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31 DE Code § 4709. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 47. The Delaware Neighborhood Conservation and Land Banking Act|§ 4709. Acquisition of property.

§ 4709. Acquisition of property. (a) The land bank may acquire real property or interests in real property by gift, devise, transfer, exchange, foreclosure, purchase, or otherwise on terms and conditions and in a manner the land bank considers proper. (b) The land bank shall not own or hold real property located outside the jurisdictional boundaries of the foreclosing governmental unit or units that created the land bank; provided, however, that a land bank may be granted authority pursuant to an intergovernmental cooperation agreement with another foreclosing governmental unit to manage and maintain real property located within the jurisdiction of such other foreclosing governmental unit. (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any foreclosing governmental unit may convey to a land bank real property and interests in real property on such terms and conditions, form and substance of consideration, and procedures, all as determined by the transferring foreclosing governmental unit in its discretion. (d) The land bank shall maintain and make available for public review and inspection a complete inventory of all property owned by the land bank. Such inventory shall include: the location of the parcel; the purchase price, if any, for each parcel; the identity of the transferor to the land bank; and any conditions or restrictions applicable to the property. (e) The land bank shall hold in its own name all real property acquired by the land bank irrespective of the identity of the transferor of such property. 80 Del. Laws, c. 155, §  1;
31 DE Code § 4711. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 47. The Delaware Neighborhood Conservation and Land Banking Act|§ 4711. Maintenance of property.

§ 4711. Maintenance of property. (a) The land bank shall maintain all of its real property in accordance with the laws and regulations of the jurisdiction in which the real property is situated. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the foreclosing governmental unit may elect to reduce or waive monetary fines for violations of any housing codes or ordinances if the land bank is diligently pursuing a correction or remedy for such violation. (c) Where real property held by the land bank is found to be in violation of a housing code or ordinance, the enforcing jurisdiction shall timely notify the land bank and, subject to subsection (b) of this section, proceed in accordance with the applicable county or municipal property code provisions, or any other applicable law. (d) Any fire or other casualty to real property held by the land bank shall be immediately remediated and adequately secured to prevent against further loss or damage or, in the event of total loss to the property, the lost property shall be demolished. 80 Del. Laws, c. 155, §  1;
31 DE Code § 4713. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 47. The Delaware Neighborhood Conservation and Land Banking Act|§ 4713. Expedited quiet title proceedings.

§ 4713. Expedited quiet title proceedings. (a) As provided under § 6502 of Title 10, the land bank shall:  (1) Be authorized to file an action to quiet title as to any real property in which the land bank has standing to file such an action. (2) Prior to the filing of an action to quiet title, the land bank shall conduct an examination of title to determine the identity of any and all persons and entities possessing a claim or interest in or to the real property. Service of the complaint to quiet title shall be provided to all such interested parties by all of the following methods:  a. Registered or certified mail to such identity and address as reasonably ascertainable by an inspection of public records. b. In the case of occupied real property by registered or certified mail, addressed to “Occupant.” c. By posting a copy of the notice on the real property. d. By publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the geographic location in which the property is located. e. Such other methods as the Court may order. (b) As part of the complaint to quiet title, the land bank shall file an affidavit identifying all parties potentially having an interest in the real property, and the form of notice provided. (c) If the land bank moves for expedited proceedings the Court shall schedule a hearing on the complaint within 90 days following filing of the complaint, and as to all matters upon which an answer was not filed by an interested party, the Court shall issue its final judgment within 120 days of the filing of the complaint. (d) Notwithstanding Court of Chancery Rule 19, a land bank shall be authorized to join in a single complaint to quiet title to 1 or more parcels of real property. 80 Del. Laws, c. 155, §  1;
31 DE Code § 4714. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 47. The Delaware Neighborhood Conservation and Land Banking Act|§ 4714. Taxing and financing of land bank operations.

