Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 80

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 219

AN ACT TO AMEND LAWS OF DELAWARE, VOLUME 66, CHAPTER 291, AS AMENDED, THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CLAYTON, RELATING TO THE POWER OF THE TOWN OF CLAYTON TO IMPOSE AND COLLECT A REALTY TRANSFER TAX.

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 Article IV, Section 4.4 of the Charter by adding a new Sub-Paragraph (d) at the end thereof to read as follows:

"(d) Notwithstanding any statute to the contrary, the Town of Clayton shall have the power by ordinance to impose and collect a tax, to be paid by the transferor or transferee as determined by Council, upon the transfer of real property within the Town not to exceed one per cent (1%) of the value of the real property as represented by the document transferring the property. The provisions of Section 5401 and Section 5403 of Chapter 54, Title 30 of the Delaware Code shall apply with respect to any realty transfer tax imposed by the Town of Clayton pursuant to the authority granted herein. Council of the Town of Clayton may adopt an ordinance or ordinances to provide for the effective administration and regulation of any tax adopted pursuant to the authority conferred herein. If the taxing power and authority granted herein shall be exercised by way of a stamp affixed to a document, the Recorder of Deeds in and for Kent County shall not receive for record documents subject to said tax unless stamps provided by the Town of Clayton are affixed thereto showing payment of the tax."

Approved July 7, 1989.