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2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth › § 5106. Powers and duties of the Department.

§ 5106. Powers and duties of the Department.
(a) The Department shall:
(1) Have sole and complete control of the training schools and any other state facilities for readjustment of delinquent children;
(2) Appoint advisory committees having such membership as it deems appropriate or desirable;
(3) Provide suitable food, clothing, medicine and all things necessary for the comfort and improvement of delinquent children in the Department's legal custody;
(4) Make rules and regulations for the government of the training schools not inconsistent with the laws of this State which it deems necessary and proper for the public welfare and best interest of the juveniles entrusted to the Department including the release of juveniles to after-care supervision;
(5) When deemed necessary, to provide after-care supervision for delinquent children released from the training schools;
(6) Provide suitable buildings, with all the necessary land and appurtenances for the use and occupation of the Department;
(7) Establish such rules and regulations relative to the religious and moral education, training, employment, discipline, management, government, instruction, safekeeping and the disposition of the juveniles;
(8) Exercise all powers not inconsistent with this chapter as are necessary to discharge their responsibility of legal custody of a juvenile. Powers inconsistent with this chapter shall include without limitation the power to sue and be sued or to implead or be impleaded in all courts of law and equity; and
(9) Place a juvenile committed to its custody pursuant to § 1009 of Title 10, in a facility providing the maximum available security.
(b) Notwithstanding prior enactments accepting the Ferris School for Boys as a state-operated facility, nothing contained therein or in any other law was intended by the General Assembly to constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity for the Ferris School for Boys.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5120;  51 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  2;  52 Del. Laws, c. 80, §  4;  60 Del. Laws, c. 657, §  3;  69 Del. Laws, c. 133, §§  1, 2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 381, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth › § 5107. Commitments to the Department.

§ 5107. Commitments to the Department.
The Family Court of the State may commit to the custody of the Department any juvenile who is subject to the jurisdiction of such Court and who is delinquent, as that term is defined in § 901 of Title 10; provided, however, that where the adjudication is pursuant to § 1009(e) [repealed] of Title 10, the juvenile shall be committed for the designated statutory period. The Department shall accept the custody of any juvenile so committed to it.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5121;  51 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  2;  52 Del. Laws, c. 80, §  5;  60 Del. Laws, c. 657, §  4;  81 Del. Laws, c. 253, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth › § 5108. Power to discharge or release.

§ 5108. Power to discharge or release.
(a) Except as to a delinquent child committed for a mandatory period pursuant to § 1009(e) [repealed] of Title 10, the Department may at its discretion discharge finally any juvenile committed to its custody if the Department shall determine:
(1) Such discharge is in the best interests of the juvenile; and
(2) That the juvenile does not pose a probable threat to property or person; provided, that a certificate of discharge, setting forth grounds establishing compliance with these conditions of release, shall be provided 10 calendar days prior to the date of release to the Judge of Family Court who originally signed the commitment order, or, in such judge's absence, to the Chief Judge of said Court.
(b) No person shall be retained in the legal custody of the Department beyond that person's 18th birthday; provided, however, that any delinquent child who is 17 years of age or older but less than 18 years of age who has been committed to the custody of the Department may remain in said custody for 1 full year; provided further, that any delinquent child who is committed to the custody of the Department for a mandatory period pursuant to § 1009(e) [repealed] of Title 10 shall be transferred into or retained in the custody of a facility established pursuant to § 6526 of Title 11 for youthful offenders upon reaching the age of 18 where the youthful offender shall remain until the completion of the mandatory period of custody; provided further, that any child who is charged with an act of delinquency prior to reaching 18 years but becomes 18 years of age prior to disposition on the charge may be committed to the custody of the Department until the child's nineteenth birthday.
(c) No child committed to the custody of the Department under § 1009(e) [repealed] of Title 10 shall be released on pass or on extended leave for any purpose except in accordance with the procedure set forth in subsection (a) of this section. Upon receipt of notification that the Department intends to extend such privileges to a child so committed, the Court may deny, or may impose such reasonable terms and conditions as it deems necessary, upon said temporary release.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5122;  51 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  2;  52 Del. Laws, c. 80, §  6;  60 Del. Laws, c. 142, §  1;  60 Del. Laws, c. 657, §  5;  61 Del. Laws, c. 377, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 253, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth › § 5109. Treatment of juvenile inmates with mental conditions or mental disabilities; transfer.

