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2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 103. DELAWARE HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK › Subchapter II. The Delaware Health Care Claims Database › § 10311. The Delaware Health Care Claims Database — Findings; purpose; creation.

§ 10311. The Delaware Health Care Claims Database — Findings; purpose; creation.
(a) The General Assembly finds that:
(1) The establishment of effective health-care data analysis and reporting initiatives is essential to achieving the “Triple Aim” of the State's ongoing health-care innovation efforts:
improved health, health-care quality and experience, and affordability for all Delawareans.
(2) The ongoing work of the Delaware Center for Health Innovation to transform the State's health-care system from a fee-for-service system to a value-based system that rewards health-care providers for quality and efficiency of care is a worthy effort, and, to that end, the General Assembly supports the establishment of a health-care claims database to assist in the State's efforts to achieve the Triple Aim.
(3) Claims data is an important component of population health research and analysis, and that appropriate access to claims data can facilitate the development of value-based health-care purchasing and the study of the prevalence of illness or injury across the broader population of Delaware and in particular communities or neighborhoods.
(4) Providers and other health-care entities accepting financial risk for managing the health-care needs of a population, including the State as a self-insured employer, should have access to claims data as necessary to effectively manage that risk.
(b) The purpose of this subchapter is to create a centralized health-care claims database to enable the State to more effectively understand utilization across the continuum of health care in Delaware and achieve the Triple Aim.
(c) DHIN, assisted by the Department of Health and Social Services and the Delaware Health Care Commission as necessary, shall administer a centralized health-care claims database, known as the “Delaware Health Care Claims Database.”
(d) The Delaware Health Care Claims Database is created within DHIN to facilitate data-driven, evidence-based improvements in access, quality, and cost of health care and to promote and improve the public health through increased transparency of accurate health-care claims data and information. DHIN shall collect and maintain claims data under this subchapter.
80 Del. Laws, c. 329, §  5;  83 Del. Laws, c. 137, § 10;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 103. DELAWARE HEALTH INFORMATION NETWORK › Subchapter II. The Delaware Health Care Claims Database › § 10315. Funding the Delaware Health Care Claims Database.

§ 10315. Funding the Delaware Health Care Claims Database.
(a) DHIN may not require any mandatory reporting entity, voluntary reporting entity, or provider to pay a cost or fee to submit or verify the accuracy of claims data or otherwise to enable the operation of the Delaware Health Care Claims Database with respect to required claims data submissions.
(b) DHIN may enter a contract under § 10303(a)(11) of this title with a person that voluntarily subscribes to access the database.
(c) DHIN, with the assistance of the Department of Health and Social Services, shall develop short-term and long-term funding strategies for the creation and operation of the Delaware Health Care Claims Database. The strategies may include any of the following:
(1) Public and private grant funding.
(2) Subscriptions for access to data reports, access fees, and revenue for specific data projects, subject to the limitations of this section.
80 Del. Laws, c. 329, §  5;  83 Del. Laws, c. 137, § 14;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 104. COMMUNITY FIREARM RECOVERY PROGRAM › § 10402. Definitions.

§ 10402. Definitions.
For purposes of this chapter,
(1) “Agency” means local municipal police departments, the New Castle County Police Department and the Delaware State Police.
(2) “CFRP” shall mean Community Firearm Recovery Program.
(3) “Firearm” means any firearm as defined in § 222 of Title 11.
(4) “Secretary” shall mean the Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security.
78 Del. Laws, c. 134, §  1;  83 Del. Laws, c. 246, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 104. COMMUNITY FIREARM RECOVERY PROGRAM › § 10403. Program.

§ 10403. Program.
The CFRP is hereby established and shall be implemented by the agencies as funds are allocated. Within 3 months of receipt of funding, the agency shall:
(1) In coordination with the community groups within its jurisdiction, select a location site for purposes of implementing a Community Firearm Recovery Program; and,
(2) Designate dates and times when a participating individual may surrender a firearm as defined in § 10402(3) of this title in exchange for funds of a predetermined value, or gift certificate or coupon of equal value. The participating agency shall determine the amounts to be exchanged for each firearm surrendered.
78 Del. Laws, c. 134, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 104. COMMUNITY FIREARM RECOVERY PROGRAM › § 10404. Funding.

