republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-198.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE TOWN CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CLAYTON.	This Act is a comprehensive amendment of the Town Charter for the Town of Clayton. It sets forth detailed basis for removal from office of Mayor and Town Council and process for filling any vacancies on Town Council. The Amendment allows the Mayor and members of Town Council to participate and vote in Council meetings by remote electronic means, when unavoidable circumstances prohibit in person attendance, so long as all members can hear and speak with one another. The Act allows the Town to borrow up to an amount not to exceed 20% of the assessed value of assessable and taxable real property within the Town limits. The Act also allows the Town to purchase general obligation bonds not to exceed 20% of the assessed value of all real estate subject to taxation within the Town. The Act establishes the Town’s power to regulate orderly growth and development including subdivisions and site plans and procedures for securing financial guarantees to ensure satisfactory completion of new land development. The Act also allows the Town to adopt the assessment of Kent County in lieu of making its own independent assessment and valuation for purposes of levying town taxes. The Act specifies the Town Manager is the Town Tax Collector. The Act allows the Council, by ordinance, to impose impact fees and the purpose for such impact fees. The Act specifies the duties of the Police Chief and Town Manager. The Act specifies all appointments and promotions of Town employees shall be under the direction of the Mayor and the Town Council including hiring, termination, promotion or discipline of all employees. The Act specifies use of Town money by Town Council. The Act sets forth new election procedures, including voter qualifications, voter registration, and conduct of elections for Town elections.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 198	Delaware HB 198 (152)	bill		enacted	Peter C. Schwartzkopf William J. Carson	1	8	2	2023-06-08	2023-10-13	openstates	ocd-bill/d8af648c-1dce-4e76-93a3-7c6589378ce5	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=140560	d48619bebd1974dae3a3d0b57561b706b058b3a3c3ee558247a9fe3773146bd7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 198 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE TOWN CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF CLAYTON.

This Act is a comprehensive amendment of the Town Charter for the Town of Clayton. It sets forth detailed basis for removal from office of Mayor and Town Council and process for filling any vacancies on Town Council. The Amendment allows the Mayor and members of Town Council to participate and vote in Council meetings by remote electronic means, when unavoidable circumstances prohibit in person attendance, so long as all members can hear and speak with one another. The Act allows the Town to borrow up to an amount not to exceed 20% of the assessed value of assessable and taxable real property within the Town limits. The Act also allows the Town to purchase general obligation bonds not to exceed 20% of the assessed value of all real estate subject to taxation within the Town. The Act establishes the Town’s power to regulate orderly growth and development including subdivisions and site plans and procedures for securing financial guarantees to ensure satisfactory completion of new land development. The Act also allows the Town to adopt the assessment of Kent County in lieu of making its own independent assessment and valuation for purposes of levying town taxes. The Act specifies the Town Manager is the Town Tax Collector. The Act allows the Council, by ordinance, to impose impact fees and the purpose for such impact fees. The Act specifies the duties of the Police Chief and Town Manager. The Act specifies all appointments and promotions of Town employees shall be under the direction of the Mayor and the Town Council including hiring, termination, promotion or discipline of all employees. The Act specifies use of Town money by Town Council. The Act sets forth new election procedures, including voter qualifications, voter registration, and conduct of elections for Town elections.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 38–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 20–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Peter C. Schwartzkopf — primary (person)
• William J. Carson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-06-08 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-13 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-15 Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT passage
• 2023-06-15 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-22 Re-Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-06-30 Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-10-13 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8af648c-1dce-4e76-93a3-7c6589378ce5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).