§ 5109. Treatment of juvenile inmates with mental conditions or mental disabilities; transfer.
(a) The Secretary of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families may transfer to other appropriate state institutions for care and treatment juveniles committed to the custody of the Division of Youth Rehabilitation Services whom the Secretary has determined to have psychotic disorders or mental conditions. Transfer may also be made to such facilities in other jurisdictions, or to municipal or private facilities, upon the consent of responsible administrators of such facilities.
(b) When, in the judgment of the administrator of the institution to which a juvenile in custody has been transferred, the juvenile has recovered from the condition which occasioned the transfer, the juvenile shall be returned to the Division of Youth Rehabilitation Services.
(c) The transfer shall become effective as soon as the Secretary of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families requests it. The parents or guardians of the juvenile, if they can be reached by a reasonable effort, shall be notified of the transfer within 30 days. They may demand in writing a hearing before the Secretary of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families to be held within 2 weeks. The decision of the Secretary may be appealed within 30 days to the court which committed the juvenile to the Division of Youth Rehabilitation Services. The decision of the court on appeal shall be final.
(d) When the juvenile is returned to the Division of Youth Rehabilitation Services, the parents or guardians of the juvenile, if they can be reached by a reasonable effort, shall be notified of the transfer within 30 days by the Secretary of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families. They may demand in writing a hearing before the Secretary of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families to be held within 2 weeks. The decision of the Secretary may be appealed within 30 days to the court which first committed the juvenile to the Division of Youth Rehabilitation Services. The decision of the court on appeal shall be final.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5123;  58 Del. Laws, c. 362;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §§  20, 21;  78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§  381, 382;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth › § 5110. Separate operation.

§ 5110. Separate operation.
(a) The Department shall operate a separate department for the proper transportation, care and detention of any juvenile detained by authority of law.
(b) In the operation of the Detention Department the Department shall have all of the powers listed in § 5106 of this title.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5130;  51 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth › § 5111. Aiding or harboring escapee from a facility of the Department; penalty.

§ 5111. Aiding or harboring escapee from a facility of the Department; penalty.
Whoever knowingly:
(1) Advises, promotes or aids in the escape or running away of any juvenile from the custody or detention of the Department; or
(2) Harbors or conceals, or aids in harboring or concealing any juvenile who has escaped from a facility of the Department, after such juvenile has been regularly committed thereto or detained thereat,
shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $1,000.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5140;  51 Del. Laws, c. 274, §  2;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth › § 5112. Ferris School for Boys.

§ 5112. Ferris School for Boys.
The Ferris School for Boys, in New Castle County, a facility of the Division of Youth Rehabilitation Services of Delaware, shall be officially known as the Ferris School for Boys.
62 Del. Laws, c. 49, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  21;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 51. Services for Justice-Involved Youth › § 5113. Re-entry programs.

§ 5113. Re-entry programs.
(a) There is hereby established a fund for the provision of juvenile re-entry services ( “Juvenile Re-Entry Services Fund” ). This fund shall be overseen and administered by the Department, and shall be used exclusively for the provision of re-entry services to minors who have been adjudicated delinquent or convicted of a crime and detained in a secure facility as a result of that adjudication.
(b) As used in this section, “re-entry services” means services provided to a juvenile after release from a secure facility that have the specific purpose of reducing the risk that the juvenile will commit a future criminal offense or act of delinquency. This includes continuing services for up to 1 year after release, even if the juvenile turns 18 during confinement or after release.
(c) Funds appropriated to the Juvenile Re-Entry Services Fund shall be awarded by the Department to public or private third parties on a competitive basis for the provision of re-entry services. Up to 5% of appropriated funds may be retained by the Department for administration of funds and monitoring of services provided under this section.
(d) Funds from the Juvenile Re-Entry Services Fund may not be awarded in a manner that supplants funding from any other public source.
(e) The Department shall report to the Governor and General Assembly by December 1 of each year all expenditures made from the Juvenile Re-Entry Services Fund, the results of all monitoring of grants made from the Juvenile Re-Entry Services Fund, and its funding priorities for grants to be made in the following calendar year.
83 Del. Laws, c. 261, § 1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  84 Del. Laws, c. 42, § 1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 52. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES › Subchapter I. Findings; Execution › § 5201. Legislative findings and policy.

§ 5201. Legislative findings and policy.
(a) The General Assembly finds and declares:
(1) That juveniles who are not under proper supervision and control, or who have absconded, escaped or run away, are likely to endanger their own health, morals and welfare and the health, morals and welfare of others; and
(2) That the cooperation of this State with other states is necessary to provide for the welfare and protection of juveniles and of the people of this State.
(b) It shall, therefore, be the policy of this State in adopting the Interstate Compact on Juveniles to cooperate fully with other states:
(1) In returning juveniles to such other states whenever their return is sought; and
(2) In accepting the return of juveniles whenever a juvenile residing in this State is found or apprehended in another state and in taking all measures to initiate proceedings for the return of such juveniles.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5201;  54 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 52. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES › Subchapter I. Findings; Execution › § 5202. Execution of compact.