§ 10404. Funding.
Under this section, the “Firearms Recovery Fund” shall be established. The Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security shall promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of this Program, the distribution of funds, and for the safe storage and disposal of recovered weapons in the possession of the participating law-enforcement agency. For purposes of this chapter, “disposal” may include the sale or transfer of the firearms to a federal licensed dealer, defined as a person licensed as a firearms collector, dealer, importer, or manufacturer under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 922 et seq., or destruction of the firearms.
78 Del. Laws, c. 134, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 16 - Health and Safety › Chapter 104. COMMUNITY FIREARM RECOVERY PROGRAM › § 10405. Personal identification and immunity.

§ 10405. Personal identification and immunity.
Any individual who elects to surrender a firearm anonymously to a CFRP may do so and personal identification shall not be required to be presented at the time of redemption. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any person participating in a CFRP shall be immune from criminal prosecution for the criminal offenses defined in §§ 1442 and 1444 of Title 11, provided the person is, in good faith, on an immediate, direct route to the predetermined CFRP site.
78 Del. Laws, c. 134, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter II. Organization and Administration of Department › § 111. Secretary of Transportation; powers and duties; Chief Engineer.

§ 111. Secretary of Transportation; powers and duties; Chief Engineer.
(a) The Secretary of Transportation shall, immediately upon assuming the duties of office and from time to time, recommend to the Department a program for the improvement of state highways and for the inclusion of additional roads or portions of roads in the state highway system, the probable cost of the construction or reconstruction of such roads or portions of roads and the roads or portions of roads which should first be improved and the probable amount of construction which could be undertaken.
(b) The Secretary shall employ, promote and discharge all persons hired by the Department, including a Chief Engineer, for the performance of work for which the Secretary is responsible. All such employment, promotion and discharge shall comply with the laws applicable to the Department.
(c) The Chief Engineer shall be not less than 30 years of age; the Chief Engineer shall be a civil engineer registered or eligible for registration as such in Delaware and shall have been in active practice of the profession for at least 10 years; the Chief Engineer shall have had responsible charge of road engineering work for at least 5 years; and the Chief Engineer shall be qualified to design as well as direct road engineering work. Graduation from a school of engineering of recognized reputation shall be considered as equivalent to 2 years of active practice. The total compensation to be paid to the Chief Engineer and the allocation thereof between the Department and any other public agency or office for services performed for the Department and any other public agency shall be determined by the Department.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  116;  53 Del. Laws, c. 39, §  3;  57 Del. Laws, c. 671, §§  1B, 1D;  60 Del. Laws, c. 503, §  19;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter II. Organization and Administration of Department › § 112. Liability insurance for Department employees.

§ 112. Liability insurance for Department employees.
The Department shall enter into a contract with a reliable insurance company or companies doing business in this State to insure the employees of the Department against injury or death incurred while performing their duties as employees of the Department. The Department shall be the sole judge of the kind of insurance and the amount thereof which will best execute such purpose.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  118;  53 Del. Laws, c. 39, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter II. Organization and Administration of Department › § 113. Appointment and powers of notaries public.

§ 113. Appointment and powers of notaries public.
In addition to the notaries public now provided by law in the several counties, the Governor shall appoint 4 employees of the Department, 1 residing in New Castle County, 1 residing in Kent County and 2 residing in Sussex County, notaries public to hold office not exceeding 2 years. Such notaries public may not exercise their office or take affidavits or acknowledgments except on documents and papers for the benefit of the Department, and for which they shall make no charge. Whenever any such person appointed notary public ceases to be an employee of the Department, the notary public's authority as such notary public shall cease, and thereupon the Governor may appoint another employee of the Department a notary public in the person's place. The Governor may appoint additional employees of the Department as notaries public as may be deemed necessary, to which the requirements of this section shall apply.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  119;  53 Del. Laws, c. 39, §  3;  65 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter III. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Department › § 133. Road improvements; additions to state system.

§ 133. Road improvements; additions to state system.
With respect to roads or portions thereof, the Department shall determine which if any, shall be improved and which, if any, shall be added to the state highway system.
29 Del. Laws, c. 63;  34 Del. Laws, c. 81;  Code 1935, §  5724;  17 Del. C. 1953, §  133;  53 Del. Laws, c. 39, §  7;  57 Del. Laws, c. 671, §  1G;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter III. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Department › § 135. Authority to construct dual and express highways.

