Delaware House Bill 333 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-6)
Status: Passed on July 31 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-07-31 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

11(a), Article VIII, of the Delaware Constitution provides that “No tax … may be imposed or levied except pursuant to an Act of the General Assembly adopted with the concurrence of three-fifths of all members of each House.” A recent Chancery Court opinion has limited this section of the Delaware Constitution by allowing a municipality to impose a tax through an “all powers” clause in a municipal charter even if there is not specific authorization by an Act of the General Assembly to impose such a tax. This bill makes it clear that a municipality may only impose a tax within its jurisdiction if such tax is expressly authorized by an Act of the Delaware General Assembly.

An Act To Amend Title 22 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Municipalities.

Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf [D]	Sen. Patricia Blevins [D]	Rep. John Atkins [D]	Rep. Timothy Dukes [R]
Rep. Ronald Gray [R]	Rep. Deborah Hudson [R]	Rep. Earl Jaques [D]	Rep. Helene Keeley [D]
Rep. Valerie Longhurst [D]	Rep. John Viola [D]	Rep. D.E. Williams [D]	Sen. David Wilson [R]
Sen. Gregory Lavelle [R]	Sen. Ernesto Lopez [R]	Sen. Nicole Poore [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]

2014-06-26 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 15 N: 4 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2014-06-10 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 37 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-31	House	Signed by Governor
2014-06-26	Senate	Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 15 YES 4 NO 2 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-26	Senate	Amendment SA 2 - Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 8 YES 12 NO 0 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-26	Senate	Amendment SA 2 defeated
2014-06-26	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Defeated by Senate. Votes: Defeated 8 YES 13 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-26	Senate	Amendment SA 1 defeated
2014-06-25	Senate	Amendment SA 2 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2014-06-25	Senate	Amendment SA 1 - Introduced and Placed With the Bill in Senate
2014-06-19	Senate	Reported Out of Committee (COMMUNITY/COUNTY AFFAIRS) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2014-06-11	Senate	Assigned to Community/County Affairs Committee in Senate
2014-06-10	House	Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 37 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 3 ABSENT 0 VACANT
2014-06-10	House	Amendment HA 3 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2014-06-10	House	Amendment HA 1 to HA 3 - Passed in House by Voice Vote
2014-06-10	House	Amendment HA 1 to HA 3 - Introduced in House
2014-06-10	House	Amendment HA 3 - Introduced in House
2014-06-10	House	Amendment HA 2 - Stricken
2014-06-10	House	Amendment HA 1 - Stricken
2014-06-05	House	Amendment HA 2 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2014-05-29	House	Amendment HA 1 - Introduced and Placed With Bill
2014-05-14	House	Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2014-05-08	House	Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/2bede841c6272c888025698400433a04/a6423176e9cf60e885257cb5005d960f?OpenDocument
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+333/$file/legis.html?open
Text	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/EngrossmentsforLookup/HB+333/$file/Engross.html?open
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/752d0ad8f4727b7485257cf3007f0d07?OpenDocument
Roll Call	http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis147.nsf/7712cf7cc0e9227a852568470077336f/209bd0470065b75585257d030066fb66?OpenDocument