SPONSOR:

Rep. Ewing & Sen. Adams

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

142nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 371

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 237, VOLUME 51, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REINCORPORATE THE TOWN OF BRIDGEVILLE" RELATING TO THE POWER TO RAISE REVENUE AND THE TEN YEAR EXEMPTION FOR PLANTS AND BUSINESSES BROUGHT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TOWN BY REASON OF FUTURE EXTENSIONS OF THE TOWN'S BOUNDARIES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend Section 27, Chapter 237, Volume 51, Laws of Delaware, relating to power to raise revenue, by repealing the second paragraph thereof.

SYNOPSIS

The proposed amendment repeals that portion of Section 27 of the Town Charter of Bridgeville that provided an exemption from taxation by the town of business establishments employing ten (10) or more employees brought within the boundaries of the town by virtue of extensions of the boundaries (annexations). The exemption was for a period of ten (10) years.