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9 DE Code § 1410. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 14. The County Auditor|§ 1410. Quality assurance reviews.

§ 1410. Quality assurance reviews. (a) The Audit Committee shall conduct quality assurance review of the activities and functions of the Office of the County Auditor. Such review shall take place every 3 years from the date of the last such quality assurance review. (b) The Audit Committee shall utilize guidelines endorsed by the National Association of Local Government Auditors in conducting the quality assurance review. In addition to those guidelines, the Audit Committee shall determine whether the activities and functions of the Office of the County Auditor are undertaken in compliance with the most recent General Auditing Standards promulgated by the United States Accountability Office and shall examine functional standards employed by the Office, including:  (1) General standards such as staff qualifications, due professional care, and overall quality assurance; (2) Fieldwork standards such as planning, supervision, and audit evidence; and (3) Reporting standards such as report content, presentation, and timeliness. (c) The Audit Committee shall complete its review within a time frame established by the County Council and shall prepare a report of its findings and recommendations no later than the end of the sixth month following the completion of the quality assurance review. (d) A copy of the Audit Committee's Quality Review Report shall be furnished to each member of County Council and to the County Executive and shall be made available to the public. (e) The County Council shall reimburse the Committee for reasonable costs incurred in the conduct of the quality review and the preparation of the Quality Review Report. 75 Del. Laws, c. 139, §  2;
9 DE Code § 2101. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 21. Street and Highway Lighting|§ 2101. Lighting streets and highways in unincorporated communities and villages; petition.

§ 2101. Lighting streets and highways in unincorporated communities and villages; petition. (a) Upon the petition of a majority of the property owners of any unincorporated community or village in New Castle County, the County Council may enter into a contract with any electric, gas or other lighting companies to light and illuminate the streets or highways running through, bounding and within the community or village, with electric light, gas light, or other illuminant. The petition of the property owners shall set forth the boundary lines of the community to be lighted. Street lights shall be of such candle power, electric or its equivalent in other illuminating mediums, as shall be determined by the County Council. The County Council may enter into contracts for additional lights or may change the location of any lights theretofore located and may levy and collect additional tax for the payment of the same. (b) For purposes of this chapter, the term “property owner” shall mean a person or entity who owns a fee simple interest in land situated in any unincorporated community or village in New Castle County entitling the owner to sign a petition filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and cast 1 vote in favor of or against illuminating streets or highways covered by such petition. In the event that a property is owned by more than 1 person or entity, either as joint tenants with right of survivorship, tenants in common or tenants by the entirety, each such party shall be entitled to cast a proportional vote equal to such party's proportional interest in and to the jointly-held property, as set forth in the deed of conveyance or other evidence of ownership. If the deed or other evidence of ownership does not set forth each owner's proportionate interest, each owner's interest shall be presumed to be equal for purposes hereof. It is the intent of this section that each property shall have no more than 1 vote, and each property owner shall have a vote equal to such property owner's proportional interest in such property. 38 Del. Laws, c. 81, §  1;  Code 1935, §  1180;  48 Del. Laws, c. 77, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2101;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  13A;  68 Del. Laws, c. 238, §  1;  68 Del. Laws, c. 435, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2102. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 21. Street and Highway Lighting|§ 2102. Levy and collection of light tax; penalty for late payment.

