The following bills were given final approval by the Senate and House and are now on the Governor's desk for action--

General Fund Budget: House Bill 1437 (Adolph-R-Delaware) FY 2013-14 General Fund Budget was signed into law as Act 1A.  A summary and Senate Fiscal Note are available.  Click Here for an “enhanced” FY 2013-14 budget fact sheet from the Governor’s office. Click Here to view a Senate Republican spreadsheet comparing FY 2012-13 and new FY 2013-14 appropriations.  Click Here for the agency-by-agency budget spreadsheet which compares current year funding, the Governor’s request and the agreed-to budget numbers.  Click Here for House Democratic FY 2013-14 budget spreadsheet.  Click Here for House Republicans budget spreadsheet.  The bill was signed into law as Act 1A.

Tax Code: House Bill 465 MacKenzie (R-Berks) amends the Tax Code was amended with a dozen new provisions, including: extending the Wild Resource Conservation Tax Checkoff until 2018, repeals the never used Coal Waste and Ultraclean Fuels Tax Credit.  A summary and House Fiscal Note are available.  The House amended the bill and returned it to the Senate which concurred in House amendments.

On-lot Septic System Reviews: House Bill 1325 (Maloney-R-Berks) amending Act 537 to provide that on-lot septic systems approved by DEP meet anti-degradation requirements-- summary.  The bill was signed into law as Act 41.

Stormwater: Senate Bill 351 (Erickson-R-Delaware) authorizing municipal authorities to undertake stormwater projects.  A summary and House Fiscal Note are available. 

Permit Extensions: House Bill 784 (Evankovich-R-Armstrong) extending permit pending and approved in the Department of Environmental Protection and other agencies through July 2, 2016.  A summary and Senate Fiscal Note are available.

Oil & Gas Royalties: Senate Bill 259 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) further providing for the reporting of royalties from oil and gas wells and combining gas leases for horizontal drilling. A summary and House Fiscal Note are available.

NewsClips:

Landowners Angered Over Bill Combining Leases

Gas Drilling Royalty Owners Oppose New Bill

7/8/2013