CHAPTER 111
FORMERLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 302
AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS-IN-AID FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2004; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2004 APPROPRIATIONS ACT; AND AMENDING CERTAIN PERTINENT STATUTORY PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Three-fourths of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):
Section Funds are hereby appropriated to the following grants-in-aid in the amounts listed:
Accounting Code
Organization/Description
Amount
(35-05-10) Office of Director – Division of Public Health
Adolescent Program $ 688,977
(35-05-30) Emergency Medical Services
Paramedic Program Operations $ 10,255,657
Accounting Code
Organization/Description Amount
(35-14-01) Services for Aging & Adults with Physical Disabilities
Senior Center
Absolom Jones Senior Center $ 181,150
Brandywine Senior Center 210,179
Bridgeville Senior Center 114,335
Cape Henlopen Senior Center 176,670
Chesapeake and Delaware Senior Center 123,749
Clarence Fraim Senior Center of Delaware, Inc. 173,684
Claymore Senior Center 208,256
Cornerstone Senior & Elder Care Center, Inc. 97,920
DeLaWarr Senior Center 211,179
Frederica Adult Center, Inc. 167,663
Georgetown CHEER Center 74,020
Graham Senior Center., Inc. 110,929
Greenwood CHEER Senior Center 84,811
Harrington Senior Center, Inc. 97,679
Harvest Years Senior Center, Inc. 85,655
Howard J. Weston Community & Senior Center, Inc. 342,877
Huling Cove CHEER Center 163,899
Indian River Senior Center, Inc. 137,428
Jewish Community Center, Senior Center 108,948
Jimmy Jenkins Senior Center 89,806
Laurel Senior Center, Inc. 204,528
Lewes Senior Citizens Center, Inc. 75,603
Lillian Smith Senior Center 65,528
Los Abuelos Center 52,535
M.O.T. Senior Citizen Center, Inc. 210,444
Mamie A. Warren Maturity Center, Inc. 165,706
Mid-County Senior Center, Inc. 212,177
Milford Senior Center, Inc. 151,438
The Modern Maturity Center, Inc. 354,667
Nanticoke Senior Center, Inc. 178,533
New Castle Senior Center 126,222
Newark Senior Center, Inc. 281,138
Oak Grove Senior Center, Inc. 207,315
Oak Orchard CHEER Center 112,567
Ocean View Leisure Center 82,281
Peoples Settlement - Senior Citizens Program 77,450
Roxana CHEER Senior Center 84,811
St. Anthony's Senior Center 134,153
St. Patrick's Center, Inc. 138,753
St. Peter's Adult Center, Inc. 109,973
The Salvation Army Senior Center 81,427
Sellers Senior Center, Inc. 136,182
Slaughter Neck CHEER Center 84,811
South Wilmington Senior Adult Center 44,707
West Center City Adult Center, Inc. 95,571
Wilmington Senior Center, Inc. 174,630
Total – Senior Centers $ 6,603,987
Department of Safety and Homeland Security
(45-01-01) Office of Secretary - Administration
Local Police Coordination 67,700
Aid to Local Law Enforcement 850,000
Total - Department of Safety and Homeland Security $ 917,700
TOTAL - Section 1 $18,466,321
Section Funds are hereby appropriated to the following grants-in-aid in the amounts listed:
Category/Description Amount
One-Time Items:
AFRAM –African American Festival $ 3,000
Bowers Beach Fire Company – aerial truck 2,869
Claymont Christmas Parade 2,000
Darley Society – Dickens at Christmas 6,000
Delaware Blind Athletes 2,500
First State Critical Incident Stress Management Conference 2,000
Friends of the Milford Museum 6,000
Harrington Fire Company – aerial truck 2,459
Arthritis Foundation Senior Swim 2,000
Sussex County Animal Association 3,400
Total - One-Time Items $32,228
Arts/Historical/Cultural/Tourism
Afro-American Historical Society of DE, Inc. $ 30,090
Associated Community Talents 23,400
Challenge Prog. -Kalmar Nyckel 29,250
Cityfest, Inc. 5,000
Claymont Historical Society, Inc. 9,500
DE Academy of Science--Iron Hill 20,055
DE Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame 8,500
Delaware Agricultural Museum 48,000
Delaware Center for Horticulture 35,000
Delaware Children's Museum 18,000
Delaware City Day Committee 32,100
Delaware Greenways, Inc. 36,000
Delaware Humanities Council 59,160
Delaware Museum of Natural History 16,000
Delaware Nature Society, Inc. 43,260
Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame, Inc 12,000
Delaware State Fair 160,650
Delaware State Police Museum, Inc. 27,500
Duck Creek Historical Society 12,500
First Night Dover, Inc. 12,339
First Night Wilmington, Inc. 15,000
Fort Delaware Society 17,000
Friends of the Claymont Stone School 20,000
Friends Society of Brandywine Park 21,000
Georgetown Historical Society 18,564
Greater Brandywine Village Revitalization 5,600
Greater Harrington Historical Society 21,330
Harrington Parks & Recreation Comm. 12,000
Historic Red Clay Valley, Inc. 21,420
Historical Society of Delaware 85,000
Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 15,500
Milford Historical Society 5,387
Miss Delaware Scholarship Pageant 10,000
Nanticoke Indian Association 16,000
New Castle Historical Society 8,320
New Castle--Separation Day 27,000
New Sweden Center--Kalmar Nyckel 12,000
Old Brandywine Village 11,000
Preservation Delaware 15,000
Preservation Delaware – Revolving Fund 15,000
Quaker Hill Historic Preservation Foundation 8,000
Seaford Historical Society, Inc./Seaford Museum 9,000
Sister Cities of Wilmington 10,000
Smyrna-Clayton Heritage Association 9,000
Sussex County Return Day, Inc. 11,000
WHYY 604,079
WSCL FM Salisbury St. University 20,400
Total - Arts/Historical/Cultural/Tourism $1,681,904
Aging - Other
Boys & Girls Club – Elder Swim $ 87,360
Catholic Charities/HERO 49,868
Creative Grandparenting, Inc. 35,000
Creative Grandparenting - Summer of Respect 110,000
Delaware Senior Olympics 37,000
Generations Home Care-Geriatrics 170,640
Georgetown CHEER Senior Services-Homebound 7,644
Graham Senior Center-Art for Life 2,500
Graham Senior Center-Fit for Life 15,600
Greenwood CHEER Senior Service-Homebound 7,644
Harvest Years Senior Center 13,104
Meals on Wheels Delaware 7,500
Meals on Wheels of Lewes and Rehoboth 60,060
Modern Maturity Center, Inc. - Meals on Wheels 36,400
Modern Maturity Center, Inc. - Wellness 5,000
Nanticoke Senior Center-Homebound Meals 7,644
Nanticoke Senior Center-Physical Fitness 5,734
Newark Senior Center 13,104
