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29 DE Code § 8757A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter VII. Delaware Economic Development Authority|§ 8757A. Covenants with bondholders.

§ 8757A. Covenants with bondholders. (a) The Authority shall have the power to covenant and to agree with the holders of bonds in order to secure the payment of such bonds, as to:  (1) The custody, security, use, expenditure, investment or application of the proceeds of bonds; (2) The use, regulation, operation, maintenance, insurance or disposition of all or any part of any project; (3) The payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on bonds, the sources and methods of payment thereof, the rank or priority of any such bonds as to any lien or security or the acceleration of the maturity of any such bonds; (4) The use and disposition of any moneys of the Authority, including all revenues; (5) The mortgage, pledge, assignment or deposit of all or any part of the revenues or other moneys of the Authority or of all or any part of a project to secure the payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on bonds, and the powers and duties of any trustee or agent with regard thereto; (6) The segregation of revenues or other moneys of the Authority into reserves and sinking funds, and the source, custody, investment, security, regulation, application and disposition thereof; (7) The rents, fees or other charges for the use of any project, including any parts, replacements or improvements thereafter constructed or acquired, and the fixing, establishment, collection and enforcement of the same; (8) Any limitation on the issuance of additional bonds or on the incurrence of indebtedness of the Authority; (9) Any vesting in a trustee or trustees, fiscal or escrow agent or agents, within or without the State, or such property, rights, powers and duties as the Authority may determine, and any limitation on the rights, duties and powers of such trustee or agent; (10) The payment of costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds, the resolution or any covenant or contract with the holders of bonds; (11) The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any covenant or contract with, or duty to, the holders of bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto and the manner in which such consent may be given or evidenced; or (12) Any other matter or course of conduct which, by recital in a resolution, is declared to secure further the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on bonds. (b) All such provisions of a resolution and all such covenants and agreements shall constitute valid and legally binding contracts between the Authority and the several holders of bonds to which they relate, regardless of the time of issuance of such bonds. 62 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  5(a);  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8758A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter VII. Delaware Economic Development Authority|§ 8758A. Pledge of revenues or other property.

§ 8758A. Pledge of revenues or other property. Any pledge of revenues or other property made by the Authority shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made. Revenues so pledged and thereafter received by the Authority shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge or revenues or other property shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the Authority, whether or not such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded; however, copies of such resolution or instrument shall be retained by the Authority. 62 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  5(a);  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8759A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter VII. Delaware Economic Development Authority|§ 8759A. Limitation on liability of State.

§ 8759A. Limitation on liability of State. (a) Bonds, other than state-guaranteed bonds, issued pursuant to this subchapter shall not constitute a debt of the State or any political subdivision or any agency thereof, or a pledge of the full faith and credit or taxing power of the State or any political subdivision or any agency thereof, and shall not obligate the State or the Authority to make any appropriation for their payment. (b) All bonds, other than state-guaranteed bonds, shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the following effect:  “Neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State is pledged to the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on this bond, nor is the State or the Delaware Economic Development Authority in any manner obligated to make any appropriation for payment thereof.” (c) State-guaranteed bonds shall be a debt of the State. 62 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  5(a), (b);  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8760A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter VII. Delaware Economic Development Authority|§ 8760A. Negotiability of bonds.

§ 8760A. Negotiability of bonds. The bonds and any coupons appurtenant thereto shall be negotiable instruments and securities under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State. 62 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  5(a);  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8762A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter VII. Delaware Economic Development Authority|§ 8762A. Limitation of powers of State.

§ 8762A. Limitation of powers of State. The State pledges to and agrees with any holder of the bonds that the State will not limit or alter the rights vested in the Authority until all bonds at any time issued, together with the interest thereon and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of the bondholders, are fully met and discharged. Nothing herein contained shall preclude such limitation or alteration, if, and when, adequate provision shall have been made by law for the protection from impairment of the contracts represented by such bonds. 6 Del. C. 1953, §  7006;  53 Del. Laws, c. 167;  58 Del. Laws, c. 316, §  10;  62 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  5(a);  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8764A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter VII. Delaware Economic Development Authority|§ 8764A. Bonds as legal investments for institutions and fiduciaries.