§ 5202. Execution of compact.
The Governor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a compact on behalf of this State with any other state or states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5202;  54 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 52. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES › Subchapter III. Effectuation › § 5221. Juvenile compact administrator.

§ 5221. Juvenile compact administrator.
Pursuant to the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, the Governor is hereby authorized and empowered to designate the Secretary of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families to be the Compact administrator or to authorize the Secretary to designate an employee of the Department to be the Compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall promulgate rules and regulations to carry out more effectively the terms of the Compact. The Compact administrator is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the government of this State and its subdivisions in facilitating the proper administration of the Compact or of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this State hereunder.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5221;  54 Del. Laws, c. 64;  57 Del. Laws, c. 591, §  51;  58 Del. Laws, c. 30, §  2;  64 Del. Laws, c. 108, §  20;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 52. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES › Subchapter III. Effectuation › § 5222. Supplementary agreements.

§ 5222. Supplementary agreements.
The Compact administrator is authorized and empowered to enter into supplementary agreements with appropriate officials of other states pursuant to the Compact. In the event that such supplementary agreement shall require or contemplate the use of any institution or facility of this State or require or contemplate the provisions of any service by this State, said supplementary agreement shall have no force or effect until approved by the head of the department or agency under whose jurisdiction said institution or facility is operated or whose department or agency will be charged with the rendering of such service.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5222;  54 Del. Laws, c. 107.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 52. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES › Subchapter III. Effectuation › § 5223. Financial arrangements.

§ 5223. Financial arrangements.
The Compact administrator, subject to the approval of the State Treasurer, may make or arrange for any payments necessary to discharge any financial obligations imposed upon this State by the Compact or by any supplementary agreement entered into thereunder.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5223;  54 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 52. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES › Subchapter III. Effectuation › § 5224. Responsibilities of state departments, agencies and officers.

§ 5224. Responsibilities of state departments, agencies and officers.
The courts, departments, agencies and officers of this State and its subdivisions shall enforce the Compact and shall do all things appropriate to the effectuation of its purposes and intent which may be within their respective jurisdictions.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5224;  54 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 52. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES › Subchapter III. Effectuation › § 5225. Additional procedures not precluded.

§ 5225. Additional procedures not precluded.
In addition to any procedure provided in Articles IV and VI of the Compact for the return of any runaway juvenile, the particular states, the juvenile or the juvenile's parents, the courts, or other legal custodian involved may agree upon and adopt any other plan or procedure legally authorized under the laws of this State and the other respective party states for the return of any such runaway juvenile.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5225;  54 Del. Laws, c. 64;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 52. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES › Subchapter III. Effectuation › § 5226. Receipt of federal funds.

§ 5226. Receipt of federal funds.
The designated Juvenile Compact administrator is authorized to cooperate with the federal government and to receive any federal funds which may be allocated for the purpose of improving the State's services to those juveniles affected by this Compact.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5226;  54 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 52. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES › Subchapter III. Effectuation › § 5227. Definition.

§ 5227. Definition.
The term “delinquent juvenile” as used in the Compact shall include any wayward child as defined in § 901 of Title 10.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5227;  54 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 52. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES › Subchapter III. Effectuation › § 5228. Effective date.

§ 5228. Effective date.
The Compact shall become effective immediately upon approval of the General Assembly and the Governor and thereafter upon being executed on behalf of this State with any other state or states legally joining therein.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5228;  54 Del. Laws, c. 64.;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 52. INTERSTATE COMPACT ON JUVENILES › Subchapter III. Effectuation › § 5229. State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision.

§ 5229. State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision.
(a) The State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision is hereby established and shall consist of 8 members as follows:
(1) The Cabinet Secretary of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families, or the Cabinet Secretary's designee.
(2) The Director of Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services, or the Director's designee.
(3) Two members of the Delaware Senate appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate to serve at the pleasure of the President Pro Tempore, 1 from each major political party.
(4) Two members of the Delaware House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House to serve at the pleasure of the Speaker of the House, 1 from each major political party.
(5) A member of the state Family Court judiciary appointed by the Chief Judge of the Delaware Family Court to serve at the pleasure of the Chief Judge.
(6) The Juvenile Compact Administrator appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families as outlined in § 5221 of this title.
(7) Two members appointed by the Governor who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. At least 1 of these appointments must be a representative of a victims' assistance or advocacy organization.
(b) The State Council shall exercise oversight and advocacy concerning the State's participation in Interstate Commission activities and other duties including, but not limited to, the development of policy concerning operations and procedures of the compact within the State.
(c) By majority vote of the members, the State Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision shall select a chairperson.
(d) The State Council shall meet at least twice each year.
77 Del. Laws, c. 381, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 53. WOODS HAVEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS › § 5301. Definitions.

