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2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 11. STEAM, HEAT AND POWER CORPORATIONS › § 1101. Powers and duties.

§ 1101. Powers and duties.
(a) (1) Every corporation organized under the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 8 for the purpose of producing or distributing steam, heat and power, in addition to the powers conferred upon corporations generally, may lay the necessary pipes and conduits beneath the public roads, highways, streets, avenues and alleys in this State.
(2) Such pipes and conduits shall be laid at least 3 feet below the surface of the same and shall not in anywise unnecessarily obstruct or interfere with public travel or damage public or private property.
(3) The consent of the council, town commissioners or other persons having control over the public roads, highways, streets, avenues and alleys of the city, town and district wherein or through which it is contemplated to lay such pipes and conduits beneath such public roads, highways, streets, avenues or alleys shall first, and as a condition precedent, be obtained before any such public roads, highways, streets, avenues or alleys are disturbed, opened or dug up. Such consent of the council or town commissioners shall be by ordinance of such council or commissioners duly adopted, or of such persons having control over the public roads or highways, by resolution adopted at a meeting to be held not less than 30 days after notice thereof has been given by notices posted up in 5 of the most public places on the public road or highway which is proposed to be used for such purposes.
(b) (1) Such use of public roads, highways or streets, avenues and alleys in any of the cities, towns or districts of this State shall be subject to such terms, regulations and restrictions as may be imposed by the council, town commissioners or other persons having control over the public roads and highways of the district, and the portions of the surface of the roads, highways, streets, avenues and alleys disturbed in laying the pipes shall be immediately restored to their original condition and any pavements which are removed for the purpose of laying or repairing the pipes shall be restored to as good condition as they were previously thereto and so maintain the same for 6 months after the completion of the work.
(2) In case of failure on the part of the corporation to so maintain and restore the pavements, the street commissioner or other officer having supervision of the streets may properly restore and maintain the same, and the costs thereof may be recovered by the city or town from the corporation in any court of competent jurisdiction.
21 Del. Laws, c. 273, §  99;  22 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  17;  Code 1915, §  2042;  Code 1935, §  2186;  26 Del. C. 1953, §  1101;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 11. STEAM, HEAT AND POWER CORPORATIONS › § 1102. Laying pipes or conduits.

§ 1102. Laying pipes or conduits.
Every corporation organized under the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 8, in laying any pipes or conduits in any of the public roads, highways, streets, avenues and alleys to be used for conveying steam, heat or power shall lay the same at a distance not less than 3 feet, if possible, from the outside of any water or gas pipe already laid, except in cases where it is necessary that the pipes or conduits cross any such water or gas pipe, and there such pipes or conduits shall be at least 12 inches distant from the outside of any water or gas pipe already laid.
21 Del. Laws, c. 273, §  100;  22 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  17;  Code 1915, §  2043;  Code 1935, §  2187;  26 Del. C. 1953, §  1102;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 13. GAS, WATER AND OIL CORPORATIONS › § 1302. Eminent domain.

§ 1302. Eminent domain.
In case any corporation mentioned in this chapter desiring to acquire, occupy or use any lands in this State for its corporate use cannot agree with the owner thereof as to the terms and conditions of such acquisition, occupancy or use and the value, compensation or damages to be paid for such acquisition, occupancy or use, it may acquire, use and hold such lands by condemnation proceeding in the manner prescribed by Chapter 61 of Title 10.
21 Del. Laws, c. 273, §  104;  22 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  18;  Code 1915, §  2047;  Code 1935, §  2191;  26 Del. C. 1953, §  1302;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 13. GAS, WATER AND OIL CORPORATIONS › § 1303. Crossing agricultural lands.

§ 1303. Crossing agricultural lands.
Any gas, oil or water company which lays pipes, tubes or conduits on any lands cleared and used for agricultural purposes shall bury the same at least 24 inches below the surface if so required by the owner of the land.
21 Del. Laws, c. 273, §  104;  22 Del. Laws, c. 166, §  18;  Code 1915, §  2047;  Code 1935, §  2191;  26 Del. C. 1953, §  1303;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 13. GAS, WATER AND OIL CORPORATIONS › § 1304. Expansion of facilities and services of water companies in New Castle County.

§ 1304. Expansion of facilities and services of water companies in New Castle County.
Repealed by 59 Del. Laws, c. 397, § 1, eff. June 28, 1974.
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 14. SELF-SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLY › § 1401. State policy.

