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29 DE Code § 6072. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 60B. First State Quality Improvement Fund|§ 6072. Legislative intent.

§ 6072. Legislative intent. The General Assembly finds that State agencies and employees can improve their performance and delivery of services to State citizens by implementing a long-term commitment to total quality management, performance budgeting and other quality initiatives. A First State Quality Improvement Fund will allow agencies to implement quality initiatives and reinvest a percentage of the savings in tools for improving productivity and effectiveness. Agencies may reduce positions requirements through retraining, reassignment, or other methods, such as automation. The General Assembly intends for this process to involve employees at all levels to improve customer confidence and satisfaction with State Government. 70 Del. Laws, c. 338, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  73;  77 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  62;  79 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  60;  79 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  63;  80 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  62;  80 Del. Laws, c. 298, §  66;  81 Del. Laws, c. 58, §  69;  81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 102;  82 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
29 DE Code § 6073. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 60B. First State Quality Improvement Fund|§ 6073. Purposes.

§ 6073. Purposes. As prescribed by § 6075 of this title, and except as specifically provided in § 6076 of this title, the Fund shall be expended for long-term commitments to total quality management and other quality initiatives. 70 Del. Laws, c. 338, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  73;  77 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  62;  79 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  60;  79 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  63;  80 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  62;  80 Del. Laws, c. 298, §  66;  81 Del. Laws, c. 58, §  69;  81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 102;  82 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
29 DE Code § 6074. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 60B. First State Quality Improvement Fund|§ 6074. Distribution of first state quality improvement fund moneys.

§ 6074. Distribution of first state quality improvement fund moneys. The Training and Development Advisory Board shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this chapter, including guidelines for the distribution of these funds. 70 Del. Laws, c. 338, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  73;  77 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  62;  79 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  60;  79 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  63;  80 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  62;  80 Del. Laws, c. 298, §  66;  81 Del. Laws, c. 58, §  69;  81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 102;  82 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
29 DE Code § 6075. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 60B. First State Quality Improvement Fund|§ 6075. Fund purpose.

§ 6075. Fund purpose. Moneys appropriated to the Fund may be allocated to state agencies for the following activities:  (1) Create total quality management plans for agencies; (2) Establish performance-based budgeting measures to quantify effectiveness; (3) Re-engineer work processes; (4) Team building; (5) Other customer satisfaction/quality initiatives; (6) Continuous improvement; (7) Empowerment of State employees; (8) Engage vendors and/or consultants to help:  a. Set direction and goals; b. Conduct seminars/facilitations for the Governor, cabinet secretaries and top manager; c. Help selected agencies adopt quality initiatives; d. Train State employees as trainers to sustain initiatives in other departments.70 Del. Laws, c. 338, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  73;  77 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  62;  79 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  60;  79 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  63;  80 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  62;  80 Del. Laws, c. 298, §  66;  81 Del. Laws, c. 58, §  69;  81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 102;  82 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
29 DE Code § 6076. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 60B. First State Quality Improvement Fund|§ 6076. Emergency and special appropriations.

§ 6076. Emergency and special appropriations. (a) In the event of an emergency involving the health, safety or welfare of the citizens of the State, any portion of the balance remaining in the Fund may be expended pursuant to an act of appropriation passed by 3/5 of all the members elected to each house of the General Assembly. (b) In the event of cutbacks in federal funding of State programs affecting the health, safety or welfare of the citizens of the State, and upon recommendation by the Joint Finance Committee, any portion of the balance remaining in the Fund may be expended pursuant to an act of appropriation. 70 Del. Laws, c. 338, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  73;  77 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  62;  79 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  60;  79 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  63;  80 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  62;  80 Del. Laws, c. 298, §  66;  81 Del. Laws, c. 58, §  69;  81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 102;  82 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
29 DE Code § 6077. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 60B. First State Quality Improvement Fund|§ 6077. Termination.

§ 6077. Termination. The First State Quality Improvement Fund may be terminated when, in the opinion of the Joint Finance Committee, the program has not realized improvement in agency performance, monetary savings to the State or any other reason in which agency or employee performance has not demonstrated proof of improvements to the delivery of State services. Additionally, the Fund may be terminated when all moneys from the Fund have been expended and no further appropriation is approved by the General Assembly. 70 Del. Laws, c. 338, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  73;  77 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  62;  79 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  60;  79 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  63;  80 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  62;  80 Del. Laws, c. 298, §  66;  81 Del. Laws, c. 58, §  69;  81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 102;  82 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
29 DE Code § 6078. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 60B. First State Quality Improvement Fund|§ 6078. Liberal construction of chapter.