§ 2102. Levy and collection of light tax; penalty for late payment. (a) The County Council, for the purpose of providing street and highway lighting pursuant to § 2101 of this title, shall levy for the installation and maintenance of such lights an annual tax based on the full annual cost of such lighting, plus up to but not exceeding 10% thereof to cover the actual direct and indirect costs of administration and billing. Such tax shall be levied against all properties within the boundary lines of the communities that have submitted petitions under § 2101 of this title. The County Council shall establish the method by which such tax shall be computed and shall adopt and levy annual light tax rates that will yield sufficient revenue to cover the full annual cost of all lighting services, plus up to but not exceeding 10% for the actual cost of administration and billing. No such taxes shall be levied against farm land. (b) Such taxes shall be collected by the same collector, at the same time and in the same manner as other county taxes. If such taxes are not paid by the date set for the payment of other taxes, penalty shall accrue thereon in the manner and at the rate specified in § 8604(a) of this title. (c) If the County Council receives a petition for street lighting from any community and the contract for such street lighting is entered after the commencement of the county's fiscal year, the Department of Finance may, at the same times established for supplemental assessments in § 8339 of this title, levy and bill a supplemental light tax to the property owners within such community, computed in the same manner as all other light tax bills, reduced at the rates specified in § 8340 of this title. (d) All taxes levied under this chapter shall be considered real property taxes and, as provided in § 2901(a) of Title 25, shall constitute and remain a statutory lien on such property, together with any penalties that may accrue thereon, until such taxes and penalties are paid in full. Such lien shall enjoy the priority established for governmental liens by § 2901 of Title 25. 38 Del. Laws, c. 81, §  2;  Code 1935, §  1181;  48 Del. Laws, c. 77, §  2;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2102;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  13A;  68 Del. Laws, c. 435, §§  2-6;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2103. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 21. Street and Highway Lighting|§ 2103. Light tax; administration of fund; surplus.

§ 2103. Light tax; administration of fund; surplus. The Department of Finance of New Castle County shall receive all light taxes collected, shall keep them in a separate account, and shall pay them out only upon orders signed by the County Executive and approved by the Department. The Department shall receive or charge no compensation for the performance of any duty required of it or New Castle County under this chapter, beyond that expressly authorized by § 2102 of this title. If, after payment of all contracts entered into pursuant to this chapter, there remains a surplus in the light account, the surplus shall be applied to reduce the light tax rate for the succeeding taxable year. 38 Del. Laws, c. 81, §  2;  Code 1935, §  1181;  48 Del. Laws, c. 77, §  2;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2103;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§  13A, 13B, 13C;  68 Del. Laws, c. 435, §  7;
9 DE Code § 2104. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 21. Street and Highway Lighting|§ 2104. Removal of lights.

§ 2104. Removal of lights. Lights installed under the provisions of this chapter shall be removed only by ordinance of County Council or upon its direction after receipt of a petition, signed by a majority of the property owners within the bounds of any lighted community or village, requesting such removal. No such ordinance or petition shall be considered by County Council at any time within 3 years after the date of the first light tax billing issued after the installation of such lights. After the removal of such lights, no light tax shall be levied against properties within the bounds of the community or village identified in the ordinance or petition. In the event that such lights are removed, County Council shall not refund any light tax that has been levied for the fiscal year during which the lights are removed. 38 Del. Laws, c. 81, §  4;  Code 1935, §  1183;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  13A;  68 Del. Laws, c. 435, §  8;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2301. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 23. Sanitary Sewer Districts|§ 2301. Conditions for establishment of sanitary sewer district.

§ 2301. Conditions for establishment of sanitary sewer district. Whenever contiguous territory containing 1 or more centers of population, whether incorporated or not, shall be so situated that the construction of interceptor sewers, outfall sewers and sewage treatment plants will be conducive to the preservation of the public health, the territory shall be established by the County Council as a sanitary sewer district. Code 1935, §  1170A;  45 Del. Laws, c. 113, §  1;  47 Del. Laws, c. 178, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2301;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  15;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2302. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 23. Sanitary Sewer Districts|§ 2302. Establishment or revision of sanitary sewer districts without election; consolidation of districts.

