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2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 69. STATE PROCUREMENT › Subchapter VI. Professional Services › § 6985. Sole source procurement.

§ 6985. Sole source procurement.
(a) A contract may be awarded for professional service without competition if the agency head, prior to the procurement, determines in writing that there is only 1 source for the required professional service. Sole source procurement shall not be used unless there is sufficient evidence that there is only 1 source for the required professional service and that no other type of professional service will satisfy the requirements of the agency. The agency shall examine cost or pricing data prior to an award under this section. Sole source procurement shall be avoided, except when no reasonable alternative sources exist. A written determination by the agency on the basis for the sole source procurement shall be included in the contract file.
(b) An agency seeking a sole source procurement shall prepare written documentation citing the existence of a sole source condition. The document shall include the specific efforts made to determine the availability of any other source and an explanation of the procurement need. The agency may, for confirmation, submit this documentation to the Section for review and comment prior to the intended date of award.
(c) The agency shall negotiate with the single supplier, to the extent practicable, a contract advantageous to the agency. The agency shall enter into a formal contract stating the terms and conditions of the procurement.
70 Del. Laws, c. 601, §  9;  75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  22;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 69. STATE PROCUREMENT › Subchapter VI. Professional Services › § 6986. Multiple source contracting.

§ 6986. Multiple source contracting.
An agency may award a contract for a particular professional service to 2 or more firms if the agency head makes a determination that such an award is in the best interests of the State. If such a determination is made, the advertisement shall include a notification of the right of the agency to make such an award and the criteria upon which such an award will be based.
70 Del. Laws, c. 601, §  9;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 69. STATE PROCUREMENT › Subchapter VI. Professional Services › § 6987. Cooperative procurement.

§ 6987. Cooperative procurement.
The Section may, with written approval by the Director, allow an agency to participate in, sponsor, conduct or administer a cooperative agreement for the procurement of professional services with 1 or more public procurement units either within this State, with or within another state, or with a consortium of other states in accordance with an agreement entered into between the participants. Such agreement may include material and/or nonprofessional services with professional services. The other provisions of this subchapter shall not apply when an agency participates in an existing cooperative agreement for the procurement of professional services with a contractor holding a current contract as part of such cooperative agreement.
73 Del. Laws, c. 427, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 327, §  30;  80 Del. Laws, c. 323, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 69. STATE PROCUREMENT › Subchapter VI. Professional Services › § 6988. Purchases using federal contracts.

§ 6988. Purchases using federal contracts.
The Director may enter into negotiations with various manufacturers or distributors and award contracts which will enable agencies and local governments to purchase professional services at prices approved by the General Services Administration of the United States government or its successor.
80 Del. Laws, c. 323, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 69. STATE PROCUREMENT › Subchapter VII. Pay for Success Contracts › § 6990. Definitions.

§ 6990. Definitions.
For the purposes of this subchapter:
(1) “Outcome payment” means the money paid when a pay for success contract performance measure is met.
(2) “Pay for success contract” means a written agreement to provide a program, service, or economic development initiative, under which an investor provides funding that a state agency agrees to repay to the investor if the service, program, or economic development initiative meets the performance measures and outcomes in the agreement.
(3) “Program intermediary” means a firm that contracts with a state agency to establish and deliver a service, program, or economic development initiative by doing any of the following:
a. Delivering or contracting for relevant services or outcomes.
b. Raising capital to finance the delivery of services or outcomes.
c. Providing ongoing project management and investor relations for the social impact funding instrument.
d. Raising capital to create jobs in scalable, high-growth startups.
81 Del. Laws, c. 366, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 69. STATE PROCUREMENT › Subchapter VII. Pay for Success Contracts › § 6992. Pay for Success Contract Reserve Account.

§ 6992. Pay for Success Contract Reserve Account.
(a) The State Treasurer shall create a Pay for Success Contract Reserve Account for public funds appropriated by the General Assembly for each pay for success contract.
(b) Money held in a Pay for Success Contract Reserve Account is not subject to yearly reversion until the pay for success contract is completed or terminated and all obligations to the program intermediary or investor are satisfied.
(c) An agency head whose agency has entered a pay for success contract may authorize a payment under a pay for success contract from the Pay for Success Contract Reserve Account.
(d) (1) If the amount of funding in the Pay for Success Contract Reserve Account does not equal or exceed the amount of the total payments due to the program intermediary or investor under a pay for success contract if the program intermediary and investor achieve full performance for the services or outcomes under the pay for success contract, the agency head must submit to the Director a schedule detailing how much funding is needed in each remaining year of the pay for success contract to meet the contract obligations.
(2) After the Director approves the schedule under paragraph (d)(1) of this section, the agency head must request an appropriation from the General Assembly as part of the agency's annual budget request, in the amount required under the schedule to meet the funding requirements under the pay for success contract, during each fiscal year under the term of the contract.
(3) Funds appropriated by the General Assembly under this subsection must be designated as a separately identifiable appropriation.
81 Del. Laws, c. 366, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 70. SALE OF STATE-OWNED MATERIEL › § 7001. Definitions.

