Title 29 — State Government

§ 8401. Establishment of Department. (a) The Department of Transportation is hereby established. The Department, through appropriate divisions, authorities, subdivisions, offices and administrations shall have the power to perform and shall be responsible for the performance of a…

§ 8402. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Authority” or “Transportation Authority” means Delaware Transportation Authority. (2) “Corridor route” means any existing or proposed road in an urban or rural area which is classified as part of the “principal arterial highway s…

§ 8403. Secretary; Deputy Secretary; division directors; Acting Secretary; appointment. (a) (1) The administrator and head of the Department is the Secretary of the Department of Transportation (“Secretary”), who must be a person qualified by training and experience to perform th…

§ 8404. Powers, duties and functions of the Secretary. The Secretary shall have the following powers, duties and functions: (1) To supervise, direct and account for the administration and operation of the Department, its divisions, subdivisions, offices, functions and employees; …

§ 8405. Office of Administration. The Office of Administration is hereby established having powers, duties and functions as follows: (1) The Office of Administration shall have the power to perform and shall be responsible for the performance of all the powers, duties and functio…

§ 8406. Division of Highways. The Division of Highways is hereby established having powers, duties and functions as follows: (1) The Division of Highways shall have the power to perform and shall be responsible for the performance of all the powers, duties and functions heretofor…

§§ 8407, 8408. Transportation Authority — Established; powers and duties; status; Director; Acting Director [Repealed]. Repealed by 62 Del. Laws, c. 164, § 4, effective July 12, 1979.

§ 8409. Council on Transportation. (a) There is hereby established a Council on Transportation. (b) The Council shall serve in an advisory capacity, except as otherwise provided, to the Secretary, the Deputy Secretary, the Transportation Directors and the Governor, and shall do a…

§ 8410. Council on Transportation — Books; records; access; annual report. (a) The Council on Transportation shall have access to all books, records, reports and other documents relating to the divisions and offices of the Delaware Department of Transportation unless otherwise pr…

§ 8411. Exemptions. The following positions and administrations set forth in this chapter shall be exempt from Chapter 59 of this title: (1) Secretary of the Department of Transportation; (2) Director of the Transportation Authority; (3) Director of the Division of Highways; (4) …

§ 8412. Assumption of powers. The Department, through appropriate divisions, subdivisions and offices, shall have the power to perform and shall be responsible for the performance of all the powers, duties and functions vested by law in the State Highway Department and the Depart…

§ 8413. Appeals. Any and all rights of appeal now existing by law with respect to any act or acts constituting the exercise of any function or functions transferred by this chapter to the Department or to any divisions or subdivision thereof shall continue to exist with respect t…

§ 8414. Employees; definitions and references in other laws. (a) All employees of any commission, board, department, council or agency, to the extent that the same are consistent with this chapter and in connection with a function transferred by this chapter to the Department, sh…

§ 8415. Annual report. The Secretary of the Department shall make an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly of the Department’s operations and render such other reports as the Governor or General Assembly may from time to time request or as may be required by law.…

§ 8416. Misnomer of Department in donation. Any misnomer shall not defeat or annul any gift, grant, devise or bequest to the Department if it sufficiently appears by the will, conveyance or other writing that the party making the same intended to pass and convey thereby to the De…

§ 8417. Budgeting and financing. (a) The Secretary, in cooperation with the division directors, shall prepare a proposed budget for the operation of the Department to be submitted for the consideration of the Governor and the General Assembly. The Department shall be operated wit…

§ 8418. Supremacy. All other laws, or parts of laws, now in effect inconsistent with this chapter are hereby repealed, superseded, modified or amended as far as necessary to conform to, and give full force and effect to, this chapter.29 Del. C. 1953, § 8418; 57 Del. Laws, c. 671,…

§ 8419. Transportation priority planning. The Department of Transportation, with Council approval, shall: (1) Establish a method of determining current needs and costs of the entire multi-modal transportation requirements in the State which will be utilized in allocating capital …

§ 8420. Division of Motor Vehicles. The Division of Motor Vehicles is established and shall be responsible for the performance of all the powers, duties and functions heretofore vested in: (1) The State Highway Department, the State Highway Commission, the Motor Vehicle Departmen…

§ 8421. Community Transportation Fund reporting requirement. (a) Beginning on January 1, 2021, the Secretary shall publish on the Department’s website the transaction history for funds allocated to each member of the General Assembly under the Community Transportation Fund, separ…

§ 8422. Transportation Infrastructure Investment Fund; Fund Council. (a) The Transportation Infrastructure Investment Fund (Fund) is established to provide economic assistance for renovation, construction, or any other type of improvements to roads and related transportation infr…