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type: "Bill"
title: "VACATING DEDICATED PARKLAND IDENTIFIED AS TAX PARCEL NO. 19-009.00-011."
description: "This Joint Resolution vacates the parkland dedication for Tax Parcel No. 19-009.00-011 (\"the Property\"), 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 for New Castle County to transfer the Property in accordance with § 1521(e) of Title 9. Due to the Propertys unique location, there are no known current or future public needs or benefits in continuing to restrict the use of the Property as parkland. Currently, the neighboring businesses are using a portion of the Property for parking."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "150"
identifier: "HJR 9"
citation: "Delaware HJR 9 (150)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Delcollo", "John L. Mitchell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-06-25"
last_action: "2020-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f353b155-97c1-42a4-9d76-97aafc41f007"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=47822"
source_hash: "8746db4226758a5937115512276cb72da98ba4fdef149286cc95f3d17220179c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---
# Delaware HJR 9 (150) — VACATING DEDICATED PARKLAND IDENTIFIED AS TAX PARCEL NO. 19-009.00-011.
This Joint Resolution vacates the parkland dedication for Tax Parcel No. 19-009.00-011 ("the Property"), 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 for New Castle County to transfer the Property in accordance with § 1521(e) of Title 9. Due to the Propertys unique location, there are no known current or future public needs or benefits in continuing to restrict the use of the Property as parkland. Currently, the neighboring businesses are using a portion of the Property for parking.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=47822&legislationTypeId=4&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HJR9)
## Votes
- SM — **200** (pass) · upper
- SM — **410** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Anthony Delcollo — primary (person)
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f353b155-97c1-42a4-9d76-97aafc41f007`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).