§ 4714. Taxing and financing of land bank operations. (a) A land bank shall have no shareholders and may not be structured as a for-profit entity. A land bank may receive and retain payments for services rendered, for rents and leasehold payments received, for consideration for disposition of real and personal property, for proceeds of insurance coverage for losses incurred, for income from investments, and for any other asset and activity lawfully permitted to a land bank under this chapter. A reasonable operating reserve may be established to facilitate operations. However, all revenues received by a land bank in excess of expenses must be utilized to address and remediate blight, for neighborhood conservation, or to improve housing within the foreclosing governmental unit. (b) The real property held by a land bank, and its income, are exempt from all taxation by the State and by any of its political subdivisions. Dispositions of property into or out of a land bank are exempt from realty transfer taxes. (c) In creating a land bank, a foreclosing governmental unit may elect to dedicate up to 50% of the real property taxes that would inure to the foreclosing governmental unit following the disposition of real property by the land bank, excluding any amounts allocated to school districts, for remittance to the land bank. Such allocation of property tax revenues shall commence with the first taxable year following the date of disposition of the property by land bank and shall continue for a period of 5 years. (d) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a foreclosing governmental unit creating a land bank may levy or impose such additional taxes, fees, assessments, fines, or penalties as are needed to support the operations of the land bank. Any tax, fee, assessment, fine, or penalty imposed by a foreclosing governmental unit pursuant to this subsection must be reauthorized by the foreclosing governmental unit every 5 years and appropriately adjusted so that the revenues from such tax, fee, assessment, fine, or penalty do not exceed the projected operating costs and expenses of the land bank. Any failure to reauthorize such tax, fee, assessment, fine, or penalty shall be deemed an election by the foreclosing governmental unit to cease imposing or levying such tax, fee, assessment, fine, or penalty at the end of the applicable 5-year period. (e) The Delaware Auditor of Accounts shall have the authority to audit any land bank created pursuant to this chapter. 80 Del. Laws, c. 155, §  1;
31 DE Code § 4715. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 47. The Delaware Neighborhood Conservation and Land Banking Act|§ 4715. Public records and public meetings.

§ 4715. Public records and public meetings. (a) The board shall cause minutes and a record to be kept of all its proceedings. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the land bank shall be subject to the provisions of Chapter 100 of Title 29. (b) A land bank shall schedule and hold a public hearing prior to financing or issuance of bonds. (c) In addition to any other report required by this chapter, the land bank, through its chair, shall annually deliver a report to the foreclosing governmental unit. Such report shall be presented in the manner required by the governing body or board of the foreclosing governmental unit. The report shall describe in detail the projects undertaken by the land bank during the past year; the financial statements of the land bank during the past year, including a balance sheet and an income statement; and the administrative activities of the land bank during the past year. (d) A land bank shall be required to maintain a publicly-available website, which shall set forth the inventory required in § 4709(d) of this title. 80 Del. Laws, c. 155, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 79, § 48;
31 DE Code § 4716. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 47. The Delaware Neighborhood Conservation and Land Banking Act|§ 4716. Dissolution of land bank.

§ 4716. Dissolution of land bank. (a) A land bank may be dissolved within 60 calendar days after the adoption of an affirmative resolution approved by 2/3 of the membership of the board of directors authorizing such dissolution. Sixty calendar days' advance written notice of consideration of a resolution of dissolution shall be given to the foreclosing governmental unit that created the land bank, shall be published in a local newspaper of general circulation, and shall be sent by certified mail to the trustee of any outstanding bonds of the land bank. (b) The foreclosing governmental unit or units that created the land bank may dissolve the land bank by repeal of the local law, ordinance, resolution, or intergovernmental cooperation agreement that created the land bank under § 4705(a) or (b) of this title. Dissolution shall be effective no sooner than 60 calendar days after such repeal. Prior to dissolution, the land bank shall publish notice of the dissolution in a local newspaper of general circulation, and shall provide notice by certified mail to the trustee of any outstanding bonds of the land bank. In the event that 2 or more foreclosing governmental units created a land bank under § 4705(b) of this title, the withdrawal of 1 or more foreclosing governmental units shall not result in the dissolution of the land bank unless the intergovernmental cooperation agreement entered into under § 4705(b) of this title so provides and there is no foreclosing governmental unit that desires to continue the existence of the land bank. (c) Upon dissolution of the land bank, all real property, personal property, and other assets of the land bank shall become assets of the foreclosing governmental unit that created the land bank. 80 Del. Laws, c. 155, §  1;
31 DE Code § 4717. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 47. The Delaware Neighborhood Conservation and Land Banking Act|§ 4717. Conflicts of interest.