§ 5301. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Board” means the Board of Managers of the Woods Haven School for Girls.
(2) “School” means the Woods Haven School for Girls.
31 Del. C. 1953, §  5301;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 53. WOODS HAVEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS › § 5302. Incorporation; powers and duties.

§ 5302. Incorporation; powers and duties.
(a) The Woods Haven School for Girls is continued as a corporation and a body politic and corporate by law, and by that name shall have perpetual succession.
(b) The School may:
(1) Have, use or change a common seal;
(2) Receive, hold or convey any estate, real or personal, that may be committed to it;
(3) Act as guardian or custodian of any girl under the age of 18 years who shall be committed to its custody, charge or guardianship, according to law, for the physical, mental and moral training of such girl, and, during such time as any girl is in the custody, charge or guardianship of the School, the guardianship, custody or control of parents, guardians or any other person whatsoever shall be thereby superseded;
(4) Make such bylaws, rules and regulations and appoint such officers, agents and committees as it deems necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of the School; and
(5) Notwithstanding prior enactments accepting the Woods Haven School for Girls as a state-operated facility, nothing contained therein or in any other law was intended by the General Assembly to constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity for the Woods Haven School for Girls.
19 Del. Laws, c. 637, §  1;  22 Del. Laws, c. 363, §  1;  27 Del. Laws, c. 126, §  1;  27 Del. Laws, c. 127;  Code 1915, §  2203;  Code 1935, §  2514;  44 Del. Laws, c. 140, §§  1, 2;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  5302;  69 Del. Laws, c. 133, §§  3, 4;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 53. WOODS HAVEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS › § 5303. Exercise of powers and duties.

§ 5303. Exercise of powers and duties.
The authority and duties conferred or imposed by this chapter upon the School may be exercised and discharged by the School or by such of its officers, committees or agents provided for in this chapter or provided for in any bylaws, rules or regulations adopted by it, as shall be severally charged therewith.
19 Del. Laws, c. 637;  22 Del. Laws, c. 363, §  5;  Code 1915, §  2207;  Code 1935, §  2518;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  5303;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 53. WOODS HAVEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS › § 5304. Board of Managers; composition and appointment.

§ 5304. Board of Managers; composition and appointment.
(a) The School shall be managed by a Board of Managers which shall consist, in addition to those elected in accordance with the School's charter, of 3 persons to be appointed by the Governor, 1 from each county, to serve for terms of 3 years each. The Governor shall annually appoint a suitable person to be a member of the Board to succeed the manager whose term has expired. Such person shall be a resident of the same county as the manager to be succeeded. Vacancies occurring for any reason other than expiration of term shall be filled only for the unexpired term.
(b) The Governor, the State Treasurer, the Auditor of Accounts and the Judges of the Family Court shall be ex officio members of the Board of Managers of the School.
19 Del. Laws, c. 637;  27 Del. Laws, c. 126, §  4;  Code 1915, §  2208;  Code 1935, §  2519;  44 Del. Laws, c. 140, §  1;  45 Del. Laws, c. 241, §  4;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 53. WOODS HAVEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS › § 5305. Audit of accounts.

§ 5305. Audit of accounts.
The accounts of the School shall be audited by such accountant or agency of the State as is authorized to audit the accounts of any board, commission or department of the State. The treasurer of the School shall submit for inspection by the auditing agency all the books of account, vouchers and papers as will be necessary for the audits.
19 Del. Laws, c. 637;  27 Del. Laws, c. 126, §  3;  Code 1915, §  2209;  Code 1935, §  2520;  44 Del. Laws, c. 140, §  1;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  5305;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 53. WOODS HAVEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS › § 5306. Preparation and submission of a budget.

§ 5306. Preparation and submission of a budget.
Before any appropriation is made to the School from the State, the Board shall prepare a budget showing its needs and requirements and submit the same to the person or board charged with the preparation of the Budget Appropriation Bill and shall make a request of the General Assembly for such amount of money as in its judgment is necessary for the operation of the School during the next biennium.
32 Del. Laws, c. 26, §  16;  37 Del. Laws, c. 81, §  2;  Code 1935, §§  2521, 31 Del C 1953,  5306;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 53. WOODS HAVEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS › § 5307. Instruction of inmates.

