Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 6312 – Organization; powers and duties
(a) The Governor shall be the Chairperson of the Budget Commission. The Budget Commission shall meet upon the call of the Chairperson to review for approval agency requests presented to the Commission as prescribed by the laws of this State.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 6312
- Agency: includes every board, department, bureau, commission, person or group of persons or other authority created and now existing or hereafter to be created to execute, supervise, control and/or administer governmental functions under the laws of this State or to perform such other duties as may be prescribed or to whom any moneys are appropriated under any budget appropriation act or supplemental appropriation act or any other act which authorizes and requires any department to collect and/or use any taxes, fees, licenses, permits or other receipts for services or otherwise for the performance of any function of or related to or supported in whole or in part by the laws of this State, and/or created to administer any laws providing for the collection of taxes, fees, permits, licenses or other forms of receipts from any sources whatsoever for the use of the State or any agency of the State, except the judiciary and the courts of the State. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 6301
- Budget: includes the complete financial plan of the State as evidenced by all appropriations and allowances made and estimates of revenue approved by the General Assembly, including, in addition to the general budget of appropriations adopted by the General Assembly and approved by the Governor, all other appropriations and allowances authorized by law which have been or shall be made to any agency of this State which is supported in whole or in part out of the revenues, taxes, licenses, fees, permits, fines and from other sources including any agency which is empowered by statute to collect and expend revenues by the use of special funds by whatever name known whether or not specifically appropriated by the General Assembly, and includes the budgets and the revenues and expenditures of all agencies to which moneys are appropriated by supplementary appropriations or otherwise. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 6301
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall serve as the Secretary of the Budget Commission. In said capacity the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall:
(1) Attend all meetings of the Budget Commission and keep, or cause to be kept a true and complete record of the proceedings of such meetings.
(2) Keep correct and complete records of account, showing accurately at all times the financial condition of the Budget Commission.
(3) Sign all minutes, contracts, agreements and other documents approved by the Budget Commission except in those instances wherein the Chairperson of the Budget Commission signs those documents.
(c) The Budget Commission shall advise the Governor and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget concerning all of the powers and duties vested in the office of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, specifically including the preparation of the proposed budget as set forth in §§ 6333 and 6334 of this title.
42 Del. Laws, c. 204, § ?3; 29 Del. C. 1953, § ?6312; 54 Del. Laws, c. 39, § ?3; 69 Del. Laws, c. 64, § ?53; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 74 Del. Laws, c. 365, § ?1; 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, § ?2;