Oak Orchard CHEER Senior Services-Homebound 13,104
Roxana CHEER Senior Services-Homebound 13,104
Slaughter Neck CHEER Senior Services-Homebound 13,104
St. Anthony's Community Center, Inc. 52,000
St. Patrick's Center--Grocery Distribution 10,000
Sussex County Senior Services - Home Services 60,060
Sussex County Senior Services – CHEER Mobile Mini Market 14,360
Sussex County Senior Services - Community Center 75,000
Sussex County Senior Services - Fitness Program 15,600
Total - Aging - Other
$938,134
Handicapped/Health/Labor
AIDS Delaware $ 18,000
Adult Special Education Program. Inc. 65,675
AHEDD, Inc.--Dover/Wilmington 64,670
Alliance for the Mentally Ill 77,680
American Cancer Society 44,720
American Diabetes Assoc. 20,000
Arthritis Foundation 32,000
Assoc. for Rights of Citizens with Mental Retardation 14,560
Brain Injury Association of Delaware, Inc. 9,275
Cancer Care Connection 5,000
Career Exploration Program 50,450
Center for Community Education 8,880
Communities Outreach and Prevention Education 5,460
Communities Outreach and Prevention Education - AIDS Prevention 1,000
Connections CSP, Inc 5,740
DE Association for Blind Athletes 8,430
Delaware Association for the Blind 65,360
Delaware Association of Rehabilitation Facilities 3,120
Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition 21,500
DE Breast Cancer Coalition - Dover Center 6,540
Delaware Cancer Pain Initiative, Inc. 10,000
Delaware Chapter Alzheimer's Assn. 19,000
Delaware Elwyn Inc 30,000
Delaware Foundation for Retarded Children 15,000
Delaware HIV Consortium 4,370
Delaware Hospice, Inc. 215,000
DE/MD Paralyzed Veterans, Inc. 46,800
Delaware Special Olympics 32,000
Easter Seals - DE & MD Eastern Shore 125,000
Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware 40,000
First State Project With Industry 3,020
Goodwill Industries of Delaware 9,830
Independent Resources, Inc. 2,860
Institute for Dev. of Human Resources 24,000
Jobs for Delaware Graduates 260,000
Kent-Sussex Industries 90,480
Kinfolk Limited 5,000
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Patient Financial Aid 5,000
Mancus Foundation 50,000
Mary Campbell Center 141,000
Mental Health Association In Delaware 27,770
Ministry of Caring - Dental Office 6,000
National Multiple Sclerosis Society of DE 20,000
Opportunity Center, Inc. 20,000
Parent Information Center of Delaware 9,290
Perinatal Association, Inc. 26,000
Planned Parenthood of DE 10,000
Ronald McDonald House of Delaware 40,000
St. Francis Foundation 7,000
W.E. Tobin Foundation for the Visually Impaired, Inc. 15,000
VSA Arts of DE 1,000
Wellness Community--Delaware 13,760
Westside Health, Inc.--DE Nursing Centers, Inc. 34,400
Westside Health, Inc.--Dental Health 6,500
Wilmington Employment Corps 5,720
Total - Handicapped/Health/Labor $ 1,898,860
Family and Youth Services
Residential Treatment
Aid In Dover, Inc. $ 84,000
Children's Home, Inc. 65,444
Diamond State Youth 134,644
Diamond State Youth - Avalon 5,000
Home for Aged Women--Gilpin Hall 28,000
Independent Living – CareLink Community Support Services 126,776
Independent Living - Outpatient 5,200
Shepherd Place 45,720
Other
Because We Care $ 63,400
Because We Care Residential Facility 6,787
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Delaware 66,525
Boy Scouts of America, Delmarva Council 6,240
Boy Scouts of America, Sussex Council 3,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware, Inc. 125,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware, Inc. 295,000
Boys & Girls Clubs - Building Safer Communities 13,000
Bridgeville Community Action, Inc. 4,440
Camp Barnes, Inc 38,000
Catholic Youth –Organization - Youth Guidance 23,849
Child, Inc. 132,000
Children & Families First 554,000
Christina Educational Endowment 5,200
Delaware Children's Trust Fund 17,887
Delaware Ecumenical Council on Children & Families 4,160
Delaware Futures, Inc. 2,080
Delaware Guidance Service for Child. & Youth 228,800
DE Law Related Education Center 18,720
Delaware Parents Association 22,823
Delaware Volunteer Legal Services 47,800
Diamond State Classic 20,800
Dover Community YMCA 36,118
Family & Workplace (Child Care) Connection 180,000
Grassroots Citizens for Children 10,400
Harrison House Community Programs. Inc. 15,000
Interfaith Housing Delaware, Inc. 21,500
Jewish Family Service of Delaware 56,625
Lenape Indian Tribe of DE 12,000
LPGA Urban Youth Golf Program 68,000
Lutheran Community Services, Inc. 14,791
Lutheran Community Services, Inc.--Life Food Pantries 5,200
NCALL Research, Inc 49,600
New Hope Recreation and Development Center 12,940
Northern Delaware Youth for Christ 14,332
P A L of Delaware 62,400
P A L of Wilmington 5,000
People’s Place II 138,000
Prevent Child Abuse DE 53,399
Slam Dunk to the Beach 78,000
S.O.A.R., Inc. 20,800
Supporting K.I.D.D.S. 19,500
United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware, Inc. 93,000
Volunteers for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention 15,600
Young Life Campaign 3,120
Total - Family and Youth Services $3,179,620
Alcohol/Drug Abuse
1212 Program $ 44,500
Addictions Coalition of Delaware, Inc. 50,000
ANKH, Inc. 26,000
Brandywine Counseling, Inc. 24,000
Catholic Charities - Substance Abuse Services 52,000
City of Dover – Substance Abuse 32,000
Delaware Assoc. for Children of Alcoholics 52,000
Hogar Crea International 12,000
House of Pride 30,000
Kent/Sussex County Counseling Services 14,000
Limen House 60,000
New Castle County Community Partnership, Inc. 12,000
Open Door, Inc 184,915
People's Settlement Assoc. 40,000
SODAT 42,000
Sojourners' Place, Inc. 47,750
YMCA Resource Center, Inc. 72,072
Total - Alcohol/Drug Abuse $795,237
Neighborhood/Community Services
American Red Cross--Emergency/Disaster Services $ 58,000
American Red Cross--Health & Safety 13,000
American Red Cross--Military/Social Services 12,875
American Red Cross--Transportation 18,000
American Red Cross--Youth Disaster Education 10,000
Better Homes of Seaford, Inc 26,000
Brandywine Comm. Resource Council 343,000
Browntown Community Center 8,000
Cab Calloway Foundation 18,035
Canis Lupis Wolf Foundation 1,000
Casa San Francisco 77,250
Churches Take a Corner 4,000
Churches Take a Corner-Back on Track 3,000
