Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 19

AN ACT TO AMEND VOLUME 56, CHAPTER 292, LAWS OF DELAWARE, BY PROVIDING THAT THE BOARDS OF EDUCATION OF CERTAIN REORGANIZED SCHOOL DISTRICTS MAY LEVY AND COLLECT TAXES AFTER JULY 1, 1969 AT A RATE AUTHORIZED BY REFERENDUM PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1969.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1, Volume 56, Chapter 292, Laws of Delaware, is hereby amended by adding at the end of Section 1010 of Section 6 thereof a new subsection (g) as follows:

(g) Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter the School Board of a reorganized school district which consists of a single component former school district may, during and after the first fiscal year of operation, levy and collect taxes on the basis of a rate of taxation as prescribed by Section 1917 of this Title, which rate of taxation is higher than the rate of taxation specified in subsection (a) of this section, provided such higher rate of taxation has been approved by the voters of the component former school district at a special election held prior to July 1, 1969.

Approved April 6, 1969.