§ 135. Authority to construct dual and express highways.
(a) The Department may divide or separate any state highway into separate roadways wherever there is particular danger to the travelling public of collision between vehicles proceeding in opposite directions or from cross traffic, by constructing curbs, central dividing parkways or other physical separations, or by signs, marks or other devices, in or on the roadway, appropriate to designate the dividing line.
(b) The Department may designate as express highways, and control public or private access thereto, the westerly approach or approaches to the Delaware Memorial Bridge and any road or roads heretofore or hereafter constructed by the Department for the purpose of connecting such Bridge or its westerly approach or approaches with any existing highway in this State.
34 Del. Laws, c. 78;  Code 1935, §  5758;  45 Del. Laws, c. 270;  46 Del. Laws, c. 127;  47 Del. Laws, c. 406, §§  1, 3;  17 Del. C. 1953, §  135;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter III. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Department › § 136. Improvements of roads leading to institutions.

§ 136. Improvements of roads leading to institutions.
The Department may widen, straighten, grade, reconstruct and otherwise improve and maintain any road, lane or entrance leading from any public road to any institution which is owned or controlled in whole or in part by the State. The Department shall have the same rights, powers and privileges for the purpose of performing and carrying out the duty hereby imposed as it has for the purpose of constructing state highways in general.
29 Del. Laws, c. 63, §  5B;  37 Del. Laws, c. 75;  Code 1935, §  5729;  17 Del. C. 1953, §  136;  53 Del. Laws, c. 39, §  8;  57 Del. Laws, c. 671, §  1H;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter III. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Department › § 138. Acquisition of uneconomic remnants of land along right-of-way.

§ 138. Acquisition of uneconomic remnants of land along right-of-way.
In addition to the powers now vested in the Department for the acquisition of lands or rights therein by virtue of any statute, the Department may, in its discretion, acquire by gift, devise, purchase or in the exercise of the power of eminent domain, acquire by condemnation by proceeding in the manner prescribed in Chapter 61, Title 10, an entire lot, block or tract of land, if by so doing the interest of the public will be best served even though said entire lot, block or tract is not needed for the right-of-way proper, but only if the portion outside the normal right-of-way is landlocked or is so situated so as to give rise to claims or litigation concerning severance or other damage, the cost of acquisition to the State will be practically equivalent to the total value of the whole parcel of land and the parcel remaining is of little value to the owner.
29 Del. Laws, c. 63, §  11;  Code 1935, §  5730;  43 Del. Laws, c. 264, §  2;  47 Del. Laws, c. 406, §  3;  17 Del. C. 1953, §  138;  58 Del. Laws, c. 256, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter III. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Department › § 139. Notice to landowners; written claim for damages.

§ 139. Notice to landowners; written claim for damages.
After the Department has determined upon the road or roads which shall be maintained as state highways, it shall cause notice thereof to be sent by mail, a record of which shall be preserved, to all persons owning property abutting upon or contiguous to such road or roads, and any such owner or the legal representative of any such owner, who after such notice has been given shall construct any building within 60 feet of the center line of any such road, shall be allowed no compensation for such building, upon the condemnation thereof, or the land upon which it is situated, unless such owner shall serve written notice upon the Department within 3 months from the time that the owner receives such notice that the owner claims damages.
29 Del. Laws, c. 63, §  11;  Code 1935, §  5730;  17 Del. C. 1953, §  139;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter III. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Department › § 140. Educational and safety campaigns.

§ 140. Educational and safety campaigns.
(a) The Department may conduct throughout the State an educational campaign on street and highway safety.
(b) Such campaign shall be conducted by the Department in the manner which it deems most beneficial to accomplish the purpose thereof, and the Department may use and employ the facilities of the Delaware Safety Council, Delaware Automobile Association and any similar organization.
38 Del. Laws, c. 55, §§  1, 2;  Code 1935, §§  5762, 5763;  42 Del. Laws, c. 77, §  1;  44 Del. Laws, c. 197;  17 Del. C. 1953, §  140;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter III. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Department › § 141. Regulation of traffic; exceptions.