§ 5307. Instruction of inmates.
The School shall cause the girls under its charge to be instructed in the branches of useful knowledge adapted to their age and capacity and in household employment, needlework and such other forms of industry as may be suited to their sex, age, strength and disposition and as may be best adapted to secure their improvement and future welfare. The School shall have regard to the character of those to whom the girls are entrusted, either in private homes or elsewhere, that they may secure to them the benefits of good example, wholesome instruction, improvement in virtue and knowledge and the opportunity to become intelligent, moral and useful members of society.
19 Del. Laws, c. 637;  22 Del. Laws, c. 363, §  5;  Code 1915, §  2207;  Code 1935, §  2518;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  5307;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 53. WOODS HAVEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS › § 5308. Payments by Levy Court and County Councils.

§ 5308. Payments by Levy Court and County Councils.
The Levy Court and the County Councils of the 3 counties of this State shall respectively pay monthly to the School for the maintenance and instruction of each girl committed to its custody from the respective counties, the moneys as provided in § 347 of Title 9.
In the same manner and to the same amount as the County Council of New Castle County pays the School for the maintenance and instruction of girls committed to its custody, the Levy Court of Kent County and the County Council of Sussex County shall appropriate and pay moneys for the maintenance and instruction of girls committed to its custody from those counties respectively.
20 Del. Laws, c. 39;  23 Del. Laws, c. 42;  24 Del. Laws, c. 136;  Code 1915, §  2211;  29 Del. Laws, c. 171, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2522;  46 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  1;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  5308;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 53. WOODS HAVEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS › § 5309. Exemption from taxation.

§ 5309. Exemption from taxation.
The estate, real and personal, of the School, and for the purposes of its incorporation, shall be free from state, county and city taxes.
20 Del. Laws, c. 449;  21 Del. Laws, c. 239, §  2;  Code 1915, §  2212;  Code 1935, §  2523;  44 Del. Laws, c. 140, §  1;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  5309;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 53. WOODS HAVEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS › § 5310. Commitments to School.

§ 5310. Commitments to School.
The Board, in assenting thereto, may receive into its charge, custody or guardianship, any girl not over 18 nor under 11 years of age when committed thereto in any 1 of the following modes:
(1) The Family Court and the Superior Court may each commit to the custody of the Board any girl who is subject to the jurisdiction of such court and who is a delinquent child, as that term is defined in § 901 of Title 10.
(2) Whenever it appears to the Family Court that the best interests of a girl who is living in circumstances of manifest danger of falling into habits of vice or immorality will be served by temporary care and further study of her case, pending a final disposition thereof, the court may commit such girl to the custody of the Board for a temporary period not exceeding 3 months. At the end of the temporary period of commitment, the Court shall make final disposition of such case.
19 Del. Laws, c. 637, §§  3-5;  22 Del. Laws, c. 363, §  2;  24 Del. Laws, c. 121, §  3;  26 Del. Laws, c. 262, §  10;  27 Del. Laws, c. 126, §  1;  Code 1915, §  2204;  40 Del. Laws, c. 183, §§  1, 2;  Code 1935, §  2515;  48 Del. Laws, c. 302;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  5310;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 53. WOODS HAVEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS › § 5311. Aiding or harboring escapees; penalty.

§ 5311. Aiding or harboring escapees; penalty.
Whoever knowingly:
(1) Advises, promotes or aids in the escape or running away of any girl from the guardianship or custody of the managers of the Woods Haven School for Girls; or
(2) Harbors or conceals, or aids in harboring or concealing, any girl who has escaped from the guardianship or custody of the managers after such girl has been regularly committed thereto,
shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $100.
20 Del. Laws, c. 191;  Code 1915, §  2213;  Code 1935, §  2524;  44 Del. Laws, c. 140, §  1;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  5311;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 53. WOODS HAVEN SCHOOL FOR GIRLS › § 5312. Confinement of delinquents.