§ 1401. State policy.
It is the declared policy of this State:
(1) That water utilities, both public and private, should have adequate supplies of water available, even in times of drought, to meet the present and future needs of this State on a continuing and sustainable basis;
(2) That, in order to ensure adequate water supply in northern New Castle County, water utilities in that area should implement rate and pricing structures which encourage the efficient use of water by informed residential customers; and
(3) That, in order to ensure that water utilities recognize the need to obtain a water supply adequate to serve customers in northern New Castle County, water utilities serving that area should periodically publicly certify that they have an adequate supply of water to meet future anticipated demand.
74 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  2;  78 Del. Laws, c. 70, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 14. SELF-SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLY › § 1402. Definitions.

§ 1402. Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise directs:
(1) “Adequate supply” means a volume of water supply from all sources which meets or exceeds the projected demand. The amount of adequate supply is calculated on the premise that, in the projected year, drought of record conditions exist.
(2) “Commission” means the Public Service Commission as established by the provisions of Chapter 1 of this title.
(3) “Drought of record” means a period of 75 days of climatological, streamflow and groundwater conditions similar to those that prevailed in northern New Castle County during the drought emergency of 2002, or as redefined by the Water Supply Coordinating Council if a more severe drought occurs in the future.
(4) “Drought sensitive area” means the portion of the State located north of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
(5) “Jurisdictional water utility” means a water utility which is subject to the regulatory jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission under the provisions of § 201 of this title.
(6) “Nonjurisdictional water utility” means a water utility which is not subject to, or is excluded from, the jurisdiction of the Public Service Commission under the provisions of § 202 of this title.
(7) “Projected demand” means the anticipated demand for water supply in the drought sensitive area during a drought of record in the projected year as determined for each water utility by the Water Supply Coordinating Council. “Projected demand” may be expressed in terms of gallons per year, average daily demand on an annual basis, maximum daily demand, maximum monthly demand, or any other comparable reporting measure as determined by the Water Supply Coordinating Council.
(8) “Projected year” means the third calendar year following a reporting year.
(9) “Reporting year” means the year 2006 and every third year thereafter.
(10) “Water Supply Coordinating Council” or “Council” means the entity established by § 1305 of this title [repealed]. If the Water Supply Coordinating Council lapses or expires, a reference to the Water Supply Coordinating Council is deemed to refer to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control acting in consultation with the University of Delaware Water Resources Agency (WRA), the Delaware Geological Survey and water utilities.
(11) “Water utility” means any person or entity, including a municipality, water district, cooperative or investor-owned company or corporation, that operates within the drought sensitive area a water service, system, plant or equipment for public use. The term “water utility” does not include a municipal entity or municipal water utility in the drought sensitive area which provides public water utility services to 5,000 or less customers.
74 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  2;  78 Del. Laws, c. 70, §  2;  84 Del. Laws, c. 61, § 2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 14. SELF-SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLY › § 1403. Projected demand determination for each water utility.

§ 1403. Projected demand determination for each water utility.
On or before March 1 of each reporting year, the Water Supply Coordinating Council shall determine and publish for the following projected year the projected demand for each water utility providing water utility services in the drought sensitive area.
74 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  2;  78 Del. Laws, c. 70, §  3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 14. SELF-SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLY › § 1405. Water conservation rates.

§ 1405. Water conservation rates.
(a) Prior to January 1, 2005, each water utility shall implement a water conservation rate structure for water utility services provided to its customers in the drought sensitive area.
(b) The water conservation rate structure must apply, at a minimum, to all residential customers subscribing to water services in the drought sensitive area and shall, initially, reflect either:
(1) An inclining block rate structure, under which the unit price for water supply increases as consumption, as measured by successive blocks, increases; or
(2) A seasonal rate structure, imposing an increased unit price for water supply consumed during specified months of the year.
(c) Water utilities. — Each water utility shall submit its proposed water conservation rate structure to the Water Supply Coordinating Council. The water utility shall include with its proposal a schedule for implementation of its water conservation rate structure and a specific plan for informing and educating its affected customers about the adoption of a water conservation rate structure.
(d) On or before April 1, 2014, each water utility shall submit to the Water Supply Coordinating Council an evaluation and analysis of the impact of its water conservation rate structure on its customers' demands for water supply in the drought sensitive area. With the evaluation and analysis, the utility shall submit any proposal to modify or change its water conservation rate structure and the date for implementing its modifications or changes. The modifications or changes may include water conservation rate methods beyond those identified in subsection (b) of this section. Each water utility shall submit a similar evaluation and analysis every 5 years thereafter, accompanied by further proposed modifications or changes.
(e) For good cause or in cases of hardship, a utility may modify or change its water conservation rate structure at any time. A water utility shall notify the Water Supply Coordinating Council in writing of any modifications or changes in the utility's water conservation rate structure at least 60 days prior to the implementation of the modifications or changes.
(f) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the jurisdiction of the Commission over the rates of jurisdictional water utilities including, without limitation, conservation rates.
74 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  2;  78 Del. Laws, c. 70, §§  7-12;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 14. SELF-SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLY › § 1406. Interconnections and wholesale bulk sales.

