Title 29, State Government

§ 6512. Order or requisition; necessity; form; approval; duplicates. (a) It shall be unlawful for any agency to create any indebtedness or incur any obligation for personal services, work or labor or for property, materials or supplies, except by written, printed or electronic re…

§ 6513. Statement of account. No account or statement of indebtedness for any personal service, work or labor or for property, materials or supplies performed for, or furnished to, any agency shall be valid unless made out on a form prescribed by the Director of the Office of Man…

§ 6514. Method of presenting form of indebtedness; exceptions. (a) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may indicate to every agency the manner and method in which any and every form of indebtedness, including salaries of officers and employees, shall be presented …

§ 6515. Approval of bills or statements of account; voucher or warrant for payment. (a) No money shall be drawn from the Treasury of this State to pay the salaries and expenses of employees of this State, or to defray the expenses of any agency, or for or on account of any contra…

§ 6516. Payment of bills or statements of account. (a) The approval of any bill, invoice or statement by the Secretary of Finance, or the presentation of any payment transaction approved by him or her, shall be considered full authority for the payment of the same by the State Tr…

§ 6517. Secretary of Finance to safeguard and systematize expenditure. The Secretary of Finance may make such requirements as will tend to safeguard or systematize the expenditure of the State’s money; but the Secretary of Finance shall make no requirement that will unnecessarily…

§ 6518. Examination of bills and accounts by Secretary of Finance; grounds for disapproval. (a) The Secretary of Finance shall examine all bills, statements, accounts and demands against the State and the Secretary of Finance may require affidavits that articles have been furnish…

§ 6519. Expenditures not to exceed appropriations. (a) No order or requisition shall be made, nor any engagement entered into, nor shall any expense be incurred by any agency which will result in an expenditure of money in excess of the appropriation made to such agency. No oblig…

§ 6519A. Expenditures to firms that discriminate on basis of sex prohibited. No order or requisition shall be made, nor any engagement entered into, nor shall any expense be incurred by any agency which will result in an expenditure of money to any person or firm that directly or…

§ 6520. Advances to agencies; regulation and security. (a) No greater sum than is necessary to meet expenses then incurred shall be drawn from the Treasury of this State for or on account of any agency. An agency which is authorized to expend any moneys on behalf of this State ma…

§ 6521. Use of unexpended appropriations to meet unpaid requisitions. The Secretary of Finance during the last month of the fiscal year may set aside, from unexpended appropriations, a sum sufficient to pay all bills for which requisitions have been issued in accordance with this…

§ 6522. Disposal of spoiled checks. If a check of the State Treasurer is spoiled and becomes useless, a note of such fact shall be made on the stub thereof and the check shall be cancelled and handed to the Secretary of Finance, who shall file the same with the bills and vouchers…

§ 6523. Accounting of receipts, expenditures and property; access to books and records. The Secretary of Finance shall keep a distinct account, under appropriate heads, of all receipts and expenditures of state moneys. The Secretary of Finance shall keep a like account of all sta…

§ 6524. Statement of property under agency control. Every agency shall furnish the Secretary of Finance annually with a distinct statement of all qualifying property of the State under the control or jurisdiction of the agency, and the cost price of such property. Such statement …

§§ 6525, 6526. Payroll statement; stamping audited vouchers [Repealed]. Repealed by 70 Del. Laws, c. 509, §§ 11, 12, effective July 12, 1996.

§ 6527. Delinquencies to be reported by Secretary of Finance. Upon the discovery of any delinquency in any agency, the Secretary of Finance shall forthwith report the same to the General Assembly, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Attorney General who sh…

§ 6528. Transfer of funds. (a) No transfer of funds from 1 item of account to another on the books of any agency shall be made without the approval of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (b) No transfer of appropriated general funds from 1 item of account to anot…

§ 6529. Control of agency expenditures. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget is hereby empowered and directed to exercise, subject to the approval of the Governor, such control over the monthly and/or quarterly rates of agency expenditures of funds appropriated to …

§ 6530. Other employment costs (fringe benefits). The Secretary of Finance and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall promulgate such budgetary, accounting, funding and reporting rules and regulations as shall be necessary to implement § 6340 of this title.29 D…

§ 6531. Reimbursement for cost of goods and services provided. (a) All state agencies and departments which provide goods and services to any other state agency, state department or to any other governmental agency, person, corporation, partnership or business organization on a r…

§ 6532. Cost-of-living salary supplements [Repealed]. Repealed by 61 Del. Laws, c. 116, § 86(b), effective July 1, 1977.