§ 5312. Confinement of delinquents.
(a) If any girl in the charge, custody or guardianship of the School shall be guilty of an attempt to set fire to any building, or to any combustible matter for that purpose, or of openly resisting the lawful authority of any officer or agent of the School, or of attempting to incite others to do so or shall by gross or habitual misconduct exert a dangerous and pernicious influence over the girls so in charge, custody or guardianship of the School, the School, when such case arises, may through its proper officers submit a written statement of the facts to the Superior Court in and for New Castle County and apply for an order authorizing a temporary confinement of such delinquent in the New Castle County Workhouse.
(b) The Court shall forthwith inquire into the facts, and if it appears that the allegations in the statement are substantially true, and that the ends desired to be accomplished by the School will be best promoted thereby the Court shall make an order authorizing the confinement of such delinquent in the Workhouse for a time to be limited and expressed in the order, and the Board of Trustees of the Workhouse shall receive such delinquent and detain her during the time expressed in such order.
(c) At the expiration of the time limited, or sooner if the Court shall so order upon a further application, the Board of Trustees of the Workhouse shall, with the assent of the School, return such delinquent to the charge, custody or guardianship of the School.
19 Del. Laws, c. 637;  22 Del. Laws, c. 363, §  4;  Code 1915, §  2206;  Code 1935, §  2517;  31 Del. C. 1953, §  5312;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 54. INTERSTATE ADOPTION ASSISTANCE COMPACTS › § 5401. Legislative findings; purposes of chapter.

§ 5401. Legislative findings; purposes of chapter.
(a) The General Assembly finds that:
(1) Finding adoptive families for children, for whom state assistance is desirable pursuant to § 503 of this title, and assuring the protection of the interests of the children affected during the entire assistance period, require special measures when the adoptive parents move to other states or are residents of another state.
(2) Provision of medical and other necessary services for children, with state assistance, encounters special difficulties when the provision of services takes place in other states.
(b) The purposes of this chapter are to:
(1) Authorize the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families to enter into interstate agreements with agencies of other states for the protection of children on behalf of whom adoption assistance is being provided by the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families; and to
(2) Provide procedures for interstate children's adoption assistance payments, include medical payments.
65 Del. Laws, c. 105, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 54. INTERSTATE ADOPTION ASSISTANCE COMPACTS › § 5402. Compacts — Authorized; definitions.

§ 5402. Compacts — Authorized; definitions.
(a) The Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families is authorized to develop, participate in the development of, negotiate and enter into 1 or more interstate compacts on behalf of this State with other states to implement 1 or more of the purposes set forth in this chapter. When so entered into, and for so long as it shall remain in force, such a compact shall have the force and effect of law.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, the term “state” shall mean a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or a territory or possession of or administered by the United States.
(c) For the purposes of this chapter, the term “adoption assistance state” means the state that is signatory to an adoption assistance agreement in a particular case.
(d) For the purposes of this chapter, the term “residence state” means the state of which the child is a resident by virtue of the residence of the adoptive parents.
65 Del. Laws, c. 105, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 54. INTERSTATE ADOPTION ASSISTANCE COMPACTS › § 5403. Compacts — Required contents.

§ 5403. Compacts — Required contents.
A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter shall have the following content:
(1) A provision making it available for joinder by all states;
(2) A provision or provisions for withdrawal from the compact upon written notice to the parties, but with a period of 1 year between the date of the notice and the effective date of the withdrawal;
(3) A requirement that the protections afforded by or pursuant to the compact continue in force for the duration of the adoption assistance and be applicable to all children and their adoptive parents who on the effective date of the withdrawal are receiving adoption assistance from a party state other than the one in which they are resident and have their principal place of abode;
(4) A requirement that each instance of adoption assistance to which the compact applies be covered by an adoption assistance agreement in writing between the adoptive parents and the state child welfare agency of the state which undertakes to provide the adoption assistance, and further, that any such agreement be expressly for the benefit of the adopted child and enforceable by the adoptive parents, and the state agency providing the adoption assistance;
(5) Such other provisions as may be appropriate to implement the proper administration of the compact.
65 Del. Laws, c. 105, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 54. INTERSTATE ADOPTION ASSISTANCE COMPACTS › § 5404. Compacts — Optional contents.

§ 5404. Compacts — Optional contents.
A compact entered into pursuant to the authority conferred by this chapter may contain provisions in addition to those required pursuant to § 5403 of this title, as follows:
(1) Provisions establishing procedures and entitlements to medical, developmental, child care or other social services for the child in accordance with applicable laws, even though the child and the adoptive parents are in a state other than the one responsible for or providing the services or the funds to defray part or all of the costs thereof; and
(2) Such other provisions as may be appropriate or incidental to the proper administration of the compact.
65 Del. Laws, c. 105, §  1;
2023 Delaware Code › Title 31 - Welfare › Chapter 54. INTERSTATE ADOPTION ASSISTANCE COMPACTS › § 5406. Federal participation.

