Bill Text: DE HB79 | 2013-2014 | 147th General Assembly | Draft

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Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 15 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Elections And Candidate Disclosures.

Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 23-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-19 - HS 1 for HB 79 - Reported Out of Committee (HOUSE ADMINISTRATION) in House with 2 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable [HB79 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2013-HB79-Draft.html

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SPONSOR:	Rep. Dukes & Sen. Lavelle;
	Reps. D. Short, Hudson, Blakey, Briggs King, Gray, Kenton, Miro, Outten, Peterman, Ramone, Smyk, Spiegelman, Wilson, Keeley; Sens. Bonini, Cloutier, Hocker, Lawson, Lopez, Pettyjohn, Simpson, Sokola

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

147th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 79

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO ELECTIONS AND CANDIDATE DISCLOSURES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1.Amend Chapter 41, Title 15, Delaware Code making insertions as shown by underlining as follows:

§4108.Candidate Disclosure Statement.

(a) Any candidate who has filed pursuant to §3101 of this Title for statewide or other elective office and who will or could appear as a candidate on a general election ballot shall, after August 1st and before September 1st of the election year, file a statement under oath with the State Commissioner of Elections that as of the date of signing of that statement, the candidate has:

(1) Filed all State and Federal income tax returns due prior to that date, or has a pending extension of time to file the tax return(s);

(2) Paid all State and Federal income taxes that have been determined to be due as of the date of signing the statement;

(3)                 A court-ordered obligation to pay child support and, if so, has paid the child support in accordance with the terms of his or her most current court order; and

(4)                 Paid all assessed real property taxes due prior to May 30^th of the election year on any real property owned jointly or severally by the candidate.

(b) A candidate who fails to file the statement required by subsection (a) of this section shall be fined $50 per day until the statement has been filed, with the total fine not to exceed $3,000.

(c) The Commissioner of Elections shall post by September 8^th the statement filed by each candidate required by subsection (a) of this section on the office's internet site, and shall also post the names of all candidates who have failed to file the statement.

SYNOPSIS

This Bill requires all statewide and other candidates that may appear on the general election ballot to disclose (1) that their State and Federal income tax returns are filed and any tax due has been paid; (2) that child support payments pursuant to court order are current, and (3) that their real property taxes have been paid.Filing a false statement could be prosecuted.