Signed by Governor Matt Meyer

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that amends and reallocates capital funding to existing projects in Delaware.

Highlights:

• Amends and reallocates capital funding to existing projects in Delaware, including (Sec. 2-14):

• Authorizing local bond shares to adjust for William Penn High School in the Colonial School District;

• Authorizing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, with concurrence of the Controller General and the Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Capital, to transfer any necessary spending authority from the Cultural Access Fund;

• Revising allocations to the City of Dover and Downtown Dover Partnership;

• Revising the allocation for the University of Delaware for Deferred Maintenance from Laboratories to Campus Improvements;

• Revising the State and Local share allocations for the Smyrna Roof Replacement project and authorizing School Construction Market Pressure to be transferrable between Fiscal Years 2023 and 2024 to achieve allocations;

• Adjusting School Safety and Security funding from the Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Delaware State Police, and Special Investigation to reflect the State Bureau of Identification;

• Removing the requirement of school districts and charter schools to obligate prior fiscal year MCI funds before utilizing Enhanced MCI;

• Authorizing the transfer of any remaining funds from Legislative Hall major and minor capital improvement appropriations to be used for the Legislative Hall Garage/Expansion project;

• Authorizing the transfer of any remaining funds from the Domestic Violence Coordinating Feasibility Study to the Criminal Justice Council for Family Justice Center startup costs;

• Authorizing the transfer of funds allocated for the Scannell Readiness Center and up to $500,000 of available Minor Capital Improvements to cover the project for the Bethany Beach Training Barracks;

• Authorizing funds from Capital School District’s Certificate of Necessity (CN 2113A) to be used to support new facilities for the Kent County Community School and Kent County Secondary ILC;

• Authorizing the Department of Transportation to use Community Transportation Funds for one-time reimbursements for various projects;

• Reprogramming funding from the Community Redevelopment/Reinvestment Fund from Downtown Milford, Inc. to the Delaware State Fair, the Milford District Fee Public Library Commission, and Kent Sussex Industries;

• Authorizing the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to perform an adaptive reuse study for the Delaware State Police Troop 7; and

• Removing the deadline date requiring Sussex County Council to adopt § 6961, Title 9 of the Delaware Code.

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall become effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 15).

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