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29 DE Code § 6302A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 63A. Office of Management and Budget|§ 6302A. Director; appointment; salary; bond; employees and assistants.

§ 6302A. Director; appointment; salary; bond; employees and assistants. (a) There shall be a Director of the Office of Management and Budget, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as “Director,” to be appointed by and to serve at the pleasure of the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Director shall be paid a salary established by the Governor within the limitation of the funds appropriated therefore. (b) The Director may employ such employees as may be required to carry out the duties of this office and may fix the salaries of such employees within the limitations of the funds appropriated therefore. (c) In the event of a vacancy in the position of Director, including the death, resignation, temporary incapacity or removal of the incumbent and prior to the appointment of a successor, the Governor may appoint any qualified individual to serve as Acting Director. (d) The Director may call upon any other state officer for such assistance as the Director may require and may employ such special help as it may require to carry out this chapter. The Director shall fix the compensation of such persons as may be employed to be paid out of such fund as the General Assembly may appropriate for that purpose. 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  4;
29 DE Code § 6304A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 63A. Office of Management and Budget|§ 6304A. Limitation on power to investigate.

§ 6304A. Limitation on power to investigate. The Director shall not investigate or require reports from the judiciary or from the courts of this State, from any private hospital, from the General Assembly, from any local or special school district respecting locally raised (non-state) revenues, from any fire company, or concerning the burial of indigent veterans, or from Kent and Sussex Fair Association, from the Libraries of Municipalities, from the Delaware Historical Society, from the American Legion, from the United Spanish War Veterans, from the Veterans of Foreign Wars, from Disabled American Veterans, from Paralyzed Veterans of America, from Vietnam Veterans of America or from other similar institutions not directly under the jurisdiction of the administrative or executive authority of this State. 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  4;
29 DE Code § 6305A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 63A. Office of Management and Budget|§ 6305A. Exemptions.

§ 6305A. Exemptions. The following positions set forth in this section shall be exempt from Chapter 59 of this title:  (1) Director of the Office of Management and Budget; (2) Management Services Administrator; (3) Facilities Management Administrator; (4) Government Support Services Administrator; and (5) Administrator of Budget Development, Planning and Administration.75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  4;  81 Del. Laws, c. 66, §  5;
29 DE Code § 6306A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 63A. Office of Management and Budget|§ 6306A. Management Services.

§ 6306A. Management Services. (a) The Management Services Section of the Office of Management and Budget is hereby established, having the powers, duties and functions as follows:  (1) Administer and coordinate the recordkeeping, fiscal affairs, information technology, statistics, accounting, budgeting, personnel and other general services for the Office, as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may deem necessary, for the proper, efficient and economical operation of the Office; (2) Co-ordinate such general services and business administration with departments, agencies and offices of this State, other states and the federal government; and (3) Perform special studies and reports and direct services of the Office to coordinate the services of the Office with other departments, agencies and offices of this State. (b) The Management Services Administrator shall assume such other powers, duties, and functions as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may assign which are not otherwise inconsistent with the laws of this State. 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  4;
29 DE Code § 6311A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 63A. Office of Management and Budget|§ 6311A. Budget Development, Planning and Administration.

§ 6311A. Budget Development, Planning and Administration. (a) The Budget Development, Planning and Administration Section of the Office of Management and Budget is hereby established, having the powers, duties and functions as follows:  (1) Oversees the preparation, presentation and implementation of the state's operating and capital budgets; (2) Directs the adaptation and implementation of effective fiscal and management policies and procedures; (3) Manages the analysis of federal budgetary and financial issues including the administrative functions of the Delaware State Clearinghouse Committee; and (4) Provides management direction to the Office of State Planning Coordination on planning policy direction and the analysis of potential impacts. (b) The Administrator of the Budget Development, Planning and Administration Section shall assume such other powers, duties and functions as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget may assign which are not otherwise inconsistent with the laws of this State. 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  4;
29 DE Code § 6312A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 63A. Office of Management and Budget|§ 6312A. Functions prior to July 1, 2005.

§ 6312A. Functions prior to July 1, 2005. The Office of Management and Budget, through appropriate divisions, subdivisions and offices, shall have the power to perform and shall be responsible for the performance of all the powers, duties and functions vested in the Division of Facilities Management, Division of Support Services, Division of Graphics and Printing, and the State Architect within the former Department of Administrative Services immediately prior to July 1, 2005, and which are not otherwise specifically assigned to the Office of Management and Budget by this chapter, excepting only those powers, duties and functions expressly vested in or retained by any such person, department, board, commission or agency. 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  4;
29 DE Code § 6313A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 63A. Office of Management and Budget|§ 6313A. Appeals.

