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9 DE Code § 1502. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 15. Government of New Castle County|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 1502. Transactions, activities and conduct forbidden to county officers or employees.

§ 1502. Transactions, activities and conduct forbidden to county officers or employees. No county officer or employee shall furnish labor or material, either directly or indirectly, for the making, erection or repair of any bridge, road, causeway, public building or public work of any kind or description which is or may be within the care, custody or control of any county officer or employee, nor shall be or become, directly or indirectly, either the contractor or subcontractor for the performance of any public work, duty or service of any nature or kind within the control of any county officer or employee, nor shall have, exact, receive, accept or enjoy any rebate, profit, gift, emolument, rake-off or any pecuniary benefit whatsoever either directly or indirectly, from or on account of the making, erection or repair of any bridge, road, causeway, public building or public work of any kind or description which is or may be within the care, custody or control of any county officer or employee in his or her official capacity, or from or on account of any contract or subcontract for the performance of any public work, duty or service of any nature or kind within the control of any county officer or employee. 22 Del. Laws, c. 273, §  1;  Code 1915, §  1020;  Code 1935, §  1156;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  1502;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  7B;
9 DE Code § 1522. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 15. Government of New Castle County|Subchapter II. Powers and Duties|§ 1522. Borrowing money.

§ 1522. Borrowing money. (a) The County Council may, from time to time, authorize the borrowing of money upon the faith and credit of the County by issuing bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness or any other evidence of debt, not to exceed the sum of $10,000,000 exclusive of indebtedness incurred for the purposes enumerated in subsection (d) of this section. (b) The evidences of such indebtedness shall be in the form and manner prescribed by the Office of Finance but no such obligation shall bear interest at a greater rate than 5 percent. Such obligations shall not be issued or sold at less than their face value, and shall be issued in series and all such obligations issued at any time within the fiscal year shall constitute a series. No such obligation shall run for more than 20 years. At least 5 percent of the total outstanding obligations issued hereunder shall be retired by lot or paid, in each fiscal year. The obligations shall be signed by the County Executive either in original or by authorized mechanical signature and sealed with the seal of the Clerk of the County Council. The obligations may be issued for general County purposes and the full faith and credit of the County shall be deemed to be pledged for the payment of the principal and interest of such obligations. The obligations shall be made payable at a state or national bank designated by the County. The obligations shall be exempt from all state, county or municipal taxes. (c) In case of the destruction by fire of any of the public buildings of the County, or of any emergency resulting in great loss to the County by destruction of property or threat thereof, the County Council, by a unanimous vote, may provide for such emergency by temporary loan or loans, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, until the next ensuing session of the General Assembly. (d) The debt limit stated in subsection (a) of this section shall not be interpreted to include any bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued for the purpose of securing funds for use at the New Castle County Airport or; for using financing sanitary districts, the construction or acquisition of sewers or sewerage systems, suburban improvements, or County roads or bridges; or any bonds, notes or other evidence of indebtedness that do not pledge the full faith and credit of the County. 17 Del. Laws, c. 16, §§  3, 4;  Code 1915, §  1035;  Code 1935, §  1176;  42 Del. Laws, c. 101, §  1;  46 Del. Laws, c. 296, §  1;  48 Del. Laws, c. 332, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  1522;  49 Del. Laws, c. 430;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  7G;  55 Del. Laws, c. 199;  63 Del. Laws, c. 142, §  15;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §§  15, 63, 64, 65, 66;
9 DE Code § 1523. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 15. Government of New Castle County|Subchapter II. Powers and Duties|§ 1523. Sinking fund.

§ 1523. Sinking fund. The Office of Finance may create a sinking fund for public buildings, public improvements, and public works generally, and for such purposes may open a special bank account in the name of the County and may deposit therein such sums at such times as the Office of Finance deems advisable. The money in such fund shall be paid out upon warrants as other county moneys are paid out according to law, at such times and in such amounts and for the above stated purposes or for any of such purposes, as the Office of Finance shall determine. 41 Del. Laws, c. 110, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  1523;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  7H;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  63;
9 DE Code § 1524. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 15. Government of New Castle County|Subchapter II. Powers and Duties|§ 1524. Dumping of garbage, rubbish, ashes or other waste material; penalty for violation.