§ 2302. Establishment or revision of sanitary sewer districts without election; consolidation of districts. (a) Where the County Council has already constructed sewers to which 50 or more houses have been connected, the County Council may establish, upon request of the Department of Public Works, a new district or revise the boundaries of an established district without further petitions or hearings by posting at 4 public places in the district notices describing the new or revised boundaries, and, in the case of the establishment of a new district, the same cost and assessment data required for districts established by vote of electors. (b) Within 30 days after the posting of the notices of the establishment of the district in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the County Council shall pass a formal resolution establishing the district, which shall:  (1) Contain a description of the boundaries of the district; (2) Direct the Department of Public Works and the attorney of the County Council to procure the necessary land and rights-of-way by purchase, agreement, or condemnation in accordance with existing statutes; and (3) Authorize the Department of Public Works to prepare maps, plans, specifications, and estimates, let contracts for and supervise the construction and maintenance of, or enlarging and remodeling of, any or all structures required to provide for the safe disposal of the sewage in the sanitary district. (c) The County Council may consolidate any existing sanitary sewer districts or establish a countywide district following a public hearing. The hearing shall be at such time as may be fixed by the County Council and advertised at least 2 weeks in advance by publishing a notice in a newspaper within the county having a general circulation, once in each of the 2 weeks immediately preceding the week in which the hearing is to be held. All interested persons in any way affected by the proposed consolidation shall be heard. After the public hearing is closed, the County Council shall, by ordinance, determine whether or not it is in the public interest to establish the consolidated district. The ordinance shall specify the boundaries of the consolidated district. The County Council may change or amend the rate of levy as it deems necessary and just. Code 1935, §  1170B;  45 Del. Laws, c. 113, §  1;  47 Del. Laws, c. 178, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2302;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  15;  61 Del. Laws, c. 331, §§  1, 2;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2303. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 23. Sanitary Sewer Districts|§ 2303. Establishment of sanitary sewer district upon petition of voters.

§ 2303. Establishment of sanitary sewer district upon petition of voters. Fifty or more legal voters who are residents of a proposed sanitary sewer district, may petition the County Council to submit the question of organizing a sanitary sewer district to a vote of electors residing in that district. The petition shall contain a description of the proposed district and shall be accompanied by a map drawn to scale showing the boundaries of the proposed district together with the limits of any incorporated areas which may be included in the district. The execution of the petition by an elector shall be acknowledged by the elector or it may be proved by the oath of a witness who shall swear that the witness knows the elector and that the petition was signed by the elector in the presence of the witness. Code 1935, §  1170C;  45 Del. Laws, c. 113, §  1;  47 Del. Laws, c. 178, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2303;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  15;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2304. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 23. Sanitary Sewer Districts|§ 2304. Public hearing; notice.

§ 2304. Public hearing; notice. The County Council, upon receipt of a petition submitted as provided in § 2303 of this title, shall, and the County Council may, upon its own motion and without having received such a petition, set a date for a public hearing on the question of organizing a sanitary sewer district. The hearing shall be held at such time as may be fixed by the County Council and shall be previously advertised by posting a notice, in 4 of the most public places within the proposed district, at least 10 days prior thereto and by publishing a notice in a newspaper published within the County and having a general circulation therein, once in each of 2 weeks immediately preceding the week in which the hearing is to be held. All interested persons, officials, residents, voters, taxpayers, property owners or other persons or corporations in any way affected by the granting of the petition shall be heard on any question dealing with the location of the boundaries of the district. Such notice shall contain a description of the boundaries of the proposed sanitary district and if the public hearing is ordered as a result of the filing of a petition such boundaries shall be those described in the petition. Code 1935, §  1170C;  45 Del. Laws, c. 113, §  1;  47 Del. Laws, c. 178, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2304;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  15;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2305. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 23. Sanitary Sewer Districts|§ 2305. Action of County Council following hearing.

§ 2305. Action of County Council following hearing. (a) After the public hearing referred to in § 2304 of this title shall have been closed, the County Council shall, by resolution, determine whether or not it is in the public interest to establish the district and, if it deems it to be in the public interest to establish the district, the County Council shall, by such resolution, determine what shall be the boundaries of the district. Such boundaries may be those set forth in the petition or may be boundaries which will include in the district the property and property owners, and only the property and property owners, that will be benefited by the establishment of the district and the construction of sewage disposal facilities therein. (b) After establishing the boundaries of the district, the County Council shall also cause to be prepared by the Department of Public Works or consulting engineers, an estimate of the cost of proposed immediate construction and also an approximate estimate of the assessment per front foot and the amount to be included in the assessment necessary to take care of interest, amortization and maintenance costs. The construction cost estimates and assessment estimates shall be advertised in the same manner as provided in § 2304 of this title for advertising the public hearing. Code 1935, §  1170D;  45 Del. Laws, c. 113, §  1;  47 Del. Laws, c. 178, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2305;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  15;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2306. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 23. Sanitary Sewer Districts|§ 2306. Election on question of establishment of district.