§ 6313A. Appeals. Any and all rights of appeal now existing by law, with respect to any act or acts constituting the exercise of any function or functions transferred by this chapter to the Office of Management and Budget or to any division or subdivision thereof, shall continue to exist with respect to such act or acts as hereafter performed by the Office of Management and Budget or by the division, subdivision or office to which such function is transferred, and each such appeal shall be perfected in the manner heretofore provided by law. 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  4;
29 DE Code § 6314A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 63A. Office of Management and Budget|§ 6314A. Transfers and continuity.

§ 6314A. Transfers and continuity. (a) All books, records, papers, maps, charts, plans and other material including, but not limited to, any equipment in the possession of any agency of the State and used in connection with a function transferred by this chapter to the Office of Management and Budget shall, on July 1, 2005, be delivered into the custody of the said Office. All investigations, petitions, hearings and legal proceedings pending before or instituted by any agency from which functions are transferred by this chapter and not concluded prior to July 1, 2005, shall continue unabated and remain in full force and effect, notwithstanding the passage of this chapter and, where necessary, may be completed before, by or in the name of the Office. All orders, rules and regulations made by any agency from which functions are transferred by this chapter and which govern such functions, and which are in effect on July 1, 2005, shall remain in full force and effect until revoked or modified in accordance with law by the Office. All contracts and obligations of any agency made or undertaken in the performance of a function transferred to the Office by this chapter and being in force on July 1, 2005, shall, notwithstanding this chapter, remain in full force and effect and be performed by the Office. (b) Employees of any agency whose functions are consistent with and have been transferred to the Office of Management and Budget by this chapter shall continue and be deemed to be the employees of the said Office on July 1, 2005, and, where applicable, with all the benefits accrued as merit employees as of July 1, 2005. (c) All definitions and references to any commission, board, department, council or agency which appear in any other act or law shall, to the extent that they are consistent with this chapter and in connection with a function transferred to the Office of Management and Budget, be construed as referring and relating to the Office of Management and Budget as created and established by this chapter. (d) All definitions and references to any director, commissioner, executive secretary, commission, board or council member or other similar person which appear in any other act or law shall, to the extent that they are consistent with this chapter and in connection with a function transferred by this chapter to the Office of Management and Budget, be construed as referring or relating to such person or persons and their powers, duties and functions as established and created by this chapter. 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  4;
29 DE Code § 6315A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 63A. Office of Management and Budget|§ 6315A. Misnomer in donation.

§ 6315A. Misnomer in donation. Any misnomer shall not defeat or annul any gift, grant, devise or bequest to the Office of Management and Budget or any predecessor agency thereof if it sufficiently appears by the will, conveyance or other writing that the party making the same intended to pass and convey thereby to the Office or to any commission, board, department, authority, council or agency, to which, by this chapter, the powers, duties and functions have been transferred to the Office, the estate or interest therein expressed or described. 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  4;
29 DE Code § 6316A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 63A. Office of Management and Budget|§ 6316A. Supremacy.

§ 6316A. Supremacy. All other laws or parts of laws now in effect inconsistent with this chapter are repealed, superseded, modified or amended so far as necessary to conform to and give full force and effect to this chapter. 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  4;
29 DE Code § 6401. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 64. Budget Appropriation Bill Policies and Procedures|§ 6401. Intent.

§ 6401. Intent. The intent of this chapter is to establish the policies and procedures for implementation of the Budget Appropriation Bill. 67 Del. Laws, c. 250, §  1;
29 DE Code § 6402. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 64. Budget Appropriation Bill Policies and Procedures|§ 6402. Scope.

§ 6402. Scope. This chapter shall apply to all state departments and agencies receiving appropriations as set forth in the Budget Appropriation Bill. 67 Del. Laws, c. 250, §  1;
29 DE Code § 6403. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 64. Budget Appropriation Bill Policies and Procedures|§ 6403. Definitions.

§ 6403. Definitions. As used in this chapter the terms “department” and “agency” mean those entities receiving an appropriation in the Budget Appropriation Bill. 67 Del. Laws, c. 250, §  1;
29 DE Code § 6409. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 64. Budget Appropriation Bill Policies and Procedures|§ 6409. Judicial.

