Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 309

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 350

AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR CERTAIN GRANTS-AIDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2005; SPECIFYING CERTAIN PROCEDURES, CONDITIONS, AND LIMITATIONS FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS; 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

(1-8-2) Office of the Controller General

JFC/CIP Contingency $ 100,000

(35-05-10) Office of Director – Division of Public Health

Adolescent Program $ 709,646

(35-05-30) Emergency Medical Services

Paramedic Program Operations $9,792,494

(35-14-1) Division of Services for Aging and Adults with Physical Disabilities

Title V Program $ 200,000

(40-5-2) Department of Natural Resources - Division of Fish and Wildlife

Sportsmen Against Hunger Program $ 60,000

Accounting Code Organization/Description Amount

(35-14-01) Services for Aging & Adults with Physical Disabilities

Senior Center

Absolom Jones Senior Center $ 185,061

Brandywine Senior Center 218,016

Bridgeville Senior Center 117,959

Cape Henlopen Senior Center 180,294

Chesapeake and Delaware Senior Center 127,660

Clarence Fraim Senior Center of Delaware, Inc. 176,977

Claymore Senior Center 212,128

Cornerstone Senior & Elder Care Center, Inc. 101,077

DeLaWarr Senior Center 215,090

Frederica Adult Center, Inc. 170,696

Georgetown CHEER Center 77,644

Graham Senior Center., Inc. 113,050

Greenwood CHEER Senior Center 88,435

Harbour Lights Senior Center 171,130

Harrington Senior Center, Inc. 101,151

Harvest Years Senior Center, Inc. 88,688

Howard J. Weston Community & Senior Center, Inc. 354,136

Indian River Senior Center, Inc. 140,428

Jewish Community Center, Senior Center 112,859

Jimmy Jenkins Senior Center 91,348

Laurel Senior Center, Inc. 211,759

Lewes Senior Citizens Center, Inc. 79,227

Lillian Smith Senior Center 67,519

Los Abuelos Center 54,077

M.O.T. Senior Citizen Center, Inc. 214,858

Mamie A. Warren Maturity Center, Inc. 168,739

Mid-County Senior Center, Inc. 220,014

Milford Senior Center, Inc. 157,136

Modern Maturity Center, Inc. 369,654

Nanticoke Senior Center, Inc. 186,180

New Castle Senior Center 130,133

Newark Senior Center, Inc. 296,259

Oak Grove Senior Center, Inc. 211,226

Oak Orchard CHEER Center 116,191

Ocean View Leisure Center 85,905

Peoples Settlement - Senior Citizens Program 79,340

Roxana CHEER Senior Center 88,435

Saint Anthony's Senior Center 138,025

Saint Patrick's Senior Center. 142,394

Saint Peter's Adult Center. 111,515

Salvation Army Senior Center 82,969

Sellers Senior Center, Inc. 140,093

Slaughter Neck CHEER Center 87,811

South Wilmington Senior Adult Center 46,046

West Center City Adult Center, Inc. 97,692

Wilmington Senior Center, Inc. 176,954

Total – Senior Centers $ 6,803,978

Department of Safety and Homeland Security

(45-01-01) Office of Secretary - Administration

Local Police Coordination 69,731

Aid to Local Law Enforcement 600,000

Emergency Illegal Drug Enforcement (EIDE) 350,000

Total - Department of Safety and Homeland Security $ 1,019,731

TOTAL - Section 1 $18,685,849

Section Funds are hereby appropriated to the following grants-in-aid in the amounts listed:

Category/Description Amount

One-Time Items:

