Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 5406 – Conditions precedent to issuance of bonds
Before issuing any bonds, the Levy Court shall:
(1) Designate by resolution an area within the County as a “TIF District.”
(2) Receive from the assessor a certification as to the amount of the original assessed value.
(3) Pledge that until the bonds have been fully paid, or thereafter, the property taxes on real property within the TIF District shall be divided and applied as follows:
a. That portion of the taxes which would be produced by the rate at which taxes levied each year by or for the County upon the original assessed value shall be allocated to and when collected paid into the funds of the taxing body in the same manner as taxes by or for the taxing body on all other property are paid.
b. That portion of the taxes representing the levy on the tax increment that would normally be paid to the County shall be paid into a special fund to be applied in accordance with the provisions of § 5408 of this title.
c. That portion of the taxes representing the levy on the tax increment that would normally be paid to a taxing body other than the County shall be allocated to and, when collected, paid into the funds of such taxing body in the same manner as taxes by or for the taxing body on all property are paid, or any other manner that public agencies so determine (school districts, etc.); provided, however, if such taxing body has agreed pursuant to § 5410 of this title that such taxes shall be paid into a special fund created in accordance with § 5407 of this title, then such taxes shall be paid into such special fund.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 5406
- Assessed value: means the total assessed value of all real property in a TIF District subject to taxation as determined by the assessor, with any adjustment pursuant to paragraph (2) of this section taken into account. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 5402
- Assessor: shall mean the Kent County Assessment Office. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 5402
- County: means Kent County. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 5402
- Levy Court: means Kent County Levy Court. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 5402
- Original assessed value: means the assessed value as of January 1 of the calendar year preceding the effective date of the resolution creating the TIF District under § 5406(1) of this title or such later date as may be designated in such resolution by the Levy Court. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 5402
- Tax increment: means for any tax year the amount by which the assessed value as of January 1 preceding that tax year exceeds the original assessed value. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 5402
- TIF District: means an area designated by a resolution described in § 5406(1) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 5402
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302