Churches Take a Corner- Restoration Through Spiritual Development 3,000
Civil Air Patrol--Cadet Program 24,000
Community Design Center 23,712
Community Legal Aid Society 142,000
CONTACT--Delaware 101,070
CONTACT - DE - SSAAV 11,000
Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation 17,500
Neighborhood/Community Services (continued)
Delaware Center for Justice 16,000
Delaware Chapter--People to People International 6,000
Delaware City--Riverfront Youth Center 33,000
Delaware Coalition for Literacy 7,500
Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council, Inc. 8,000
Delaware Crime Stoppers 21,700
Delaware Housing Coalition 35,000
Delaware Humane Association, Inc. 15,038
Delaware Mentor Program 22,000
DE Rural Water Association 15,000
DE Rural Water Association - Transient Water 3,000
Delaware Safe Kids Coalition 10,000
Delaware Safety Council, Inc. 51,500
Delaware Wrestling Alliance, Inc. 32,700
Delmarva Clergy in Action 8,200
Delmarva Rural Ministries, Inc. 40,273
Delmarva Rural Ministries, Inc - Kent Co. Health Ctr. 18,000
Dover Housing Development 7,000
Eastlawn Area Human Center, Inc. 79,500
Eastside Citizens, Inc. 31,500
Edgemoor Community Center, Inc. 267,000
Elizabeth W. Murphy School, Inc. 19,500
Elsmere Recreation Inc 204,455
F.A.I.T.H. Center 2,000
First Call for Help, Inc. 5,000
First State Community Action 62,000
First State Community Loan Fund 10,000
First State Resource Conservation & Dev. Council 39,000
Food Bank of DE 203,000
Food Bank of DE--Kent/Sussex Counties 32,000
Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Inc. 49,000
Girls, Inc. Youth Development Center 161,000
Girls, Inc. - Jump Start 43,410
Girls, Inc - Project Pride 56,650
Gumboro Community Center 17,000
Hilltop Lutheran Neighborhood Center 123,000
Hockessin Community Center 113,300
Home of the Brave Foundation 8,500
Home of Divine Providence 61,500
Homeward Bound, Inc. 78,589
Housing Opportunity of Northern DE Inc 10,000
Ingleside Homes, Inc. Care Center 19,500
Ingleside Homes, Inc. Care Van 40,000
Interfaith Mission of Sussex County, Inc. 25,750
Inter-Neighborhood Foundation 10,500
Jewish Community Center 18,000
Junior Achievement of Delaware 48,000
Kingswood Community Center 12,000
Knollwood Civic Association, Inc. 33,368
La Esperanza, Inc. 20,000
Latin American Community Center 66,300
Literacy Volunteers of America/Wilmington Library 7,140
Methodist Action Program 53,581
Milford Housing Development Corporation 21,012
Ministry of Caring--Emmanuel Dining Room 85,099
Ministry of Caring--Frances Norton Community Center 15,000
Ministry of Caring--House of Joseph 52,215
Ministry of Caring--House of Joseph II 23,849
Ministry of Caring--I 87,620
Ministry of Caring--II & III 86,254
Ministry of Caring--Job Placement 32,884
Nature Conservancy 10,000
Neighborhood House 91,402
Neighborhood House/M O T Community Action 93,840
New Castle County Crisis Pregnancy Center - 39,398
O.A.Herring Community Services. 102,171
Project Reachout 8,160
Reading Assist Institute 20,000
Richardson Park Community Action 35,000
River's Edge Association 124,496
Rosehill Community Center 264,600
Salvation Army- Booth Social Service Center 133,875
Salvation Army--Kent County 46,275
Salvation Army--Sussex County 8,160
SBM Housing/Gateway House 5,100
Science, Math & Technology Alliance of Delaware, Inc. 27,311
Seamen's Center, Inc. of Wilmington 10,043
Slaughter Neck Community Action Committee 50,000
Southbridge Med. Adv. Council (HJCC) 131,871
Southern Delaware Horse Retirement Assoc. Inc. 3,570
STEHM, Inc. 21,420
Sussex Community Crisis Housing Services 34,700
Sussex Family YMCA 31,256
Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research 40,800
Urban Environmental Center, Inc. 4,080
USO Delaware Inc. 10,914
West End Neighborhood House 60,180
Whatcoat Social Service Agency 87,700
YWCA of New Castle County 314,150
Total - Neighborhood/Community Services $5,509,801
TOTAL - Section 2 $14,035,784
Section (a) There is appropriated to the listed fire companies the following sums to be used for the prevention and extinguishment of fires throughout the State and for the maintenance of apparatus and equipment:
New Castle County
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Co. Newark $ 24,088
Belvedere Volunteer Fire Company Belvedere 24,088
Brandywine Hundred Fire Co. No. 1 Bellefonte 24,088
Christiana Fire Co. Christiana 24,088
Claymont Fire Co. Claymont 24,088
Cranston Heights Fire Co. Cranston Heights 24,088
Delaware City Fire Co. Delaware City 24,088
Elsmere Fire Co. Elsmere 24,088
Five Points Fire Co. No. 1 Richardson Park 24,088
Goodwill Fire Co. No. 1 New Castle 24,088
Hockessin Fire Co. Hockessin 24,088
Holloway Terrace Fire Co. Holloway Terrace 24,088
Mill Creek Fire Co. Marshallton 24,088
Minquadale Fire Co. Minquadale 24,088
Minquas Fire Co. No. 1 Newport 24,088
Odessa Fire Co., Inc. Odessa 24,088
Port Penn Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Port Penn 24,088
Talleyville Fire Co., Inc. Talleyville 24,088
Townsend Fire Co., Inc. Townsend 24,088
Volunteer Hose Co., Inc. Middletown 24,088
Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Wilmington Manor 24,088
Kent County
Bowers Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Bowers $ 24,088
Camden-Wyoming Fire Co. Camden 24,088
Carlisle Fire Co. Milford 24,088
Cheswold Volunteer Fire Co. Cheswold 24,088
Citizens' Hose Co. No. 1, Inc. Smyrna 24,088
Clayton Fire Co. Clayton 24,088
Farmington Volunteer Fire Co. Farmington 24,088
Felton Community Fire Co. Felton 24,088
Frederica Volunteer Fire Co. Frederica 24,088
Harrington Fire Co. Harrington 24,088
Hartly Volunteer Fire Co. Hartly 24,088
Houston Volunteer Fire Co. Houston 24,088
Leipsic Volunteer Fire Co. Leipsic 24,088
Little Creek Volunteer Fire Co. Little Creek 24,088
Magnolia Volunteer Fire Co. Magnolia 24,088
Marydel Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Marydel 24,088
Robbins Hose Co. (Dover Fire Dept.) Dover 24,088
South Bowers Fire Co. South Bowers 24,088
Sussex County
Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Bethany Beach $ 24,088
Blades Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Blades 24,088
Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Co. Bridgeville 24,088
Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Co. Dagsboro 24,088
Delmar Fire Department Delmar 24,088
Ellendale Volunteer Fire Co. Ellendale 24,088
Frankford Volunteer Fire Co. Frankford 24,088
Georgetown Fire Co., Inc. Georgetown 24,088
Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. Greenwood 24,088
Gumboro Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Gumboro 24,088
Indian River Volunteer Fire Co. Indian River 24,088
Laurel Fire Department, Inc. Laurel 24,088
Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 24,088
Millsboro Fire Co. Millsboro 24,088
Millville Volunteer Fire Co. Millville 24,088
Milton Volunteer Fire Co. Milton 24,088
Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Rehoboth Beach 24,088
Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 24,088
Seaford Volunteer Fire Dept., Inc. Seaford 24,088
Selbyville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Selbyville 24,088
Slaughter Beach Memorial Fire Co. Slaughter Beach 24,088
TOTAL $1,445,280
(b) There is appropriated to the listed fire companies the following sums to be used for the maintenance and operation of ambulances in the public service:
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Co. Newark $ 3,300
Blades Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Blades 3,300
Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Co. Bridgeville 3,300
Bowers Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Bowers 3,300
Brandywine Hundred Fire Co., No. 1 Bellefonte 3,300
Camden-Wyoming Fire Co. Camden 3,300
Carlisle Fire Co. Milford 3,300
Cheswold Volunteer Fire Co. Cheswold 3,300
Christiana Fire Co. Christiana 3,300
Claymont Fire Co. Claymont 3,300
Cranston Heights Fire Co. Cranston Heights 3,300
Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Co. Dagsboro 3,300
Delaware City Fire Co. Delaware City 3,300
Delmar Fire Department Delmar 3,300
Ellendale Volunteer Fire Co. Ellendale 3,300
Elsmere Fire Co. Elsmere 3,300
Felton Community Fire Co. Felton 3,300
Five Points Fire Co. No. 1 Richardson Park 3,300
Frankford Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1 Frankford 3,300
Frederica Volunteer Fire Co. Frederica 3,300
Goodwill Fire Co. No. 1 New Castle 3,300
Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. Greenwood 3,300
Gumboro Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Gumboro 3,300
Harrington Fire Co. Harrington 3,300
Hartly Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Hartly 3,300
Hockessin Fire Co. Hockessin 3,300
Holloway Terrace Fire Co. Holloway Terrace 3,300
Laurel Fire Department, Inc. Laurel 3,300
Leipsic Volunteer Fire Co. Leipsic 3,300
Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 3,300
Magnolia Volunteer Fire Co. Magnolia 3,300
Marydel Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Marydel 3,300
Mill Creek Fire Co. Marshallton 3,300
Millsboro Fire Co. Millsboro 3,300
Millville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Millville 3,300
Milton Volunteer Fire Co. Milton 3,300
Minquadale Fire Co. Minquadale 3,300
Minquas Fire Co. No. 1 Newport 3,300
Odessa Fire Co., Inc. Odessa 3,300
Port Penn Volunteer Fire Co. Port Penn 3,300
Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Rehoboth Beach 3,300
Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 3,300
Seaford Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Seaford 3,300
Selbyville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Selbyville 3,300
Slaughter Beach Memorial Fire Co. Slaughter Beach 3,300
Talleyville Fire Co., Inc. Talleyville 3,300
Townsend Fire Company, Inc. Townsend 3,300
Volunteer Hose Co., Inc. Middletown 3,300
Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Wilmington Manor 3,300
TOTAL $161,700
(c) There is appropriated to the listed fire companies the following sums to be used for the maintenance and operation of rescue trucks in the public service:
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Co. Newark $ 3,300
Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Bethany Beach 3,300
Blades Volunteer Fire Co. Blades 3,300
Bowers Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Bowers 3,300
Brandywine Hundred Fire Co. No. 1 Bellefonte 3,300
Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Co. Bridgeville 3,300
Camden-Wyoming Fire Co. Camden 3,300
Carlisle Fire Co. Milford 3,300
Cheswold Volunteer Fire Co. Cheswold 3,300
Christiana Fire Co. Christiana 3,300
Citizens' Hose Co. No. 1, Inc. Smyrna 3,300
Claymont Fire Co. Claymont 3,300
Clayton Fire Co. Clayton 3,300
Cranston Heights Fire Co. Cranston Heights 3,300
Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Co. Dagsboro 3,300
Delaware City Fire Co. Delaware City 3,300
Delmar Fire Department Delmar 3,300
Robbins Hose Co. (Dover Fire Dept.) Dover 3,300
Ellendale Volunteer Fire Co. Ellendale 3,300
Elsmere Fire Co. Elsmere 3,300
Farmington Volunteer Fire Co. Farmington 3,300
Felton Community Fire Co. Felton 3,300
Five Points Fire Co. No. 1 Richardson Park 3,300
Frederica Volunteer Fire Co. Frederica 3,300
Georgetown Fire Co. Georgetown 3,300
Goodwill Fire Co. No. 1 New Castle 3,300
Greenwood Fire Co. No. 1 Greenwood 3,300
Gumboro Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Gumboro 3,300
Harrington Fire Co. Harrington 3,300
Hartly Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Hartly 3,300
Hockessin Fire Co. Hockessin 3,300
Holloway Terrace Fire Co. Holloway Terrace 3,300
Houston Volunteer Fire Co. Houston 3,300
Indian River Volunteer Fire Co. Indian River 3,300
Laurel Fire Dept., Inc. Laurel 3,300
Leipsic Volunteer Fire Co. Leipsic 3,300
Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 3,300
Little Creek Volunteer Fire Co. Little Creek 3,300
Magnolia Volunteer Fire Co. Magnolia 3,300
Marydel Volunteer Fire Co. Marydel 3,300
Mill Creek Fire Co. Marshallton 3,300
Millsboro Fire Co. Millsboro 3,300
Millville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Millville 3,300
Milton Volunteer Fire Co. Milton 3,300
Minquadale Fire Co. Minquadale 3,300
Minquas Fire Co. No. 1 Newport 3,300
Odessa Fire Co., Inc. Odessa 3,300
Port Penn Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Port Penn 3,300
Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Rehoboth Beach 3,300
Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 3,300
Seaford Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Seaford 3,300
Selbyville Fire Co., Inc. Selbyville 3,300
Slaughter Beach Memorial Fire Co. Slaughter Beach 3,300
South Bowers Fire Co. South Bowers 3,300
Talleyville Fire Co., Inc. Talleyville 3,300
Townsend Fire Co., Inc. Townsend 3,300
Volunteer Hose Co., Inc. Middletown 3,300
Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Wilmington Manor 3,300
TOTAL $191,400
(d) There is appropriated to the listed fire companies the following sums to be used for the maintenance of aerial or platform trucks and for the training of personnel in the techniques of extinguishing high-rise fires throughout Delaware:
New Castle County
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Co. Newark $ 4,919
Brandywine Hundred Fire Co., No. 1 Bellefonte 4,919
Christiana Fire Co. Christiana 4,919
Claymont Fire Co. Claymont 4,919
Delaware City Fire Co. Delaware City 4,919
Elsmere Fire Co. Elsmere 4,919
Five Points Fire Co. No. 1 Richardson Park 4,919
Goodwill Fire Co. No. 1 New Castle 4,919
Hockessin Fire Co. Hockessin 4,919
Mill Creek Fire Co. Marshallton 4,919
Talleyville Fire Co., Inc. Talleyville 4,919
Volunteer Hose Co., Inc. Middletown 4,919
Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Co. Wilmington Manor 4,919
Kent County
Bowers Volunteer Fire Co. Bowers $ 4,919
Carlisle Fire Co. Milford 4,919
Citizens' Hose Co., No. 1, Inc. Smyrna 4,919
Harrington Fire Co. Harrington 4,919
Hartly Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Hartly 4,919
Robbins Hose Co., (Dover Fire Dept.) Dover 4,919
Sussex County
Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Bethany Beach $ 4,919
Delmar Fire Department, Inc. Delmar 4,919
Georgetown Fire Co., Inc. Georgetown 4,919
Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 4,919
Millsboro Fire Co. Millsboro 4,919
Millville Volunteer Fire Co. Millville 4,919
Milton Volunteer Fire Co, Inc. Milton 4,919
Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Rehoboth Beach 4,919
Seaford Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Seaford 4,919
Selbyville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Selbyville 4,919
TOTAL $142,651
(e) There is appropriated to the listed fire companies the following sums to be used for the maintenance and operation of rescue boats in the public service:
Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Bethany Beach $ 2,982
Blades Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Blades 2,982
Delaware City Fire Co. Delaware City 2,982
Goodwill Fire Co. No. 1 New Castle 2,982
Holloway Terrace Fire Co. Holloway Terrace 2,982
Indian River Volunteer Fire Co. Indian River 2,982
Laurel Fire Department, Inc. Laurel 2,982
Leipsic Volunteer Fire Co. Leipsic 2,982
Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 2,982
Little Creek Volunteer Fire Co. Little Creek 2,982
Millville Volunteer Fire Co. Millville 2,982
Milton Volunteer Fire Co. Milton 2,982
Port Penn Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Port Penn 2,982
Rehoboth Volunteer Fire Co., Inc Rehoboth 2,982
Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 2,982
Seaford Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Seaford 2,982
South Bowers Fire Co. South Bowers 2,982
TOTAL $50,694
(f) There is appropriated to the Mayor and Council of Wilmington the following sums to be used for:
(i) The prevention and extinguishment of fires throughout
the City of Wilmington and for the maintenance of the
apparatus and equipment of the 7 fire companies organized
and equipped in the City. $ 168,616
(ii) The maintenance of aerial or platform trucks and for the
training of personnel in the techniques of extinguishing
high-rise fires throughout the City of Wilmington. $ 9,838
(iii) The maintenance and operation of rescue boats in the
public service. $ 2,982
TOTAL $ 181,436
(g) There is appropriated to the listed fire companies the following sums to help level up the insurance premium tax revenues to be used for the maintenance of apparatus and equipment:
Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Bethany Beach $ 31,592
Blades Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Blades 31,592
Bowers Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Bowers 31,592
Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Co. Bridgeville 31,592
Camden-Wyoming Fire Co. Camden 31,592
Carlisle Fire Co. Milford 31,592
Cheswold Volunteer Fire Co. Cheswold 31,592
Citizens' Hose Co. No. 1, Inc. Smyrna 31,592
Clayton Fire Co. Clayton 31,592
Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Co. Dagsboro 31,592
Delmar Fire Department Delmar 31,592
Ellendale Volunteer Fire Co. Ellendale 31,592
Farmington Volunteer Fire Co. Farmington 31,592
Felton Community Fire Co. Felton 31,592
Frankford Volunteer Fire Co. Frankford 31,592
Frederica Volunteer Fire Co. Frederica 31,592
Georgetown Fire Co., Inc. Georgetown 31,592
Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. Greenwood 31,592
Gumboro Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Gumboro 31,592
Harrington Fire Co. Harrington 31,592
Hartly Volunteer Fire Co. Hartly 31,592
Houston Volunteer Fire Co. Houston 31,592
Indian River Volunteer Fire Co. Indian River 31,592
Laurel Fire Department, Inc. Laurel 31,592
Leipsic Volunteer Fire Co. Leipsic 31,592
Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 31,592
Little Creek Volunteer Fire Co. Little Creek 31,592
Magnolia Volunteer Fire Co. Magnolia 31,592
Marydel Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Marydel 31,592
Millsboro Fire Co. Millsboro 31,592
Millville Volunteer Fire Co. Millville 31,592
Milton Volunteer Fire Co. Milton 31,592
Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Rehoboth Beach 31,592
Robbins Hose Co., (Dover Fire Dept.) Dover 31,592
Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 31,592
Seaford Volunteer Fire Dept., Inc. Seaford 31,592
Selbyville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Selbyville 31,592
Slaughter Beach Memorial Fire Co. Slaughter Beach 31,592
South Bowers Fire Co. South Bowers 31,592
TOTAL $1,232,088
(h) (1) There is appropriated to the listed fire companies the following sums to provide Insurance Rebate Equalization for operations of volunteer fire companies:
