Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 409

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 354

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 5, TITLE 17 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEVELOPERS DEDICATING NEW ROADS FOR STATE MAINTENANCE.

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

Section 1. Amend Section 508(c), Chapter 5, Title 17 of the Delaware Code by adding thereto a new subsection (2) as follows:

"A signature from a Department inspector shall be obtained before the Department can accept a road from a developer into the state maintenance system."

Section 2. Further amend Section 508(c), Chapter 5, Title 17 of the

Delaware Code by adding thereto a subsection (3) as follows:

The Department shall inform by letter an officer of the maintenance association, if any, in the development in which the road will be dedicated, that the Department has accepted the road from the developer. The Department

shall send copies of such letter to the State Senator and State

Representative. Such letter shall indicate the acceptance date of the

roadway(s) and an explanation of the state's three—year good faith warranty."

Section 3. Further amend Section 508(c) by renumbering subsection (2) as subsection (4).

Approved July 14, 1994.