Arthritis Foundation – Senior Swim $ 2,060

Children’s Home 1,000

Claymont Community Coalition – Christmas Parade 600

Claymont Historical Society – Hickman Row 1,000

Community Legal Aid 262,950

Delaware Foundation for Science and Math 20,000

Edgemoor Community Center 10,000

Howard J. Weston Senior Center – Adult Day Care 100,000

Laurel Fire Department 3,279

Minquas Fire Department 2,982

Seton Villa 1,000

Total - One-Time Items $404,871

Arts/Historical/Cultural/Tourism

Afro-American Historical Society of Delaware, Inc. $ 30,993

Associated Community Talents 24,102

Bowers Beach Maritime Museum 2,000

Challenge Program -Kalmar Nyckel 30,128

Chinese American Community Center 2,000

Cityfest, Inc. 5,150

Claymont Historical Society, Inc. 9,785

Darley Arts and Historical Society 6,000

Delaware Academy of Science--Iron Hill 25,000

Delaware Afro-American Sports Hall of Fame 8,755

Delaware Agricultural Museum 49,440

Delaware Center for Horticulture 36,050

Delaware Children's Museum 18,540

Delaware City Day Committee 33,063

Delaware College of Art and Design 5,000

Delaware Greenways, Inc. 37,080

Delaware Humanities Council 60,935

Delaware Museum of Natural History 16,480

Delaware Nature Society, Inc. 44,558

Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation 3,000

Delaware Seashore Preservation Foundation 5,000

Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame, Inc 12,360

Delaware State Fair 165,470

Delaware State Police Museum, Inc. 28,325

Duck Creek Historical Society 12,875

First Night Dover, Inc. 12,709

First Night Wilmington, Inc. 15,450

Fort Delaware Society 17,510

Friends of the Claymont Stone School 20,600

Friends of the Milford Museum 4,000

Friends Society of Brandywine Park 23,000

Georgetown Historical Society 19,121

Greater Brandywine Village Revitalization 8,000

Greater Harrington Historical Society 21,970

Harrington Parks and Recreation Committee 12,360

Historic Red Clay Valley, Inc. 22,063

Historical Society of Delaware 87,550

Kalmar Nyckel Foundation 15,965

Milford Historical Society 5,549

Miss Delaware Scholarship Pageant 10,300

Nanticoke Indian Association 18,000

New Castle Historical Society 8,570

New Castle Separation Day 27,810

New Sweden Center--Kalmar Nyckel 12,360

Old Brandywine Village 13,000

Overfalls Maritime Museum 3,000

Preservation Delaware 15,450

Preservation Delaware – Revolving Fund 15,450

Quaker Hill Historic Preservation Foundation 8,240

Seaford Historical Society, Inc./Seaford Museum 9,270

Sister Cities of Wilmington 10,300

Smyrna-Clayton Heritage Association 9,270

Sussex County Return Day, Inc. 15,000

WHYY 622,201

WSCL FM Salisbury St. University 25,400

Total - Arts/Historical/Cultural/Tourism $1,781,557

Aging - Other

Boys & Girls Club – Elder Swim $ 89,981

Bridgeville CHEER 4,000

Catholic Charities/HERO 51,364

Creative Grandparenting, Inc. 36,050

Creative Grandparenting - Summer of Respect 113,300

Creative Grandparenting – Youth Community Builders 4,000

Delaware Senior Olympics 38,110

Generations Home Care-Geriatrics 175,759

Georgetown CHEER Senior Services-Homebound 7,873

Graham Senior Center-Art for Life 2,575

Graham Senior Center-Fit for Life 16,068

Greenwood CHEER Senior Service-Homebound 7,873

Harvest Years Senior Center 13,497

Laurel CHEER 4,000

Meals on Wheels Delaware 7,725

Meals on Wheels of Lewes and Rehoboth 61,862

Modern Maturity Center, Inc. - Meals on Wheels 37,492

Modern Maturity Center, Inc. - Wellness 5,150

Nanticoke Senior Center-Homebound Meals 7,873

Nanticoke Senior Center-Physical Fitness 5,906

Newark Senior Center Meals on Wheels 13,497

Oak Orchard CHEER Senior Services-Homebound 13,497

Roxana CHEER Senior Services-Homebound 13,497

Slaughter Neck CHEER Senior Services-Homebound 13,497

St. Anthony's Community Center, Inc. 53,560

St. Patrick's Center--Grocery Distribution 10,300

Sussex County Senior Services - Home Services 61,862

Sussex County Senior Services – CHEER Mobile Mini Market 14,791

Sussex County Senior Services - Community Center 77,250

Sussex County Senior Services - Fitness Program 16,068

Total - Aging - Other $978,277

Handicapped/Health/Labor

Accolade Alliance $ 2,500

AIDS Delaware 18,540

Adult Special Education Program. Inc. 67,645

AHEDD, Inc.--Dover/Wilmington 66,610

Alliance for the Mentally Ill 80,010

Alzheimer's Association – Delaware Chapter 19,570

American Cancer Society 46,062

American Diabetes Association 20,600

American Lung Association 10,000

Arthritis Foundation 32,960

Association for Rights of Citizens with Mental Retardation 14,997

Brain Injury Association of Delaware, Inc. 9,553

Cancer Care Connection 5,150

Career Exploration Program 51,964

Center for Community Education 9,146

Children & Families First - Resource Mothers 28,000

Communities Outreach and Prevention Education 5,624

Communities Outreach and Prevention Education - AIDS Prevention 2,000

Connections Community Support Programs (CSP) 5,912

Delaware Association for Blind Athletes 8,683

Delaware Association for the Blind 67,321

Delaware Association of Rehabilitation Facilities 3,214

Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition 23,000

Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition - Dover Center 7,000

Delaware Cancer Pain Initiative, Inc. 10,300

Delaware Care Plan 5,000

Delaware Elwyn Inc 40,000

Delaware Foundation for Retarded Children (DFRC) 15,450

Delaware HIV Consortium 4,501

Delaware Hospice, Inc. 221,450

Delaware/Maryland Paralyzed Veterans, Inc. 48,204

Delaware Special Olympics 32,960

Easter Seals - Delaware & Maryland Eastern Shore 128,750

Epilepsy Foundation of Delaware 41,200

Goodwill Industries of Delaware 10,125

Independent Resources, Inc. 2,946

Institute for Development of Human Resources 24,720

Jobs for Delaware Graduates 267,800

Kent-Sussex Industries 92,920

Kinfolk Limited 5,150

Krysti Bingham Cerebral Palsy Foundation 2,000

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Patient Financial Aid 5,150

Mancus Foundation 51,500

Mary Campbell Center 145,230

Mental Health Association In Delaware 28,603

Ministry of Caring - Dental Office 6,180

National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Delaware 20,600

Opportunity Center, Inc. 20,600

Parent Information Center of Delaware 9,569

Peachtree Acres Assisted Living 40,000

Planned Parenthood of Delaware 10,300

Practice Without Pressure 2,500

Ronald McDonald House of Delaware 41,200

Saint Francis Foundation – St. Claire Van 7,210

Salvation Army – Developmental Disabilities Program 4,000

Sickle Cell Disease Association of Delaware 4,000

W.E. Tobin Foundation for the Visually Impaired, Inc. 15,450

VSA Arts of Delaware 1,030

Wellness Community-Delaware 14,173

Westside Health, Inc.--Delaware Nursing Centers, Inc. 35,432

Westside Health, Inc.--Dental Health 6,695

Total - Handicapped/Health/Labor $ 2,028,959

Family and Youth Services

Residential Treatment

Aid In Dover, Inc. $ 86,520

Benedictine School for Exceptional Children 1,000

Children's Home, Inc. 67,628

Diamond State Youth - Camelot 141,376

Diamond State Youth - Avalon 10,000

Gilpin Hall – Home for Aged Women 28,840

CareLink Community Support Services 135,935

Seton Villa 2,500

Shepherd Place 48,006

Other

American Mothers of Delaware $ 4,000

Because We Care – Missing Link 65,302

Because We Care Residential Facility 9,957

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Delaware 68,525

Boy Scouts of America, Delmarva Council 6,427

Boy Scouts of America, Sussex Council 3,100

Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware, Inc. 130,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware, Inc. - Building Safer Communities I 306,800