Kent County
Bowers Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Bowers $ 53,741
Camden-Wyoming Fire Co. Camden 53,741
Carlisle Fire Co. Milford 53,741
Cheswold Volunteer Fire Co. Cheswold 53,741
Citizens' Hose Co. No. 1, Inc. Smyrna 53,741
Clayton Fire Co. Clayton 53,741
Farmington Volunteer Fire Co. Farmington 53,741
Felton Community Fire Co. Felton 53,741
Frederica Volunteer Fire Co. Frederica 53,741
Harrington Fire Co. Harrington 53,741
Hartly Volunteer Fire Co. Hartly 53,741
Houston Volunteer Fire Co. Houston 53,741
Leipsic Volunteer Fire Co. Leipsic 53,741
Little Creek Volunteer Fire Co. Little Creek 53,741
Magnolia Volunteer Fire Co. Magnolia 53,741
Marydel Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Marydel 53,741
Robbins Hose Co. (Dover Fire Dept.) Dover 53,741
South Bowers Fire Co. South Bowers 53,741
Sussex County
Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Bethany Beach $ 53,741
Blades Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Blades 53,741
Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Co. Bridgeville 53,741
Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Co. Dagsboro 53,741
Delmar Fire Department Delmar 53,741
Ellendale Volunteer Fire Co. Ellendale 53,741
Frankford Volunteer Fire Co. Frankford 53,741
Georgetown Fire Co., Inc. Georgetown 53,741
Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. Greenwood 53,741
Gumboro Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Gumboro 53,741
Indian River Volunteer Fire Co. Indian River 53,741
Laurel Fire Department, Inc. Laurel 53,741
Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 53,741
Millsboro Fire Co. Millsboro 53,741
Millville Volunteer Fire Co. Millville 53,741
Milton Volunteer Fire Co. Milton 53,741
Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Rehoboth Beach 53,741
Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 53,741
Seaford Volunteer Fire Dept., Inc. Seaford 53,741
Selbyville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Selbyville 53,741
Slaughter Beach Memorial Fire Co. Slaughter Beach 53,741
TOTAL $2,095,899
(2) For Fiscal Year 2004 a calculation was made to determine the increase that the New Castle County Volunteer Fire Companies received for the insurance premium tax in Calendar Year 2001
versus
Calendar Year 2000. That amount was added to the base allocation to each Volunteer Fire Company in Kent and Sussex Counties. (The base represents $22,401 included in the Fiscal Year 1999 Grant-in-Aid Appropriation Bill.) For each subsequent fiscal year, a similar calculation will be made and if there is an increase from one fiscal year to the next fiscal year, that amount will be added to the $22,401 base to become the amount to be paid for that fiscal year. At no time will the amount for Kent and Sussex Volunteer Fire Companies be less than the base amount of $22,401.
(i) There is hereby appropriated to the listed fire companies the following sums for operation of substations:
New Castle County
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder Co. Newark $ 22,932
Christiana Fire Co. Christiana 22,932
Claymont Fire Co. Claymont 11,466
Mill Creek Fire Department Marshallton 11,466
Odessa Fire Co., Inc. Odessa 11,466
Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Wilmington Manor 11,466
Kent County
Robbins Hose Co. (Dover Fire Dept.) Dover $ 11,466
Sussex County
Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Bethany Beach $ 11,466
Indian River Fire Co. Indian River 11,466
Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 11,466
Rehoboth Fire Volunteer Fire Co. Rehoboth Beach 11,466
Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 11,466
TOTAL $160,524
(j) There is appropriated to the listed organizations the following sums to be used for the operation and maintenance of ambulances in the public service:
American Legion, Kent Post #14 Smyrna $ 3,300
American Legion, Sussex Post #8 Georgetown 3,300
Mid-Sussex Rescue Squad, Inc. Millsboro 3,300
TOTAL $ 9,900
TOTAL - Section 3 $5,671,572
Section (a) Funds are hereby appropriated to the following grants-in-aid in the amounts listed and shall be used to furnish services through a duly selected service officer to Delaware Veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States, their widows and orphans, by providing contact services in Sussex, Kent and New Castle Counties:
American Legion, Department of Delaware $ 41,294
Disabled American Veterans, Department of Delaware 34,405
Paralyzed Veterans of America, Department of Delaware 34,405
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Delaware 41,294
Vietnam Veterans of America, Department of Delaware 34,405
(b) Funds are hereby appropriated to the following grants-in-aid in the amounts listed for operations expenses:
American Legion, Department of Delaware $ 10,041
Disabled American Veterans, Department of Delaware 10,041
Jewish War Veterans of the U.S., Department of Delaware 5,749
Paralyzed Veterans of America, Department of Delaware 8,609
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Delaware 10,041
Vietnam Veterans of America 10,041
(c) Expenses for Memorial Day programs incurred by local Posts in Sussex, Kent and New Castle Counties shall be reimbursed out of operation expenses appropriated in subsection (b) of this Section on vouchers properly submitted to and approved by their representative veterans' organizations.
(d) The sum of $8,116 is hereby appropriated to the American Legion, Department of Delaware, for the bearing of expenses incident to the holding of Boys' State.
(e) The sum of $8,116 is hereby appropriated to the American Legion Auxiliary, Department of Delaware, for the bearing of expenses incident to the holding of Girls' State.
(f) The sum of $3,242 is hereby appropriated to the American Legion, Department of Delaware, for the bearing of expenses incident to the holding of Trooper Youth Week in conjunction with the Delaware State Police.
(g) The funds appropriated by this Section shall be paid to the Finance Officer of the respective veterans' organizations, upon warrants signed by the proper Finance Officer and approved by the Secretary, Department of Finance.
