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Delaware County opposes proposed change to property tax law
Mar. 22—The Delaware County Board of Supervisors handed a resolution opposing a proposed modification to the Actual Home Tax Regulation in the course of its March 22, assembly. Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed in her 2024 spending plan to adjust Authentic Assets Tax Regulation 575-b, aspect N, which would take away a town’s proper to assess solar and wind tasks at comprehensive benefit. Meredith Town Supervisor James Ellis reported, “It is just one more pull on household rule.” He claimed he’s not from obtaining alternate electrical power sources, but he is from “not having the entire worth of the property.” Ellis claimed the Meredith Town Board handed a similar resolution…
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In a Rare Decision On Abandoned Property Law, The US Supreme Court Rules Against Delaware
On February 28, 2023, the US Supreme Court docket issued its final decision in the abandoned home lawsuit, Delaware v. Pennsylvania (see https://www.supremecourt.gov/thoughts/22pdf/145orig_kjfl.pdf) The concern dealt with by the Courtroom centered on which state was entitled to accumulate unclaimed home, which arose from two money products marketed by banking institutions on behalf of Moneygram: Agent Checks and Teller’s Checks (collectively, the “Checks”). Next the framework founded in the seminal scenario of Texas v. New Jersey, 379 U. S. 674 (1965), since Moneygram did not have the name and tackle of the homeowners of the Checks, Moneygram experienced been escheating (that is, having to pay in excess of to the state) the money…
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States prevail over Delaware in unclaimed property case at the Supreme Court
All nine Supreme Court Justices sided with a group of 30 states in a dispute with Delaware over hundreds of millions of dollars of unclaimed checks issued by MoneyGram, a money transfer company. The Court held that the unclaimed checks must be sent to the states where they were purchased, and not to Delaware, the company’s state of incorporation. The case turned on the interpretation of the Federal Disposition Act,1 a federal statute enacted by Congress in 1974, which governs escheatment of money orders “or other similar written instruments.”2 The Court held that the MoneyGram checks were similar to money orders, and therefore the federal statute determines which state can escheat the unclaimed…
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COVID death in Delaware County prompted a rare lawsuit over pandemic medical care
COVID experienced so ravaged Tamika Jones’ lungs she could hardly end a sentence without having gasping for breath when the crisis professional medical experts arrived at her Delaware County dwelling on Jan. 22, 2021. The 46-year-aged struggled to stand, and could not get to the bathroom with no a walker. An EMT did not test her temperature, blood tension, or coronary heart rate — or see if she needed oxygen — however urged her not to go to the hospital. The upcoming day, she died. “He remaining my sister to die,” Jones’ sister, Keisha Cappel, mentioned, crying in the course of a current mobile phone job interview. “There was almost…
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Delaware State Police press release regarding the traffic accident that took the life of Jay Briscoe
By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.web Editor (@prowrestlingnet) The Delaware State Law enforcement issued the following press launch about the fatal motor vehicle incident involving Jay Briscoe (a/k/a Jamin Pugh) through dsp.delaware.gov. The Delaware Point out Law enforcement are investigating a fatal accident that happened in Laurel late yesterday afternoon that resulted in the deaths of two people today. On January 17, 2023, at close to 5:09 p.m., a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 was traveling westbound on Laurel Street just west of Goose Nest Road. At the similar time, a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 was traveling eastbound on Laurel Road in the similar vicinity. For not known causes, the driver of the…
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State Police Investigating Two-Vehicle Fatal Accident – Delaware State Police
Date Posted: Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 The Delaware State Police are investigating a deadly accident that transpired in Laurel late yesterday afternoon that resulted in the deaths of two people today. On January 17, 2023, at somewhere around 5:09 p.m., a 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 was traveling westbound on Laurel Highway just west of Goose Nest Street. At the exact same time, a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 was traveling eastbound on Laurel Highway in the very same vicinity. For not known factors, the driver of the Silverado 1500 pickup truck failed to stay in her lane, crossed the centre line, and entered the eastbound lane of Laurel Road, specifically into the…
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