Delaware House Bill 207

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Passed on August 1 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-08-01 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act amends the Charter of The Town of Milton. Specifically, Section 1 of the Act allows for an exception to the lengthy annexation process for a contiguous property owner seeking annexation if the property is two acres or less. Section 2 of the Act then sets up that less cumbersome annexation process for properties two acres or less. Section 3 of the Act replaces the list of exceptions to competitive bidding with incorporation by reference of the more detailed Town of Milton Procurement Policy. Section 4 of the Act reinstates a prior limit on real property taxes to a function of the total of assessed values within the Town. Specifically, the cap is 0.5% of that total. Currently, the cap is a fixed number, $1,750,000. However, the Town has annexed into its limits a number of parcels that will necessarily require additional expenditures of Town funds for services such as policing and, therefore, the Town will need to collect additional real property taxes.

An Act To Amend The Charter Of The Town Of Milton.

Rep. Stell Parker Selby [D]

Sen. Russ Huxtable [D]

Sen. David Wilson [R]

Rep. Stephanie Bolden [D]

2023-06-29 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-06-15 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-08-01		Signed by Governor
2023-06-29		Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
2023-06-28		Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
2023-06-22		Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate
2023-06-22		Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 6 On Its Merits
2023-06-15		Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
2023-06-15		Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT
2023-06-13		Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2023-06-06		Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

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Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54676
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#55003