§ 8764A. Bonds as legal investments for institutions and fiduciaries. Bonds issued under this subchapter are made securities in which all state and municipal officers and administrative departments, boards and commissions of the State, all banks, bankers, savings banks or societies, trust companies, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees and other fiduciaries and all other persons whatsoever authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the State, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control. State-guaranteed bonds are made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any officer of the State, or of any county, municipality or agency of the State for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the State is authorized by law. 6 Del. C. 1953, §  7007;  53 Del. Laws, c. 167;  58 Del. Laws, c. 316, §  11;  62 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  5(a), (b);  63 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  13(b);  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8765A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter VII. Delaware Economic Development Authority|§ 8765A. Exemption from taxation.

§ 8765A. Exemption from taxation. (a) Interest on bonds issued under this subchapter shall be exempt from income taxation by the State or any political subdivision thereof. (b) Any real or personal property of the Authority which is not used by an assisted person as part of, or in connection with, a project shall be exempt from any and all taxation by the State or any political subdivision thereof. 62 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  5(a), (b);  63 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  13(b);  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8766A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter VII. Delaware Economic Development Authority|§ 8766A. Property of Authority exempt from judicial process.

§ 8766A. Property of Authority exempt from judicial process. All property of the Authority shall be exempt from execution process, and no attachment, sequestration, execution, levy or other judicial process shall issue against the same, nor shall any judgment against the Authority be a charge or lien upon its property; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall apply to or limit the rights of the holder of any bonds to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by the Authority on or with respect to any project or any revenues or other moneys. 62 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  5(a);  63 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  13(b);  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8767A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter VII. Delaware Economic Development Authority|§ 8767A. Liberal construction of subchapter.

§ 8767A. Liberal construction of subchapter. This subchapter, being necessary for the prosperity and welfare of the State and its citizens, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this subchapter. 62 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  5(a), (b);  63 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  13(b);  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8768A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter VII. Delaware Economic Development Authority|§ 8768A. Inconsistent laws inapplicable; facsimile signatures.

§ 8768A. Inconsistent laws inapplicable; facsimile signatures. Insofar as any provision of this subchapter is inconsistent with any general, special or local laws, or part thereof, this subchapter shall be controlling. Facsimile signatures of officers of the Authority and the Council on Development Finance on bonds issued by the Authority shall have the same legal effect as the manual signatures of such officers, whether or not such officer filed with the Secretary of State the officer's manual signature certified by the officer under oath in accordance with the Uniform Facsimile Signatures of Public Officials Act [§ 5401 et seq. of this title]. 62 Del. Laws, c. 269, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 189, §  5(a), (b);  63 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  13(b);  68 Del. Laws, c. 405, §  20;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8770A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter VIII. Delaware Economic Development Training Act|§ 8770A. Definitions.

