Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 1905 – Leases
(a) Authorized lease of shellfish grounds. — The Department is hereby authorized to lease, in the name of the State, tracts or parcels of shellfish grounds to be used for protecting, planting and harvesting shellfish beneath the waters of this State, subject to the provisions, limitations and restrictions set forth herein.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 7 Sec. 1905
- 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
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- 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) Shellfish grounds not leasable. — No lease, other than a scientific lease, shall be granted for any of the following shellfish grounds of this State, nor shall any person acquire by lease, assignment, appropriation or otherwise any of the following shellfish grounds:
(1) Except in the case of shellfish aquaculture in Delaware’s Inland Bays, shellfish grounds within 1,000 feet of the natural shoreline (mean high water) of any waters under the jurisdiction of the State;
(2) Natural oyster beds;
(3) Any leasing of shellfish aquaculture grounds in Delaware’s Inland Bays shall be governed by a separate chapter.
(c) Scientific use of shellfish grounds. — The Secretary is hereby authorized to issue a permit in the name of the State to educational and/or scientific institutions for tracts or parcels of shellfish grounds to be used for scientific and/or management purposes determined by the Secretary to be in the best interests of shellfisheries management. Such permit shall contain at least the following information and criteria: Seasonal dates, seasonal harvest, size limits and the reason for the issuance of the permit. The cost of processing shall be paid by the applicant.
7 Del. C. 1953, § ?1908; 51 Del. Laws, c. 151, § ?1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 640; 57 Del. Laws, c. 739, § ?93; 58 Del. Laws, c. 107, § ?1; 60 Del. Laws, c. 513, § ?2; 79 Del. Laws, c. 178, § ?2;