§ 1524. Dumping of garbage, rubbish, ashes or other waste material; penalty for violation. (a) The County Council may regulate or prohibit the dumping of rubbish, garbage, ashes or any other waste material in or upon land within the County outside of any incorporated municipality and, for that purpose, adopt and from time to time amend or rescind, suitable ordinances, rules or regulations; provided however, that this section shall not apply to the Appoquinimink Hundred and Blackbird Hundred of New Castle County. (b) The County Council shall have power to license public garbage collectors who comply with and meet the requirements of the rules, regulations and ordinances adopted by the County Council. The County Council shall charge each public garbage collector $100 per year for said license. (c) Whoever violates the regulations of the County Council established under this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $200, or imprisonment not exceeding 30 days, or both. In the case of continuing violations, each day of such violation shall constitute a separate offense. (d) The County Council or any owner of real estate within New Castle County injured by a violation of any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted by the County Council pursuant to this section, may, in addition to other remedies provided by law, institute injunction, mandamus, abatement or any other appropriate action or actions, proceeding or proceedings, to prevent, enjoin, abate or remove any violations against regulations adopted pursuant to this section. Code 1935, c. 43;  48 Del. Laws, c. 378, §  1;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  1525;  52 Del. Laws, c. 104;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§  7J-7L;  55 Del. Laws, c. 128;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 1525. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 15. Government of New Castle County|Subchapter II. Powers and Duties|§ 1525. Creeks or small runs; widening, straightening.

§ 1525. Creeks or small runs; widening, straightening. (a) In case the County Council, upon the advice of the Department of Public Works deems it advisable to widen, straighten or alter the course of any part of any small run or creek in the County, such as Chestnut Run or Little Mill Creek at Forest Park, in Christiana Hundred, the County Council and the Department of Public Works may enter upon any land for the purpose of surveying and locating the changes necessary to widen, straighten or alter the course of any part of such run or creek. (b) Any person owning land which it will be necessary to procure for such purpose may dedicate the same for such purpose, and the County Council may enter into negotiations with the owner or owners for that purpose, and may secure the necessary conveyance or dedication of the land. The County Council may also purchase the land from the owner or owners thereof upon such terms as the County Council deems advisable. All conveyances and dedications shall be to this State, for the use of New Castle County, and all conveyances, dedications and other papers relating to the acquirement of such land for such purpose shall be and remain a part of the records of the office of the Department of Public Works. (c) In case the County Council cannot agree with the owner or owners of such lands, the County Council may acquire the same by condemnation in accordance with Chapter 61 of Title 10. Code 1915, §  1523A;  37 Del. Laws, c. 113;  Code 1935, §  1164;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  1526;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  7M;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 1563. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 15. Government of New Castle County|Subchapter III. Authorized Appropriations|§ 1563. Private welfare agencies.

§ 1563. Private welfare agencies. The County Council may make annual appropriations to the following charitable corporations of this State in aid of their respective objects: Children's Home, Inc.; The Family Society; St. Michael's Day Nursery for Colored Children; and The Prisoners Aid Society of Delaware. 12 Del. Laws, c. 508, §  1;  17 Del. Laws, c. 579, §  4;  18 Del. Laws, c. 229, §  6;  20 Del. Laws, c. 80, §  3;  Code 1915, §§  1033, 2256, 2269;  37 Del. Laws, c. 186;  Code 1935, §§  1166, 2581, 2594;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  1563;  54 Del. Laws, c. 145, §  1;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  7N;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2201. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 22. Sewers|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 2201. Definitions.

§ 2201. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:  (1) “County” means New Castle County. (2) “Revenue bonds” means bonds to the payment of which all or any part of the revenues derived from the operation of any sewerage system are pledged in accordance with this chapter. (3) “Service charges” means rents, rates, fees or other charges charged or collected under § 2209 of this title. (4) “Sewerage system” means the plants, structures and other real and personal property acquired, constructed or operated or to be acquired, constructed or operated by the County for the collection, treatment, purification or disposal in a sanitary manner of any sewage, liquid or solid wastes, night soil or industrial wastes, garbage and storm water, including sewers, conduits, pipelines, mains, pumping and ventilating stations, sewage treatment or disposal systems, plants and works, connections, and outfalls, and other plants, structures, boats, conveyances, and other real and personal property, and rights therein, and appurtenances necessary or useful and convenient for such purposes.48 Del. Laws, c. 61, §  2;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2201;
9 DE Code § 2202. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 22. Sewers|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 2202. Powers of County.

