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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DOVER TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO LEVY AND COLLECTION OF SPECIAL AD VALOREM TAXES, SPECIAL TAXES, AND AD VALOREM TAXES IN CONNECTION WITH A MUNICIPAL TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AND A MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS FINANCING."
description: "This Act amends the Charter of the City of Dover to allow the City Council of Dover to levy and collect special ad valorem taxes, special taxes, and ad valorem taxes in amounts it deems necessary for any municipal tax increment financing under the Municipal Tax Increment Financing Act and any municipal development districts under the Municipal Special Development District Financing Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "149"
identifier: "HB 116"
citation: "Delaware HB 116 (149)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian J. Bushweller", "Bruce C. Ennis", "William J. Carson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-29"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df5fca4f-196e-4349-ac19-98fa201aece7"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=25559"
source_hash: "01c9ac9d7adad132f95f801125d4a70177a7d5b7c54d211b5c348a6407de3b15"
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 HB 116 (149) — AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF DOVER TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN MATTERS RELATING TO LEVY AND COLLECTION OF SPECIAL AD VALOREM TAXES, SPECIAL TAXES, AND AD VALOREM TAXES IN CONNECTION WITH A MUNICIPAL TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AND A MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS FINANCING.
This Act amends the Charter of the City of Dover to allow the City Council of Dover to levy and collect special ad valorem taxes, special taxes, and ad valorem taxes in amounts it deems necessary for any municipal tax increment financing under the Municipal Tax Increment Financing Act and any municipal development districts under the Municipal Special Development District Financing Act.
## 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=25559&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB116)
## Votes
- 2/3 — **172** (pass) · upper
- 2/3 — **380** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Brian J. Bushweller — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — primary (person)
- William J. Carson — primary (person)
- Andria L. Bennett — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff N. Spiegelman — cosponsor (person)
- Lyndon D. Yearick — cosponsor (person)
- William R. Outten — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-03-29** Introduced and Assigned to House Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Reported Out of Committee (House Administration) in House with 5 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Passed By House. Votes: 38 YES 3 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-03** Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business & Insurance) in Senate with 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage`
- **2017-05-16** Passed By Senate. Votes: 17 YES 2 NO 1 NOT VOTING 1 ABSENT `passage`
- **2017-05-30** 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/df5fca4f-196e-4349-ac19-98fa201aece7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).