Sections
§ 4601 Definitions 9
§ 4602 Purpose 9
§ 4603 Planning 9
§ 4604 Public hearing 9
§ 4605 Representation by municipalities and districts 9
§ 4606 Establishment of the county district 9
§ 4607 Referendum upon petition 9
§ 4608 Review 9
§ 4609 Validation of prior establishment of districts 9
§ 4610 Plans and specifications 9
§ 4611 Contracts 9
§ 4612 Powers of the county government 9
§ 4613 Preliminary expenses 9
§ 4614 Sewage charges and revenues 9
§ 4615 Expense of the improvement 9
§ 4616 Increase and improvement of facilities 9
§ 4617 Increase of maximum amount to be expended 9
§ 4618 Method of assessment 9
§ 4619 Extension of the district 9
§ 4620 Changes in zones of assessment 9
§ 4621 Order to connect to sewer; enforcement 9
§ 4622 Surveys and inspection by county government; penalty for refusal to … 9
§ 4623 Annexation 9
§ 4624 Dissolution and diminishing area of sewer districts 9
§ 4625 Exception to limitation on borrowing power 9
§ 4626 Power to incur indebtedness by issuing bonds and notes 9
§ 4627 Bond resolution vote required 9
§ 4628 Form and content of bond resolution 9
§ 4629 Procedure for passage of bond resolution 9
§ 4630 Effective date of bond resolution 9
§ 4631 Authorization of notes in anticipation of bonds 9
§ 4632 Other proceedings by resolution 9
§ 4633 Payment of bonds 9
§ 4634 Payment of installment 9
§ 4635 Period of usefulness 9
§ 4636 Consolidation of bond issues 9
§ 4637 Public sale of bonds 9
§ 4638 Contents of notice of sale — Generally 9
§ 4639 Contents of notice of sale — Award of bonds at single interest … 9
§ 4640 Contents of notice of sale — Multiple rate bidding 9
§ 4641 Contents of notice of sale — Deposit 9
§ 4642 Contents of notice of sale — Rejection of proposals 9
§ 4643 Proposals opened publicly 9
§ 4644 Private sale to public agencies 9
§ 4645 Form of bonds 9
§ 4646 Form of notes 9
§ 4647 Execution of bonds and notes 9
§ 4648 Bonds and notes redeemable prior to maturity 9
§ 4649 Interest rates 9
§ 4650 Application of proceeds 9
§ 4651 Bonds and notes negotiable 9
§ 4652 Reconversion of fully registered bonds 9
§ 4653 Reissuance of bonds or notes lost or destroyed 9
§ 4654 Reissuance of defaced or partially destroyed bonds or notes 9
§ 4655 Certain agreements forbidden 9
§ 4656 Payment of bonds and notes 9
§ 4657 Appropriation may include engineering and other costs 9
§ 4658 Validity of bonds not dependent on preliminary proceedings 9
§ 4659 Legal effect of debt statement 9
§ 4660 Short period of limitations 9
§ 4661 Construction of chapter with other laws 9

Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 9 > Chapter 46 - Sewers and Sewer Districts

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • County: shall mean Kent County. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4601
  • county sewer district: shall mean any sewage disposal district or sanitary district established pursuant to this chapter. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4601
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Interrogatories: Written questions asked by one party of an opposing party, who must answer them in writing under oath; a discovery device in a lawsuit.
  • 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
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Oath: includes affirmation in all cases where an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and "sworn" includes affirmed; and the forms shall be varied accordingly. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • real property: is synonymous with the phrase "lands, tenements and hereditaments. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • Remand: When an appellate court sends a case back to a lower court for further proceedings.
  • sanitary district: shall mean a county sewer district established to provide 1 or more facilities necessary or convenient for the collection of sewage, the treatment of such sewage and delivery of such treated effluent into the facilities of a sewage disposal district for final treatment. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4601
  • sewage: shall mean all types of human or animal waste, industrial or commercial waste or any other waste suitable for treatment and disposal through the facilities of sewage treatment plants. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4601
  • sewage disposal district: shall mean a county sewer district established to provide 1 or more sewer facilities necessary or convenient for the transmission, final treatment and disposal of effluent received from the sewage collection facilities of a sanitary sewer district or from any other source as specifically provided herein. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 4601
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302