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2016 Delaware Code
Title 31 - Welfare
CHAPTER 30. STATE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
§ 3005. Special Administration Fund.

Universal Citation:
31 DE Code § 3005 (2016)
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(a) Creation. — There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the Special Administration Fund of the Human Relations Commission. This Fund shall consist of:

(1) All civil penalties assessed and collected pursuant to Chapter 45 or 46 of Title 6.

(2) Costs, attorneys' fees and expenses awarded to the Commission pursuant to Chapter 45 or 46 of Title 6.

(3) All Community Development Block Grant moneys designated for the administration and enforcement of Chapter 46 of Title 6.

(4) All other moneys specifically designated for this Fund.

(5) All interest on or profits earned by the Special Administration Fund.

(b) Administration. —

(1) All moneys collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited or paid into this Fund and shall be continuously available to the Commission for expenditure in accordance with this section and shall not lapse at any time or be transferred to any other fund. All moneys in this Fund shall be prudently invested to the credit of this Fund, administered and disbursed in the same manner as is provided by law for other special funds in the State Treasury and such moneys shall be maintained in a separate ledger account on the books of the Secretary of Finance.

(2) All moneys in the Fund which are received from the federal government or any agency thereof or which are appropriated by this State for purposes described in this chapter or Chapters 45 or 46 of Title 6, shall be expended solely for the proper and efficient administration of this chapter.

(3) The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of and shall be liable on the State Treasurer's official bond for the faithful performance of duties in connection with the Fund. Such liability on the official bond shall exist in addition to the liability on any separate bond which may be given by the State Treasurer. All sums recovered on any such official bond for losses sustained by the Fund shall be deposited in the Fund.

(c) Use. — The moneys in the Special Administration Fund may be used by the Commission for:

(1) The payment of litigation expenses, costs and attorneys' fees in connection with the enforcement provisions of Chapters 45 and 46 of Title 6.

(2) The payment of the expenses of investigations conducted pursuant to Chapters 45 and 46 of Title 6, and this chapter.

(3) The payment of studies and surveys conducted pursuant to this chapter.

(d) Transfer. — The Commission, whenever it determines that the money in the Special Administration Fund is more than adequate to pay for all foreseeable needs for which this Fund is created, may authorize the transfer therefrom to the General Fund of such amount as it deems proper.

68 Del. Laws, c. 311, § 2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 350, §§ 2, 3.;

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