§ 6409. Judicial. The fiscal year in which bills are received will be the factor in determining the chargeable fiscal year for the Administrative Office of the Courts for payments to court-appointed, noncontract attorneys for billings that span multiple fiscal years. 67 Del. Laws, c. 250, §  1;
29 DE Code § 6410. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 64. Budget Appropriation Bill Policies and Procedures|§ 6410. Executive department.

§ 6410. Executive department. (a) In the event that the amount authorized in the appropriated special fund budget in § 1 of the Budget Appropriation Bill for the Office of Management and Budget, Pensions for Contractual Services (investment expenses) is insufficient, the appropriated special fund budget may be amended to adjust for such insufficiency upon request of the Board of Pension Trustees and approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Controller General. (b) Any agency with classified full-time equivalent positions filled or unfilled paid from funds other than those appropriated from the General Fund of the State shall pay to the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Human Resources, from the special funds, a prorated share of the expense of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Human Resources, as approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Controller General. Such payments shall be used by the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Human Resources to supplement the funds appropriated to the Office and Department from the General Fund of the State in the annual Appropriations Act. (c) The sums appropriated in a fiscal year to Criminal Justice Council for criminal justice planning grants to state agencies to provide funds to match grants from the federal government, which are not disbursed on June 30 of the fiscal year appropriated, shall continue to be available on a matching basis for the life of each criminal justice program grant, or for 3 fiscal years, whichever first occurs. Any unexpended funds appropriated from the General Fund of the State which remain unexpended or unencumbered shall revert to the General Fund of the State. 67 Del. Laws, c. 250, §  1;  69 Del. Laws, c. 64, §  50;  75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §§  20(6), 21(13);  82 Del. Laws, c. 64, § 69;
29 DE Code § 6411. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 64. Budget Appropriation Bill Policies and Procedures|§ 6411. Department of Technology and Information.

§ 6411. Department of Technology and Information. All agencies are directed to remit payment for services rendered by the Department of Technology and Information within 30 days of receipt of invoice. Services may include, but are not limited to, postal metering, distribution supplies, telecommunication and telephone services, professional services, and data processing services. If a prompt payment problem exists, the Department of Technology and Information may require all agencies and school districts receiving services to make monthly estimated payments toward their invoice. The estimated payments should be equal to the average of the last three months of reconciled payments or based on a schedule established by the department. The department will continue to be responsible for the actual payments to telephone companies and other vendors. In addition, the department will be responsible for the reconciliation of accounts with the user agencies and school districts. 76 Del. Laws, c. 280, §  116;
29 DE Code § 6425. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 64. Budget Appropriation Bill Policies and Procedures|§ 6425. Department of Finance.

§ 6425. Department of Finance. (a) The Department of Finance, Division of Revenue, is authorized to maintain an appropriated special fund dedicated to the collection of delinquent taxes. The positions authorized to be funded through this account and all associated expenditures made from this account shall be for the purpose of collection of delinquent taxes. All collections on cases which have been referred to the Division's Bureau of Tax Collections shall be deposited to this special fund until the amount deposited shall reach $350,000. Unencumbered balances on June 30 of each fiscal year, in excess of $50,000, shall be deposited into the General Fund. (b) The Director of the Division of Revenue shall submit to the Controller General a report detailing expenditures from this account and revenues generated as a result of expenditures from the account. Said report shall be submitted by January 1 of each year for the preceding fiscal year. 67 Del. Laws, c. 250, §  1;
29 DE Code § 6435. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 64. Budget Appropriation Bill Policies and Procedures|§ 6435. Department of Health and Social Services.