§ 141. Regulation of traffic; exceptions.
(a) The Department shall have jurisdiction and control of all state highways of this State outside of the limits of incorporated cities and towns for the purpose of regulating traffic and for the use and operation of all vehicles thereover, and may adopt any and all rules and regulations respecting the use of such highways and the operation of all vehicles upon the same.
(b) Each rule and regulation adopted pursuant to this section shall be in the form of a resolution signed by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee. A permanent record of these shall be kept by the Department and at the time of adoption a copy of each shall be forwarded to the Department of Safety and Homeland Security and to the New Castle County police, if within their jurisdiction.
(c) Pursuant to this section, the Department is authorized to perform all engineering studies and traffic investigations necessary to implement this section and Chapter 41 of Title 21, and to install, maintain, operate and remove all traffic control devices necessary to implement Chapter 41 of Title 21 and regulations adopted thereunder.
(d) The Department, on the basis of engineering studies and traffic investigations, may prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles or impose limitations as to the weight thereof on designated highways which prohibitions and limitations shall be posted as set forth in § 4505 of Title 21.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as granting the Department the power to make any rules and regulations respecting the use of highways contrary to Delaware law.
29 Del. Laws, c. 63;  34 Del. Laws, c. 78;  Code 1935, §  5758;  45 Del. Laws, c. 270;  17 Del. C. 1953, §  141;  60 Del. Laws, c. 701, §  2;  66 Del. Laws, c. 407, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  74 Del. Laws, c. 110, §  138;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter III. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Department › § 142. Automobile for use of Governor.

§ 142. Automobile for use of Governor.
The Department shall provide an automobile to the Governor of the State, suitable and befitting the office of Governor, for the use of the Governor. The Department shall provide a new automobile for such use during each biennium beginning with the biennium beginning July 1, 1959. The Department shall dispose of any automobiles replaced pursuant to this section in the same manner as are disposed other Department vehicles.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  144;  52 Del. Laws, c. 55.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter III. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Department › § 144. Millsboro Pond Dam; construction and maintenance.

§ 144. Millsboro Pond Dam; construction and maintenance.
The Department may construct, reconstruct, maintain and repair a dam across the Millsboro Pond at the site of a presently existing dam adjacent to the Indian River.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  146;  53 Del. Laws, c. 338, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter III. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Department › § 147. Authority to establish standards for traffic-control devices.

§ 147. Authority to establish standards for traffic-control devices.
(a) The Department shall adopt a uniform standard for each type of traffic-control device to be used on all highways open to the public in this State. Such standard shall correlate with, and so far as practical, conform to the standards used in other states.
(b) The standards shall be recorded in a manual to be known as the Delaware Manual on Uniform Traffic-Control Devices for Streets and Highways. The manual shall have separate chapters setting individual standards for signs, signals and markings.
(c) Any traffic-control device erected in violation of the manual, except experimental devices erected by the Department, shall be unofficial, unauthorized and unenforceable.
(d) A person or corporation shall not sell or offer for sale in this State any traffic-control device or other device intended to regulate, warn or guide traffic unless it conforms with the state manual and specifications adopted under this section.
60 Del. Laws, c. 701, §  3;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter III. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Department › § 148. Trust fund.

§ 148. Trust fund.
All moneys received pursuant to this title as proceeds from the sale, lease or rental of land with or without improvements, regardless of the source of funding for the original purchase of the aforesaid land or improvements, shall be credited to a special fund established by the State Treasurer and transferred quarterly to the Transportation Trust Fund. Such revenues shall be utilized by the Department to carry out the general purposes of this title. Moneys received pursuant to this section that originate from federal funding will be credited to the proper projects/accounts in accordance with established federal guidelines.
62 Del. Laws, c. 51, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 354, §  272;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter III. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Department › § 149. Authority to adopt regulations governing state land.

