DE SB166 | 2015-2016 | 148th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Enrolled on July 1 2015 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-07-01 - Enact w/o Sign by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]
Status: Enrolled on July 1 2015 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-07-01 - Enact w/o Sign by Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [HTML]
Summary
This Act is the first leg of a constitutional amendment that will limit the ability of the State to appropriate Transportation Trust Fund moneys to a purpose other than (1) capital expenditures on the public transportation system, including the road system, grants and allocations for investments in transportation, the transit system, and the support systems for public transportation; (2) payment of the interest and principal on all bonds issued before or after the effective date of this Act and secured by moneys in the Transportation Trust Fund; and (3) other transportation-related purposes, including operating expenses funding the Delaware Department of Transportation, to which moneys in the Transportation Trust Fund are authorized on the effective date of this Act. This Act essentially creates a lock box on the Transportation Trust Fund that can only be opened by the agreement of three-fourths of all the members of each House through a bill separate from an annual budget act, bond and capital improvement act, or grants-in-aid act. Additionally, if moneys in the Transportation Trust Fund cease to be appropriated for a transportation-related purpose, the moneys may not again be appropriated to such purpose except by the agreement of three-fourths of all the members of each House through a bill separate from an annual budget act, bond and capital improvement act, or grants-in-aid act.
Title
An Act Proposing An Amendment To Article Viii Of The Delaware Constitution Relating To The Transportation Trust Fund.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2015-07-01 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 38 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-01 | Senate | Enact w/o Sign by Governor |
| 2015-07-15 | Senate | Enact w/o Sign by Governor |
| 2015-07-01 | House | Passed by House of Representatives. Votes: Passed 38 YES 1 NO 0 NOT VOTING 2 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| 2015-07-01 | House | Necessary rules are suspended in House |
| 2015-07-01 | House | Introduced in House |
| 2015-07-01 | Senate | Passed by Senate. Votes: Passed 21 YES 0 NO 0 NOT VOTING 0 ABSENT 0 VACANT |
| 2015-07-01 | Senate | Necessary rules are suspended in Senate |
| 2015-07-01 | Senate | Introduced in Senate |