§ 6078. Liberal construction of chapter. This chapter, being necessary for the prosperity and welfare of the State and its citizens, shall be construed liberally to effect the purposes of this chapter. 70 Del. Laws, c. 338, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 84, §  73;  77 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  66;  78 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  62;  79 Del. Laws, c. 78, §  60;  79 Del. Laws, c. 290, §  63;  80 Del. Laws, c. 79, §  62;  80 Del. Laws, c. 298, §  66;  81 Del. Laws, c. 58, §  69;  81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 102;  82 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
29 DE Code § 6080. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 60C. Delaware Tobacco Settlement Act of 1999|§ 6080. Findings and purpose.

§ 6080. Findings and purpose. (a) Cigarette smoking presents serious public health concerns to the State and to the citizens of the State. The Surgeon General has determined that smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease and other serious diseases, and that there are hundreds of thousands of tobacco-related deaths in the United States each year. These diseases most often do not appear until many years after the person in question begins smoking. (b) Cigarette smoking also presents serious financial concerns for the State. Under certain health-care programs, the State may have a legal obligation to provide medical assistance to eligible persons for health conditions associated with cigarette smoking, and those persons may have a legal entitlement to receive such medical assistance. (c) Under these programs, the State pays millions of dollars each year to provide medical assistance for these persons for health conditions associated with cigarette smoking. (d) It is the policy of the State that financial burdens imposed on the State by cigarette smoking be borne by tobacco product manufacturers rather than by the State to the extent that such manufacturers either determine to enter into a settlement with the State or are found culpable by the courts. (e) On November 23, 1998, leading United States tobacco product manufacturers entered into a settlement agreement, entitled the “Master Settlement Agreement,” with the State. The Master Settlement Agreement obligates these manufacturers, in return for a release of past, present and certain future claims against them as described therein, to pay substantial sums to the State (tied in part to their volume of sales); to fund a national foundation devoted to the interests of public health; and to make substantial changes in their advertising and marketing practices and corporate culture, with the intention of reducing underage smoking. (f) It would be contrary to the policy of the State if tobacco product manufacturers who determine not to enter into such a settlement could use a resulting cost advantage to derive large, short-term profits in the years before liability may arise without ensuring that the State will have an eventual source of recovery from them if they are proven to have acted culpably. It is thus in the interests of the State to require that such manufacturers establish a reserve fund to guarantee a source of compensation and to prevent such manufacturers from deriving large, short-term profits and then becoming judgment-proof before liability may arise. 72 Del. Laws, c. 182, §  1;
29 DE Code § 6083. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 60D. Enforcement Provisions of Delaware Tobacco Settlement Act of 1999|§ 6083. Findings and purpose.

§ 6083. Findings and purpose. The General Assembly hereby finds that violations of Chapter 60C of this title, the Delaware Tobacco Settlement Act of 1999, threaten the integrity of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, the fiscal soundness of the State, and the public health. The General Assembly hereby finds that enactment of the procedural enhancements promulgated by this chapter will aid in the enforcement of Chapter 60C of this title, and will thereby safeguard the Master Settlement Agreement, the fiscal soundness of the State, and the public health. 74 Del. Laws, c. 124, §  1;
29 DE Code § 6084. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 60D. Enforcement Provisions of Delaware Tobacco Settlement Act of 1999|§ 6084. Definitions.

§ 6084. Definitions. (a) “Affixing agent” means a person who is authorized to affix tax stamps to packages or other containers of cigarettes under Chapter 53 of Title 30 or any person that is required to pay the excise tax imposed pursuant to Chapter 53 of Title 30 on Cigarettes. (b) “Brand family” means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not limited to, “menthol”, “lights”, “kings”, and “100s”, and includes any brand name (alone or in conjunctions with any other word), trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of Cigarettes. (c) “Cigarette” has the same meaning as in § 6081(d) of this title. (d) “Department” means the Department of Finance for the State. (e) “Master settlement agreement” has the same meaning given to that term in § 6081(e) of this title. (f) “Nonparticipating manufacturer” means any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer. (g) “Participating manufacturer” has the same meaning given to that term in Section II(jj) of the master settlement agreement and all amendments thereto. (h) “Qualified escrow fund” has the same meaning given to that term in § 6081(f) of this title. (i) “Tobacco product manufacturer” has the same meaning given to that term in § 6081(i) of this title. (j) “Units sold” has the same meaning given to that term in § 6081(j) of this title. 74 Del. Laws, c. 124, §  1;
29 DE Code § 6086. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 60D. Enforcement Provisions of Delaware Tobacco Settlement Act of 1999|§ 6086. Agent for service of process.