§ 149. Authority to adopt regulations governing state land.
(a) The Department shall have the authority to adopt rules, regulations or restrictions governing the use of or the conduct on those lands owned, controlled or in the custody of the Department. Such rules, regulations or restrictions adopted pursuant hereto may be adopted to control such behavior as, but not limited to, loud and tumultuous behavior, the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages, or sales of goods or services for profit or vending operations of any kind without a permit issued by the Department. The Department shall also have the authority to issue rules and regulations to meet its requirements under federal, state and local environmental laws, including but not limited to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits required by the Clean Water Act [33 U.S.C. § 1342 et seq.].
(b) Any violation of any rule, regulation or restriction adopted pursuant hereto by the Department shall constitute a class B misdemeanor as defined in Title 11 and any person found to be in violation thereof shall receive a penalty in accordance therewith.
(c) (1) Legislative findings. — The General Assembly finds that the proliferation of sporting and recreational activity taking place in and adjacent to the State's public rights-of-way is growing along with the State's population, and further finds that such mixed-use activity threatens the safety of the recreants as well as members of the motoring public.
(2) In keeping with the General Assembly's legislative findings herein, and in order to promote safe neighborhood recreation, the Department shall make every effort to remove from public rights-of-way devices such as basketball hoops, hockey goals, shuffleboards and the like. The Department is further authorized and directed to establish such regulations as may be necessary and appropriate to enforce this activity. The regulations may include provisions for recreational use agreements with public agencies or other responsible entities for State property under Department control, that the Department may determine as suitable for these activities. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law to the contrary, any repeat offender found in violation of the regulations adopted pursuant to this subsection shall pay a fine of $25 per incident.
66 Del. Laws, c. 181, §  1;  72 Del. Laws, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 258,, §§  114, 115;  72 Del. Laws, c. 282, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 98, §  110;  75 Del. Laws, c. 230, §  12;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter III. Jurisdiction, Powers and Duties of Department › § 150A. Utilities Coordination Council.

§ 150A. Utilities Coordination Council.
The General Assembly creates a permanent Utilities Coordination Council.
(1) The council shall consist of the following members, or a designee appointed by the member serving by virtue of position:
a. A Representative appointed by the Speaker of the House Representatives.
b. A Senator appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.
c. The Secretary of the Department of Transportation.
d. A Department of Transportation Utilities Engineer.
e. One representative from Delmarva Power Corporation.
f. One representative from Delaware Electric Cooperative.
g. One representative from Verizon Delaware LLC.
h. One representative from Chesapeake Utilities Corporation.
i. One representative from Artesian Water Company.
j. One representative from Comcast Corporation.
k. One representative from the Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation.
l. One representative from the Delaware Chapter of the National Association of Water Companies.
m. One representative from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Delaware.
(2) The Council shall:
a. Recommend and review best practices to shorten the total time to coordinate and implement utility relocations on transportation projects on Delaware's highways.
b. Consider all reasonable options for improvement and recommend any combination of proposed agreements, regulations, or legislation for consideration by the General Assembly.
c. Ensure that recommendations are implemented and hold the Department and utility companies accountable.
d. Resolve issues on specific projects that have or are experiencing utility delays.
(3) Meetings; quorum; officers; committees; procedure.
a. The Council must meet by December 30, 2021, and thereafter must meet at least 4 times each year. A majority of members present shall constitute a quorum.
b. The Secretary of the Department of Transportation will convene the initial meeting of the Council.
c. At the initial meeting of the Council, a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson are to be elected by the Council members. Thereafter, the Council will elect a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson biennially at the first meeting of the calendar year to serve a 2-year term. The Chairperson has the duty to convene and preside over meetings of the Council. The Vice Chairperson's duty is to act as chairperson in the absence of the Chairperson.
d. The Council may establish committees composed of Council members and other knowledgeable individuals as deemed advisable to assist in achieving the purposes of the Council.
e. The Council must submit a written report of its activities and recommendations to the Governor and General Assembly within 1 year of establishment of the Council and at least once every year thereafter.
83 Del. Laws, c. 229, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter IV. Award of Contracts › § 151. Procedure for procurement of materials, equipment or supplies and award of contracts for performance of work.

§ 151. Procedure for procurement of materials, equipment or supplies and award of contracts for performance of work.
The Department shall not purchase any materials, equipment or supplies, nor enter into any contract for the performance of any work except in accordance with Chapter 69 of Title 29, except that said Chapter 69 of Title 29 shall not apply, when in the best interests of the State, as determined by the Secretary and approved by the Budget Commission, the Department enters into agreements with other states, counties, municipalities, other governmental agencies or private entities to have such work or services supplied pursuant to contracts entered into by such other public authorities or private entities.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  151;  54 Del. Laws, c. 106, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 171, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter IV. Award of Contracts › § 152. Supervision by Secretary of Transportation.

§ 152. Supervision by Secretary of Transportation.
The execution and performance of all contracts awarded by the Department shall be under the charge of the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary's decision shall be final in all matters concerning the performance of the work and compliance with the terms of the contract.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  152;  54 Del. Laws, c. 106, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 671, §  1B;  60 Del. Laws, c. 503, §  19;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter IV. Award of Contracts › § 153. Border crossing agreements.