§ 7001. Definitions.
(a) As used in this chapter, “agency” includes every board, department, bureau, commission, person or group of persons or other authority created and now existing or hereafter to be created to execute, supervise, control and/or administer governmental functions under the laws of this State or to perform such other duties as may be prescribed or to whom any moneys are appropriated under any budget appropriation act or supplemental appropriation act or any other act which authorizes and requires any department to collect and/or use any taxes, fees, licenses, permits or other receipts for services or otherwise for the performance of any function of or related to or supported in whole or in part by the laws of this State, and/or created to administer any laws providing for the collection of taxes, fees, permits, licenses or other forms of receipts from any sources whatsoever for the use of the State or any agency of the State.
(b) As used in this chapter, the term “materiel” shall mean materials, equipment, vehicles, tools, supplies and any other personal property, but does not include real property such as, but not limited to, land, ponds and buildings.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7001;  55 Del. Laws, c. 326;  68 Del. Laws, c. 233, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 71. TRANSPORTATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES › § 7101. Definition of agency.

§ 7101. Definition of agency.
As used in this chapter, the term “agency” shall have the same meaning as defined in § 6301 of this title; provided, however, that the judiciary and the courts of the State shall be included in the meaning of the term “agency” when used in this chapter.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7101;  69 Del. Laws, c. 136, §  3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 71. TRANSPORTATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES › § 7102. Mileage rate.

§ 7102. Mileage rate.
The authorized mileage rate for employees of the State, its agencies and departments shall be 50 cents per mile effective July 1, 2023.
42 Del. Laws, c. 74, §  1;  46 Del. Laws, c. 317;  48 Del. Laws, c. 235;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  7102;  50 Del. Laws, c. 217, §  1;  55 Del. Laws, c. 459, §  1;  62 Del. Laws, c. 31, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  63(a);  71 Del. Laws, c. 132, §  38(a);  72 Del. Laws, c. 67, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 350, §  33;  84 Del. Laws, c. 81, § 70;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 71. TRANSPORTATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES › § 7103. Claims for mileage.

§ 7103. Claims for mileage.
(a) Before any allowance for mileage shall be paid to any claimant therefor, the claimant shall set forth an itemized statement showing the number of miles traveled during the period for which such claim is filed. The total number of miles set forth in such claim shall be the total miles actually traveled in and about the business of the State, or of any agency of the State.
(b) No claim for mileage shall be allowed any employee of this State, its agencies and departments for miles traveled between the employee's place of residence or abode and the employee's principal place of employment by this State.
(c) The prohibition of subsection (b) of this section shall extend to all officers of the State excluding members of boards or commissions, any other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding.
42 Del. Laws, c. 74, §  3;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  7103;  57 Del. Laws, c. 324, §  1;  65 Del. Laws, c. 348, §  29;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 71. TRANSPORTATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES › § 7104. Penalties.

§ 7104. Penalties.
(a) Whoever pays any mileage in excess of the rates prescribed in this chapter, for or on behalf of any agency of the State, or files a claim or receives mileage in excess of the rates prescribed in this chapter shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100, or upon failure to pay such fine shall be imprisoned not more than 30 days.
(b) In addition to the penalties provided in subsection (a) of this section, any recipient of any allowance for mileage in violation of § 7103 of this title shall be civilly liable to the State in an amount equal to twice the excess allowance received.
42 Del. Laws, c. 74, §  4;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  7104;  57 Del. Laws, c. 324, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 71. TRANSPORTATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES › § 7105. Establishment and use of a statewide fleet management system.