TOTAL - Section 4 $259,799
Section In order to be considered for a Grant-in-Aid Appropriation under Section 1 or Section 2 of this Act, an agency must meet the following criteria:
1. Be an incorporated non-profit (or under the umbrella of a parent organization which is an incorporated, non-profit) for two years prior to receiving funding;
1. Have By-laws that clearly state the purpose of the Corporation and include definition of duties of Board of Directors;
1. Have an active, community-represented, volunteer Board of Directors that sets policies, goals and objectives, and maintains minutes of regularly scheduled meetings and any special meetings;
1. Have programs that are unduplicated by other state supported agencies and satisfy unmet human needs of the community; Have personnel policies including job descriptions and classifications;
1. No agency shall use Grant-in-Aid funds to pay any part of an elected official’s salary or benefits.
1. Have competent executives, competent staffing and reasonable facilities;
1. Practice non-discrimination;
1. Have accounting (budget) procedures and an annual audit;
1. Use funds in accordance with the application;
1. Demonstrate community support;
1. Request funds only for a program, which does not receive, full funding from other sources of revenue.
Section (a) No funds appropriated in this Act shall be expended in a political campaign or for partisan political purposes.
(b) No funds appropriated in this Act may be used to hire lobbyists.
Section The Controller General may from time to time contract for or conduct performance and/or financial audits of any non-state agency for which funds are appropriated in this Act.
Section Funds appropriated in this Act shall not be used by any agency to provide child day care. It is the intent of the General Assembly that no funds will be appropriated in Fiscal Years 2004 and 2005 in grants-in-aid to agencies for the purchase of capital equipment, relocation, rehabilitation, renovation or purchase of buildings. Organizations will not be eligible for consideration of a grant-in-aid appropriation unless they have been incorporated and operating for a two-year period prior to June 30th of the fiscal year in which they apply for funding for the following fiscal year.
Section Paragraph 29 Del. C. (d), Chapter 65, Title 29, Delaware Code, provides that monies appropriated for grants-in-aid in Fiscal Year 2004 shall be paid in quarterly installments. For Fiscal Year 2004, such payments will be made on July 25, October 1, January 1, and April 1. Upon notification by the Chairman of the Joint Finance Committee, the State Treasurer shall be directed to withhold such installment payment(s). An installment payment may be delayed or withheld if the grant-in-aid recipient:
(a) Has not submitted a quarterly statement of expenditures if required to do so;
(b) Expended funds from the grant-in-aid for purposes not intended by the General Assembly;
(c) Expended funds for day care, purchase of capital equipment, relocation, renovation, rehabilitation or purchase of buildings;
d(d) Failure to pay Corporation Franchise Tax; and
e(e) Agency is no longer in operation.
(f) In the case of a senior center closing during the fiscal year, any remaining quarterly payments will be retained in the Office of the Controller General. Disbursements from this account shall be made in consultation with the University of Delaware and with the approval of the co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee.
Section (a) It is the intent of the General Assembly that each Grant-in-Aid recipient shall submit one of the following with its application for a grant award in Fiscal Year 2004:
(i) An audit prepared by a Certified Public Accountant covering the prior full fiscal year of the receiving agency, or
(ii) Balance Sheet reflecting total Assets, Liabilities, and Fund Balances covering the prior fiscal year of the receiving agency; Statements of Support, Revenue and Expenses and Changes in Fund Balances covering the prior fiscal year of the receiving agency; and Statements of Functional Expenses covering the prior fiscal year of the receiving agency.
(b) Fire companies listed in this Act shall submit financial information on the form approved by the State Treasurer, the Budget Director and the Controller General. The listed fire companies are exempt from the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section. Financial forms will be submitted to the State Fire School and they will be responsible for forwarding copies of the forms to the Office of the Controller General.
(c) Recipients of the appropriations for Aid to Local Law Enforcement shall be exempt from the provisions of this Section.
(d) Non-compliance by a Grant-in-Aid recipient with the provisions of this Section shall automatically disqualify the applicant for consideration of a Grant-in-Aid award in Fiscal Year 2004.
(e) For Fiscal Year 2004, it is the legislative intent that a Grant-in-Aid recipient listed in Sections 1 or 2 of this Act shall not be entitled to receive any of the funds appropriated by this Act unless certain financial information has been received by the Office of the Controller General on or before July 25, 2003. Such financial information shall be in the form as defined in Subsection (a)(i) or Subsection (a)(ii) of this Section covering full fiscal year of the receiving agency. If any Grant-in-Aid recipient fails to comply with this Subsection (e) the funds appropriated by this Act to that recipient shall revert to the General Fund of the State.
Section This Act is a supplementary appropriation and the monies appropriated shall be paid by the State Treasurer from General Fund monies not otherwise appropriated. Any funds remaining unexpended or unencumbered by the State Treasurer as of June 30, 2004, shall revert to the General Fund of the State of Delaware.
Section The sums appropriated to the various Senior Centers in Section 1 of this Act shall be made available to the Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities in order to meet the State's matching requirement for federal funds appropriated under the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended. Those senior centers receiving funds under the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, shall present to the Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities a proposal for expenditure of State funds. The proposal submitted to the Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities shall be prepared in accordance with the guidelines established for the administration of programs under the Older Americans Act. To be considered for funding a senior center must meet the criteria established in Section 5. Funding will be determined by the Joint Finance Committee based upon its evaluation and with advice from the University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration.
Section Section 1 of this Act makes an appropriation to the Department of Health & Social Services, Public Health, Emergency Medical Services (35-05-30), for the state component of the operational costs associated with each county's paramedic service for Advanced Life Support. These funds shall be disbursed by Emergency Medical Services on a quarterly basis to counties that operate approved programs.
Emergency Medical Services shall have an audit performed by the State Auditor annually to insure that reimbursement to the counties for the State share of costs was for approved Advanced Life Support Services. Adjustments shall be made to the final quarterly reimbursement based on the audit results.
Section For Fiscal Year 2004, the remaining balance in the Fiscal Year 2003 account (35-05-30-09-77) shall remain as a continuing appropriation and shall not be subject to reversion until June 30, 2004.
Section Appropriations made in Section 1 of this Act to Emergency Medical Services and Aid to Local Law Enforcement shall not be subject to the provisions in Sections 8, 9 and 10. Funds appropriated to Aid to Local Law Enforcement shall not be subject to reversion at the end of the fiscal year if unexpended or unencumbered, but shall be continued for a period of up to three years.
Section For Fiscal Year
2004,
direct paramedic initial training, recertification training and testing for the Statewide paramedic program shall be offered at a single site.