Boys & Girls Clubs - Building Safer Communities II 13,520

Camp Barnes, Inc 39,520

Catholic Youth Organization - Youth Guidance 24,699

Child, Inc. 137,280

Children & Families First 570,000

Christina Educational Endowment 5,356

Communities in Schools 1,500

Debnam House – After School Mentoring 5,000

Debnam House – Community Center for Children 2,500

Delaware Children's Trust Fund 18,423

Delaware Ecumenical Council on Children & Families 10,000

Delaware Futures, Inc. 3,080

Delaware Guidance Services for Children. & Youth 240,240

Delaware Law Related Education Center 19,281

Delaware Parents Association 23,507

Delaware Volunteer Legal Services 49,234

Diamond State Classic - IAABO 22,464

Dover Community YMCA 37,201

Family & Workplace - Child Care Connection 185,400

Grassroots Citizens for Children 11,400

Harrison House Community Program,. Inc. 16,500

Interfaith Housing Delaware, Inc. 22,145

Jewish Family Service of Delaware 58,890

Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware 12,360

LPGA Urban Youth Golf Program 70,000

Lutheran Community Services, Inc. – Emergency Assistance 15,235

Lutheran Community Services, Inc.-Life Food Pantries 5,356

NCALL Research, Inc 51,088

New Hope Recreation and Development Center 14,940

Northern Delaware Youth for Christ 14,762

Our Youth 10,000

P A L of Delaware 64,896

P A L of Wilmington 10,000

People’s Place II 143,520

Prevent Child Abuse Delaware 53,399

Slam Dunk to the Beach 78,000

S.O.A.R., Inc. 21,424

Supporting K.I.D.D.S. 20,280

United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware, Inc. 97,650

Volunteers for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention 16,224

Wilmington Push Mobile Classic 5,000

Young Life Campaign 3,213

Total - Family and Youth Services $3,340,403

Alcohol/Drug Abuse

1212 Corporation $ 45,835

Addictions Coalition of Delaware, Inc. 65,000

ANKH, Inc. 26,500

Brandywine Counseling, Inc. 24,720

Catholic Charities - Substance Abuse Services 53,560

City of Dover Police Department – Substance Abuse 32,960

Delaware Association for Children of Alcoholics 53,560

Hogar Crea International 12,360

House of Pride 30,900

Kent/Sussex County Counseling Services 14,420

Limen House 61,800

New Castle County Community Partnership, Inc. 12,360

Open Door, Inc 185,892

People's Settlement Assoc. 41,200

SODAT - Delaware 43,260

Sojourners' Place, Inc. 50,000

YMCA Resource Center, Inc. 74,235

Total - Alcohol/Drug Abuse $828,562

Neighborhood/Community Services

American Red Cross--Emergency/Disaster Services $ 59,740

American Red Cross--Health & Safety 13,390

American Red Cross--Military/Social Services 12,500

American Red Cross--Transportation 18,540

American Red Cross--Youth Disaster Education 10,300

Better Homes of Seaford, Inc 28,000

Brandywine Community Resource Council 349,860

Browntown Community Center 10,000

Cab Calloway Foundation 18,576

Casa San Francisco 79,570

Churches Take a Corner – Outpatient Program 4,120

Churches Take a Corner-Back on Track 3,090

Churches Take a Corner- Restoration Through Spiritual Development 3,090

Civil Air Patrol--Cadet Program 25,000

Community Design Center 24,425

Community Legal Aid Society 146,260

CONTACT-Delaware 104,100

CONTACT - Delaware -SSAAV 11,330

Cornerstone West Community Development Corporation 5,000

Delaware Aerospace Education Foundation 19,000

Delaware Center for the Inland Bays 10,000

Delaware Center for Justice 16,480

Delaware City Riverfront Youth 35,000

Delaware Coalition for Literacy 7,725

Delaware Community Reinvestment Action Council, Inc. 8,240

Delaware Crime Stoppers 22,350

Delaware Helpline 10,000

Delaware Housing Coalition 36,050

Delaware Mentor Program 22,660

Delaware Rural Water Association – Non-Transient Water 15,450

Delaware Rural Water Association - Transient Water 3,090

Delaware Safe Kids Coalition 10,300

Delaware Safety Council, Inc. 53,045

Delaware Wrestling Alliance, Inc. 34,000

Delmarva Clergy United in Social Action 8,450

Delmarva Rural Ministries, Inc. 41,480

Delmarva Rural Ministries, Inc - Kent County Health Center 18,540

Dover Housing Development 7,210

Eastlawn Area Human Center, Inc. 85,000

Eastside Citizens, Inc. 32,445

Edgemoor Community Center, Inc. 275,010

Elizabeth W. Murphy School, Inc. 19,500

Elsmere Recreation Inc 210,590

Enterprise Community 5,000

F.A.I.T.H. Center 2,060

Faithful Friends 12,000

First State Community Action 63,860

First State Community Loan Fund 10,300

First State Resource Conservation & Development Council 40,170

