DE SB167 | 2011-2012 | 146th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: Introduced on March 15 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-04-26 - SS 1 for SB 167 - Re-Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on March 15 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-04-26 - SS 1 for SB 167 - Re-Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]
Summary
If a municipality or county passes a land-use ordinance that violates state law, an aggrieved party has only 60 days to file a court challenge. After that, the ordinance cannot be challenged, nor can subsequent decisions based on that ordinance be challenged based on its invalidity. This Bill seeks to remove that bar, recognizing that the enactment of an ordinance that violates state law cannot be legitimized by the passage of time.
Title
An Act To Amend Title 10 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Legality Of Any Ordinance, Code, Regulation Or Map Relating To Zoning.
Sponsors
| Sen. Patricia Blevins [D] | Sen. Bruce Ennis [D] | Rep. Robert Gilligan [D] | Sen. Karen Peterson [D] |
| Rep. Michael Ramone [R] | Sen. Gary Simpson [R] | Sen. David Sokola [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-04-26 | SS 1 for SB 167 - Re-Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate | |
| 2012-04-26 | Substituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 167 | |
| 2012-03-15 | Assigned to Judiciary Committee in Senate |
