republic-os/legislation/us/states/de/152/hb-38.md

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Bill	AN ACT TO AMEND THE TOWN CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MAGNOLIA.	This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Magnolia to update and clarify the authority of the Town to borrow money. Specifically, this Act increases the short-term borrowing limit from $15,000 to $50,000, which borrowings are to be authorized by a majority vote of the Town Council. This Act establishes procedures for the Town Council to borrow up to 15% of the assessed value of real property in the Town pursuant to a super-majority vote of the Town Council following a public hearing on the borrowing. The Town’s long-term debt limit pursuant to the favorable vote of the qualified voters is being increased from 15% to 25% of the total assessed value of real property in the Town. This Act clarifies that the owner of more than one lot in an unfinished subdivision may only vote once in a borrowing referendum. This Act makes various miscellaneous changes to internal references to establish consistency with the changes made herein.	us/states/de	Delaware General Assembly	152	HB 38	Delaware HB 38 (152)	bill		enacted	Charles S Postles Jr. Franklin D. Cooke Kerri Evelyn Harris	2	10	3	2023-01-05	2023-04-12	openstates	ocd-bill/0e84144f-13af-43b5-9086-759d0f937ce6	https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=129905	247c3f67ceef5f2a0f5bbfe4a040bc36266d5a3681a0d67cd7e03a6f6368fa4f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-de

Delaware HB 38 (152) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE TOWN CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF MAGNOLIA.

This Act amends the Charter of the Town of Magnolia to update and clarify the authority of the Town to borrow money. Specifically, this Act increases the short-term borrowing limit from $15,000 to $50,000, which borrowings are to be authorized by a majority vote of the Town Council. This Act establishes procedures for the Town Council to borrow up to 15% of the assessed value of real property in the Town pursuant to a super-majority vote of the Town Council following a public hearing on the borrowing. The Town’s long-term debt limit pursuant to the favorable vote of the qualified voters is being increased from 15% to 25% of the total assessed value of real property in the Town. This Act clarifies that the owner of more than one lot in an unfinished subdivision may only vote once in a borrowing referendum. This Act makes various miscellaneous changes to internal references to establish consistency with the changes made herein.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
2. SA 1 to HB 38 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 2/3 — 40–0 (pass) · lower
• 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
• 2/3 — 37–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Charles S Postles Jr. — primary (person)
• Franklin D. Cooke — primary (person)
• Kerri Evelyn Harris — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-05 Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-01-11 Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-01-12 Passed By House. Votes: 37 YES 4 ABSENT passage
• 2023-01-12 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
• 2023-03-06 Amendment SA 1 to HB 38 - Introduced and Placed With Bill amendment-introduction
• 2023-03-15 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits committee-passage
• 2023-03-29 Amendment SA 1 to HB 38 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES amendment-passage
• 2023-03-29 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
• 2023-03-30 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
• 2023-04-12 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e84144f-13af-43b5-9086-759d0f937ce6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).