republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/150/hjr-8.md

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Bill	VACATING DEDICATED PARKLAND ± .31 ACRES OF TAX PARCEL NO. 07-039.30-002.	This Joint Resolution vacates the parkland dedication for ± .31 acres of Tax Parcel No. 07-039.30-002 (“the Property”), as depicted in the exhibit that accompanies this Joint Resolution, thereby removing the restrictions on permitted uses for public parks, held in public trust as provided in the common law, including the restrictions under Anderson v. Mayor and Council of Wilmington, 137 A.2d 521 (Del. Ch. 1958) and Lord v. City of Wilmington, 332 A.2d 414 (Del. Ch. 1975), aff'd, 378 A.3d 635 (Del. 1977). The removal of the parkland dedication allows New Castle County to transfer the Property in accordance with §1521(e) of Title 9. Due to the Property’s unique location, there are no known current or future public needs or benefits in continuing to restrict the use of the Property as dedicated parkland. A significant amount of illegal dumping occurs on the Property, negatively impacting the surrounding community.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	150	HJR 8	Delaware HJR 8 (150)	joint resolution		enacted	John L. Mitchell	1	7	2	2019-06-25	2020-02-10	openstates	ocd-bill/8e328e91-892b-4713-9fce-1c8df475f81f	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47821	ab26bb60c94531ca7325350b348d892a7ebe3794eeb9f69ed01b774346212669	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HJR 8 (150) — VACATING DEDICATED PARKLAND ± .31 ACRES OF TAX PARCEL NO. 07-039.30-002.

This Joint Resolution vacates the parkland dedication for ± .31 acres of Tax Parcel No. 07-039.30-002 (“the Property”), as depicted in the exhibit that accompanies this Joint Resolution, thereby removing the restrictions on permitted uses for public parks, held in public trust as provided in the common law, including the restrictions under Anderson v. Mayor and Council of Wilmington, 137 A.2d 521 (Del. Ch. 1958) and Lord v. City of Wilmington, 332 A.2d 414 (Del. Ch. 1975), aff'd, 378 A.3d 635 (Del. 1977). The removal of the parkland dedication allows New Castle County to transfer the Property in accordance with §1521(e) of Title 9. Due to the Property’s unique location, there are no known current or future public needs or benefits in continuing to restrict the use of the Property as dedicated parkland. A significant amount of illegal dumping occurs on the Property, negatively impacting the surrounding community.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SM — 20–0 (pass) · upper
• SM — 41–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John L. Mitchell — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-06-25 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2019-06-26 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2019-06-30 Passed By House. Votes: 41 YES passage
• 2019-12-19 Assigned to Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2020-01-22 Reported Out of Committee (Elections, Govt. & Community Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2020-01-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2020-02-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e328e91-892b-4713-9fce-1c8df475f81f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).