Food Bank of Delaware 209,090

Food Bank of Delaware-Kent/Sussex Counties 32,960

Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Inc. 52,000

Girls, Inc. Youth Development Center 165,830

Girls, Inc. - Jump Start 44,710

Girls, Inc - Project Pride 58,000

Gumboro Community Center 17,510

Hilltop Lutheran Neighborhood Center 126,690

Hockessin Community Center 116,700

Home of the Brave Foundation 8,755

Home of Divine Providence – Bayard House 61,500

Homeward Bound, Inc. 81,000

Housing Opportunity of Northern Delaware, Inc 10,300

Ingleside Homes, Inc. Care Van 60,100

Interfaith Mission of Sussex County, Inc. 26,520

Inter-Neighborhood Foundation 10,815

Jewish Community Center 18,540

Junior Achievement of Delaware 49,440

Kingswood Community Center 12,360

Knollwood Civic Association, Inc. 34,370

La Esperanza, Inc. 20,600

Latin American Community Center 68,289

Literacy Volunteers of America/Wilmington Library 7,354

Methodist Action Program 55,188

Milford Housing Development Corporation 21,642

Ministry of Caring--Emmanuel Dining Room 87,652

Ministry of Caring--Frances Norton Community Center 55,000

Ministry of Caring--House of Joseph I 53,781

Ministry of Caring--House of Joseph II 24,564

Ministry of Caring- Mary Mother of Hope House I 90,249

Ministry of Caring—Mary Mother of Hope House II & III 88,842

Ministry of Caring--Job Placement 33,871

Nature Conservancy 10,300

Neighborhood House 94,144

Neighborhood House-Southern New Castle County 96,655

Newark Area Welfare Committee 5,000

New Castle County Crisis Pregnancy Center 40,580

O.A.Herring Community Services 105,236

People to People International - Delaware Chapter 6,180

Project Reachout 8,405

Reading Assist Institute 25,000

Richardson Park Community Action 36,050

River's Edge Association 128,231

Rosehill Community Center 272,538

Salvation Army- Booth Social Service Center 137,891

Salvation Army--Kent County Crisis Alleviation 47,663

Salvation Army--Sussex County Crisis Alleviation 8,405

SBM Housing/Gateway House 5,253

Seamen's Center, Inc. of Wilmington 10,344

Slaughter Neck Community Action Committee 51,500

Southbridge Medical Advisory Council Henrietta Johnson Community Center 135,827

Southern Delaware Horse Retirement Association, Inc. 3,677

STEHM, Inc. 22,063

Sussex Community Crisis Housing Services 35,741

Sussex Family YMCA 32,194

Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research 42,024

Urban Environmental Center, Inc. 4,202

USO Delaware Inc. 11,241

West End Neighborhood House 61,985

Whatcoat Social Service Agency 90,331

YWCA of New Castle County 323,575

Total - Neighborhood/Community Services $5,718,353

TOTAL - Section 2 $15,080,982

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 $ 24,811

Belvedere Volunteer Fire Company Belvedere 24,811

Brandywine Hundred Fire Co. No. 1 Bellefonte 24,811

Christiana Fire Co. Christiana 24,811

Claymont Fire Co. Claymont 24,811

Cranston Heights Fire Co. Cranston Heights 24,811

Delaware City Fire Co. Delaware City 24,811

Elsmere Fire Co. Elsmere 24,811

Five Points Fire Co. No. 1 Richardson Park 24,811

Goodwill Fire Co. No. 1 New Castle 24,811

Hockessin Fire Co. Hockessin 24,811

Holloway Terrace Fire Co. Holloway Terrace 24,811

Mill Creek Fire Co. Marshallton 24,811

Minquadale Fire Co. Minquadale 24,811

Minquas Fire Co. No. 1 Newport 24,811

Odessa Fire Co., Inc. Odessa 24,811

Port Penn Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Port Penn 24,811

Talleyville Fire Co., Inc. Talleyville 24,811

Townsend Fire Co., Inc. Townsend 24,811

Volunteer Hose Co., Inc. Middletown 24,811

Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Wilmington Manor 24,811

Kent County

Bowers Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Bowers $ 24,811

Camden-Wyoming Fire Co. Camden 24,811

Carlisle Fire Co. Milford 24,811

Cheswold Volunteer Fire Co. Cheswold 24,811

Citizens' Hose Co. No. 1, Inc. Smyrna 24,811

Clayton Fire Co. Clayton 24,811

Farmington Volunteer Fire Co. Farmington 24,811

Felton Community Fire Co. Felton 24,811

Frederica Volunteer Fire Co. Frederica 24,811

Harrington Fire Co. Harrington 24,811

Hartly Volunteer Fire Co. Hartly 24,811

Houston Volunteer Fire Co. Houston 24,811

Leipsic Volunteer Fire Co. Leipsic 24,811

Little Creek Volunteer Fire Co. Little Creek 24,811

Magnolia Volunteer Fire Co. Magnolia 24,811

Marydel Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Marydel 24,811

Robbins Hose Co. Dover 24,811

South Bowers Fire Co. South Bowers 24,811

Sussex County

Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Bethany Beach $ 24,811

Blades Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Blades 24,811

Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Co. Bridgeville 24,811

Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Co. Dagsboro 24,811

Delmar Fire Department Delmar 24,811

Ellendale Volunteer Fire Co. Ellendale 24,811

Frankford Volunteer Fire Co. Frankford 24,811

Georgetown Fire Co., Inc. Georgetown 24,811

Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. Greenwood 24,811

Gumboro Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Gumboro 24,811

Indian River Volunteer Fire Co. Indian River 24,811

Laurel Fire Department, Inc. Laurel 24,811

Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 24,811

Millsboro Fire Co. Millsboro 24,811

Millville Volunteer Fire Co. Millville 24,811

Milton Volunteer Fire Co. Milton 24,811

Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Rehoboth Beach 24,811

Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 24,811

Seaford Volunteer Fire Dept., Inc. Seaford 24,811

Selbyville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Selbyville 24,811

Slaughter Beach Memorial Fire Co. Slaughter Beach 24,811

TOTAL $1,488,660

(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 $ 3,399

Blades Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Blades 3,399

Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Co. Bridgeville 3,399

Bowers Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Bowers 3,399

Brandywine Hundred Fire Co., No. 1 Bellefonte 3,399

Camden-Wyoming Fire Co. Camden 3,399

Carlisle Fire Co. Milford 3,399

Cheswold Volunteer Fire Co. Cheswold 3,399

Christiana Fire Co. Christiana 3,399

Claymont Fire Co. Claymont 3,399

Cranston Heights Fire Co. Cranston Heights 3,399

Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Co. Dagsboro 3,399

Delaware City Fire Co. Delaware City 3,399

Delmar Fire Department Delmar 3,399

Ellendale Volunteer Fire Co. Ellendale 3,399

Elsmere Fire Co. Elsmere 3,399

Felton Community Fire Co. Felton 3,399

Five Points Fire Co. No. 1 Richardson Park 3,399

Frankford Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1 Frankford 3,399

Frederica Volunteer Fire Co. Frederica 3,399

Goodwill Fire Co. No. 1 New Castle 3,399

Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. Greenwood 3,399

Gumboro Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Gumboro 3,399

Harrington Fire Co. Harrington 3,399

Hartly Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Hartly 3,399

Hockessin Fire Co. Hockessin 3,399

Holloway Terrace Fire Co. Holloway Terrace 3,399

Laurel Fire Department, Inc. Laurel 3,399

Leipsic Volunteer Fire Co. Leipsic 3,399

Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 3,399

Magnolia Volunteer Fire Co. Magnolia 3,399

Marydel Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Marydel 3,399

Mill Creek Fire Co. Marshallton 3,399

Millsboro Fire Co. Millsboro 3,399

Millville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Millville 3,399

Milton Volunteer Fire Co. Milton 3,399

Minquadale Fire Co. Minquadale 3,399

Minquas Fire Co. No. 1 Newport 3,399

Odessa Fire Co., Inc. Odessa 3,399

Port Penn Volunteer Fire Co. Port Penn 3,399

Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Rehoboth Beach 3,399

Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 3,399

Seaford Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Seaford 3,399

Selbyville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Selbyville 3,399

Slaughter Beach Memorial Fire Co. Slaughter Beach 3,399

Talleyville Fire Co., Inc. Talleyville 3,399

Townsend Fire Company, Inc. Townsend 3,399

Volunteer Hose Co., Inc. Middletown 3,399

Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Wilmington Manor 3,399

TOTAL $166,551

(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 $ 3,399

Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Bethany Beach 3,399

Blades Volunteer Fire Co. Blades 3,399

Bowers Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Bowers 3,399

Brandywine Hundred Fire Co. No. 1 Bellefonte 3,399

Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Co. Bridgeville 3,399

Camden-Wyoming Fire Co. Camden 3,399

Carlisle Fire Co. Milford 3,399

Cheswold Volunteer Fire Co. Cheswold 3,399

Christiana Fire Co. Christiana 3,399

Citizens' Hose Co. No. 1, Inc. Smyrna 3,399

Claymont Fire Co. Claymont 3,399

Clayton Fire Co. Clayton 3,399

Cranston Heights Fire Co. Cranston Heights 3,399

Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Co. Dagsboro 3,399

Delaware City Fire Co. Delaware City 3,399

Delmar Fire Department Delmar 3,399

Robbins Hose Co. Dover 3,399

Ellendale Volunteer Fire Co. Ellendale 3,399

Elsmere Fire Co. Elsmere 3,399

Farmington Volunteer Fire Co. Farmington 3,399

Felton Community Fire Co. Felton 3,399

Five Points Fire Co. No. 1 Richardson Park 3,399

Frederica Volunteer Fire Co. Frederica 3,399

Georgetown Fire Co. Georgetown 3,399

Goodwill Fire Co. No. 1 New Castle 3,399

Greenwood Fire Co. No. 1 Greenwood 3,399

Gumboro Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Gumboro 3,399

Harrington Fire Co. Harrington 3,399

Hartly Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Hartly 3,399

Hockessin Fire Co. Hockessin 3,399

Holloway Terrace Fire Co. Holloway Terrace 3,399

Houston Volunteer Fire Co. Houston 3,399

Indian River Volunteer Fire Co. Indian River 3,399

Laurel Fire Dept., Inc. Laurel 3,399

Leipsic Volunteer Fire Co. Leipsic 3,399

Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 3,399

Little Creek Volunteer Fire Co. Little Creek 3,399

Magnolia Volunteer Fire Co. Magnolia 3,399

Marydel Volunteer Fire Co. Marydel 3,399

Mill Creek Fire Co. Marshallton 3,399

Millsboro Fire Co. Millsboro 3,399

Millville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Millville 3,399

Milton Volunteer Fire Co. Milton 3,399

Minquadale Fire Co. Minquadale 3,399

Minquas Fire Co. No. 1 Newport 3,399

Odessa Fire Co., Inc. Odessa 3,399

Port Penn Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Port Penn 3,399

Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Rehoboth Beach 3,399

Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 3,399

Seaford Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. Seaford 3,399

Selbyville Fire Co., Inc. Selbyville 3,399

Slaughter Beach Memorial Fire Co. Slaughter Beach 3,399

South Bowers Fire Co. South Bowers 3,399

Talleyville Fire Co., Inc. Talleyville 3,399

Townsend Fire Co., Inc. Townsend 3,399

Volunteer Hose Co., Inc. Middletown 3,399

Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Wilmington Manor 3,399

TOTAL $197,142

(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 $ 5,067

Brandywine Hundred Fire Co., No. 1 Bellefonte 5,067

Christiana Fire Co. Christiana 5,067

Claymont Fire Co. Claymont 5,067

Delaware City Fire Co. Delaware City 5,067

Elsmere Fire Co. Elsmere 5,067

Five Points Fire Co. No. 1 Richardson Park 5,067

Goodwill Fire Co. No. 1 New Castle 5,067

Hockessin Fire Co. Hockessin 5,067

Mill Creek Fire Co. Marshallton 5,067

Talleyville Fire Co., Inc. Talleyville 5,067

Volunteer Hose Co., Inc. Middletown 5,067

Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Co. Wilmington Manor 5,067

Kent County

Bowers Volunteer Fire Co. Bowers $ 5,067

Carlisle Fire Co. Milford 5,067

Citizens' Hose Co., No. 1, Inc. Smyrna 5,067

Harrington Fire Co. Harrington 5,067

Hartly Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Hartly 5,067

Robbins Hose Co. Dover 5,067

Sussex County

Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Bethany Beach $ 5,067

Delmar Fire Department, Inc. Delmar 5,067

Georgetown Fire Co., Inc. Georgetown 5,067

Laurel Fire Volunteer Fire Department Laurel 5,067

Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 5,067

Millsboro Fire Co. Millsboro 5,067

Millville Volunteer Fire Co. Millville 5,067

Milton Volunteer Fire Co, Inc. Milton 5,067

Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Rehoboth Beach 5,067

Seaford Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Seaford 5,067

Selbyville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Selbyville 5,067

TOTAL $152,010

(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 $ 3,071

Blades Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Blades 3,071

Delaware City Fire Co. Delaware City 3,071

Goodwill Fire Co. No. 1 New Castle 3,071

Holloway Terrace Fire Co. Holloway Terrace 3,071

Indian River Volunteer Fire Co. Indian River 3,071

Laurel Fire Department, Inc. Laurel 3,071

Leipsic Volunteer Fire Co. Leipsic 3,071

Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 3,071

Little Creek Volunteer Fire Co. Little Creek 3,071

Minquas Fire Co. No. 1 Newport 3,071

Millville Volunteer Fire Co. Millville 3,071

Milton Volunteer Fire Co. Milton 3,071

Port Penn Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Port Penn 3,071

Rehoboth Volunteer Fire Co., Inc Rehoboth 3,071

Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 3,071