§ 7105. Establishment and use of a statewide fleet management system.
(a) The Office of Management and Budget, Government Support Services shall establish and operate a Statewide Fleet Management System (“fleet system”). This fleet system shall be composed of all passenger vehicles used by every agency, except for those vehicles exempted by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Passenger vehicles as used in this section includes sedans, station wagons, passenger and utility vans, off-road vehicles and trucks rated 10,000 GVW or less.
(b) Each agency shall, within 30 days of a request from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, deliver to Government Support Services any passenger vehicle and its title for inclusion in the fleet system. If such vehicles were purchased with nonappropriated special funds that require the proceeds of the disposition of the vehicle to be returned to the agency or nonappropriated special funds source, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide the agency with credits in the amount of the then current value of the vehicle to be used toward the agency's vehicle lease expenses.
(c) No agency shall lease passenger vehicles except from Government Support Services. Exempt from this subsection are the Governor's car, agency employees traveling on out-of-state business, and Government Support Services.
(d) Government Support Services, in cooperation with the Department of Technology and Information and the Division of Accounting, shall implement the systems and procedures to enable the direct, electronic transfer of funds from customers of the fleet system to an account designated by Government Support Services. Customers shall be required to furnish Government Support Services with a Purchase Order by August 1 of each year that encumbers funds for the rental of vehicles for that entire fiscal year. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may exempt agencies from this subsection.
(e) Each agency shall appoint 1 individual to serve as the agency's vehicle representative. It is the responsibility of the head of each agency to ensure that the vehicle representative completes and submits all vehicle reports as required by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. It is also the responsibility of each agency head to ensure that the employees of each agency head's respective agency follow the polices concerning the fleet system.
(f) Law-enforcement vehicles and vessels of State agency law-enforcement personnel covered under the provisions of the Police Officer Standards and Training Commission, owned by school districts shall be exempt from subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
69 Del. Laws, c. 136, §  4;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  4;  73 Del. Laws, c. 143, §§  6, 15;  74 Del. Laws, c. 128, §  6;  75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §§  16(5), 22(4);  84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 149, § 14;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 71. TRANSPORTATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES › § 7106. Use of state-owned vehicles; penalty; exemptions.

§ 7106. Use of state-owned vehicles; penalty; exemptions.
(a) No motor vehicle owned by any agency/school district, except as otherwise indicated herein, shall be driven by an employee before or after the prescribed working hours of that employee.
(b) When not on official State business, every motor vehicle owned by any agency/school district, with the exception of those vehicles exempted under subsection (c) of this section, shall be parked at the agency or motor pool location to which the vehicle is assigned.
(c) Specifically exempted from subsections (a) and (b) of this section are the Governor's car, law-enforcement vehicles and vessels of State agency law-enforcement personnel covered under the provisions of the Police Officer Standards and Training Commission and those vehicles exempted by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall promulgate a policy concerning these exemptions. This policy shall include rules which allow certain vehicles to be parked at locations other than a motor pool or agency site if warranted by emergency or business activities of certain employees and/or security requirements of certain vehicles.
(d) Those vehicles designated by the Governor or the Governor's designee for the transportation of State employees commuting to and from their prescribed places of employment, provided that the vehicles are part of a specific pooling program, shall also be exempt from subsection (b) of this section. Each such vehicle pooling program and costs thereof shall be approved by the Director, Office of Management and Budget prior to starting operations and shall provide that the State be reimbursed for the entire cost of the vehicle and all operating costs thereof by its users. After the initial year of operation, and in each successive year, the Director, Office of Management and Budget shall determine an appropriate cost factor for each approved pooling program.
(e) Whoever violates this section, for the first offense, shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $25. For each subsequent like offense, the violator shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $50. Justice of the Peace Courts shall have jurisdiction over offenses under this section.
60 Del. Laws, c. 660, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 57, §§  1, 2;  65 Del. Laws, c. 87, §  40;  69 Del. Laws, c. 136, §  5;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  16(5);  76 Del. Laws, c. 80, §  71;  84 Del. Laws, c. 149, § 14;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 71. TRANSPORTATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES › § 7107. Identification of state-owned vehicles and boats.

§ 7107. Identification of state-owned vehicles and boats.
All state-owned motor vehicles shall bear on the rear license plates issued by the Division of Motor Vehicles the notation “STATE OWNED.” All state–owned boats shall bear prominent identification on the rear thereof identifying such boats as state owned. The automobile used by the Governor, and law-enforcement vehicles and vessels of State agency law-enforcement personnel covered under the provisions of the Police Officer Standards and Training Commission, are exempted from the requirements of this section. Other exemptions from this section must be approved by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
62 Del. Laws, c. 68, §  48;  63 Del. Laws, c. 336, §  2;  65 Del. Laws, c. 87, §  187;  69 Del. Laws, c. 136, §  6;  75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  16(5);  84 Del. Laws, c. 149, § 14;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 71. TRANSPORTATION OF STATE EMPLOYEES › § 7108. Other permissible users of state-owned vehicles.

§ 7108. Other permissible users of state-owned vehicles.
Notwithstanding the definition of the term “agency” set forth in § 7101 of this title, operators of provider-managed residential settings or day programs contracted through the Department of Health and Social Services' Division of Developmental Disabilities Services (DDDS) may contract with Fleet Services, with the permission of DDDS, for the sole purpose of obtaining vehicles necessary or the operation of the contracted provider-managed residential settings or day programs, subject to all provisions of the Fleet Services Acceptable Use Policies.
77 Del. Laws, c. 218, §  1;  82 Del. Laws, c. 64, § 179;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 72. INDIGENT SICK › § 7201. Hospitals caring for indigent sick.

