Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 6076 – Emergency and special appropriations
(a) In the event of an emergency involving the health, safety or welfare of the citizens of the State, any portion of the balance remaining in the Fund may be expended pursuant to an act of appropriation passed by 3/5 of all the members elected to each house of the General Assembly.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 6076
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- 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) In the event of cutbacks in federal funding of State programs affecting the health, safety or welfare of the citizens of the State, and upon recommendation by the Joint Finance Committee, any portion of the balance remaining in the Fund may be expended pursuant to an act of appropriation.
70 Del. Laws, c. 338, § ?1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 84, § ?73; 77 Del. Laws, c. 327, § ?66; 78 Del. Laws, c. 78, § ?66; 78 Del. Laws, c. 290, § ?62; 79 Del. Laws, c. 78, § ?60; 79 Del. Laws, c. 290, § ?63; 80 Del. Laws, c. 79, § ?62; 80 Del. Laws, c. 298, § ?66; 81 Del. Laws, c. 58, § ?69; 81 Del. Laws, c. 280, § 102; 82 Del. Laws, c. 64.;