§ 2202. Powers of County. In addition to the other powers which it has, the County may, under this chapter:  (1) Plan, construct, acquire by gift, purchase, or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, reconstruct, improve, better or extend any sewerage system, and acquire by gift, purchase, or the exercise of the right of eminent domain, lands or rights in land in connection therewith; (2) Operate and maintain any sewerage system and furnish the services and facilities rendered or afforded thereby; (3) Enter into and perform contracts, whether long term or short term, with any industrial establishment for the provision and operation by the County of the sewerage system to abate or reduce the pollution of waters caused by discharges of industrial wastes by such industrial establishment and the payment periodically by the industrial establishment to the County of amounts at least sufficient, in the judgment of the County Council, to compensate the County for the cost of providing (including payment of principal and interest charges, if any), and of operating and maintaining, the sewerage system or part thereof serving such industrial establishment; (4) Issue its bonds to finance, either in whole or in part, the cost of the planning, acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of any sewerage system; (5) Pledge to the punctual payment of the bonds and the interest thereon an amount of the revenues derived from the operation of such sewerage system (including the revenues of the existing facilities, if any, comprising a sewerage system which is being improved, bettered, or extended, and the revenues to be derived from any improvements, betterments, extensions thereafter constructed or acquired), or of any part of any such sewerage system, sufficient to pay, on either equal or priority basis, the bonds and interest as the same become due and create and maintain reasonable reserves therefor, which amount may consist of all or any part or portion of such revenues; (6) Accept from any authorized agency of the State or the federal government, or from persons, firms, or corporations, grants or contributions for the planning, construction, acquisition, lease, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of any sewerage system and enter into agreements with such agency respecting such loans and grants; and (7) Enter into a contract or contracts with any city or town situated within the County providing for the disposal of sewage collected by any sewerage system either for a specified or an unlimited time and for the charge to be made for such service by any such city or town.48 Del. Laws, c. 61, §  3;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2202;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  14;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2203. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 22. Sewers|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 2203. Sewerage system within city or town.

§ 2203. Sewerage system within city or town. No sewerage system, or any part thereof, shall be constructed or maintained within the boundaries of any city or town situated in the County without the consent of such city or town. The consent shall be given only by an ordinance adopted by the council or other governing body of the city or town in question. 48 Del. Laws, c. 61, §  4;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2203;
9 DE Code § 2204. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 22. Sewers|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 2204. Bonds; authorization, amount, terms, sale and interest rate.

§ 2204. Bonds; authorization, amount, terms, sale and interest rate. (a) The planning, acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment or extension of any sewerage system may be authorized under this chapter and bonds may be authorized to be issued under this chapter to provide funds for such purposes by ordinance of the County Council. (b) The County Council, in determining the cost of acquiring or constructing any sewerage system, may include all costs and estimated costs of the issuance of the bonds, all planning, engineering, inspection, fiscal and legal expenses, and interest which it is estimated will accrue during the construction period and for 6 months thereafter on money borrowed or which it is estimated will be borrowed pursuant to this chapter. (c) The bonds shall bear interest at such rates, may be in 1 or more series, may bear such dates, may mature at such times not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates, may be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, may carry such registration privileges, may be subject to such terms of redemption, may be executed in such manner, may contain such terms, covenants and conditions, and may be in such form, either coupon or registered, as the ordinance or subsequent ordinances provide. Debt incurred by the County Council pursuant to this chapter may be represented by uncertificated obligations of the County Council which may be authorized in accordance with the same procedures applicable to bonds which are permitted to be issued under this chapter, and the County Council may determine all procedures appropriate to the establishment of a system of issuing uncertificated debt. (d) The bonds shall be sold at public sale upon sealed proposals after at least 10 days' notice published at least once in a newspaper published in the City of Wilmington at such price and upon such terms, conditions and regulations as the County Council may prescribe; provided, that the County Council may authorize the County Executive to sell such bonds at public or private sale upon such terms, conditions and regulations as it may prescribe. (e) Pending the preparation of the definitive bonds, interim receipts or certificates in such form and with such provisions as the County Council determines may be issued to the purchasers of bonds sold pursuant to this chapter. (f) The rate of interest may be determined in advance of sale, or the bonds may be offered for sale at a rate of interest to be fixed by the successful bidder for such bonds. 48 Del. Laws, c. 61, §  5;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2204;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  14;  64 Del. Laws, c. 318, §§  7, 8;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §§  15, 70;
9 DE Code § 2205. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 22. Sewers|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 2205. Authorized signatures on bonds; validity of issuance.

