Delaware House Joint Resolution 7 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on February 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-02-10 - Signed by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Joint Resolution vacates the parkland dedication for ± .22 acres of Tax Parcel No. 19-009.00-015, as depicted in the exhibit that accompanies this Joint Resolution, thereby removing the restrictions on permitted uses for public parks, held in public trust as provided in the common law, including the restrictions under Anderson v. Mayor and Council of Wilmington, 137 A.2d 521 (Del. Ch. 1958) and Lord v. City of Wilmington, 332 A.2d 414 (Del. Ch. 1975), aff'd, 378 A.3d 635 (Del. 1977). The removal of the parkland dedication allows New Castle County to transfer the Property in accordance with § 1521(e) of Title 9. Due to the Propertys unique location, there are no known current or future public needs or benefits in continuing to restrict the use of this Property as dedicated parkland. A significant amount of illegal dumping occurs on the Property, negatively impacting the surrounding community.

Vacating Dedicated Parkland Identified As Tax Parcel No. 19-009.00-015.

Rep. John Mitchell [D]

Sen. Anthony Delcollo [R]

2020-01-23 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-06-30 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 41 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-10		Signed by Governor
2020-01-23		Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
2020-01-22		Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
2019-12-19		Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate
2019-06-30		Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES
2019-06-26		Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits
2019-06-25		Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47820
Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47820&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HJR7
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41238
Roll Call	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/RollCall/GetRollCallVoteByRollCallId#41392