§ 4717. Conflicts of interest. (a) No member of the board or employee of a land bank shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in real property of the land bank, in any real property to be acquired by the land bank, or in any real property to be acquired from the land bank. No member of the board or employee of a land bank shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used by a land bank. (b) Board members of any land bank shall provide, prior to appointment and annually after appointment, a report identifying all real property interests owned, directly or indirectly, by such board member of by his or her immediate family, within the lank bank jurisdiction. The report shall be submitted to the foreclosing governmental unit and shall be made available to the public upon request. (c) The board may adopt supplemental rules and regulations addressing potential conflicts of interest and ethical guidelines for members of the board and land bank employees. 80 Del. Laws, c. 155, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
31 DE Code § 4718. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 47. The Delaware Neighborhood Conservation and Land Banking Act|§ 4718. Construction, intent, and scope of chapter.

§ 4718. Construction, intent, and scope of chapter. This chapter shall be construed liberally to effectuate the legislative intent and purposes and all powers granted by this chapter shall be broadly interpreted to effectuate such intent and purposes. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this chapter, in the exercise of its powers and duties under this chapter and its powers relating to property held by the land bank, the land bank shall not be subject to restrictions imposed by the charter, ordinances, or resolutions of a foreclosing governmental unit with respect to contracts, procurement, or property disposition. 80 Del. Laws, c. 155, §  1;
31 DE Code § 4719. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 47. The Delaware Neighborhood Conservation and Land Banking Act|§ 4719. Duration and termination.

§ 4719. Duration and termination. Any land bank created pursuant to this chapter shall have permanent and perpetual duration until terminated and dissolved in accordance with § 4716 of this title and subchapter X, Chapter 1 of Title 8. 80 Del. Laws, c. 155, §  1;
31 DE Code § 5101. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth|§ 5101. Definitions.

§ 5101. Definitions. As used in this chapter:  (1) “Commitment” refers to the vesting of legal custody of juveniles in the custody of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families under the provisions of §§ 5106-5108 of this title. (2) “Court” means any court of competent jurisdiction. (3) “Department” means the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families. (4) “Detention” refers to the holding of a juvenile by the Department in the separate Detention Department provided for in § 5110 of this title. (5) “Juvenile” means a minor. (6) “Legal custody” denotes those rights and responsibilities associated with the day to day care of the juveniles. It includes the right to the care, custody and control of the juvenile. It includes the duty to provide food, clothing, shelter, education, ordinary medical care and to train and discipline. “Ordinary medical care” shall mean medical examination, medical treatment including surgical procedures and mental health treatment other than inpatient psychiatric hospitalization.31 Del. C. 1953, §  5101;  51 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  2;  57 Del. Laws, c. 591, §  49;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  20;  70 Del. Laws, c. 381, §  3;
31 DE Code § 5102. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth|§ 5102. Functions of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families.

§ 5102. Functions of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families. There shall be 1 state agency known as the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families one of whose functions shall be the administration of all state-owned training facilities for the detention, care and treatment, and after-care supervision of juvenile delinquents. These include: Ferris School for Boys, Kruse School, Woods Haven School for Girls and the Detention Home for Juveniles (Bridge House). In addition, the Department shall foster the expansion of community services directed toward the overall prevention of juvenile delinquency. 31 Del. C. 1953, §  5102;  51 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  2;  52 Del. Laws, c. 80, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  20;
31 DE Code § 5103. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth|§ 5103. Payment of accounts.

§ 5103. Payment of accounts. All of the accounts on the Department shall be paid by warrant drawn upon the State Treasurer in accordance with § 6515(b) of Title 29. 31 Del. C. 1953, §  5107;  51 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  2;  54 Del. Laws, c. 148.;
31 DE Code § 5104. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth|§ 5104. Annual report to the Governor and to the General Assembly.

§ 5104. Annual report to the Governor and to the General Assembly. The Department shall make an annual report to the Governor and to the General Assembly of its activities and operations and shall include its receipts and expenditures and such recommendations as it may deem appropriate in detail as to fully inform the Governor and the General Assembly or such other legally authorized agency of this State. 31 Del. C. 1953, §  5108;  51 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  2;
31 DE Code § 5105. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth|§ 5105. Misnomer of Department in donation.

§ 5105. Misnomer of Department in donation. Any misnomer of the Department shall not defeat or annul any gift, grant, devise or bequest to the Department 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 Department the estate or interest therein expressed or described. 31 Del. C. 1953, §  5109;  51 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  2;
31 DE Code § 5106. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth|§ 5106. Powers and duties of the Department.

