2025 Delaware Code
Title 29 - State Government
Chapter 88. Department of Veterans Affairs [For application of this chapter, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 137, § 12]
Subchapter I. Administration [For application of this subchapter, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 137, § 12]
§ 8801. Establishment of Department of Veterans Affairs; definitions; operations and transition report [For application of this section, see 85 Del. Laws, c. 137, § 12].
(a) A Department of Veterans Affairs is established. The Department of Veterans Affairs has the powers, duties, and functions set forth in this chapter.
(b) As used in this chapter:
(1) “Commission” means the Delaware Commission of Veterans Affairs.
(2) “Department” means the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(3) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
(c) For administrative, budgetary, and operational purposes, the Department of Veterans Affairs is a division of the Department of State until such time as the General Assembly approves the transition report authorized by subsection (d) of this section.
(d) (1) The Secretary shall develop a transition plan to separate the Department of Veterans Affairs from the Department of State for administrative, budgetary, and operational purposes by July 1, 2030, or such time as there will be no negative impacts to the funding for veterans-related programs in Delaware. The Secretary shall prepare a transition report outlining the transition plan, including projections of the fiscal costs of the transition. The Secretary shall consult all of the following individuals or their designees when developing the plan and transition report:
a. The Governor.
b. The Lieutenant Governor.
c. The Secretary of State.
d. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
e. The Chief Information Officer of the Department of Technology and Information.
f. The Secretary of the Department of Human Resources.
g. The Controller General.
(2) The Secretary shall present the transition report to the General Assembly no later than 6 months in advance of the proposed transition to a separate Department.
(3) The General Assembly may approve the transition report through passage of a concurrent resolution that sets forth and approves the proposed date on which the transition will occur.
