Delaware § 4104 Application; effect on previously established drainage organizations and on earlier drainage laws

Delaware Statutes

§ 4104 — Application; effect on previously established drainage organizations and on earlier drainage laws

Delaware § 4104

JurisdictionDelaware

Title7

PartAgricultural and Soil Conservation; Drainage and Reclamation of Lowlands

Ch. 41DRAINAGE OF LANDS AND MANAGEMENT OF WATERS; TAX DITCHES

Subch.General Provisions

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Del. Code tit. 7, § 4104 (2026).

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(a)Any landowner or owners in an area served by a drainage organization established prior to June 1, 1951, under any other law of this State, or any landowner or owners who desire their lands to be drained or protected from flooding may, at any time, petition for the establishment of a tax ditch under this chapter.

(b)In those cases, when an existing drainage organization becomes a tax ditch under this chapter, the present assets or liabilities of said existing drainage organization may be transferred to the tax ditch provided that such assets or liabilities are declared by the tax ditch commissioners in their report, and that the transfer of such assets or liabilities is approved by the affected taxables either by a referendum held by board of ditch commissioners pursuant to § 4132 of

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(a) Any landowner or owners in an area served by a drainage organization established prior to June 1, 1951, under any other law of this State, or any landowner or owners who desire their lands to be drained or protected from flooding may, at any time, petition for the establishment of a tax ditch under this chapter.

(b) In those cases, when an existing drainage organization becomes a tax ditch under this chapter, the present assets or liabilities of said existing drainage organization may be transferred to the tax ditch provided that such assets or liabilities are declared by the tax ditch commissioners in their report, and that the transfer of such assets or liabilities is approved by the affected taxables either by a referendum held by board of ditch commissioners pursuant to § 4132 of this title or by a signed statement pursuant to § 4135 of this title.

(c) Article 2, Chapter 65, and Article 1, Chapter 105, of the 1935 Revised Code of Delaware shall remain in effect and shall apply to drainage organizations established thereunder prior to June 1, 1951, unless such drainage organizations reform or reorganize under this chapter.