§ 1406. Interconnections and wholesale bulk sales.
(a) In order to ensure adequate supply to all consumers within the drought sensitive area during periods of anticipated or actual drought, the Commission has the jurisdiction and authority to order and direct a jurisdictional water utility to interconnect its facilities with those of other water utilities and to offer for sale to other utilities water supply at wholesale bulk rates previously approved by the Commission. The wholesale bulk rates must be based on the costs of service principles for the provision of the water supply. In making determinations concerning interconnection and wholesale sales, the Commission shall ensure that an interconnection or sale does not jeopardize the ability of the jurisdictional water utility to provide adequate supply to its own customers. For good cause, the Commission may order an interconnection on an expedited basis.
(b) In order to ensure adequate supply to all consumers within the drought sensitive area during periods of anticipated or actual drought, each nonjurisdictional utility shall, when reasonably necessary, interconnect its facilities with those of other water utilities and offer to sale to other water utilities water supply at just and reasonable wholesale bulk rates. The wholesale bulk rates must be based on the costs of providing the water supply. In interconnecting and offering for sale water supply, a nonjurisdictional water utility shall ensure that an interconnection or sale does not jeopardize the ability of the nonjurisdictional water utility to provide adequate supply to its own customers.
(c) The provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not preclude a water utility from otherwise contracting to provide water supply to other water utilities at just and reasonable wholesale bulk rates. However, in the case of a jurisdictional water utility, the wholesale bulk rates must be approved by the Commission.
74 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  2;  78 Del. Laws, c. 70, §  12;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 14. SELF-SUFFICIENT WATER SUPPLY › § 1407. Implementing regulations.

§ 1407. Implementing regulations.
The Commission may adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter as it applies to jurisdictional water utilities.
74 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  2;  78 Del. Laws, c. 70, §  12;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 15. ENERGY EFFICIENCY RESOURCE STANDARDS › § 1500. Short title; declaration of policy.

§ 1500. Short title; declaration of policy.
(a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Energy Efficiency Resource Standards Act of 2009.”
(b) The General Assembly finds and declares that:
(1) Cost effective energy efficiency shall be considered as an energy supply source before any increase or expansion of traditional energy supplies; and
(2) Energy efficiency is among the least expensive ways to meet the growing energy demands of the State; and
(3) Providing affordable, reliable, and clean energy for all consumers in Delaware is in the public interest and will yield social, economic, and welfare benefits for generations to come; and
(4) The benefits of a strong focus on cost effective energy efficiency accrue to the public at large, and all electric and natural gas suppliers and consumers in Delaware share an obligation to develop a minimum level of these resources in the energy supply portfolio of the State.
(5) The benefits of cost effective energy efficiency include lowered consumer spending on energy, improved regional and local air quality, improved public health, increased electric supply diversity, increased protection against price volatility and supply disruption, improved transmission and distribution performance, and new economic development opportunities; and
(6) The Delaware Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) combines public funding sources and consumer savings with private sector funds and management skills to provide all Delaware energy users with assistance for all their energy efficiency and renewable energy needs;
(7) The SEU is a critical mechanism for achieving energy conservation and energy efficiency in the State; and
(8) Delivery rate structures for regulated natural gas and electric utilities shall be designed to avoid unnecessary impediments to the Energy Efficiency Resource Standards under this chapter.
77 Del. Laws, c. 188, §  2;  77 Del. Laws, c. 435, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 15. ENERGY EFFICIENCY RESOURCE STANDARDS › § 1503. Energy use reporting.

§ 1503. Energy use reporting.
(a) The DEO shall annually publish a report on statewide electricity and natural gas consumption and electricity peak energy demand, submit this report to the Secretary, and make the report available to the general public by December 31 of each calendar year commencing in 2011.
(b) All affected energy providers shall provide electric and natural gas consumption and peak usage data to the State Energy Coordinator annually by April 1 as required in § 1502(b) of this title.
77 Del. Laws, c. 188, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 15. ENERGY EFFICIENCY RESOURCE STANDARDS › § 1506. Verified savings.