§ 7201. Hospitals caring for indigent sick.
All hospitals located within each of the several counties which are not principally dependent for their maintenance and operation upon state or federal appropriation are authorized to furnish any indigent person with proper medical or surgical care and attention, to be paid therefor in the manner provided in this chapter.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7201;  57 Del. Laws, c. 228, §  4;  57 Del. Laws, c. 747, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 72. INDIGENT SICK › § 7202. Records.

§ 7202. Records.
Every hospital, qualifying under § 7201 of this title, which furnishes medical or surgical care and attention to any indigent person shall keep a record thereof in the manner and form prescribed by the Budget Director showing the number of such indigent sick receiving medical or surgical care and attention, the name and residence of each such person, the dates the person was admitted to and discharged from the hospital and an itemized list showing all expenses incurred by the hospital for medical or surgical care and attention furnished such persons.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7202;  57 Del. Laws, c. 228, §  4;  57 Del. Laws, c. 747, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 72. INDIGENT SICK › § 7203. Audit of records by Department of Health and Social Services.

§ 7203. Audit of records by Department of Health and Social Services.
Every hospital which desires to be paid by the Secretary of Finance for medical or surgical care and attention for any indigent sick resident shall on or before the fifteenth day of each month transmit to the Department of Health and Social Services a duly certified statement, as prescribed by the Budget Director, of the record required by § 7202 of this title, for the preceding month, and the Department of Health and Social Services upon receipt thereof shall investigate the facts contained therein, and if they deem it proper or necessary in the making of their investigation, they may make an examination of the hospital's books, papers and account appertaining thereto. If, after such investigation, the Department of Health and Social Services is satisfied that the facts contained in the submitted record are true and correct, they shall approve for payment by the Secretary of Finance to the hospital of the amount shown to be due by the record; otherwise, the Department of Health and Social Services shall disapprove the same.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7203;  57 Del. Laws, c. 228, §  4;  57 Del. Laws, c. 747, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 72. INDIGENT SICK › § 7204. Payment by Secretary of Finance.

§ 7204. Payment by Secretary of Finance.
The Secretary of Finance shall pay to each hospital qualified under § 7201 of this title such amount shown to be due to it as shall be approved by the Department of Health and Social Services at such rate per day as shall be determined by the Budget Director at the Budget Director's discretion for each person receiving such medical or surgical care and attention. No money shall be paid to any hospital for any month until the amount due to all the hospitals for the preceding month has been fully determined and paid.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7204;  57 Del. Laws, c. 228, §  4;  57 Del. Laws, c. 747, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 73. ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY ACT › § 7301. Purpose; construction.

§ 7301. Purpose; construction.
It is the purpose of this chapter to enable members of society with disabilities to make use of public facilities with the maximum of safety and independence by providing for the implementation of standards for the elimination of architectural barriers. This chapter shall be construed liberally to achieve that purpose.
62 Del. Laws, c. 174, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  302;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 73. ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY ACT › § 7302. Definitions.

§ 7302. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Alteration” means any modification or renovation of a facility which involves a structural change.
(2) “Architectural barrier” means any physical attribute or design feature which by its presence, absence or design restricts access to or use of any facility by a person with a disability.
(3) “Board” means the Architectural Accessibility Board.
(4) “Facility” means any building, structure, installation or improved area of any nature whatsoever or any part thereof, which is utilized or held out for use by the public, and shall include, but not be limited to:
a. Sidewalks, ramps or other means of ingress and egress;
b. Parks and recreational areas;
c. Public telephones, drinking fountains and restrooms.
(5) “Person” means 1 or more individuals, partnerships, associations, organizations, corporations, cooperatives, representatives, trustees, receivers or agents whether or not associated in any way with the State.
(6) “Person with a disability” means a person who permanently or temporarily has a physical, mental or communicative condition or characteristic, and who, because of the condition or characteristic, is restricted in using facilities.
62 Del. Laws, c. 174, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§  303, 304;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 73. ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY ACT › § 7303. Applicability.

§ 7303. Applicability.
(a) This chapter shall be applicable to any facility or part of any facility and to any alteration thereto, which, after July 13, 1979, is:
(1) Constructed by or on behalf of the State;
(2) Is leased or rented in whole or in part by the State;
(3) Is financed in whole or in part by the State or by bonds guaranteed in whole or in part by the State.
(b) This chapter shall apply only to the alteration actually being made to any facility and not to any of the surrounding or related area or facility.
62 Del. Laws, c. 174, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 446, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 73. ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY ACT › § 7305. Architectural Accessibility Board — Procedures.