§ 2306. Election on question of establishment of district. (a) Whenever the determination on the question of establishing the district, as required by § 2305 of this title, is in the affirmative, and after the other requirements of that section have been complied with, the County Council then shall cause an election to be held within 6 months following the date of the hearing, at which the question shall be submitted to the voters residing within the boundaries of the sanitary sewer district as fixed by the County Council as to whether the district shall be established or not. Notice of the election shall be advertised in the same manner as provided in § 2304 of this title for advertising the public hearing. The cost of the election shall be borne by the County Council, which shall be reimbursed for such cost by the district, if established by the election. (b) The proposition shall be submitted to the voters substantially in the following form:  FOR THE SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT ________________ AGAINST THE SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT ________________ (c) The majority of votes cast shall decide the matter. (d) The election shall be managed and the votes canvassed in such manner as may be prescribed by the County Council. Every citizen who resides in the proposed sanitary sewer district in which the election is being held and who would be entitled at the time of the holding of such election to register and vote in any election district in which the proposed sanitary sewer district is a part, at a general election, if such general election were held on the day of such election in the proposed sanitary sewer district, may vote at such election whether or not the citizen is at the time a registered voter. Code 1935, §  1170E;  45 Del. Laws, c. 113, §  1;  47 Del. Laws, c. 178, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2306;  50 Del. Laws, c. 164, §  1;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  15;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2307. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 23. Sanitary Sewer Districts|§ 2307. Action of County Council following election favoring establishment of district.

§ 2307. Action of County Council following election favoring establishment of district. (a) If the majority of the voters are in favor of establishing the sanitary sewer district, the County Council shall within 30 days following the election, issue a determination to that effect which shall contain a description of the district. The County Council shall file a certified copy of the determination with the clerk of the peace. (b) Within 30 days after the election, the County Council shall authorize the Department of Public Works and the County Attorney to procure the necessary land and rights-of-way by purchase, agreement, or by condemnation in accordance with existing laws, and shall authorize the Department of Public Works to prepare maps, plans, specifications and estimates for any or all structures required to provide for the installation of sewers, structures incidental thereto and the safe disposal of the sewage in the district and to let contracts for, supervise the construction and maintenance of, or the enlarging or remodeling of such structures, and to carry on such other activities as may be required by this chapter or considered necessary to perform the duties prescribed in this chapter. Code 1935, §  1170E;  45 Del. Laws, c. 113, §  1;  47 Del. Laws, c. 178, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2307;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§  15, 15C;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2308. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 23. Sanitary Sewer Districts|§ 2308. Construction of system adequate for future connections.

§ 2308. Construction of system adequate for future connections. The County Council may construct and maintain main sewers and sewage treatment works in order to provide a satisfactory outlet for any subdivision which may at any future time connect submain or lateral sewers to it. Code 1935, §  1170F;  45 Del. Laws, c. 113, §  1;  47 Del. Laws, c. 178, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2308;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  15;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2309. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 23. Sanitary Sewer Districts|§ 2309. Construction or maintenance of sewers for cities or towns.

§ 2309. Construction or maintenance of sewers for cities or towns. The County Council may construct or maintain submains or laterals as agents for cities or towns when officially requested so to act and when the cost of such work is to be borne by local assessments against the property benefited or by assessment by the County Council in the same manner as for unincorporated areas. Code 1935, §  1170F;  45 Del. Laws, c. 113, §  1;  47 Del. Laws, c. 178, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2309;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  15;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2310. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 23. Sanitary Sewer Districts|§ 2310. Adjustment of assessment for cost of existing sewers included in a district.

§ 2310. Adjustment of assessment for cost of existing sewers included in a district. In the case where a sanitary sewer district shall include areas wherein sanitary sewers have been constructed under the authority of the County Council, or by incorporated towns, corporations or individuals, the necessary adjustments shall be made with each property owner for those costs already incurred by the property owner when those sewers were constructed. Such excess costs shall be credited to future assessments levied by the district. Code 1935, §  1170F;  45 Del. Laws, c. 113, §  1;  47 Del. Laws, c. 178, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2310;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  15;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;