§ 1506. Verified savings.
(a) Subject to the other provisions of this subsection, affected energy providers will use EERUs obtained from the Sustainable Energy Utility or the Weatherization Assistance Program and approved by the State Energy Coordinator or created by an affected energy provider under a demand response program to meet the applicable energy savings requirements defined pursuant to § 1502(a) of this title.
(b) Energy savings achieved and used for compliance pursuant to this subsection shall be:
(1) Measured and verified in accordance with the procedures specified by regulations developed under § 1504(c) of this title;
(2) Reported in accordance with § 1502(b) of this title; and
(3) Located in the State.
77 Del. Laws, c. 188, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 26 - Public Utilities › Chapter 15. ENERGY EFFICIENCY RESOURCE STANDARDS › § 1507. Review and enforcement.

§ 1507. Review and enforcement.
(a) The Secretary shall review each report submitted by all affected energy providers under § 1502(b) of this title to verify that the applicable performance standards under that subsection have been met.
(b) In determining compliance with the applicable energy savings requirements, the Secretary shall exclude reported electricity savings or natural gas savings that are not adequately demonstrated and documented, in accordance with the regulations promulgated under § 1504 of this title.
77 Del. Laws, c. 188, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 101. Formation; increasing or decreasing number of trustees.

§ 101. Formation; increasing or decreasing number of trustees.
(a) Any religious society or congregation consisting of 15 or more persons may become incorporated by the election of not less than 3 trustees and the taking of a name and certifying the same under the hands and seals of the trustees to the recorder of deeds.
(b) (1) Such society or congregation may from time to time increase the number of trustees and may decrease the number to not less than 3 by a vote of the society or congregation at a public meeting called for that purpose in the same manner as provided in § 105 of this title for the election of trustees, voting and counting the votes as provided therein.
(2) If the society or congregation by a plurality of votes of the members present determines to increase or diminish the number of trustees, such fact shall be certified to the recorder in the county in which such society or congregation has property, to be by the recorder recorded in the deed records thereof, which certificate shall set forth the number of trustees heretofore contained in the act of incorporation and the number fixed by the meeting provided for by this chapter and shall be signed by a majority of the new board of trustees. The recorder shall receive the same fees now provided by law for like services.
26 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  1;  Code 1915, §  2164;  Code 1935, §  2471;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  101;  50 Del. Laws, c. 70, §  1;  54 Del. Laws, c. 91;  84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 134;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 102. Corporate powers.

§ 102. Corporate powers.
The trustees elected and their successors shall be a corporation by the name adopted and certified. The corporation shall have perpetual succession with all the incidents and franchises of a corporation aggregate and may purchase, receive, hold, mortgage and enjoy property, real and personal, for the use of the society or congregation, their ministers or members or for schools, almshouses or burying grounds. The act of a majority of the trustees shall be valid.
26 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  4;  Code 1915, §  2167;  Code 1935, §  2474;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  102;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 103. Change of name.

§ 103. Change of name.
If at any time three fourths of the trustees of the corporation created under this chapter or under Chapter 39 of the Code of 1852 shall think it wise to change the name of the corporation, they may do this by certifying the same, under the hands and seals of three fourths of the trustees, to the recorder, as provided for in the case of the filing of the original certificate mentioned in § 101 of this title.
26 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  2;  Code 1915, §  2165;  Code 1935, §  2472;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  103;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 104. Estate vested in corporation.

§ 104. Estate vested in corporation.
All the estate, right and title which any such society or congregation may have in any property, real or personal, in themselves, or by trustees, or for their use before incorporation shall upon incorporation become vested in the corporation, which may grant, demise or dispose thereof.
26 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  5;  Code 1915, §  2168;  Code 1935, §  2475;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  104;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 105. Election of trustees.

§ 105. Election of trustees.
The trustees shall be elected at a public meeting of the society or congregation, held at their usual place of worship, on 10 days notice by advertisements at the front door of such place and by a plurality of votes of the members present.
26 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  3;  Code 1915, §  2166;  Code 1935, §  2473;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  105;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 106. Vacancies among trustees.

§ 106. Vacancies among trustees.
Other trustees may be elected, and vacancies filled by election as prescribed in § 105 of this title and the election of a successor to any trustee shall remove that trustee from office.
26 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  6;  Code 1915, §  2169;  Code 1935, §  2476;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  106;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 107. Appointment of chair; powers and duties; access to records.

§ 107. Appointment of chair; powers and duties; access to records.
The trustees shall choose 1 of their number as chair. The chair shall have custody of the seal and all books and papers of the corporation, shall make fair entries therein of all the proceedings of the trustees and every member of the society or congregation shall have access thereto.
26 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  7;  Code 1915, §  2170;  Code 1935, §  2477;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  107;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 108. Appointment and duties of treasurer.