§ 7305. Architectural Accessibility Board — Procedures.
(a) The Board shall meet at least once every 2 months, and may meet more frequently as determined by a majority of the Board.
(b) Five members of the Board must be present at a Board meeting in order to have a quorum and conduct official business unless otherwise provided in this chapter. Counting for quorum does not include member positions that are vacant.
(c) [Repealed.]
(d) The Board may adopt other procedures as it deems appropriate.
62 Del. Laws, c. 174, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 138, §  8;  82 Del. Laws, c. 138, § 2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 73. ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY ACT › § 7307. Applicability of Administrative Procedures Act.

§ 7307. Applicability of Administrative Procedures Act.
The Board shall be a state agency affected by the Administrative Procedures Act, § 10101 et seq. of this title. Except as otherwise specifically required by this chapter or the regulations of the Board, public hearings as defined by the Administrative Procedures Act shall not be required.
62 Del. Laws, c. 174, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 73. ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY ACT › § 7308. Submission of plans.

§ 7308. Submission of plans.
(a) No person shall undertake the construction or alteration of any facility covered by this chapter without first submitting the plan, specifications or design for such construction to the Board for review and approval. No such construction shall commence until the Board has issued a letter of approval stating that the proposed construction conforms with this chapter and the Board's standards.
(b) Plans, specifications or designs for all construction or alterations shall be filed with the Board by the design architect or engineer or, in the case of plans and specifications for which there is no design architect or engineer, by a person responsible for the construction or alterations. All solicitations for bids on projects for construction or alteration of facilities covered by this chapter, which are published pursuant to this title, shall state that conformity to the Delaware Architectural Accessibility Act and the standards of the Board shall be required.
(c) No facility shall be leased or rented by the State unless the state agency responsible for the lease has submitted to the Board for review and approval such plans, description, specifications or other documentation concerning the accessibility of such facility as the Board by regulation may require.
(d) Any plans, specifications, designs or other documentation required under this section which are properly submitted to the Board at least 10 days prior to a meeting of the Board shall be acted upon by the Board on or before the meeting next following such meeting of the Board, or within 60 days following its submission, whichever first occurs. In the event that the Board has not acted upon a submission within such period, the Chairperson of the Board shall issue a letter of approval to the submitter.
(e) The Board may reject any submission either in whole or in part for noncompliance with this chapter or the standards of the Board. The Board shall state in writing its reason for such rejection.
62 Del. Laws, c. 174, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 73. ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY ACT › § 7309. Granting of waivers.

§ 7309. Granting of waivers.
(a) Upon written application setting forth good and sufficient reason, the Board may grant a waiver from this chapter and the Board's standards.
(b) Such application shall specify the facts relating to the request for the waiver. Any waiver granted by the Board shall be in writing and shall specify the Board's reason for granting the waiver.
62 Del. Laws, c. 174, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 73. ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY ACT › § 7310. Judicial review and enforcement.

§ 7310. Judicial review and enforcement.
(a) Any person aggrieved by a final order of the Board may appeal pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, Chapter 101 of this title.
(b) Whenever the Board has evidence that any person has violated or is violating any provision of this chapter or the Board's standards, the Board shall notify the alleged violator and by informal negotiation attempt to resolve the problem. Such notice shall contain a date upon which the Board will next meet, at which time the person so notified may hear in its entirety the basis of the Board's finding. The Board and the person so notified shall attempt to agree upon a solution for compliance, which shall prescribe the action necessary to achieve compliance.
(c) If no solution for compliance is agreed upon, or if the alleged violation continues, the Board shall refer the matter to the Attorney General, who may institute appropriate legal proceedings, including an action for an injunction or temporary restraining order to enjoin violations of the chapter or the Board's standards.
(d) Any person with a disability or groups of persons with disabilities may bring an action for legal or equitable relief from violations of this chapter and the Board's standards and may be awarded compensatory and punitive damages suffered as a result of such violations. If successful in such litigation, the persons with disabilities bringing the litigation shall be reimbursed for all costs and expenses of the litigation, including attorneys' fees as may be allowed by the Court.
(e) The Superior Court in and for the county for in which alleged violation occurred shall have jurisdiction of civil actions under this section. The Court of Chancery in and for the county in which the alleged violation occurred shall have jurisdiction over actions for injunctive relief.
(f) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any standard or order of the Board shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each day such violation continues.
(g) No action hereunder may be commenced after the expiration of 2 years from the completion of the construction of any facility or alteration thereto.
62 Del. Laws, c. 174, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  311;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 73. ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY ACT › § 7311. Penalties.