Seaford Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Seaford 3,071

South Bowers Fire Co. South Bowers 3,071

TOTAL $ 55,278

(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. $ 173,674

(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. $ 10,133

(iii) The maintenance and operation of rescue boats in the

public service. $ 3,071

TOTAL $ 186,878

(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 $ 32,540

Blades Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Blades 32,540

Bowers Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Bowers 32,540

Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Co. Bridgeville 32,540

Camden-Wyoming Fire Co. Camden 32,540

Carlisle Fire Co. Milford 32,540

Cheswold Volunteer Fire Co. Cheswold 32,540

Citizens' Hose Co. No. 1, Inc. Smyrna 32,540

Clayton Fire Co. Clayton 32,540

Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Co. Dagsboro 32,540

Delmar Fire Department Delmar 32,540

Ellendale Volunteer Fire Co. Ellendale 32,540

Farmington Volunteer Fire Co. Farmington 32,540

Felton Community Fire Co. Felton 32,540

Frankford Volunteer Fire Co. Frankford 32,540

Frederica Volunteer Fire Co. Frederica 32,540

Georgetown Fire Co., Inc. Georgetown 32,540

Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. Greenwood 32,540

Gumboro Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Gumboro 32,540

Harrington Fire Co. Harrington 32,540

Hartly Volunteer Fire Co. Hartly 32,540

Houston Volunteer Fire Co. Houston 32,540

Indian River Volunteer Fire Co. Indian River 32,540

Laurel Fire Department, Inc. Laurel 32,540

Leipsic Volunteer Fire Co. Leipsic 32,540

Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 32,540

Little Creek Volunteer Fire Co. Little Creek 32,540

Magnolia Volunteer Fire Co. Magnolia 32,540

Marydel Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Marydel 32,540

Millsboro Fire Co. Millsboro 32,540

Millville Volunteer Fire Co. Millville 32,540

Milton Volunteer Fire Co. Milton 32,540

Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Rehoboth Beach 32,540

Robbins Hose Co. Dover 32,540

Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 32,540

Seaford Volunteer Fire Dept., Inc. Seaford 32,540

Selbyville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Selbyville 32,540

Slaughter Beach Memorial Fire Co. Slaughter Beach 32,540

South Bowers Fire Co. South Bowers 32,540

TOTAL $1,269,060

(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 $ 58,217

Camden-Wyoming Fire Co. Camden 58,217

Carlisle Fire Co. Milford 58,217

Cheswold Volunteer Fire Co. Cheswold 58,217

Citizens' Hose Co. No. 1, Inc. Smyrna 58,217

Clayton Fire Co. Clayton 58,217

Farmington Volunteer Fire Co. Farmington 58,217

Felton Community Fire Co. Felton 58,217

Frederica Volunteer Fire Co. Frederica 58,217

Harrington Fire Co. Harrington 58,217

Hartly Volunteer Fire Co. Hartly 58,217

Houston Volunteer Fire Co. Houston 58,217

Leipsic Volunteer Fire Co. Leipsic 58,217

Little Creek Volunteer Fire Co. Little Creek 58,217

Magnolia Volunteer Fire Co. Magnolia 58,217

Marydel Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Marydel 58,217

Robbins Hose Co. Dover 58,217

South Bowers Fire Co. South Bowers 58,217

Sussex County

Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Bethany Beach $ 58,217

Blades Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Blades 58,217

Bridgeville Volunteer Fire Co. Bridgeville 58,217

Dagsboro Volunteer Fire Co. Dagsboro 58,217

Delmar Fire Department Delmar 58,217

Ellendale Volunteer Fire Co. Ellendale 58,217

Frankford Volunteer Fire Co. Frankford 58,217

Georgetown Fire Co., Inc. Georgetown 58,217

Greenwood Volunteer Fire Co. Greenwood 58,217

Gumboro Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Gumboro 58,217

Indian River Volunteer Fire Co. Indian River 58,217

Laurel Fire Department, Inc. Laurel 58,217

Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 58,217

Millsboro Fire Co. Millsboro 58,217

Millville Volunteer Fire Co. Millville 58,217

Milton Volunteer Fire Co. Milton 58,217

Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Rehoboth Beach 58,217

Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 58,217

Seaford Volunteer Fire Dept., Inc. Seaford 58,217

Selbyville Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Selbyville 58,217

Slaughter Beach Memorial Fire Co. Slaughter Beach 58,217

TOTAL $2,270,463

(2) For Fiscal Year 2005 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 2002 versus Calendar Year 2001.