§ 108. Appointment and duties of treasurer.
The trustees may also choose 1 of their number as treasurer and may require the treasurer to give security. The treasurer shall receive and account for all the money of the corporation. If no treasurer be chosen, the chair shall receive and account for such money.
26 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  9;  Code 1915, §  2172;  Code 1935, §  2479;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  108;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 109. Registry of births, deaths, burials and marriages; certified copies as evidence.

§ 109. Registry of births, deaths, burials and marriages; certified copies as evidence.
The registry kept in any religious corporation's books of marriages, births, deaths or burials shall be evidence in all courts. A copy of any entry, certified under the corporate seal and hand of the chair, shall be evidence.
26 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  8;  Code 1915, §  2171;  Code 1935, §  2478;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  109;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 110. Gifts or grants to religious corporations.

§ 110. Gifts or grants to religious corporations.
Every religious corporation may take and hold by gift, devise, will, deed or lease real estate or moneys, securities or other things of value to be laid out in real estate and personal property of all kinds and may alien, mortgage or otherwise encumber and dispose of the same at pleasure, unless restricted by the provisions of such gift, devise, will, deed or lease.
26 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  11;  Code 1915, §  2174;  29 Del. Laws, c. 167;  Code 1935, §  2481;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  110;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 111. Validating certain religious corporations.

§ 111. Validating certain religious corporations.
All religious corporations of this State incorporated prior to March 14, 1911, under the General Corporation Law and all religious corporations of this State incorporated since March 10, 1899, under Chapter 39 of the Revised Code of the State of Delaware, as published in 1893, and under §§ 115-118 of this title are good, valid, lawful and effective in law and all lands vested in, conveyed to and by such corporations shall vest a good fee simple title or other estate therein purported to be conveyed, and all acts and things done or to be done by such corporations or their officers in the usual and due course of the business of such corporations and within the lawful scope of the rights and powers conferred by the respective acts under which they were incorporated, and in pursuance of the lawful purposes for which such corporations were created, are good, valid, lawful and effective to perform and do what they purport to perform and do. The record of any such deed recorded or to be recorded, or other completed act done or to be done, or any office copy of such deed or other act, shall be admitted in evidence in all courts of this State, and shall be valid and conclusive evidence, with the same force and effect as if no doubt existed as to the validity of the incorporation of such religious societies under either chapter.
26 Del. Laws, c. 90;  Code 1915, §  2180;  Code 1935, §  2487;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  111;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 112. Conveyances and grants to ecclesiastical officers.

§ 112. Conveyances and grants to ecclesiastical officers.
No grant, conveyance, devise or lease of personal or real estate to, nor any trust of such personal or real estate for the benefit of any person, and that person's successor or successors in any ecclesiastical office, shall vest any estate or interest in such person or such person's successor. No such grant, conveyance, demise or lease to or for any such person by the designation of any such office shall vest any estate or interest in any successor of such person. This section shall not be deemed to admit the validity of any such grant, conveyance, devise or lease made prior to its enactment.
11 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  1;  Code 1915, §  2181;  Code 1935, §  2488;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  112;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 113. Conveyances and grants to religious corporations.

§ 113. Conveyances and grants to religious corporations.
No grant, conveyance, devise or lease of any real estate dedicated or appropriated or intended to be dedicated or appropriated, to purposes of religious worship for the use of any congregation or society shall vest any right, title or interest in any person or persons to whom such grant, conveyance, devise or lease is made unless such grant, conveyance, devise or lease shall be made, both in form and in fact, to a corporation organized according to the provisions of the laws of this State, as contained and provided in and by this chapter.
11 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  2;  Code 1915, §  2182;  Code 1935, §  2489;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  113;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 114. Formation of Protestant Episcopal Church corporations.

§ 114. Formation of Protestant Episcopal Church corporations.
The rector, wardens and vestrymen of any Protestant Episcopal Church, on certifying their name or style as provided in § 101 or § 103 of this title, shall be a corporation with the franchise, rights and powers therein vested in trustees of other religious societies.
26 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  10;  Code 1915, §  2173;  Code 1935, §  2480;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  114;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 115. Formation of Roman Catholic Church corporations.

