Delaware House Bill 58

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on March 22 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-22 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act amends the City of Newark Charter. Specifically, this Act increases the amount the City can borrow for municipal improvements that are directly assessed against adjoining owners of property from $500,000 to $1,000,000. This Act also exempts any short or long-term debt incurred from receipt of government revolving loan funds from the special referendum requirements set forth in the City Charter. This would allow Council to approve such borrowing directly and would eliminate the cost and time associated with holding a referendum.

An Act To Amend The Newark City Charter Relating To The Citys Ability To Borrow Money And Incur Indebtedness.

Rep. Cyndie Romer [D]

Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]

Rep. Edward Osienski [D]

Sen. David Sokola [D]

2023-03-16 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-03-09 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-22		Signed by Governor
2023-03-16		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2023-03-15		Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2023-03-09		Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
2023-03-09		Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT
2023-03-08		Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits
2023-01-26		Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=129989&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB58
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54091
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#54129