§ 153. Border crossing agreements.
(a) The General Assembly finds as follows:
(1) There are over 150 locations at which public roads cross Delaware's border with either Maryland or Pennsylvania.
(2) Several of these roads include portions that cross into Maryland or Pennsylvania from Delaware with no intersections with such roads from within the other state.
(3) Some public roads move back and forth across the state border, while others continue from 1 state to the other.
(4) These border crossings raise several difficult issues concerning potential liability, appropriate continuity of pavement maintenance policies and practices, snow removal responsibilities, and oversight of subdivision development and entrance permit regulations applicable to each jurisdiction.
(5) Therefore, it is appropriate to direct the Department of Transportation to enter into such border crossing agreements as it deems fitting and proper, to obtain cooperation with the responsible jurisdictions in other states to deal with the issues caused by the interplay of the state's borders with the public road transportation network.
(b) The Department of Transportation is authorized and directed to enter into border crossing agreements with counties, townships, other states, and such other government agencies as are responsible for those public roads that cross between, intersect with, or are adjacent to the Delaware border with Maryland or Pennsylvania, and which are connected to the road system for which the Department is responsible under this chapter. Such agreements may include provisions for pavement reconstruction and maintenance, sharing of snow removal and other responsibilities, joint subdivision review and entrance permit approval processes, adoption of uniform traffic control policies, road segment responsibility designations, reimbursement provisions for expenditures made on these roads, and for other purposes as the Department may deem fitting and proper. Chapter 69 of Title 29 shall not apply to such agreements or to the purchase of materials, equipment, supplies, or the performance of any work on the road segments included within these agreements, except that the provisions of § 6960 of Title 29, thereof shall apply to any work contracted for performance within Delaware.
(c) The provisions of this section shall be limited to those public roads located within 1/2 mile of the Delaware border, measured perpendicularly from the border.
75 Del. Laws, c. 98, §  117;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter V. Controlled-Access Highways › § 171. Declaration of policy.

§ 171. Declaration of policy.
The General Assembly finds, determines and declares that this subchapter is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety and for the promotion of the general welfare.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  171;  50 Del. Laws, c. 603, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter V. Controlled-Access Highways › § 172. Definition of a controlled-access facility.

§ 172. Definition of a controlled-access facility.
For the purposes of this subchapter, a controlled-access facility is defined as a highway or street especially designed for through traffic, and over, from or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement or only a controlled right or easement of access, light, air or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such controlled-access facility or for any other reason. Such highways or streets may be freeways open to use by all customary forms of street and highway traffic, or they may be parkways from which trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles shall be excluded.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  172;  50 Del. Laws, c. 603, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter V. Controlled-Access Highways › § 173. Authority to establish controlled-access facilities.

§ 173. Authority to establish controlled-access facilities.
The Department, acting alone or in cooperation with any other governmental agency or political subdivision of this State or with any federal, state or local agency of any other state having authority to participate in the construction and maintenance of highways, may plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, maintain and provide controlled-access facilities for public use wherever the Department is of the opinion that traffic conditions, present or future, will justify such special facilities, provided that within cities and towns such authority shall be subject to such municipal consent as may be provided by law. The Department, in addition to the specific powers granted in this subchapter, shall also have and may exercise, relative to controlled-access facilities, any and all additional authority now or after June 22, 1956, vested in it relative to highways or streets within its jurisdiction. The Department may regulate, restrict or prohibit the use of such controlled-access facilities by the various classes of vehicles or traffic in a manner consistent with § 172 of this title.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  173;  50 Del. Laws, c. 603, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter V. Controlled-Access Highways › § 174. Design of controlled-access facility.

§ 174. Design of controlled-access facility.
The Department may so design any controlled-access facility and so regulate, restrict or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which such facility is intended. In this connection the Department may divide and separate any controlled-access facility into separate roadways by the construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections or other physical separations or by designating such separate roadways by signs, markers, stripes and the proper lane for such traffic by appropriate signs, markers, stripes and other devices. No person shall have any right of ingress or egress to, from or across controlled-access facilities to or from abutting lands, except at such designated points at which access may be permitted, upon such terms and conditions as may be specified from time to time.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  174;  50 Del. Laws, c. 603, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter V. Controlled-Access Highways › § 175. Acquisition of property and property rights.