§ 115. Formation of Roman Catholic Church corporations.
In every congregation of the Roman Catholic Church, the ordinary of the diocese, the pastor of the congregation for the time being, according to the practice and discipline of the Church, 1 other person annually designated by the ordinary, and 2 other persons annually elected by the members of the congregation from among their number (the annual election and appointment to be made when designated by the ordinary in each and every year, with the incumbents to hold office until their respective successors shall be so elected or appointed, as the case may be), shall be constituted a body politic and corporate, under such title as may be assumed by the corporation, and recorded in a certificate under the hands and seals of the corporators first chosen or otherwise entitled to office under the terms of this chapter. The certificate shall be acknowledged before any person entitled to take acknowledgments of instruments to be used in this State and recorded among the corporation records of the county wherein the congregation has or possesses a place of worship.
19 Del. Laws, c. 599, §  1;  Code 1915, §  2716;  Code 1935, §  2483;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  115;  59 Del. Laws, c. 29.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 116. Additional powers of Roman Catholic Church corporations; records; pastor as president.

§ 116. Additional powers of Roman Catholic Church corporations; records; pastor as president.
Every Roman Catholic Church corporation, in addition to the powers now possessed by religious corporations by virtue of the laws of this State, may appoint the hour and place of the meeting at which the 2 of its members annually elected shall be chosen and the manner in which such election shall be held and shall provide a good and sufficient record book wherein shall be registered from time to time all of its proceedings, which record shall at all times be open to inspection by any member of the congregation or any ecclesiastical officer of the denomination of Christians having, according to the discipline and practice thereof, authority over the congregation or the right to be informed concerning its management and interests of the corporation. The pastor of the congregation for the time being (if any there be) shall always be present. It may frame such rules and ordinances for the orderly conduct of divine worship and the advancement of the interests of the congregation as a majority of the corporation may from time to time deem necessary, provided that the same shall not conflict with the constitution or laws of the United States or of this State, or with the discipline and practice of the denomination.
19 Del. Laws, c. 599, §  2;  Code 1915, §  2177;  Code 1935, §  2484;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  116;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 117. Filling vacancies among corporators of Roman Catholic Church corporations; change of name.

§ 117. Filling vacancies among corporators of Roman Catholic Church corporations; change of name.
(a) (1) If at any time 1 of the annually elected corporators of a Roman Catholic Church corporation dies, resigns or becomes disqualified by ceasing to be a pewholder of the church, it shall be competent for the remaining members of the corporation to appoint a successor to the one so dying, resigning or becoming disqualified, which successor shall hold office until someone to fill that successor's place shall be chosen at the next annual meeting of the congregation.
(2) If at any time the member annually appointed by the ordinary of the diocese dies or resigns, it shall be competent for the ordinary to fill the vacancy in the corporation by appointing another person to serve for the remainder of the term of the one so dying or resigning and until a successor thereto shall be duly chosen according to the terms of this chapter.
(b) If at any time the corporators for the time being think it wise to change the name of the corporation, they may do the same by a certificate under their hands and seals to be acknowledged and recorded as provided for in the case of the original certificate mentioned in § 115 of this title.
19 Del. Laws, c. 599, §  3;  Code 1915, §  2178;  Code 1935, §  2485;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  117;  84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 1. RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES AND CORPORATIONS › § 118. Conveyances to Roman Catholic Church corporations; prior gifts to inure to benefit of newly formed corporations.

§ 118. Conveyances to Roman Catholic Church corporations; prior gifts to inure to benefit of newly formed corporations.
Any person, individual or corporation holding land or goods and chattels or any interest therein in trust for any particular church or congregation, church society, congregation of the denomination wherein a Roman Catholic Church corporation is formed in accordance with the terms of this chapter, who conveys the same to the corporation as soon as possible after its formation under the terms of this chapter and any gift, devise, or bequest made to any such congregation, or to any person, individual or corporation in trust therefor, shall inure to the benefit of the corporation to be formed in such congregation (if any such corporation is so formed according to the terms of this chapter), whether the corporation is or is not accurately described in such gift, devise or bequest, provided that the intention of the donor or testator is clear that the same should inure to the benefit of the congregation.
19 Del. Laws, c. 599, §  4;  Code 1915, §  2179;  Code 1935, §  2486;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  118;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 3. Sunday Schools and Young Men’s Christian Associations › § 301. Formation.

§ 301. Formation.
Any 10 or more persons associated together for the promotion of the interests of Sunday schools, or as a Young Men's Christian Association for the promotion of religious knowledge and improvement, may become incorporated by the election of managers, not less than 3 nor more than 12, and by taking a corporate name and certifying the same, together with the object of the incorporation, under the hands and seals of the managers, to the Recorder of the county, who shall record such certificate.
13 Del. Laws, c. 419, §  1;  Code 1915, §  2186;  Code 1935, §  2493;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  301;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 3. Sunday Schools and Young Men’s Christian Associations › § 302. Powers.

