Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 1127 – Local service functions; change in degree of performance; notice …
(a) By August 1 of each year, a municipality shall provide notice to New Castle County if the municipality intends to begin performing, stop performing, or change the degree of performance of a local service function, other than fire protection, during New Castle County’s fiscal year beginning the following July 1.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 1127
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) In the notice under subsection (a) of this section, the municipality shall state with specificity which of the following modifications the municipality intends to make to its performance of the local service function:
(1) Initiating performance.
(2) Ceasing performance.
(3) Changing the degree of performance.
(c) New Castle County may request, and the municipality must provide, additional information that may reasonably be needed to understand the municipality’s proposed modification.
(d) (1) A municipality must initiate or cease performance of a local service function under § 1102(c) of this title.
(2) A municipality may change the degree of performance of a local service function that the municipality already performs by providing notice to New Castle County under subsection (a) of this section.