§ 2205. Authorized signatures on bonds; validity of issuance. (a) Bonds bearing the signatures of officers in office on the date of the signing thereof shall be valid and binding obligations notwithstanding that before the delivery thereof and payment therefor any or all the persons whose signatures appear thereon have ceased to be officers of the County. (b) The validity of the bonds shall not be dependent on nor affected by the validity or regularity of any proceedings relating to the planning, acquisition, purchase, construction, reconstruction, improvement, betterment, or extension of the sewerage system for which the bonds are issued. The ordinance authorizing the bonds may provide that the bonds shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to this chapter, which shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their issuance. 48 Del. Laws, c. 61, §  6;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2205;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §§  70, 71;
9 DE Code § 2206. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 22. Sewers|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 2206. Payment of bonds; faith and credit of County; tax levy.

§ 2206. Payment of bonds; faith and credit of County; tax levy. The faith and credit of the County are pledged to the payment of any bonds issued by the County under this chapter. The County Council shall annually appropriate to the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon the amounts required to pay such bonds and interest as the same become due and payable. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law the County Council may levy an ad valorem tax, without limitation as to rate or amount, upon all property taxable by the County to raise the moneys necessary to meet any such appropriation. 48 Del. Laws, c. 61, §  7;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2206;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  14;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;
9 DE Code § 2207. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 22. Sewers|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 2207. Authorization of covenants in revenue bonds.

§ 2207. Authorization of covenants in revenue bonds. (a) In the event that the County issues revenue bonds, the resolutions authorizing the issuance of such bonds may contain covenants as to:  (1) The purpose to which the proceeds of sale of the bonds may be applied and the use and disposition thereof; (2) The use and disposition of the revenue of the sewerage systems, the revenues of which are pledged to the payment of such bonds, including the creation and maintenance of reserves; (3) The issuance of other or additional bonds payable from the revenues of such sewerage systems; (4) The operation and maintenance of such sewerage systems; (5) The insurance to be carried thereon and the use and disposition of insurance moneys; (6) Books of account and the inspection and audit thereof; and (7) The terms and conditions upon which the holders of the bonds or any proportion of them or any trustee therefor shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver by the appropriate court, which court shall have jurisdiction in such proceedings, and which receiver may enter and take possession of the sewerage systems, operate and maintain them, prescribe service charges therefor, and collect, receive and apply all revenue thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as the County itself might do. (b) This chapter and any such ordinance or resolutions shall be a contract with the holders of the bonds, and the duties of the County and of the County Council and officers under this chapter and any such resolutions shall be enforceable by any bondholder, by mandamus or other appropriate suit, action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction. 48 Del. Laws, c. 61, §  8;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2207;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  14;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §§  15, 70;
9 DE Code § 2208. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 9 - Counties|Chapter 22. Sewers|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 2208. Service charges; amount and application.

§ 2208. Service charges; amount and application. (a) If the County issues revenue bonds under this chapter, the County Council shall prescribe and collect reasonable service charges for the services and facilities rendered or afforded by the sewerage systems, the revenues of which are pledged to the payment of such bonds, and shall revise such service charges from time to time whenever necessary. (b) The service charges prescribed shall be such as will procure revenue at least sufficient:  (1) To pay when due all revenue bonds and interest thereon, for the payment of which such revenue is or shall have been pledged, charged or otherwise encumbered, including reserves therefor; and (2) To provide for all expenses of operation and maintenance of such sewerage systems, including reserves therefor. (c) The service charges when collected shall be applied to the payment of the revenue bonds and interest and to the expenses of such operation and maintenance in accordance with the resolutions authorizing the revenue bonds. 48 Del. Laws, c. 61, §  9;  9 Del. C. 1953, §  2208;  55 Del. Laws, c. 85, §  14;  71 Del. Laws, c. 401, §  15;