Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 10081 – Title and established
(a) This section shall be referred to as the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Program Fund Act of 1999.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 10081
- 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
- Commission: means the Delaware Harness Racing Commission. See Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 10001
- 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) (1) A special fund of the State is hereby established in the Department of Agriculture to be known as the “The Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund.” Funds reserved for the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Program pursuant to § 4815(b)(4)a. and b.2. of Title 29 shall be transferred to the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Program Fund. The Secretary of Finance and the Secretary of Agriculture shall deposit or transfer all other moneys, including gifts, bequests, grants or other funds, from private and public sources specifically designated for the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Program Fund. The General Assembly at any time may appropriate additional moneys to the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Program Fund.
(2) Moneys from the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Program Fund shall be expended in accordance with the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Program Plan approved pursuant to § 4815(b)(4)b.2. of Title 29.
(3) The Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Program Fund shall be invested by the State Treasurer consistent with the investment policies established by the Cash Management Policy Board. All income earned shall be reinvested in the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Program Fund.
(4) No moneys shall be expended from the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Program Fund except pursuant to an appropriation incorporated in the State’s Bond and Capital Improvements Act or annual appropriations act.
(5) The transfer of funds from the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Program Fund shall be approved by the Secretary of Finance, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Chair of the Delaware Harness Racing Commission. Such expenditures shall only be made upon the satisfaction of the specific requirements established by law and the plan and rules adopted by the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund Board to govern expenditures for this purpose. Unexpended cash balances in the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Program Fund shall be interest-earning and such interest shall be credited to the Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Program Fund.
(c) The Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund Board shall have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations as deemed necessary or appropriate to implement or clarify the statutes related to the Standardbred Breeders’ Program Fund.
72 Del. Laws, c. 261, § ?1; 79 Del. Laws, c. 311, § ?1; 83 Del. Laws, c. 303, § 1;