§ 5406. Federal participation.
Consistent with federal law, the Department of Health and Social Services and Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families in connection with the administration of this chapter and any compact pursuant hereto shall include in any state plan made pursuant to the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-272) [42 U.S.C. § 620 et seq.], Titles IV (e) and XIX of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. § 670 et seq. and 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.], and any other applicable federal laws, the provision of adoption assistance and medical assistance for which the federal government pays some or all of the cost. The aforementioned department(s) shall apply for and administer all relevant federal aid in accordance with law.
65 Del. Laws, c. 105, §  1;
2023 Florida Statutes › Title I - Construction of Statutes › Chapter 1 - Definitions › 1.02 - Legal Time.

1.02 Legal time.—In all laws, statutes, orders, rules and regulations of this state, relating to the time of performance of any act by any officer or department of this state, whether in the legislative, executive or judicial branches, or relating to the time within which any rights shall accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall not be performed, by any person subject to the jurisdiction of this state, it shall be understood and intended that the said time shall be the United States standard time of the zone within which the act is to be performed or the right shall accrue or determine.
History.—s. 1, ch. 3916, 1889; RS 1307; GS 1739; s. 1, ch. 6938, 1915; RGS 2954; CGL 4681.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title I - Construction of Statutes › Chapter 1 - Definitions › 1.025 - Sunshine Protection Act.

1.025 Sunshine Protection Act.—
(1) This section may be cited as the “Sunshine Protection Act.”
(2) If the United States Congress amends 15 U.S.C. s. 260a to authorize states to observe daylight saving time year-round, it is the intent of the Legislature that daylight saving time shall be the year-round standard time of the entire state and all of its political subdivisions.
History.—s. 1, ch. 2018-99.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title I - Construction of Statutes › Chapter 1 - Definitions › 1.04 - Statutory Construction; Amendatory Acts Passed at the Same Session.

1.04 Statutory construction; amendatory acts passed at the same session.—Acts passed during the same legislative session and amending the same statutory provision are in pari materia, and full effect should be given to each, if that is possible. Language carried forward unchanged in one amendatory act, pursuant to s. 6, Art. III of the State Constitution, should not be read as conflicting with changed language contained in another act passed during the same session. Amendments enacted during the same session are in conflict with each other only to the extent that they cannot be given effect simultaneously.
History.—s. 1, ch. 74-153.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title I - Construction of Statutes › Chapter 2 - Common Law in Force; Repealed Statutes › 2.01 - Common Law and Certain Statutes Declared in Force.

2.01 Common law and certain statutes declared in force.—The common and statute laws of England which are of a general and not a local nature, with the exception hereinafter mentioned, down to the 4th day of July, 1776, are declared to be of force in this state; provided, the said statutes and common law be not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States and the acts of the Legislature of this state.
History.—s. 1, Nov. 6, 1829; RS 59; GS 59; RGS 71; CGL 87.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title I - Construction of Statutes › Chapter 2 - Common Law in Force; Repealed Statutes › 2.04 - Repealed Statute Not Revived by Implication.

2.04 Repealed statute not revived by implication.—No statute of this state which has been repealed shall ever be revived by implication; that is to say, if a statute be passed repealing a former statute, and a third statute be passed repealing the second, the repeal of the second statute shall in no case be construed to revive the first, unless there be express words in the said third statute for this purpose.
History.—Nov. 2, 1829; RS 62; GS 62; RGS 74; CGL 90.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title II - State Organization › Chapter 6 - Admission Into Union; Concessions; State Boundaries › 6.01 - Assent to Terms of Admission Into the Union.

6.01 Assent to terms of admission into the union.—The State of Florida assents as by the statute approved July 25, 1845, to the terms of admission of this state into the Confederacy and Union of the United States, and to the provisions of the Acts of Congress respecting the public lands of the United States in this state.
History.—s. 1, ch. 14, 1845; RS 6; GS 4; RGS 4; CGL 4.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title II - State Organization › Chapter 6 - Admission Into Union; Concessions; State Boundaries › 6.02 - United States Authorized to Acquire Lands for Certain Purposes.

6.02 United States authorized to acquire lands for certain purposes.—The United States may purchase, acquire, hold, own, occupy, and possess such lands within the limits of this state as they shall seek to occupy and hold as sites on which to erect and maintain forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings, or any of them, as contemplated and provided in the Constitution of the United States; such land to be acquired either by contract with owners, or in the manner hereinafter provided.
History.—s. 1, ch. 25, 1845; RS 7; GS 5; RGS 5; CGL 5.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title II - State Organization › Chapter 6 - Admission Into Union; Concessions; State Boundaries › 6.03 - Condemnation of Land When Price Not Agreed Upon.

