§ 1916 — Tax collection warrant and assessment list; tax rate after general reassessment

Delaware § 1916

• Jurisdiction: Delaware
• Title: 14
• Part: Free Public Schools
• Ch. 19: LOCAL SCHOOL TAXES
• Subch.: General Provisions

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(a) Based on the total value of all taxable property as shown on the county assessment list and on the amount to be raised, the board of the district shall fix the rate of taxation plus 10% for delinquencies.

(b) Whenever the qualified voters of a reorganized school district have approved a specific rate of taxation or specified amount of taxation under § 1903 of this title and a subsequent general reassessment of all real estate in the county changes the total assessed valuation of the school district, the local board of education of each such local school district shall calculate a new real estate tax rate which, at its maximum, would realize no more than 10% increase in actual revenue over the revenue derived by real estate tax levied in the fiscal year immediately preceding such reassessed real estate valuation. In the event the qualified voters of a reorganized school district approve a specific rate of taxation or specified amount of taxation under § 1903 of this title to be collected, and there is a reassessment effective after voter approval, but before actual revenue is derived from increased taxation resulting from such voter approval, the local board of education of each such local school district shall calculate a new real estate tax rate which, at its maximum, would realize no more than a 10% increase in actual revenue over the revenue announced, projected or calculated to be derived by such voter approval and prior voter approvals. Any subsequent increase in rate of taxation shall be achieved only by an election of the qualified voters in such local school district according to the procedures in § 1903 of this title.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this title to the contrary, the school board of the district whose jurisdiction traverses county boundary lines and whose local school taxes are made different as a result of property reassessment shall levy real estate taxes in the following manner:

(1) In the county not reassessed, at a rate authorized by law and referendum.

(2) In the county recently reassessed, at a newly calculated rate based on the newly established assessments which at its maximum would bring in revenue equal to the amount authorized by law and by referendum, based on the previous year’s assessment, plus the quarterly updates and the 10% increase as authorized by subsection (b) of this section.

(d) The board shall, no later than the second Thursday in July, deliver its warrant, with a duplicate of the assessment list, to the receiver of taxes and county treasurer of the county or counties where the district is located.

Legislative History

32 Del. Laws, c. 160, § 54 ; 36 Del. Laws, c. 215, § 1 ; Code 1935, § 2743; 14 Del. C. 1953, § 1917; 51 Del. Laws, c. 240, § 12 ; 58 Del. Laws, c. 428 ; 65 Del. Laws, c. 8, § 1 ; 72 Del. Laws, c. 274, § 1 ; 84 Del. Laws, c. 295, § 387