Source: https://delcode.delaware.gov/title6/c025e/index.shtml
Timestamp: 2019-08-20 04:20:51
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2501', '§ 2502', '§ 2503', '§ 2504', '§ 2505', '§ 2506', '§ 2507', '§ 2508', '§ 2509', '§ 2510', '§ 2501', '§ 1', '§ 2502', '§ 2503', '§ 2504', '§ 2505', '§ 2506', '§ 2507', '§ 2508', '§ 2509', '§ 2510', '§ 2511', '§ 2533', '§ 1']

TITLE 6 - CHAPTER 25E.. Delaware Federal Employees Civil Relief Act.
§ 2501E § 2502E § 2503E § 2504E § 2505E § 2506E § 2507E § 2508E § 2509E § 2510E
CHAPTER 25E.. Delaware Federal Employees Civil Relief Act.
6 Del. C. Subtit. II, Ch. 25E
§ 2501E Short title.
82 Del. Laws, c. 2, § 1.;
§ 2502E Purpose.
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the temporary suspension of judicial and administrative proceedings in Delaware that may adversely affect the civil rights of federal workers during a shutdown. The provisions of this chapter are intended to be supplemental to any rights that federal workers have under any applicable federal statutes and under any other applicable laws of this State.
§ 2503E Definitions.
(5) “Federal government agency” means each authority of the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of the government of the United States.
(6) “Federal worker” means an employee of a federal government agency who resides in the State and includes an employee of a contractor.
(7) “Judgment” means any judgment, decree, order, or ruling, final or temporary.
(8) “Shutdown” means any period in which there is more than a 24-hour lapse in appropriations for any federal government agency as a result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing resolution.
§ 2504E Applicability.
§ 2505E Anticipatory relief.
§ 2506E Duration and term of stays; codefendants not a federal employee.
(a) Period of stay. — A stay of an action, proceeding, attachment, or execution made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by a court may be ordered for the covered period and 90 days thereafter, or for any part of that period. The court may set the terms and amounts for such installment payments as is considered reasonable by the court.
(b) Codefendants. — If the federal worker is a codefendant with others who are not a federal worker and who are not entitled to the relief and protections provided under this chapter, the plaintiff may proceed against those other defendants with the approval of the court.
§ 2507E Evictions.
(a) During a covered period, a landlord may only evict a federal worker for nonpayment from premises that are occupied or intended to be occupied primarily as a residence with an order of a court.
§ 2508E Insurance protection.
§ 2509E Maximum rate of interest on debts incurred before the shutdown.
(a) Interest rate limitation. —
(1) Limitation to 6%. — An obligation or liability bearing interest at a rate in excess of 6% per year that is incurred by a federal worker, or the federal worker and the federal worker’s spouse jointly, before the shutdown shall not bear interest at a rate in excess of 6%:
(2) Forgiveness of interest in excess of 6%. — Interest at a rate in excess of 6% per year that would otherwise be incurred but for the prohibition in paragraph (a)(1) of this section is forgiven.
(3) Prevention of acceleration of principal. — The amount of any periodic payment due from a federal worker under the terms of the instrument that created an obligation or liability covered by this section shall be reduced by the amount of the interest forgiven under paragraph (a)(2) of this section that is allocable to the period for which such payment is made.
(b) Implementation of limitation-written notice to creditor. — In order for an obligation or liability of a federal worker to be subject to the interest rate limitation in subsection (a) of this section, the federal worker shall provide to the creditor written notice that the federal worker is furloughed or not getting paid as a result of a shutdown not later than 90 days after the date of that the shutdown began.
(c) Creditor protection. — A court may grant a creditor relief from the limitations of this section if, in the opinion of the court, the ability of the federal worker to pay interest upon the obligation or liability at a rate in excess of 6% per year is not materially affected by reason of the shutdown.
(d) Definitions. — For purposes of this section, the term “interest” includes service charges, renewal charges, fees, or any other charges, except bona fide insurance, with respect to an obligation or liability, and the term “obligation or liability” includes an obligation or liability consisting of a mortgage, trust deed, or other security in the nature of a mortgage.
§ 2510E Enforcement.
(a) The Attorney General shall have the same authority to enforce and carry out this chapter as is granted by Chapter 25 of Title 29 and by §§ 2511 to 2527 and 2531 to 2536 of this title.
(b) If a court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction finds that any person has violated this chapter, the Attorney General, upon petition to the court or tribunal, shall recover from the person, on behalf of the State, in addition to all costs, a civil penalty of not more than $10,000 per violation pursuant to § 2533 of this title. Where such violation is wilful, each day that a wilful violation continues shall be considered a separate violation.
(c) For the purpose of this chapter, a “wilful violation” occurs when the party committing the violation knew that the party’s conduct was of the nature prohibited by this chapter.
History.82 Del. Laws, c. 2, § 1.en-USen-US