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 $ 23,620

Christiana Fire Co. Christiana 23,620

Claymont Fire Co. Claymont 11,810

Mill Creek Fire Department Marshallton 11,810

Odessa Fire Co., Inc. Odessa 11,810

Wilmington Manor Volunteer Fire Co., Inc. Wilmington Manor 11,810

Kent County

Robbins Hose Co. Dover $ 11,810

Sussex County

Bethany Beach Volunteer Fire Co. Bethany Beach $ 11,810

Indian River Fire Co. Indian River 11,810

Lewes Fire Department, Inc. Lewes 11,810

Rehoboth Fire Volunteer Fire Co. Rehoboth Beach 11,810

Roxana Volunteer Fire Co. Roxana 11,810

TOTAL $ 165,340

(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 $ 3,399

American Legion, Sussex Post #8 Georgetown 3,399

Mid-Sussex Rescue Squad, Inc. Millsboro 3,399

TOTAL $ 10,197

TOTAL - Section 3 $5,961,579

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 $ 42,533

Disabled American Veterans, Department of Delaware 35,437

Delaware/Maryland Paralyzed Veterans of America 35,437

Military Order of the Purple Heart 4,000

Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Delaware 42,533

Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 83 35,437

(b) Funds are hereby appropriated to the following grants-in-aid in the amounts listed for operations expenses:

American Legion, Department of Delaware $ 10,342

Disabled American Veterans, Department of Delaware 10,342

Jewish War Veterans of the U.S., Department of Delaware 5,921

Delaware/Maryland Paralyzed Veterans of America 8,867

Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Delaware 10,342

Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 83 10,342

(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 $8,359 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 $8,359 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 $3,339 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 $271,590

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 2005 and 2006 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 2005 shall be paid in quarterly installments. For Fiscal Year 2005, 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 2005:

(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 2005.

(e) For Fiscal Year 2005, 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, 2004. 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 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 2005, the remaining balance in the Fiscal Year 2004 account (35-05-30-09-77) shall remain as a continuing appropriation and shall not be subject to reversion until June 30, 2005.

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 (a) The funds appropriated in Section 1 for the Department of Safety and Homeland Security - Aid to Local Law Enforcement and EIDE 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, 2005, 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, 2005, 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 and EIDE. 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 (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 2005 for the agencies as follows:

Association for the Rights of Citizens with Mental Retardation in Delaware

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 2005 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 2005.

(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 2005.

(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 2005.

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 2005. The remainder of the appropriation $65,470, $5,000 shall be used for purses on Governor’s Day and the remaining $60,470 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 2005, the Bridgeville Senior Center shall submit to the Joint Finance Committee on September 15, 2004, December 15, 2004, and March 15, 2005, 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 2005 by March 1, 2005 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 28 Amend 16 Del C. §9814 (b) by deleting the phrase “50 percent of the cost and the county providing 50 percent” as it appears therein and substituting in lieu thereof “40 percent of the cost and the county providing 60 percent”.

Section 29. Amend 16 Del C. §9814 (c) by deleting the “50” as it appears therein and substituting in lieu thereof “40”.

Section 30. Amend 16 Del C. §9814 (d) by deleting the phrase “Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, the General Assembly shall appropriate annually an amount sufficient to reimburse 60 percent of approved costs of the 4th quarter operations of the prior fiscal year and 50 percent of approved costs for the 1st 3 quarters’ operations of the year of appropriation” and substitute in lieu thereof “Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, the General Assembly shall appropriate annually an amount sufficient to reimburse 50 percent of approved costs of the 4th quarter operations of the prior fiscal year and 40 percent of approved costs for the 1st 3 quarters’ operations of the year of appropriation”.

Section 31. Amend Del. C., Title 29, Section 5903 by deleting (7) and inserting in lieu thereof:

“(7) Assistant Public Defenders, Deputy Attorneys General, and state detectives appointed by the State

Attorney General;”.

Section 32. Any agency providing children’s programs prior to the enactment of Senate Bill No. 196 of the 141st General Assembly will be eligible for Grant in Aid funding in Fiscal Year 2005.

Section 33. Section 1 of this Act makes a one-time appropriation to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Fish and Wildlife, Wildlife/Fisheries (40-05-02) to assist in funding the existing “Sportsmen Against Hunger Program”.

Section 34. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, any sum in the following account shall remain as continuing appropriation and shall not be subject to a reversion until June 30, 2005: “2004 01-08-01-01-86 Technical Advisory”

Section 35 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, 2005, shall revert to the General Fund of the State of Delaware.

Approved July 1, 2004