Rep. James Johnson

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District HD-016
Party Democrat
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State (Delaware)
Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 7 And 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Gross Receipts Taxes. [HB-127]
This Act provides a gross receipts tax cut to all taxpayers by: (a) cutting rates across-the-board by 3% and (b) increasing by 25% the monthly and quarterly exclusion levels for all business categories. It clarifies the rate reduction scheduled to take effect in 2014 and it restores full funding for the Hazardous Substance Clean-up program two-years earlier than originally planned. Section 1 of this Act stipulates that the tax rates currently in effect will remain in effect only until the end of 2011. It also clarifies the intention of the General (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 07/01/2011

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 30 Of The Delaware Code And Chapter 77, Volume 77 Of The Laws Of Delaware Relating To Taxes On Personal Income. [HB-128]
This Act reduces from 6.95% to 6.75% the personal income tax rate on taxable income in excess of $60,000. The Act also maintains the 2014 sunset, which returns the top rate to 5.95%.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini Signed By Governor on 07/01/2011

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State (Delaware)
Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 29 And 30 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Public Utility Tax Rates And The Use Of The Proceeds Thereof. [HB-129]
This Act reduces the general public utility tax rate on electricity and gas from 5.00% to 4.25%. The Act also reduces the rate on electricity and gas distributed to manufacturers, food processors and other agribusinesses from 2.35% to 2.00%. The Act also transfers the first $5 million in proceeds generated by the public utility tax to the new Energy Efficiency Investment Fund, which will be used to finance energy efficiency projects that will reduce overall energy use and create jobs.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 07/01/2011

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Penalties For Certain Motor Vehicle Offenses. [HB-134]
This Act removes incarceration as a possible sentence for certain less serious offenses in chapters 41 and 42 of the Motor Vehicle Code including Following Too Closely ( 4123), Unlawful Use of a Controlled-Access Highway ( 4126), Speeding ( 4169), Careless or Inattentive Driving ( 4176), and for offenses for which penalties are not specified as part of the statute ( 4205) (which would include Failure to Stop at a Stop Sign ( 4164)). The courts will still be able to impose incarceration, when warranted, in the more serious chapter 41 traffic offenses, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Johnson Signed By Governor on 01/30/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Jurisdiction Of The Courts. [HB-135]
The bill raises the “maximum fine” threshold that gives a defendant an automatic right to transfer a criminal case from a Justice of the Peace Court or Alderman’s Court to the Court of Common Pleas from $15 to $100. It would leave unchanged the automatic right to transfer any criminal case in which there is a “possibility that a period of incarceration” could be imposed. Where there is more than one offense charged, each of which is within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Justice of the Peace Court or Alderman’s Court, the entire case would remain (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Henry Signed By Governor on 01/30/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 21 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Rules Of The Road. [HB-140]
This bill is intended to prohibit slower moving vehicles from driving in the left lane and blocking traffic, which commonly leads to road rage and has motivated several other states to adopt “left lane” laws. This bill provides that vehicles may overtake slower moving vehicles on the left, but otherwise shall not drive in the left lane, which is intended to serve as the passing lane. The Code already provides that a vehicle being passed shall not increase its speed. There is an exception in the bill for making a legal left turn. This bill also establishes (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 08/13/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Title 11 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Expungements. [HB-145]
This Bill makes the statutory scheme for expungement of adult criminal offenses more comprehensive in three areas. First, it applies the existing expungement rules to violations of county and municipal codes, ordinances, and regulations. By doing so, expungements of such violations will be simplified and require less Superior Court resources. Second, it applies the existing rules for the First Offenders Controlled Substance Diversion Program to court-supervised drug diversion programs, which is the means by which most minor drug offenders are diverted. (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Colin Bonini Signed By Governor on 06/15/2012

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Delaware 146th General Assembly

An Act To Amend Titles 3 And 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Water Allocation Permits And Licenses, Or Permits To Construct, Extend, Or Operate An Irrigation Well Or Surface Water Intake. [HB-158]
This bill transfers from the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to the Department of Agriculture the control of procedures for the issuance of water allocation permits that reserve the right of permit holders to use 20 acre-inches of water per year, but not more than 10 acre-inches per month from an irrigation well or surface water intake on farms or farmlands in the State. The Secretary of Agriculture shall also establish procedures for the issuance of licenses or permits to construct, extend, or operate an irrigation well (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Gary Simpson Signed By Governor on 08/17/2011

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An Act To Amend Title 18 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Supplemental Coverage For Children Of Insureds. [HB-160]
This Act changes provisions for supplemental health insurance coverage for children of insureds, raising the age children may be covered by their parent’s or parents’ health insurance to the age of 26. The provisions of this Act shall have no force or effect if the health care bill passed by Congress and signed by the President of the United States in 2010 is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States of America.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Brian Bushweller Signed By Governor on 07/29/2011

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An Act To Amend Title 29 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The State Employees' Pension Plan. [HB-164]
This bill permits employees who are employed in positions that are classified as Hazardous Duty Level A-1 to retire at 25 years without any reduction. Those employees will pay a higher employee contribution rate. The bill is subject to a Private Letter Ruling by the Internal Revenue Service. If approved those employees would begin paying a higher contribution rate the first of the following year after the approval. Employees may begin to retire under this provision once they have been contributing under the new provisions for two years.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bruce Ennis Signed By Governor on 07/11/2012

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