§ 302. Powers.
The managers elected shall, upon the recording of the certificate, become a body corporate by the name adopted and certified. The corporation shall have succession for 20 years, may sue and be sued and may purchase, receive, hold and enjoy property, real and personal, for the use and objects of the association and may ordain bylaws for the regulation of its affairs not inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United States. Such corporation shall hold no real estate except such as is actually occupied and used for the purposes specified in the certificate of incorporation.
13 Del. Laws, c. 419, §  2;  Code 1915, §  2187;  Code 1935, §  2494;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  302;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 3. Sunday Schools and Young Men’s Christian Associations › § 303. Election and powers of managers; appointment of officers.

§ 303. Election and powers of managers; appointment of officers.
The officers of the corporation, in addition to the managers, shall be a president, who shall be 1 of the managers, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as the bylaws prescribe. The managers shall be elected annually at such place and in such mode as the bylaws direct, and upon their election the managers shall appoint and may from time to time by resolution remove and reappoint the president, secretary, treasurer and other officers of the corporation. The managers shall have the management of the affairs and business of the corporation, and the acts of a majority shall be valid.
13 Del. Laws, c. 419, §  3;  Code 1915, §  2188;  Code 1935, §  2495;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  303;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 3. Sunday Schools and Young Men’s Christian Associations › § 304. Revocation of corporate powers.

§ 304. Revocation of corporate powers.
The General Assembly reserves the power at any time to revoke the corporate powers of any association incorporated under this chapter.
13 Del. Laws, c. 419, §  4;  Code 1915, §  2189;  Code 1935, §  2496;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  304;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 27 - Religion › Chapter 5. SABBATH SCHOOLS › § 501. Annual return in Sussex County.

§ 501. Annual return in Sussex County.
In Sussex County, the teachers or persons having charge of a Sabbath school shall return to the County Council in March, annually, the manner in which any appropriation has been applied and the vouchers therefor. In default of such return, the County Council shall make no appropriation to the school for the next year.
Code 1852, §  703;  Code 1915, §  2191;  Code 1935, §  2498;  27 Del. C. 1953, §  502;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 28 - Sports and Amusements › Chapter 1. COMBATIVE SPORTS AND COMBATIVE SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT › Subchapter I. General Provisions › § 101. Legislative intent and findings; statutory construction.

§ 101. Legislative intent and findings; statutory construction.
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly in enacting this chapter to regulate amateur and professional combative sports and combative sports entertainment. Unregulated combative sports and combative sports entertainment matches, contests, and events threaten the health, safety, and welfare not only of their participants, but also of those charged with staging and judging them, those who train to participate in them at a future time, and in some cases those who attend them.
(b) To the end of furthering the substantial and compelling interest of the people of this State in regulating combative sports and combative sporting entertainment events, and in order to promote the health, safety and welfare, of those effected by combative sports and combative sports entertainment in Delaware, this chapter shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate its purposes.
76 Del. Laws, c. 413, §  2;  77 Del. Laws, c. 438, §§  2-5;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 28 - Sports and Amusements › Chapter 1. COMBATIVE SPORTS AND COMBATIVE SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT › Subchapter II. Powers and Duties of the Division › § 104. Investigative authority; complaints.

§ 104. Investigative authority; complaints.
(a) The Director, or the Director's designee, shall investigate either by complaint or sua sponte all allegations of violation of statutory or regulatory provisions regulating combative sports and combative sports entertainment in the State, and in doing so, an agent of the Division may enter, at a reasonable time and without prior notice, any place of business or other establishment or building in which activity alleged to violate this chapter may occur. All violations shall be investigated as prescribed in § 8735(h) of Title 29. The Secretary, or the Secretary's designee, shall have the authority to suspend or revoke any license or permit or to impose an administrative penalty on any licensee or permittee for any violation of this statute or any rules or regulations made pursuant thereto. Any license may be suspended pending a hearing before the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee, for any statutory or regulatory violation which, in the opinion of the Director, or the Director's designee presents an imminent threat to the safety of the contestants or to the health, welfare or safety of the general public. The Director, or the Director's designee, shall immediately inform the promoter of the combative sports and/or combative sports entertainment event and the manager of each contestant in the event of the nature of the violation and the reason for the suspension. All violations shall be heard by the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee within 30 days of the suspension. All hearings regarding statutory or regulatory violations shall be governed by the provisions set forth in the Delaware Administrative Procedures Act, Chapter 101 of Title 29. The proceeds of all administrative penalties imposed by the Secretary shall be paid to the Division.
(b) Any person wishing to make a complaint against any licensee or permittee shall file such a complaint in the form and manner set forth in § 8735(h) of Title 29.
76 Del. Laws, c. 413, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 438, §  20;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 28 - Sports and Amusements › Chapter 1. COMBATIVE SPORTS AND COMBATIVE SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT › Subchapter III. Licensing, Registration, and Permits › § 106. Combative sports entertainment permit.