§ 175. Acquisition of property and property rights.
For the purpose of this subchapter, the Department may acquire private or public property and property rights for controlled-access facilities and service roads, including rights of access, air, view and light, by gift, devise, purchase or condemnation in the same manner as such units are now or may, after June 22, 1956, be authorized by law to acquire such property or property rights in connection with highways and streets within its jurisdiction. All property rights acquired under this subchapter shall be in fee simple. In connection with the acquisition of property or property rights for any controlled-access facility or portion thereof or service road in connection therewith, the Department may, in its discretion, acquire an entire lot, block or tract of land, if, by so doing, the interest of the public will be best served, even though said entire lot, block or tract is not immediately needed for the right-of-way proper.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  175;  50 Del. Laws, c. 603, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter V. Controlled-Access Highways › § 176. New and existing facilities; grade-crossing eliminations.

§ 176. New and existing facilities; grade-crossing eliminations.
The Department may designate and establish controlled-access highways as new and additional facilities or may designate and establish an existing street or highway as included within a controlled-access facility. The State or any of its subdivisions shall have authority to provide for the elimination of intersections at grade of controlled-access facilities with existing state and county roads and city or town streets by grade separation or service road or by closing off such roads and streets at the right-of-way boundary line of such controlled-access facility; and after the establishment of any controlled-access facility, no highway or street which is not part of said facility shall intersect the same at grade, except as a temporary expedient, for which a separate resolution for each individual location shall be approved by a duly executed resolution of the Department. No city or town street, county or state highway, or other public way shall be opened into or connected with any such controlled-access facility without the consent and previous approval of the agency having jurisdiction over such controlled-access facility. Such consent and approval shall be given only if the public interest shall be served thereby.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  176;  50 Del. Laws, c. 603, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter V. Controlled-Access Highways › § 177. Authority of local units to consent.

§ 177. Authority of local units to consent.
The Department may enter into agreements with other states, counties, towns or with the federal government respecting financing, planning, establishment, improvement, maintenance, use, regulation or vacation of controlled-access facilities or other public ways in its jurisdiction to facilitate the purposes of this subchapter.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  177;  50 Del. Laws, c. 603, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter V. Controlled-Access Highways › § 178. Local service roads.

§ 178. Local service roads.
In connection with the development of any controlled-access facility, the Department may plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain and vacate local service roads and streets or may designate as local service roads and streets any existing road or street and may exercise jurisdiction over service roads in the same manner as is authorized over controlled-access facilities under the terms of this subchapter, if, in their opinion, such local service roads and streets are necessary or desirable. Such local service roads or streets shall be of appropriate design, and shall be separated from the controlled-access facility proper by means of all devices designated as necessary or desirable by the proper authority.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  178;  50 Del. Laws, c. 603, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter V. Controlled-Access Highways › § 179. Restrictions on use of controlled-access facilities.

§ 179. Restrictions on use of controlled-access facilities.
The Department may prohibit the use of specific classes of motor-driven vehicles or of other vehicles on controlled-access highways either all the time or during such times as necessary for safety. Notice of such prohibition shall be posted on traffic-control devices at the entrance to the controlled-access facilities.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  179;  50 Del. Laws, c. 603, §  1;  60 Del. Laws, c. 701, §  4;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter V. Controlled-Access Highways › § 180. Certain commercial establishment prohibited.

§ 180. Certain commercial establishment prohibited.
No automotive service station or other commercial establishment for serving motor vehicle users, except telephone facilities, shall be constructed or located within the right-of-way of, or on publicly owned or publicly leased land acquired or used for, or in connection with a controlled-access facility.
17 Del. C. 1953, §  181;  52 Del. Laws, c. 38.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter VI. Delaware Byways Program › § 190. Statement of intent.

§ 190. Statement of intent.
The General Assembly finds that certain portions of the state highway system are notable for their scenic, historic, recreational, cultural or archaeological value and worthy of designation as Delaware byways to provide special consideration of their unique features and special role in the highway system.
The General Assembly further finds that the public interest would be served by the formation of a coordinated scenic highway program to enhance recreational, cultural and archaeological resources, encourage development through tourism, and educate residents and visitors on the history, culture and natural beauty of this State.
72 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  2;  77 Del. Laws, c. 367, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter VI. Delaware Byways Program › § 191. Delaware Byways Program.