§ 6533. Limitation on appropriations; advisory benchmark; Budget Stabilization Fund. (a) The following terms, as used in this section, shall be defined as follows: (1) “Appropriation” shall include automatic appropriations and continuing appropriations. An automatic appropriation…

§ 6534. Revenue estimates. (a) The Governor shall submit to all members of the General Assembly and the Controller General an estimate of anticipated General Fund revenues by major categories for the current and next immediate fiscal year. Such report shall be made not later than…

§ 6601. State library policy. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State, as part of its provision for public education, to promote the establishment and development of public library service throughout the State and its political subdivisions.64 Del. Laws, c. 400, § 1;

§ 6601A. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the “Delaware Public Library Construction Assistance Act.”67 Del. Laws, c. 412, § 1;

§ 6601B. Short title [Repealed].71 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 1; repealed by 84 Del. Laws, c. 56, § 1, effective June 28, 2023.;

§ 6601C. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the “Delaware Children’s Internet Protection Act.”74 Del. Laws, c. 414, § 1;

§ 6602. Contracting for library services. (a) In order to encourage the maintenance and development of proper standards, including personnel standards, hours of operation, library materials, collection standards and interlibrary resource sharing, and to provide for the developmen…

§ 6602A. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Library construction” includes, but is not limited to, the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, alteration, remodeling or enlargement of library buildings, the acquisition or installation of apparatus or equipment or the a…

§ 6602B. Definitions [Repealed].71 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 1; repealed by 84 Del. Laws, c. 56, § 1, effective June 28, 2023.;

§ 6602C. Purpose. It is the intent of the General Assembly to establish a cost-effective and efficient way to protect minors who use computers in Delaware public libraries from viewing obscene or pornographic materials on the Internet.74 Del. Laws, c. 414, § 1;

§ 6603. Limitation on expenditures. (a) In no case shall the Division pay, for the services received, more than was expended, exclusive of state and federal aid, by the political subdivision or organization operating the library. (b) If in any year the state appropriations to the…

§ 6603A. Eligibility. Any public library, including privately incorporated public libraries, the Dover Public Library established pursuant to 60 Del. Laws, c. 158 and public library systems established pursuant to Chapter 8 of Title 9 may be eligible for state assistance in libra…

§ 6603B. Eligibility for Library Improvement Grants [Repealed].71 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 1; 79 Del. Laws, c. 78, § 120; repealed by 84 Del. Laws, c. 56, § 1, effective June 28, 2023.;

§ 6603C. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Inappropriate materials” means visual depictions which are obscene; (2) “Minor” means an individual under the age of 18; and (3) “Obscene” has the meaning defined in § 1364 of Title 11.74 Del. Laws, c. 414, § 1;

§ 6604. Requirements for contracting with Division. (a) Public libraries or public library systems contracting with the Division must meet, or provide evidence of attempting to meet, minimum standards of operations as established by the Division and approved by the Council. The D…

§ 6604A. Review of proposals. The Department of State, upon receipt of a request for state assistance under this chapter, shall refer each proposal to the Division of Libraries and the Delaware Council on Libraries for their comments. The Division of Libraries and the Delaware Co…

§ 6604B. Standards of eligibility [Repealed].71 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 1; repealed by 84 Del. Laws, c. 56, § 1, effective June 28, 2023.;

§ 6604C. Application. (a) This chapter applies to libraries in this State which are open to the public and which receive funding from the State or from a county or municipality of the State. It does not apply to the libraries of the University of Delaware, Delaware State Universi…

§ 6605. Standards of eligibility; reports on operation. The Division shall establish and publish the procedure under which public libraries and public library systems may be eligible to contract with the State and may require reports on the operation of all libraries with which i…

§ 6605A. Expenditure of funds. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, as part of the annual capital budget responsibilities set forth in § 6342 of this title, shall insure that the State share and non-state share on all projects funded under this chapter are expende…

§ 6605B. Review and recommendation of proposals [Repealed].71 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 74, § 128; repealed by 84 Del. Laws, c. 56, § 1, effective June 28, 2023.;

§ 6605C. Adoption of acceptable use policies. (a) A library subject to the provisions of this chapter shall establish and enforce a policy with respect to the acceptable use of its computers for Internet access. The acceptable use policy shall prohibit the use of a library’s comp…

§ 6606A. Retroactivity. Any library construction project certified by the Delaware Division of Libraries and the Delaware Council on Libraries may proceed with planning, design and other construction expenditures using local funds and any state assistance may be applied retroacti…

§ 6606B. Expenditure of funds [Repealed].71 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 1; repealed by 84 Del. Laws, c. 56, § 1, effective June 28, 2023.;

§ 6606C. Development of databases [Repealed]. Repealed by 77 Del. Laws, c. 298, § 3, effective 90 days after enactment, per § 4 of that act. The act was signed by the Governor on June 15, 2010, and became effective Sept. 13, 2010.