§ 7311. Penalties.
(a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or the regulations of the Board shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor and fined as provided in § 4207 of Title 11.
(b) Whenever any person is convicted of a misdemeanor hereunder, no public construction contract with the State shall be awarded to or received by such person or any firm, partnership, or corporation in which such person has an interest until the expiration of 1 year from the date sentence was pronounced and any fine has been paid in full.
(c) The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of offenses under this section.
62 Del. Laws, c. 174, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 73. ARCHITECTURAL ACCESSIBILITY ACT › § 7312. Insignia.

§ 7312. Insignia.
The Board shall adopt a symbol of access to persons with disabilities, which may be the international symbol of access, which shall be permanently and prominently displayed on all buildings covered by this chapter which comply with the requirements of the chapter and the Board's standards. Said insignia shall not be displayed unless compliance exists.
62 Del. Laws, c. 174, §  1;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §  312;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 74. BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE › § 7401. Definitions.

§ 7401. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Authorization act” means an act of the General Assembly, concurred in by 3/4 of all the members of each House, appropriating funds of the State from the proceeds of bonds authorized to be issued by such act.
(2) “Bonds” means any bonds authorized to be issued by the State pursuant to an authorization act and to the payment of which the State has pledged its full faith and credit.
(3) “Certificated obligation” means a registered bond, note or revenue note represented by an instrument.
(4) “Issuing officers” means the Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Secretary of Finance of the State.
(5) “Notes” means notes issued by the State in anticipation of the issuance of bonds authorized by an authorization act and to the payment of which the State has pledged its full faith and credit.
(6) “Revenue notes” means notes issued by the State in anticipation of the receipt by the State of taxes and revenues payable to the State and the payment of which the State has pledged its full faith and credit.
(7) “Uncertificated obligation” means a registered bond, note or revenue note which is not represented by an instrument.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7401;  54 Del. Laws, c. 124;  59 Del. Laws, c. 378, §  5;  62 Del. Laws, c. 146, §§  6, 7;  64 Del. Laws, c. 131, §  11(a), (f);  65 Del. Laws, c. 119, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 74. BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE › § 7403. Notes.

§ 7403. Notes.
In anticipation of the issuance of bonds, the issuing officers may issue and sell notes of the State at either public or private sale for not less than par and accrued interest, at a rate to be determined by the issuing officers. Such notes may be issued for a period of not exceeding 1 year and may be renewed from time to time for periods not exceeding 1 year but all such notes, including renewals, shall mature and be paid from sources, including the proceeds of bonds, but other than the proceeds of notes, not later than 4 years after their initial date of issuance. No notes shall be issued in excess of the amount of bonds authorized and unissued in anticipation of which the notes are issued. All other terms, forms and contents of such notes shall be determined by the issuing officers subject to this chapter.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7404;  54 Del. Laws, c. 124;  59 Del. Laws, c. 387, §  1;  62 Del. Laws, c. 146, §§  6, 9;  64 Del. Laws, c. 131, §  11(f);
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 74. BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE › § 7404. Revenue notes.

§ 7404. Revenue notes.
(a) If, at any time during any fiscal year, but prior to June 25 of that year, there should be a casual deficiency of revenue in the General Fund to pay General Fund obligations or to pay existing debts, the Governor, Secretary of State and State Treasurer (the “issuing officers”) are authorized to issue revenue anticipation notes of the State in an amount they determine necessary to meet and to pay any or all of such obligations or debts.
(b) The issuing officers are hereby authorized to determine the terms, form and contents of such notes and to sell such notes, at such price or prices, at such rate or rates, at public or private sale, in such manner and from time to time, subject to this chapter, as they shall determine. Such notes and any renewals thereof shall mature within 1 year from date of the original issuance of such notes, and shall be payable at a bank (herein referred to as “the bank”) chosen at the discretion of the issuing officers. Such notes shall be imprinted with the stamp of the Governor's signature and the stamp of the signature of the Secretary of State, and shall be manually signed by the State Treasurer. The Great Seal shall be impressed on all such notes or shall be reproduced thereon, in facsimile, and such signatures and such notes shall be authenticated by an officer of the bank.
(c) The faith and credit of the State are hereby pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such notes. All expenses incidental to the advertisement, preparation, issuance and delivery of revenue anticipation notes and the principal of and interest on such notes shall be paid by the State Treasurer from the General Fund.
(d) If, at any time during the fiscal year, but prior to June 15, there shall be a casual deficiency of revenue in the General Fund to pay General Fund obligations or to pay existing debts, the State Treasurer may transfer available money from the State's special funds to the General Fund to pay such obligations or debts. Such money shall be reimbursed to the appropriate special funds as soon as sufficient General Fund moneys become available, but not later than June 15.
62 Del. Laws, c. 146, §§  6, 10;  64 Del. Laws, c. 131, §  11(f);  65 Del. Laws, c. 87, §  96;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 74. BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE › § 7405. Full faith and credit of the State pledged.

