Delaware Senate Bill 83 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on March 9 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-03-09 - Introduced and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]

This Act changes the program for distributing payments to county seats with tax-exempt properties owned by the State. Section 8318 of Title 29 directs compensatory payments for exempt properties owned by the State to the county seats, Wilmington, Dover, and Georgetown. This Act authorizes these compensatory payments to any municipality with a population over 25,000 and more than 20% tax exempt property owned by the State. This Act also adjusts the formula under which distributions to municipalities are made.

An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Compensation Payments For Certain Tax Exempt Properties Owned By The State.

Sen. David Sokola [D]	Rep. Paul Baumbach [D]	Sen. Stephanie Hansen [D]	Sen. Bryan Townsend [D]
Sen. Jack Walsh [D]	Rep. John Kowalko [D]	Rep. Edward Osienski [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-09		Introduced and Assigned to Finance Committee in Senate

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Text	https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=48435&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=SB83