§ 6086. Agent for service of process. (a) Requirement for agent for service of process. — Any nonresident or foreign Non-participating manufacturer that has not registered to do business in the State as a foreign corporation or business entity shall, as a condition precedent to having its brand families included or retained in the Directory, appoint and continually engage without interruption the services of an agent in this State to act as agent for the service of process on whom all process, and any action or proceeding against it concerning or arising out of the enforcement of this title and Chapter 60C of this title, may be served in any manner authorized by law. Such service shall constitute legal and valid service of process on the nonparticipating manufacturer. The nonparticipating manufacturer shall provide the name, address, phone number and proof of the appointment and availability of such agent to, and to the satisfaction of, the Department and Attorney General. (b) The nonparticipating manufacturer shall provide notice to the Department and Attorney General 30 calendar days prior to termination of the authority of an agent and shall further provide proof to the satisfaction of the Attorney General of the appointment of a new agent no less than 5 calendar days prior to the termination of an existing agent appointment. In the event an agent terminates an agency appointment, the nonparticipating manufacturer shall notify the Department and Attorney General of said termination within 5 calendar days and shall include proof to the satisfaction of the Attorney General of the appointment of a new agent. (c) Any nonparticipating manufacturer whose cigarettes are sold in this State, who has not appointed and engaged an agent as herein required, shall be deemed to have appointed the Secretary of State as such agent and may be proceeded against in courts of this State by service of process upon the Secretary of State; provided, however, that the appointment of the Secretary of State as such agent shall not satisfy the condition precedent for having the brand families of the nonparticipating manufacturer included or retained in the Directory. 74 Del. Laws, c. 124, §  1;
29 DE Code § 6088. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 60D. Enforcement Provisions of Delaware Tobacco Settlement Act of 1999|§ 6088. Penalties and other remedies; Class B misdemeanor.

§ 6088. Penalties and other remedies; Class B misdemeanor. (a) License revocation and civil penalty. — In addition to or in lieu of any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law, upon a determination that an affixing agent has violated § 6085(c) of this title or any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter, the Department may revoke or suspend the license of the affixing agent in the manner provided by Chapter 53 of Title 30. Each stamp affixed and each sale or offer to sell cigarettes in violation of § 6085(c) of this title shall constitute a separate violation. For each violation hereof, the Department may also impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the greater of 500% of the retail value of the cigarettes or $5,000 upon a determination of violation of § 6085(c) of this title or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Such penalty shall be imposed in the manner provided by Chapter 53 of Title 30. (b) Contraband and seizure. — Any cigarettes that have been sold, offered for sale, or possessed for sale in this State in violation of § 6085(c) of this title shall be deemed contraband under § 5346 of Title 30 and such cigarettes shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture as provided in such section, and all such cigarettes so seized and forfeited shall be destroyed and not resold. (c) Injunction. — The Attorney General may seek an injunction to restrain a threatened or actual violation of §§ 6085(c), 6087(a) or 6085(d) of this title by an affixing agent and to compel the affixing agent to comply with such subsections. In any action brought pursuant to this section, the State shall be entitled to recover the costs of investigation, costs of the action and reasonable attorney fees. (d) Unlawful sale and distribution. — It shall be unlawful for a person to:  (1) Sell or distribute cigarettes, or (2) Acquire, hold, own, posses, transport, import or cause to be imported cigarettes that the person knows or should know are intended for distribution or sale in the State in violation of § 6085(c) of this title. A violation of this section shall be a Class B misdemeanor. (e) Unfair and deceptive trade practice. — A person who violates § 6085(c) of this title engages in an unfair and deceptive trade practice in violation of Chapter 25 of Title 6. 74 Del. Laws, c. 124, §  1;
29 DE Code § 6089. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 60D. Enforcement Provisions of Delaware Tobacco Settlement Act of 1999|§ 6089. Miscellaneous provisions.