§ 7405. Full faith and credit of the State pledged.
All bonds, notes and revenue notes shall be direct general obligations of the State and the full faith and credit of the State are expressly pledged for the prompt and complete payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds, notes and revenue notes when due.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7405;  54 Del. Laws, c. 124;  62 Del. Laws, c. 146, §§  6, 11;  64 Del. Laws, c. 131, §  11(f);
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 74. BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE › § 7406. Terms, forms and contents of bonds; installment payments.

§ 7406. Terms, forms and contents of bonds; installment payments.
(a) The resolution of the issuing officers authorizing the issuance of bonds may include provisions for the date or dates of such bonds; the maturity of such bonds, which shall not exceed 20 years from their date; provisions for serial, term or “capital appreciation” bonds; sinking fund or reserve fund requirements, if any; due dates of the interest thereon; the form of bonds (including whether bonds shall be certificated or uncertificated); the denominations and designation of bonds; registration, conversion and transfer privileges; the terms of redemption with or without premium; the date and manner of sale of bonds (which may be a public or private negotiated sale at a price above or below par); provisions for the consolidation of bonds authorized to finance all or a portion of the costs of projects authorized in 1 or more authorization acts with bonds authorized by 1 or more authorization acts; limitations with respect to the interest rate or rates on bonds; provisions for receipt and deposit or investment of the good faith deposit pending delivery of bonds and such other terms and conditions of bonds and of the issuance and sale thereof as the issuing officers may determine to be in the best interests of the State.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section or any other law to the contrary, the issuing officers shall be required to provide in the resolution authorizing the issuance of general obligation bonds of the State (other than capital appreciation bonds as defined in § 7425 of this title):
(1) For the payment of bonds in annual installments, the first of which shall be not more than 1 year from the date of such bonds; and
(2) That no annual installment, except in the case of refunding of the bonds, shall be more than any prior installment of those bonds.
29 Del. C. 1953, §§  7406-7409;  54 Del. Laws, c. 124;  62 Del. Laws, c. 146, §§  6, 12;  64 Del. Laws, c. 131, §  11(b), (f);  64 Del. Laws, c. 343, §  12(a);  66 Del. Laws, c. 371, §  1;  77 Del. Laws, c. 329, §  62;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 74. BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE › § 7407. Sale of bonds.

§ 7407. Sale of bonds.
Sufficient notice of public sale of bonds is deemed to have been given if the notice has been published on the Department of Finance's website at least once 7 or more days before the date of sale.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7414;  54 Del. Laws, c. 124;  60 Del. Laws, c. 372, §  1;  62 Del. Laws, c. 146, §§  6, 13;  64 Del. Laws, c. 131, §  11(f);  71 Del. Laws, c. 378, §  43;  82 Del. Laws, c. 226, § 2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 74. BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE › § 7408. Place of payment.

§ 7408. Place of payment.
Bonds, notes and revenue notes and the interest thereon shall be payable at such place or places within or without the State as the issuing officers may determine by resolution.
62 Del. Laws, c. 146, §§  6, 14;  63 Del. Laws, c. 142, §  49;  64 Del. Laws, c. 131, §  11(f);
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 74. BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE › § 7409. Recitals in bonds, notes and revenue notes conclusive on State; negotiability.

§ 7409. Recitals in bonds, notes and revenue notes conclusive on State; negotiability.
(a) All bonds and notes shall recite that they are issued for a purpose or purposes set forth in an authorization act. Revenue notes shall recite that they are issued for 1 or more of the purposes for which revenue notes may be authorized by this chapter. Bonds, notes and revenue notes shall also recite that they are issued pursuant to the Constitution and laws of this State. Upon the sale and delivery of any such bonds, notes or revenue notes against payment, such recitals shall be conclusive as to the right, power and authority of the State to issue such bonds, notes or revenue notes and of the legality, validity and enforceability of the obligation of the State to pay principal of and interest on such bonds, notes and revenue notes. The legality, validity and enforceability of such bonds, notes or revenue notes containing such recitals shall never be questioned in any court of law or equity by the State or any person after the issuance, execution and delivery against payment of such bonds, notes and revenue notes.
(b) All bonds, notes and revenue notes are hereby declared to have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the commercial code of the State.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7406;  54 Del. Laws, c. 124;  62 Del. Laws, c. 146, §§  6, 15;  64 Del. Laws, c. 131, §  11(f);
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 74. BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE › § 7410. Execution of bonds, notes and revenue notes.