§ 6435. Department of Health and Social Services. (a) If, at any time during the fiscal year, there should be a temporary delay in receiving federal matching funds for the TANF Program within the Department of Health and Social Services, such funds as may be required to assure the timely distribution of the public assistance checks shall be advanced and shall be paid by the State Treasurer from the General Fund. The Department of Health and Social Services shall promptly reimburse the General Fund upon receipt of the federal matching funds. However, there shall not be an advance of funds for the purpose described above, if all such previous advancements have not been fully reimbursed. (b) The Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health is able to bill for additional Medicaid revenue due to a waiver of the Institution for Mental Diseases exclusion, as part of the Medicaid Managed Care waiver. This additional revenue shall be deposited to the General Fund, and the Division shall make every effort to ensure that these bills are submitted to the appropriate entities in an expeditious manner. (c) The Division of Social Services is permitted to use Title XIX Federal Programs (Medicaid) funds when necessary to reimburse the federal government for its portion of overpayments not collected within 60 days of identification. When such overpayments are collected, the funds shall be deposited back into the Division's Medicaid Non-State account. (d) The Division of Social Services is authorized to establish bank accounts to advance funds from the Employment and Training Program to clients or vendors in a timely manner. These advances are to be for supportive services or welfare diversion services in the nature of clothing and transportation allowances and other services to advance client self-sufficiency, as proposed in Delaware's A Better Chance Welfare Reform Program. (e) Members of the Council on Hispanic Affairs shall serve without compensation, except that they may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incident to their duties not to exceed $500 annually. (f) The Division of State Service Centers is authorized to collect and deposit tenant user fees from its 14 facilities throughout the State to the holding account entitled Facility Reimbursement. These fees are charged to partially offset the costs of service center operations. (g) Appropriations for emergency assistance within the Division of State Service Centers may be used for programs of longer than 30 days' duration. (h) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Delaware Code, state employee recognition funds may be used pursuant to existing guidelines to include the recognition of volunteers and other nonstate employees at the discretion of the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services. 67 Del. Laws, c. 250, §  1;  73 Del. Laws, c. 310, §  16;  76 Del. Laws, c. 280, §  166;  81 Del. Laws, c. 367, § 5;
29 DE Code § 6436. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 64. Budget Appropriation Bill Policies and Procedures|§ 6436. Delaware Health Statistics Program.

§ 6436. Delaware Health Statistics Program. Section 1 of the Budget Appropriation Bill provides an appropriation in appropriated special funds and 3 positions in health planning (35-01-30) for the purpose of operating a Delaware Health Statistics Program which would collect, maintain and analyze health-related data to assist the health community in planning, administering and evaluating the quality, quantity and appropriate combination of health services. Revenues for the purpose of funding this Program shall be derived from the sale of copies of vital statistics records for birth, death and marriage certificates and shall be deposited in a holding account. In February 1986, the Department of Health and Social Services, under a separate provision, raised the fee for such records. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 6102 of this title and § 3132 of Title 16, the Internal Program Unit shall be allowed to retain and expend only the portion of the fee above the amount of $2.50 per copy up to the appropriation limit. The balance shall continue to be deposited to the General Fund. 68 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  107;  70 Del. Laws, c. 149, §  218;
29 DE Code § 6437. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 64. Budget Appropriation Bill Policies and Procedures|§ 6437. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.

§ 6437. Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. The Division of Fish and Wildlife is authorized to establish, maintain and administer:  (1) An interest-bearing, nonappropriated special fund known as the Delaware Marsh Management and Maintenance Trust, as allowed by conditions of the DNREC/PSE&G Settlement Agreement of March 23, 1995, and further allowed by the subsequent Settlement Agreement of June 24, 2001. The interest income from this trust account will be dedicated to implement the Settlement Agreement's provisions to enhance or restore tidal wetlands habitats for coastal fish and wildlife resources along Delaware Bay and River in Delaware, and to maintain such tidal wetlands habitat enhancements or restoration in perpetuity, as partial compensation for natural resource losses caused by past, ongoing and future operation of the PSE&G Salem Nuclear Generating Station. (2) A nonappropriated special fund for administration of the dedicated interest earned on the fund established above, with said dedicated interest to be expended to help support or implement compensatory tidal wetlands habitat enhancements or restorations and associated maintenance activities referred to in paragraph (1) of this section.76 Del. Laws, c. 280, §  254;
29 DE Code § 6401A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 64A. Bond and Capital Improvement Act Policies and Procedures|§ 6401A. Intent.

§ 6401A. Intent. The intent of this chapter is to establish the policies and procedures for implementation of the Annual Bond and Capital Improvement Act. 72 Del. Laws, c. 489, §  25;
29 DE Code § 6402A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 64A. Bond and Capital Improvement Act Policies and Procedures|§ 6402A. Scope.

§ 6402A. Scope. This chapter shall apply to all state departments and agencies receiving appropriations as set forth in the Annual Bond and Capital Improvement Act. 72 Del. Laws, c. 489, §  25;
29 DE Code § 6403A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 64A. Bond and Capital Improvement Act Policies and Procedures|§ 6403A. Definitions.

§ 6403A. Definitions. As used in this chapter the terms “department” and “agency” shall mean those entities receiving an appropriation in the Annual Bond and Capital Improvement Act. 72 Del. Laws, c. 489, §  25;