6.03 Condemnation of land when price not agreed upon.—If the officer or other agent employed by the United States to make such purchase and the owner of the land contemplated to be purchased, as aforesaid, cannot agree for the sale and purchase thereof, the same may be acquired by the United States by condemnation in the same manner as is hereinafter provided for condemnation of lands for other public purposes, and any officer or agent authorized by the United States may institute and conduct such proceedings in their behalf.
History.—s. 2, ch. 25, 1845; RS 8; GS 6; RGS 6; CGL 6.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title II - State Organization › Chapter 6 - Admission Into Union; Concessions; State Boundaries › 6.04 - Jurisdiction Over Such Lands; How Ceded to the United States.

6.04 Jurisdiction over such lands; how ceded to the United States.—Whenever the United States shall contract for, purchase, or acquire any land within the limits of this state for the purposes aforesaid, in either of the modes above mentioned and provided, or shall hold for such purposes lands heretofore lawfully acquired or reserved therefor, and shall desire to acquire constitutional jurisdiction over such lands for said purposes, the Governor of this state may, upon application made to him or her in writing on behalf of the United States for that purpose, accompanied by the proper evidence of said reservation, purchase, contract, or acquisition of record, describing the land sought to be ceded by convenient metes and bounds, thereupon, in the name and on behalf of this state, cede to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over the land so reserved, purchased, or acquired and sought to be ceded; the United States to hold, use, occupy, own, possess, and exercise said jurisdiction over the same for the purposes aforesaid, and none other whatsoever; provided, always, that the consent aforesaid is hereby given and the cession aforesaid is to be granted and made as aforesaid, upon the express condition that this state shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over the land or lands so to be ceded, and every portion thereof, so far that all process, civil or criminal, issuing under authority of this state, or of any of the courts or judicial officers thereof may be executed by the proper officers thereof, upon any person amenable to the same, within the limits and extent of lands so ceded, in like manner and to like effect as if this law had never been passed; saving, however, to the United States security to their property within said limits and extent, and exemption of the same, and of said lands from any taxation under the authority of this state while the same shall continue to be owned, held, used, and occupied by the United States for the purposes above expressed and intended, and not otherwise.
History.—s. 3, ch. 25, 1845; RS 9; GS 7; RGS 7; CGL 7; s. 2, ch. 95-147.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title II - State Organization › Chapter 6 - Admission Into Union; Concessions; State Boundaries › 6.05 - Transfer of Title and Jurisdiction Over Land Owned by State.

6.05 Transfer of title and jurisdiction over land owned by state.—Whenever a tract of land containing not more than 4 acres shall be selected by an authorized officer or agent of the United States for the bona fide purpose of erecting thereon a lighthouse, beacon, marine hospital, or other public work, and the title to the said land shall be held by the state, then on application by the said officer or agent to the Governor of this state, the said executive may transfer to the United States the title to, and jurisdiction over, said land; provided, always, that the said transfer of title and jurisdiction is to be granted and made, as aforesaid, upon the express condition that this state shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States, in and over the lands so to be transferred, and every portion thereof, so far that all process, civil or criminal, issuing under authority of this state, or any of the courts or judicial officers thereof, may be executed by the proper officer thereof, upon any person amenable to the same, within the limits and extent of the lands so ceded, in like manner and to like effect as if this law had never been passed; saving, however, to the United States, security to their property within said limits or extent. The said lands shall hereafter remain the property of the United States and be exempt from taxation as long as they shall be needed for said purposes.
History.—ss. 1, 2, ch. 630, 1855; RS 10; GS 8; RGS 8; CGL 8.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title II - State Organization › Chapter 6 - Admission Into Union; Concessions; State Boundaries › 6.06 - United States May Acquire State Lands for National Forests.

6.06 United States may acquire state lands for national forests.—The consent of the state is given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, gift, or condemnation with adequate compensation, of such lands in Florida as in the opinion of the Federal Government may be needed for the establishment, consolidation and extension of national forests in the state; provided, that the state shall retain a concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over lands so acquired so far that civil process in all cases, and such criminal process as may issue under the authority of the state against any person charged with the commission of any crime without or within said jurisdiction, may be executed thereon in like manner as if this section had not been passed.
History.—s. 1, ch. 8564, 1921; CGL 9.
2023 Florida Statutes › Title II - State Organization › Chapter 6 - Admission Into Union; Concessions; State Boundaries › 6.07 - Congress May Legislate Concerning State Lands Acquired for National Forests.

6.07 Congress may legislate concerning state lands acquired for national forests.—Congress may pass such laws and make or provide for the making of such rules and regulations, of both a civil and criminal nature, and provide punishment therefor, as in its judgment may be necessary for the administration, control, and protection of such lands as may be from time to time acquired by the United States under the provisions of s. 6.06.
History.—s. 2, ch. 8564, 1921; CGL 10.