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Photos from Legislative Hall and Around the District |
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new state law now allows the residents of manufactured housing communities
in Delaware to purchase the communities in which they live should
they be offered for sale. In many manufactured housing communities,
the tenants own the homes but lease the ground on which those homes
are located, creating potential problems when the landowner wishes
to sell the property. The new law (House Bill 504) addresses that
possibility by giving homeowners the ability to collectively purchase
the land. The legislation – the result of five months of intense
negotiations – provides homeowners with a "right of first
offer" and establishes a method for a homeowners' association
to make an offer to purchase a community. If the owner declines, he
cannot sell the property during the year that follows for anything
less than the price initially offered by the residents. Certain exemptions
are built into the law to allow community owners to sell or transfer
their land to close family members. The legislation also contains
language to cover the possibility the community could be sold at auction.
State Rep. Bob Valihura, the chair of the House Subcommittee on Manufactured
Housing and one of the prime sponsors of House Bill 504, says he believes
the new law will prove to be the best of its kind in the country and
will inspire similar legislation in other states.
In photo, from left: Speaking at Tatnall Hall in Dover, State Rep.
Bob Valihura (R-Delaware North) offers a few comments prior to the
ceremonial signing of House Bill 504 (July 29). Approximately three
dozen people attended the ceremony, including fellow prime sponsor
State Sen. George Bunting (D-Bethany Beach) and Gov. Ruth Ann Minner.
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April 29, 2008 State of Delaware House Representative Robert Valihura
and Representative Deborah Hudson toured the Blue Mountain Recycling
Facility in Philadelphia, PA with Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA)
Chief Executive Officer, Pasquale S. Canzano and Chief Operating Officer,
Richard P. Watson. The Blue Mountain Recycling Facility receives Single
Steam Recyclable Materials from DSWA, the City of Wilmington, the
City of Philadelphia and others. The City of Wilmington delivers its
single stream recyclables to DSWA's Delaware Recycling Center located
at Pigeon Point for transfer to Blue Mountain's facility. DSWA under
an agreement with Blue Mountain then transfers The City of Wilmington
single stream recyclables to Blue Mountain. The materials are then
separated using both mechanical and hand sorting methods. The separated
materials accepted at Blue Mountain include but are not limited to
cardboard, paper, several individual plastic streams, steel cans,
aluminum cans and crushed glass. |
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| Standing in the Old New Castle Courthouse,
State Rep Robert Valihura (R-Delaware North) joined other lawmakers
on February 27, 2007 to unveil bills that would apply the Freedom
of Information Act to the General Assembly. House Bill 60 seeks to
open virtually all meetings conducted by legislative committees to
the scrutiny of the press and the public. |
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