Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 10214 – Committee recommendations and authority to recall an agency
(a) In its final report concerning an agency, the Committee may recommend 1 or more of the following:
(1) The continuance of the agency, as is; termination of the agency; termination of any program within the agency; the consolidation, merger, or transfer of the agency or of functions of the agency to another agency; or continuation, hold over, or termination of the agency unless or until certain conditions are met or modifications are made, by legislation or otherwise, within a specified period of time.
(2) Budget appropriation limits for an agency.
(3) In general or specific terms, legislation which the Committee considers necessary to carry out its decision as to whether an agency should be continued or terminated.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 10214
- Agency: means any regulatory, administrative, advisory, executive, or legislative body of this State, including a board, bureau, commission, department, division, committee, council, association, authority, or any other entity established by an act of the General Assembly of this State that meets any of the following:
- 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
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
(b) When the Committee has released an agency from review, it may recall the agency to a public hearing before the Committee to consider making additional recommendations under subsection (a) of this section if either of the following circumstances apply:
(1) The agency has the ability to meet a certain condition or make a modification that the Committee recommended, but fails to do so.
(2) The Committee recommended legislation to amend the agency’s governing statute or a related statute, but, for any reason, the legislation failed to be enacted into law.
62 Del. Laws, c. 301, § ?3; 68 Del. Laws, c. 159, § ?5; 76 Del. Laws, c. 221, § ?1; 80 Del. Laws, c. 260, § ?1; 81 Del. Laws, c. 191, § ?1; 81 Del. Laws, c. 238, § 1;