§ 8770A. Definitions. (a) “Added cost to employers” means the actual increased costs incurred by employers when they assume the responsibility for career worksite training. Such increased costs must be specifically identified and may include such costs as those incurred for training supervision, maintaining training records, monitoring the progress of training and implementing performance standards, additional costs of production time allocated for training on the job, wage subsidies to trainees and similar functions essential to career worksite training programs. (b) “Classroom instruction” means job-related instruction on or off the jobsite, the provision of which is normally outside of scheduled working hours and is neither in the course of production nor in the course of rendering a service. Classroom instruction can be used in coordination with on-site training so that the skills acquired both in the classroom and on the job are mutually reinforced in a manner that enhances the career education and the productivity of the trainee. (c) “Covered costs of classroom instruction” means costs incurred in the provision of classroom instruction for both entry level and on-site training and may include specially identified costs incurred for instructors, classroom space and facilities, liability insurance, administrative support services and related costs. To the extent possible, funds allocated from this source shall be utilized in the provision of classroom training. Costs such as those for specialized equipment and materials not appropriately attributable to classroom training shall not be allowed. (d) [Repealed.] (e) “Eligible applicant” means an applicant who may apply for funds that are made available to fund the purposes of this subchapter. Eligible applicants shall include, but not be limited to, local education agencies, employers, employee organizations, community-based organizations and other providers of training with demonstrated effectiveness, or any combination thereof. No party to a collective bargaining agreement shall be an eligible applicant unless all parties to the agreement apply in writing. (f) “Entry level training” means instruction conducted in the classroom, worksite or any combination thereof which is short-term in nature and is either preparatory for employment or an integral part of employment in an entry classification in a particular occupation or industry. (g) [Repealed.] (h) “On-site training” means the progressive development of skills associated with a defined set of work processes to be covered sequentially in the course of employment in an occupation, trade or industry and shall be consistent with a career pattern of advancement, as measured by skill proficiency and the progression of earnings and related benefits that is recognized within the occupation, trade or industry. 64 Del. Laws, c. 460, §  6;  69 Del. Laws, c. 458, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 163, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8790A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter IX. Allocation of State Private Activity Bond Ceiling to Governmental Units, Establishment of Industrial Revenue Bond Committee and Reporting Requirements|§ 8790A. Definitions.

§ 8790A. Definitions. The following words and terms, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning, shall have the following respective meanings:  (1) “Authority” means the Delaware Economic Development Authority created by § 8753A of this title. (2) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority. (3) “Chief elected official” means the highest elected official of any political subdivision of the State, including, but not limited to, the County Executive of New Castle County, the President of the Sussex County Council, the President of the Levy Court of Kent County and the Mayor of the City of Wilmington. (4) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. (5) “Committee” means the Industrial Revenue Bond Committee established pursuant to § 8792A of this title. (6) “Private activity bond” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Code. (7) “Secretary of Finance” means the Secretary of Finance of this State. (8) [Repealed.] (9) “State ceiling” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Code. (10) “Volume cap” has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Code.65 Del. Laws, c. 212, §  17(a);  66 Del. Laws, c. 92, §  16(a);  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8791A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter IX. Allocation of State Private Activity Bond Ceiling to Governmental Units, Establishment of Industrial Revenue Bond Committee and Reporting Requirements|§ 8791A. Allocation of state ceiling.

§ 8791A. Allocation of state ceiling. (a) The state ceiling applicable to the State for each calendar year is allocated, and the volume cap for the state and local governmental issuers for each calendar year after 1987 is, as follows:  Annual Volume Cap  State 50.0 Percent New Castle County 17.5 Percent City of Wilmington 12.5 Percent Kent County 10.0 Percent Sussex County 10.0 Percent  (b) The entire volume cap of the State for each calendar year shall be retained by the State for future allocation by the Governor among the Delaware State Housing Authority and the other governmental issuers within the State. (c) Each issuer's volume cap may be used for any type of private activity bond and other tax-exempt obligations to which § 146 of the Code [26 U.S.C. § 146] applies. (d) The Governor shall have the right, by executive order, to modify the allocations made under subsection (a) of this section; provided, however, that no such modification shall cause any obligation issued prior to the date of such modification to lose its qualification for tax-exempt treatment under the Code. This authority given to the Governor shall be exercisable by the Governor in the Governor's discretion, but in so doing, the Governor shall consider any recommendation by the Committee that is adopted by a majority of the Committee's members. (e) An issuer's application and allocation of any portion of its volume cap to any obligations of such issuer shall be considered effective upon such issuer's delivery to the Secretary of Finance of a notice of the issuance of the obligations identifying the issuer, the proposed purchaser of such obligations, the amount of its volume cap allocated to such obligations and the purpose of the financing, and providing such other information as the Secretary of Finance may require. Upon the request of any issuer, the Governor or the Secretary of Finance shall certify, based on notices of issuance and notices of reassignments filed with the Secretary of Finance pursuant to this section, whether or not:  (1) Volume cap in the required amount is available for the issuer in connection with the issuance of certain of its obligations; and (2) There is a valid allocation of volume cap for such issue pursuant to Section 146 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [26 U.S.C. § 146]. (f) At the end of each calendar year commencing with calendar year 2020, any volume cap of a city or county, which has not been used by a city or county as determined by the records of the Secretary of Finance, automatically reverts to the State, and is carried forward subject to subsection (d) of this section and requirements of the Code. 65 Del. Laws, c. 212, §  17(a);  66 Del. Laws, c. 92, §  16(a);  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 378, §  44;  73 Del. Laws, c. 95, §  58;  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;  82 Del. Laws, c. 226, § 5;
29 DE Code § 8792A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter IX. Allocation of State Private Activity Bond Ceiling to Governmental Units, Establishment of Industrial Revenue Bond Committee and Reporting Requirements|§ 8792A. Industrial Revenue Bond Committee.