Section (a) The funds appropriated in Section 1 for the Department of Safety and Homeland Security - Aid to Local Law Enforcement shall be allocated according to the formula presently used by the SALLE Committee as revised from time to time. Expenditures from this fund must be approved by the Budget Director and the Controller General.
(b) Local law enforcement agencies may combine their allocations, upon approval of the SALLE Committee, to support a pool arrangement to fund a contiguous area served by more than one local law enforcement agency.
(c) Each local law enforcement agency contracting for an allocation shall, not later than April 1, 2004, report in detail the plan under which such funds are being expended, and any other information requested by the SALLE Committee. The SALLE Committee shall report to the General Assembly of the State of Delaware on or before May 1, 2004, as to the agencies that were awarded grants from these funds, the amount of the grant, and the purpose of the grant.
(d) Copies of the minutes of all regular meetings and any special meetings of the SALLE Committee shall be forwarded in a timely manner to the Office of the Controller General.
Section Section 1 of this Act appropriates funds to Aid to Local Law Enforcement. These funds shall be distributed based on (a) $3,000 to each police agency; (b) any funds in excess of "(a)" based on the ratio of the number of police officers each police agency has to the total number of police in all agencies.
Section
Of the total funds appropriated in Section 1 for the Department of Safety and Homeland Security – Aid to Local Law Enforcement, at least $300,000 must be used for drug enforcement programs.
Section (a) The State Treasurer is authorized to take the necessary steps to make a total payment of the appropriation in Section 2 of this Act at the beginning of the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2004 for the agencies as follows:
Association for the Rights of Citizens with Mental Retardation in Delaware
City of New Castle - Separation Day
Delaware Academy of Science, Inc. - Iron Hill Museum
Delaware Association for Blind Athletes
Camp Barnes, Inc.
Delaware City Day Committee
Harrison House Community Programs, Inc.
Miss Delaware Scholarship Pageant, Inc.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
New Castle Historical Society
Sojourner's Place, Inc.
(b) The State Treasurer is authorized to take the necessary steps to make a total payment of the appropriation in Section 1 of this Act at the beginning of the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2004 for the municipalities which receive $6,000 or less from the line item Aid to Local Law Enforcement.
(c) The State Treasurer is authorized to take the necessary steps to make a total payment of the appropriation to any Grant-in-Aid recipient receiving an amount of $6,000 or less listed in Section 2 of this Act at the beginning of the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2004.
(d) The State Treasurer is authorized to take the necessary steps to make a total payment of the appropriation to fire companies listed in Section 3 of this Act at the beginning of the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2004.
(e) The State Treasurer is authorized to take the necessary steps to make a total payment of the appropriation to organizations funded on a one-time basis in Section 2 of this Act at the beginning of the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2004.
Section Section 2 of this Act makes an appropriation to the Delaware State Fair. Of that amount, $100,000 shall be used for prizes for achievements in agriculture, animal raising and in works of manual training and the domestic arts to be awarded at the annual State Fair and shall be paid by the State Treasurer at the beginning of the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2004. Of the remaining $60,650, $5,000 shall be used for purses on Governor’s Day and the remaining $55,650 shall be paid in quarterly allotments, as provided in Chapter 65, Section 6505 of Title 29, Delaware Code.
Section The appropriation in Section 2 of this Act to Camp Barnes, Inc. shall be used for the purpose of maintaining and operating Camp Barnes for the recreation of deserving youths from throughout the State.
Section Section 2 of this Act appropriates funds to Eastlawn Area Human Services, Inc. None of these funds, nor any Federal, State or Local Government funds, shall be expended for the purchase of television, cable TV and/or radio broadcasting services.
Section Section 2 of this Act appropriates funds to the Delaware State Police Museum, Inc. These funds may not be used for capital/construction costs.
Section For Fiscal Year 2004, the Bridgeville Senior Center shall submit to the Joint Finance Committee on September 15, 2003, December 15, 2003, and March 15, 2004, a report reflecting income and expenditures for the Fiscal Year 2004, and average daily attendance at the senior center or senior center activities.
Section Section 2 of this Act makes an appropriation to the Elsmere Recreation, Inc. Of this amount, $15,000 shall be used to support the Elsmere Boxing Club.
Section Section 2 of this Act makes an appropriation to “Slam Dunk to the Beach” – National Holiday Basketball Invitation. Of that amount, $500 in scholarships shall be made available to each team participating in the annual tournament and who makes application for such scholarships. A separate account shall be maintained for scholarship funds.
Section
Slam Dunk to the Beach shall submit a report of actual scholarships provided during FY 2004 by March 1, 2004 to the Co-Chairs of the Joint Finance Committee and the Controller General.
Section The Delaware Safety Council may not discriminate against similar programs offered by other non-profit or private agencies.
Section Section 2 of this Act makes an appropriation to the Arthritis Foundation. Those funds will be released to the agency contingent upon approval of the Controller General and the co-chairs of the Joint Finance Committee.
Section Amend 16 Del. C. §9814(b) and (c) by striking the numerals “60” and “40” where they appear replacing them with the numeral “50”. Further amend 16 Del. C. §9814(d) by striking the first sentence and deleting the phrase “June 30, 1991”, and replacing it with the phrase “June 30, 2004”, and replacing the numeral “60” after the word “and” with the numeral “50”.
Section It is the intent of the General Assembly that in Fiscal Year 2005 that the state share of the funding for paramedics will be reduced to 40%.
Section Amend 11 Del. C. §4116 by striking the phrase “exceeds $250,000” and by substituting in lieu thereof the phrase “exceeds $500,000”.
Section 34 Amend the Fiscal Year 2004 Appropriations Act (House Bill No. 300 of the 142nd General Assembly) by striking line 38 on page 8 of said bill as it appears in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“Personnel Costs – Salary Shortage $766.5”
Further amend the Fiscal Year 2004 Appropriations Act by re-calculating all sub-totals and totals accordingly.
Section 35 Amend House Joint Resolution No. 14 of the 142nd General Assembly by deleting the amount “$41.8” as it appears on line 12 and inserting the amount “137.1” in lieu thereof.
Section 36 Amend the Fiscal Year 2004 Appropriations Act ( House Bill 300 of the 142nd General Assembly) by striking “2000/01/02” as it appears on line 12 of page 93 and inserting in lieu thereof the following “2000/01/02/03”. Further amend the Fiscal Year 2004 Appropriations Act by adding the following to Section 27(a),“2003 01-08-06-01-50 Contractual”.