§ 191. Delaware Byways Program.
The Secretary shall establish within the Department a program to be known as the Delaware Byways Program (hereinafter referred to as “byways program,” or “program”) to encourage and coordinate state actions and the activities of others which relate to the development, protection, promotion, operation and management of byways. In order to carry out the purposes of the program, the Secretary is authorized to:
(1) Plan, design and develop the Delaware byways system and to designate such highways as the Department may deem appropriate as “Delaware Byways.” The process for such designation shall ensure that Delaware byways are selected and managed through a process that balances equity for property owners with the desire of the community to have a specific highway designated under this program;
(2) Ensure to the extent possible that all byway designations are continuous;
(3) Make safety improvements to a highway designated as a byway under this article to the extent such improvements are necessary to accommodate increased or reduced traffic as well as any changes necessary as a result of the types of vehicles using the highway due to such designation;
(4) Construct along such byways such improvements as may be necessary for the use and enjoyment of motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists;
(5) Improve the highway to enhance access to areas utilized for the purpose of recreation, including but not limited to youth-related activities and water-related recreation;
(6) Protect scenic, historical, natural, archaeological and cultural resources in areas adjacent to the highway;
(7) Develop and provide tourist information to the public, including interpretive information about the byway;
(8) Apply for funding from any appropriate source to further the purposes of the program, including but not limited to federal grants or private contributions; and
(9) Enter into contracts with qualified and responsible not-for-profit organizations involved in byway activities for services relating to the development of the byways program or services relating to the operation, development or promotion of a specific byway.
72 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  2;  77 Del. Laws, c. 367, §§  3-11;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter VI. Delaware Byways Program › § 192. Regulations.

§ 192. Regulations.
The Secretary is authorized to promulgate such regulations as may be necessary or desirable to implement the Delaware Byways program, consistent with departmental policy and this subchapter. Such regulations may also:
(1) Encourage counties, towns and municipalities to work with the Department to designate Delaware byways within their jurisdictions and to petition for the inclusions of these highways into the byways program. Such inclusion shall enable the municipality to participate in federal funding that may be available under the National Scenic Byways Program of the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century of 1998 (23 U.S.C. § 162).
(2) Develop criteria for Delaware byway designation based upon its scenic, historic, natural, recreational, cultural or archeological qualities;
(3) Encourage and assist in fostering public awareness, understanding and participation in the objectives and functions of the Delaware Byways Program;
(4) Provide participants with tools and ideas for enhancement and protection of designated byways;
(5) Provide operation and management standards for highways designated as Delaware byways, including strategies for maintaining or improving the qualities for which a byway is so designated, for protecting and enhancing the landscape and scenic view and for minimizing traffic congestion as much as possible on such byways;
(6) Provide standards for byway-related signs, including those which identify Delaware byways;
(7) Develop and implement a byways corridor management plan that specifies the actions, procedures, controls, operational practices and administrative strategies to maintain the scenic, historic, cultural, recreational, archaeological and natural qualities of the byway; and
(8) Develop planning and design standards for development of official byways.
72 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  2;  77 Del. Laws, c. 367, §§  12-20;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 17 - Highways › Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS › Subchapter VI. Delaware Byways Program › § 194. Outdoor advertising exemptions.

§ 194. Outdoor advertising exemptions.
(a) Nothing in this subchapter shall authorize any removal or restriction on outdoor advertising erected or approved by the appropriate governmental authority to be erected before July 18, 2000.
(b) Outdoor advertising signs, displays, and devices to be erected along a designated Delaware byway or within the 660 ft. control zone of a designated Delaware byway, provided they are in accordance with the provisions listed in Chapter 11 of this title, shall be limited to the following:
(1) Directional and other official signs and notices, which signs and notices shall include, but not be limited to, signs and notices pertaining to natural wonders, scenic and historic attractions as authorized or required by the laws of this State;
(2) Signs, displays and devices advertising the sale or lease of the real property upon which they are located;
(3) Signs, displays and devices advertising activities conducted on the real property upon which they are located;
(4) Gateway signs as defined by § 1102 of this title;
(5) Beautification/landscape planting sponsorship signs located within the right-of-way of a Delaware byway;
(c) For the purposes of this section “outdoor advertising” has the same meaning as defined by § 1102 of this title.
72 Del. Laws, c. 444, §  2;  79 Del. Laws, c. 320, §  1;  82 Del. Laws, c. 15, § 1;