(I am bumping this up since we closed out old business earlier this AM and wanted folks to have a chance to comment on these items.)
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The General Assembly gets back to work today, with a few items pre-filed in the House:
HB 4 sponsored by Hudson and Lavelle — Requires that all cash campaign contributions over $20.00 be reported.
HB 7 sponsored by J. Johnson and Brady, Keeley, Mitchell, D.P. Williams — Increases the amount of money that may be recovered from the parents or guardians of minors(under age 18) who are found guilty of damaging property from $5,000 to $10,000.
HB 8 sponsored by Hudson and Bonini — exempts from Delaware income tax income earned from the armed forces by residents on active duty. Assigned to Revenue & Finance Committee in House.
HB 11 sponsored by Hudson and Lavelle — From the website: “This Act redistributes the video lottery proceeds to equalize the State share with that of the video lottery agents.”
HB 13 sponsored by Lavelle — This would start the Constitutional Amendment process to mandate providing the Legislature and the public at least 3 legislative days to review the Budget Bill and at least 2 legislative days to review the Bond Bill before voting.
HB 15 sponsored by Longhurst — This bill would mandate a specific plastic bag recycling program for retailers using these bags. This is pretty specific and detailed — the bags have to be printed with a Return for Recycling message, each retailer has to provide a place for the bags to be returned, the retailer must send the bags for recycling and DNREC is the designated enforcer. Interestingly, this bill prohibits any city, county or public agency from creating their own bag recycling requirements; cannot create their own plastic bag surcharges; cannot impose any other reporting requirements other than those here in this bill.
HB 20 sponsored by Keeley — Requires public officers (as defined here) to officially disclose the family members (defined in the bill) who work for any State agency; or any organization, any school district, or any entity that receives funding from the State.
HB 33 sponsored by Booth — Reincorporates the charter of the Board of Public Works for Lewes. This bill details the administrative makeup and governing of this board and the extent of its authority.
HB 79 sponsored by Cathcart — From the website: “This bill allows New Castle County Council to consider how highway and road capacity may affect residential development as part of the Council’s review of a subdivision application. Council may also adopt regulations and ordinances that link or tie residential development to highway or road capacity or that restrict residential development in the absence of adequate highway or road capacity.”
HB 83 sponsored by Cathcart and Oberle — From the website: “In 1999, a provision was added to the Quality of Life Act of 1988 that prohibited the County Council from adopting regulations and ordinances that linked or tied residential development to school capacity or to the absence of school capacity. Now, 10 years later, such a prohibition is no longer necessary. This bill removes the prohibition that kept County Council from adopting those regulations and ordinances.”
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