§ 6089. Miscellaneous provisions. (a) Notice and review of determination. — A determination of the Attorney General to not include or to remove from the Directory a brand family or tobacco product manufacturer shall be subject to review in the manner prescribed by Chapter 101 of this title. (b) Applicants for licenses. — No person shall be issued a license or granted a renewal of a license to act as an affixing agent unless such person has certified in writing, under penalty of perjury, that such person will comply fully with this section. (c) Dates. — For the year 2003, the first report of affixing agents required by § 6087(a) of this title shall be due Aug. 7, 2003; the certifications by a tobacco product manufacturer described in § 6085(a) of this title shall be due Aug. 22, 2003, and the Directory described in § 6085(b) of this title shall be published or made available by Oct. 6, 2003. (d) Promulgation of regulations. — The Department may promulgate regulations necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter. (e) Recovery of costs and fees by Attorney General. — In any action brought by the State to enforce this chapter, the State shall be entitled to recover the costs of investigation, expert witness fees, costs of the action and reasonable attorney fees. (f) Disgorgement of profit of violations of chapter. — If a court determines that a person has violated this chapter, the court shall order any profits, gain, gross receipts or other benefit from the violation to be disgorged and paid to the Delaware Health Fund. Unless otherwise expressly provided the remedies or penalties provided by this chapter are cumulative to each other and to the remedies or penalties available under all other laws of this State. (g) Construction and severability. — If a court of competent jurisdiction finds that the provisions of this chapter and of chapter of this title conflict and cannot be harmonized, then such provisions of Chapter 60C of this title shall control. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter causes Chapter 60C of this title to no longer constitute a qualifying or model statute, as those terms are defined in the master settlement agreement, then that portion of this chapter shall not be valid. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this chapter is for any reason held to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this chapter or any part thereof. 74 Del. Laws, c. 124, §  1;
29 DE Code § 6101. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 61. General Fund|§ 6101. Definition of agency.

§ 6101. Definition of agency. The term “agency,” as used in this chapter, shall include every board, department, bureau, commission, person or group of persons or other authority created and now existing or hereafter to be created to execute, supervise, control and/or administer governmental functions under the laws of this State or to perform such other duties as may be prescribed or to whom any moneys are appropriated under any budget appropriation act or supplemental appropriation act or any other act which authorizes and requires any department to collect and/or use any taxes, fees, licenses, permits or other receipts for services or otherwise for the performance of any function of or related to or supported in whole or in part by the laws of this State and/or created to administer any laws providing for the collection of taxes, fees, permits, licenses or other forms of receipts from any sources whatsoever for the use of the State or any agency of the State, except the judiciary and the courts of the State. 42 Del. Laws, c. 77, §  2;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  6101;
29 DE Code § 6103. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 61. General Fund|§ 6103. Deposit of state money.

§ 6103. Deposit of state money. (a) All moneys which belong to the State shall be deposited on day of receipt to the credit of the State Treasurer in the designated depository of the State's funds, with the exception of moneys received after the close of normal banking hours or when an agency receives less than $100 in receipts daily. Those agencies receiving less than $100 in daily receipts shall safely secure such funds and make a deposit when accumulated undeposited receipts exceed $100, or on a weekly basis, whichever occurs first. When moneys are received after the close of normal banking hours, those moneys shall normally be safely secured and deposited on the next business day, except when receipts are of sufficient magnitude to warrant their being deposited after normal banking hours. A report of collections with the appropriate approvals as prescribed in the accounting manual shall be promptly submitted to the State Treasurer. (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Delaware Code dealing with confidentiality of tax or revenue information, state agencies responsible for collecting such taxes or revenues may receive tax or revenue information electronically from the designated depository of the state's funds or its 3rd-party vendor without regard to such confidentiality statutes so long as such designated depository or vendor has executed an agreement not to disclose such information other than to such state agencies responsible for collecting taxes or revenues and not to use the information other than as authorized by such agency. 42 Del. Laws, c. 77, §  1;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  6103;  54 Del. Laws, c. 39, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 664;  60 Del. Laws, c. 434, §  1;  61 Del. Laws, c. 468, §  5;  63 Del. Laws, c. 142, §  47;  67 Del. Laws, c. 281, §  50;  69 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 509, §  7;
29 DE Code § 6104. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 61. General Fund|§ 6104. Requirement of registration with Selective Service System.

§ 6104. Requirement of registration with Selective Service System. All males born after January 1, 1960, must have registered with the Selective Service System in order to be eligible for any scholarship, loan, grant or any program supported by the General Fund, or any subsequent fund developed by the State to provide educational assistance to residents of the State or any other state. 65 Del. Laws, c. 505, §  2;
29 DE Code § 6301A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 63A. Office of Management and Budget|§ 6301A. Establishment of Office of Management and Budget.

§ 6301A. Establishment of Office of Management and Budget. An Office of Management and Budget, referred to in this chapter as “Office,” is hereby established. 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  4;