the annual meeting. 16. Removes The Commissioners’ powers to do all of the following because the powers are no longer relevant to present day and are no longer exercised by The Commissioners: - Regulate the observance of the Sabbath Day. - Establish and regulate pounds. - Prohibit or impound wild or domestic animals. - Impose taxes on dog owners. - Collect a per capita tax on all persons who are qualified to vote in the annual municipal election. 17. Changes the cap on real estate taxes from $3,000,000 to 0.1% of the fully assessed value of all real estate located in Rehoboth Beach. This Act also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual, including reorganizing paragraphs, deleting redundant language, correcting typos and misspellings, fixing tabulation, and editing outdated or unclear language. The changes to Sections 7, 29A, and 38 of the Charter are technical changes and not substantive changes. These changes to these Sections to fix typos and misspellings, correct internal references, use consistent terms, and reorganize the Sections so that the language is more clear. This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article IX of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend a municipal charter.
Of the 41 states with a state income tax, 27 states fully exempt military retirement pay from state income taxes and 12 states partially exempt military retirement pay. In 2022, Delaware increased the pension exclusion for military pensioners under 60 to $12,500, and in 2024, Delaware expanded the definition of a United States military pension to include a pension received for an individual’s service in the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service and clarified that the armed forces of the United States includes the Space Force and Coast Guard. This Act phases in, over 3 years, an increased exemption for military pensions from state income taxation, regardless of age, which is currently $12,500, so that in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2029, the exemption will be $25,000 for all military pensioners.
This Act allows tenants who are being evicted for failure to pay rent to remain in their homes if they pay all amounts owed prior to being evicted. It also makes technical corrections to conform existing law to the standards of the Drafting Manual. This Substitute differs from the original Act by incorporating the changes from Senate Amendment No. 1 to Senate Bill No. 116 which includes the following changes: - Increased the time from 12 to 24 months for the lookback period for restricting the number of times the right of redemption is available to a tenant. - Puts a requirement to proactively file with the court a request for a stay of the writ if payment is made after the writ of possession has been posted. - Makes clear that payment after posting of the writ only stays the writ until the payment has cleared and dismissal is not required until such time. This Substitute also adds the following changes based on further input from stakeholders: - Makes it clear that this Act only applies to evictions based on failure to pay rent. - Clarifies that any rent that is due under the terms of the lease must also be paid, in addition to any demanded past due and per diem rent, for redemption to apply. - Adds language that the landlord may restrict any payments to methods accepted under the terms of the lease, and the landlord may further restrict any payments made after judgment is entered to certified checks or money orders.
Current law prohibits persons subject to Family Court protective orders from purchasing or possessing deadly weapons, with some exceptions. This Act extends this prohibition to individuals with out-of-state protective orders as well.
Reverse-keyword court orders enable the government to obtain technology search data without identifying any specific person as to which there is probable cause to believe they have committed or will imminently commit a crime. The profusion of electronic devices and apps in recent years has allowed recordation of numerous details of citizen’s everyday lives, that the government should not be permitted to collect and review at will. Such general searches allow the government to sweep in persona...
This Bill updates Title 11 of the Delaware Code relating to animal cruelty. After 2 misdemeanor violations of this section, currently class A misdemeanors, all further violations are to be upgraded to class F felonies. Also, after the first felony violation of the statute, currently a class F felony, which involves intentionally killing or causing serious injury to any animal in violation of the statute, all further violations are to be upgraded to class E felonies. Also, any person convicted...
This act establishes the Athletic Trainers Compact ("Compact"), which facilitates the interstate practice of athletic training and provides for athletic trainers licensed in a participating state the ability to practice in other participating states. The Compact sets forth the requirements to be met in order for a state to join and maintain membership in the Compact. Additionally, the Compact provides the requirements for an athletic trainer to obtain and exercise the ability to practice in t...
This Act removes from the Town of Cheswold certain parcels of real property within the Nobles Pond development that are currently within the territorial limits of the Town of Cheswold. This Act requires a greater than majority vote for passage because § 1 of Article IX of the Delaware Constitution requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly to amend a municipal charter, whether directly, by amendment to a specific municipality’s ch...
This Act creates a film production tax credit. It requires companies to obtain, at their own expense, an independent audit certifying eligible expenditures. The audit must be submitted to the Division of Small Business for approval and allocation of credits. The credit is nonrefundable, transferable, and may be carried forward for up to 5 years. The credit may be applied against personal income tax, corporate income tax, bank franchise tax, and insurance premiums tax. All credit transfers ...
Currently, window tint or other material placed on the front side windows of a motor vehicle must have a visible light transmission of 70% or greater unless the vehicle’s owner has a statement signed by a licensed practitioner of medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine or optometry verifying that tinted windows are medically necessary. Currently, there is not a visible light transmission requirement for the side windows behind the driver or the rear window. This Act is a substitute fo...
This Act clarifies that special vanity license plates, which in Delaware are personal property, may be transferred from one owner to another without violating a U.S. District Court injunction that bars Delaware from issuing any new special vanity license plates or recalling any that the Division of Motor Vehicles has already issued.