§ 8792A. Industrial Revenue Bond Committee. (a) There is hereby established the Industrial Revenue Bond Committee, to be composed of the Chairperson, the Secretary of Finance, a representative of the Delaware State Housing Authority and 1 representative each from Sussex County, New Castle County, Kent County and the City of Wilmington, appointed by each jurisdiction pursuant to those procedures deemed by such jurisdiction to be necessary and appropriate. The Chairperson shall be the Chairperson of the Committee. (b) The Committee shall make recommendations to the Governor of the State regarding modification of the allocation of the state ceiling made in § 8791A(a) of this title. The Secretary of Finance shall be responsible for monitoring the volume of private activity bonds issued by each of the participating jurisdictions and for recommending to the Committee changes in the allocation of the state ceiling as circumstances dictate. (c) The Committee shall meet at such times and in such places as its members determine to be appropriate for carrying out its functions and purposes. The Committee shall engage in other activities to promote the cooperation of jurisdiction on economic development projects within the State. The Secretary of Finance shall report to the Governor, the General Assembly and the Committee at the conclusion of each year on the projects financed with private activity bonds and on other matters as appropriate. 65 Del. Laws, c. 212, §  17(a);  66 Del. Laws, c. 92, §  16(a);  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8793A. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 87A. Economic Development|Subchapter IX. Allocation of State Private Activity Bond Ceiling to Governmental Units, Establishment of Industrial Revenue Bond Committee and Reporting Requirements|§ 8793A. Reports to Secretary of Finance.

§ 8793A. Reports to Secretary of Finance. (a) The Secretary of Finance is authorized to make such rules and regulations requiring any issuer allocated a volume cap for any calendar year under § 8791A of this title to file with the Secretary of Finance such reports as the Secretary of Finance may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. Any such reports required by the Secretary of Finance shall contain at least the following information with respect to each obligation issued or planned to be issued by such issuer:  (1) A brief description of the project financed or to be financed by such obligation; (2) The amount of such obligation that is subject to such issuer's volume cap, and, to the extent that any portion of such obligation is claimed to be not subject to its volume cap, an opinion of bond counsel to that effect; (3) The date of issuance of such obligation or the date of preliminary approval if such obligation has not yet been issued; and (4) A status report on the issuance, including the anticipated date of issue, if not yet issued. (b) A copy of any report required by the Secretary of Finance pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be filed with the Secretary of Finance. In turn, the Secretary of Finance shall compile such reports and distribute the compilation to each issuer. 65 Del. Laws, c. 212, §  17(a);  66 Del. Laws, c. 92, §  16(a);  81 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;
29 DE Code § 8901. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 89. Department of Correction|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 8901. Established.

§ 8901. Established. The Department of Correction is established. 60 Del. Laws, c. 251, §  14;