§ 7410. Execution of bonds, notes and revenue notes.
(a) Bonds, notes and revenue notes, other than uncertificated obligations, shall be executed on behalf of the State by the issuing officers and shall bear the impression, or a facsimile, of the Great Seal of the State. All the signatures of the issuing officers may be engraved, printed or stamped on bonds, notes or revenue notes notwithstanding any other law to the contrary but no such signatures nor the impression or a facsimile of the Great Seal need appear on an uncertificated obligation.
(b) Interest coupons on certificated obligations shall bear the facsimile signature of the State Treasurer. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature shall appear on any bonds or coupons, notes or revenue notes, shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such obligations, such signature or such facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if the officer had remained in office until such delivery.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7411;  54 Del. Laws, c. 124;  62 Del. Laws, c. 146, §§  6, 16;  64 Del. Laws, c. 131, §  11(d), (f);  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 74. BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE › § 7411. Exemption from taxation.

§ 7411. Exemption from taxation.
Bonds, notes and revenue notes and the interest thereon shall be exempt from income taxation by the State or any political subdivision thereof.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7405;  54 Del. Laws, c. 124;  62 Del. Laws, c. 146, §§  6, 17;  64 Del. Laws, c. 131, §  11(f);
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 74. BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE › § 7412. Registration, recording and cancellation agent.

§ 7412. Registration, recording and cancellation agent.
The issuing officer shall, by resolution, direct the State Treasurer to contract, in such manner as the issuing officers shall prescribe, with a banking or other institution to act as:
(1) Registration agent for bonds, notes and revenue notes; (2) recording agent to provide a permanent record of all bonds and coupons pertaining thereto, notes and revenue notes which shall have been paid or redeemed; and (3) cancellation agent to cancel all such bonds and coupons pertaining thereto, notes and revenue notes which shall have been paid or redeemed. The State Treasurer may, at the direction of the issuing officers, contract with such institution for related services. Any such contract shall provide that the agent shall be responsible to the State for the faithful and safe conduct of the services to be performed by it as registration agent, recording agent or cancellation agent, or services related thereto, for the fidelity and integrity of the officers and agents of such contracting institution performing the duties of a registration agent, recording agent or cancellation agent, or services related thereto, and for all loss or damage which may result from any failure of such officers or agents to discharge their duties and for any improper or incorrect discharge of those duties, and shall save the State free and harmless from any and all loss or damage occasioned by or incurred in the performance of such services. Such contract may be terminated by the State Treasurer at any time, if so directed by the issuing officers. Any such contract shall be filed in the office of the State Treasurer as a public record.
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7413A;  58 Del. Laws, c. 315, §  8;  59 Del. Laws, c. 378, §  6;  62 Del. Laws, c. 146, §§  6, 18;  63 Del. Laws, c. 142, §  50;  64 Del. Laws, c. 131, §  11(f);
2023 Delaware Code › Title 29 - State Government › Chapter 74. BONDS AND NOTES OF THE STATE › § 7413. Replacement of lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed obligations.

§ 7413. Replacement of lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed obligations.
(a) The State Treasurer may issue a replacement bond, with coupons pertaining thereto, a replacement note or a replacement revenue note, to replace unmatured bonds and coupons, notes or revenue notes, respectively, which have been lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed upon receipt of:
(1) Satisfactory proof:
(i) of ownership and (ii) of loss or destruction, or, in the case of a mutilated or destroyed bond, coupon, note or revenue note, the mutilated or destroyed bond, coupon, note or revenue note;
(2) Adequate security to indemnify the State and the bank or banks at which the bond, coupon, note or revenue note is payable against any loss that may be suffered by them on account of the issuance of such replaced obligation; and
(3) Payment of the cost of preparation of the replacement obligation.
(b) Any replacement bond, coupon, note or revenue note shall be of the same form and tenor as those originally issued, shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the officers in office at the time of the replacement and shall bear an impression or reproduction of the Great Seal of the State or a facsimile thereof. A facsimile of the State Treasurer's signature may appear on coupons but on a bond, note or revenue note the signature of the State Treasurer shall be in the State Treasurer's own proper handwriting. There shall be endorsed on the bond, note or revenue note a statement in substantially the following form:
“This bond (note or revenue note) has been reissued to replace a (lost, stolen, mutilated or destroyed) (bond, note or revenue note).”
29 Del. C. 1953, §  7412A;  57 Del. Laws, c. 279;  62 Del. Laws, c. 146, §§  6, 19;  64 Del. Laws, c. 131, §  11(f);  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;