§ 106. Combative sports entertainment permit.
(a) No person may advertise, hold, conduct, or exhibit any combative sports entertainment event unless the person first obtains from the Division a permit to advertise, hold, conduct, or exhibit the specific combative sports entertainment event. A permit is only valid for the single occasion for which it is issued. All forms of advertising shall prominently display the permit number issued for the event. If the advertisement is in other than a written format the permit number shall be verbally announced within the advertisement.
(b) Submit a permit application and pay a fee as determined by the Director.
76 Del. Laws, c. 413, §  2;  77 Del. Laws, c. 438, §§  35-37;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 28 - Sports and Amusements › Chapter 1. COMBATIVE SPORTS AND COMBATIVE SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT › Subchapter III. Licensing, Registration, and Permits › § 106A. Combative sports entertainment requirements.

§ 106A. Combative sports entertainment requirements.
(a) No person shall hold, conduct, or exhibit any combative sports entertainment event unless such person:
(1) Provides for emergency equipment and personnel to be present at the permitted event. Minimum emergency equipment and personnel shall consist of an ambulance and 2 EMTs who shall be present and on site at all times during the event; and
(2) Provides for adequate security personnel to maintain order and provide safety during and after the event.
(b) If the services of any fire company, police agency, paramedic, and/or emergency medical services provider are used for any participant of a combative sport entertainment event then the promoter of such event shall be responsible for and shall pay the costs of the services provided by the fire company, police agency, paramedic, and/or emergency medical services provider.
77 Del. Laws, c. 438, §  38;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 28 - Sports and Amusements › Chapter 1. COMBATIVE SPORTS AND COMBATIVE SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT › Subchapter IV. Exceptions › § 107. Exceptions.

§ 107. Exceptions.
The licensing, permitting, registration and bonding requirements set forth in the chapter do not apply to a match, contest, or event, or the participants therein:
(1) To any intramural or intermural combative sports event or athletic competition of any school, college, or university accredited by the Delaware Department of Education or any combative sports event held on any federal military reservation, provided that those participating in such an event are students or faculty of such school, college or university or students or faculty from a school, college or university inside or outside the State and accredited by the appropriate State educational authority or members of the armed forces of the United States or enrolled in and supervised by the Delaware State Police Academy.
(2) [Reserved.]
76 Del. Laws, c. 413, §  2;  77 Del. Laws, c. 438, §  39;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 28 - Sports and Amusements › Chapter 1. COMBATIVE SPORTS AND COMBATIVE SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT › Subchapter V. Penalties; Injunctive Relief › § 108. Penalties.

§ 108. Penalties.
(a) Combative fighting, as defined herein, shall be prohibited in the State. All participants in a combative fighting event, including, but not limited to contestants, promoters, managers, matchmakers, seconds, judges, timekeepers and referees, shall be subject to prosecution under Title 11.
(b) No combative sports or combative sports entertainment event shall be permitted unless licensed by the Division or its designated agents. All participants in such an unlicensed combative sports or combative sports entertainment event, including, but not limited to, contestants, promoters, managers, matchmakers, seconds, judges, timekeepers and referees, shall be subject to prosecution under Title 11 for applicable offenses.
(c) Any promoter who has been found guilty by the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee, of promoting an unsanctioned combative sports match shall be assessed an administrative penalty of no less than $500 nor more than $1,000 per individual combative sports match regardless of the number of matches scheduled.
(d) Any promoter who has been found guilty by the Secretary, or the Secretary's designee, of promoting an unsanctioned combative sports entertainment event shall be assessed an administrative penalty of no less than $500 nor more than $1000 per event scheduled.
(e) If the services of any fire company, police agency, paramedic, and/or emergency medical services provider are used for any participant in any unsanctioned combative sports and/or combative sports entertainment event then the promoter of such event shall be responsible for and shall pay the costs of the services provided by the fire company, police agency, paramedic, and/or emergency medical services provider in addition to any other penalties specified herein.
76 Del. Laws, c. 413, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 438, §§  40-42;