§ 5106. Powers and duties of the Department. (a) The Department shall:  (1) Have sole and complete control of the training schools and any other state facilities for readjustment of delinquent children; (2) Appoint advisory committees having such membership as it deems appropriate or desirable; (3) Provide suitable food, clothing, medicine and all things necessary for the comfort and improvement of delinquent children in the Department's legal custody; (4) Make rules and regulations for the government of the training schools not inconsistent with the laws of this State which it deems necessary and proper for the public welfare and best interest of the juveniles entrusted to the Department including the release of juveniles to after-care supervision; (5) When deemed necessary, to provide after-care supervision for delinquent children released from the training schools; (6) Provide suitable buildings, with all the necessary land and appurtenances for the use and occupation of the Department; (7) Establish such rules and regulations relative to the religious and moral education, training, employment, discipline, management, government, instruction, safekeeping and the disposition of the juveniles; (8) Exercise all powers not inconsistent with this chapter as are necessary to discharge their responsibility of legal custody of a juvenile. Powers inconsistent with this chapter shall include without limitation the power to sue and be sued or to implead or be impleaded in all courts of law and equity; and (9) Place a juvenile committed to its custody pursuant to § 1009 of Title 10, in a facility providing the maximum available security. (b) Notwithstanding prior enactments accepting the Ferris School for Boys as a state-operated facility, nothing contained therein or in any other law was intended by the General Assembly to constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity for the Ferris School for Boys. 31 Del. C. 1953, §  5120;  51 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  2;  52 Del. Laws, c. 80, §  4;  60 Del. Laws, c. 657, §  3;  69 Del. Laws, c. 133, §§  1, 2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 381, §  2;
31 DE Code § 5107. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth|§ 5107. Commitments to the Department.

§ 5107. Commitments to the Department. The Family Court of the State may commit to the custody of the Department any juvenile who is subject to the jurisdiction of such Court and who is delinquent, as that term is defined in § 901 of Title 10; provided, however, that where the adjudication is pursuant to § 1009(e) [repealed] of Title 10, the juvenile shall be committed for the designated statutory period. The Department shall accept the custody of any juvenile so committed to it. 31 Del. C. 1953, §  5121;  51 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  2;  52 Del. Laws, c. 80, §  5;  60 Del. Laws, c. 657, §  4;  81 Del. Laws, c. 253, § 1;
31 DE Code § 5108. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 31 - Welfare|Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth|§ 5108. Power to discharge or release.

§ 5108. Power to discharge or release. (a) Except as to a delinquent child committed for a mandatory period pursuant to § 1009(e) [repealed] of Title 10, the Department may at its discretion discharge finally any juvenile committed to its custody if the Department shall determine:  (1) Such discharge is in the best interests of the juvenile; and (2) That the juvenile does not pose a probable threat to property or person; provided, that a certificate of discharge, setting forth grounds establishing compliance with these conditions of release, shall be provided 10 calendar days prior to the date of release to the Judge of Family Court who originally signed the commitment order, or, in such judge's absence, to the Chief Judge of said Court. (b) No person shall be retained in the legal custody of the Department beyond that person's 18th birthday; provided, however, that any delinquent child who is 17 years of age or older but less than 18 years of age who has been committed to the custody of the Department may remain in said custody for 1 full year; provided further, that any delinquent child who is committed to the custody of the Department for a mandatory period pursuant to § 1009(e) [repealed] of Title 10 shall be transferred into or retained in the custody of a facility established pursuant to § 6526 of Title 11 for youthful offenders upon reaching the age of 18 where the youthful offender shall remain until the completion of the mandatory period of custody; provided further, that any child who is charged with an act of delinquency prior to reaching 18 years but becomes 18 years of age prior to disposition on the charge may be committed to the custody of the Department until the child's nineteenth birthday. (c) No child committed to the custody of the Department under § 1009(e) [repealed] of Title 10 shall be released on pass or on extended leave for any purpose except in accordance with the procedure set forth in subsection (a) of this section. Upon receipt of notification that the Department intends to extend such privileges to a child so committed, the Court may deny, or may impose such reasonable terms and conditions as it deems necessary, upon said temporary release. 31 Del. C. 1953, §  5122;  51 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  2;  52 Del. Laws, c. 80, §  6;  60 Del. Laws, c. 142, §  1;  60 Del. Laws, c. 657, §  5;  61 Del. Laws, c. 377, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 253, § 1;