Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 230

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 280

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 80, TITLE 15 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend Subsection (d), §8012, Title 15 of the Delaware Code by striking said subsection in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"(d) No agency of the State, no political subdivision of the State, no agency of any political subdivision of the State and no agency authorized by an act of the General Assembly shall make any contribution to any political committee or candidate for any elective office. No candidate, treasurer or other person acting on behalf of a political committee shall accept any contribution from any agency of the State, any political subdivision of the state, any agency of any political subdivision of the State or any agency authorized by an act of the General Assembly. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a political subdivision of the State which has enacted an ordinance providing for public financing of elections shall be permitted to make contributions in an amount authorized by such ordinance for campaign expenditures authorized by §8020 of this Chapter to a candidate committee of a candidate for public office of such political subdivision and the candidate committee shall be permitted to accept such contributions."

Approved April 21, 1992.