DE SCR32

Requests an advisory opinion from the Delaware Supreme Court on whether Section 4, Article VIII of the Delaware Constitution requires a three-fourths vote to pass the annual Budget Bill when it includes appropriations to the University of Delaware and Delaware State University.

Notes that both the University of Delaware and Delaware State University are corporations under Delaware Code that receive public money appropriations in the Budget Bill.

States that the Budget Bill is typically presented as legislation requiring only a majority vote for passage, despite the constitutional requirement for three-fourths concurrence on appropriations to corporations.

Cites Delaware Code Title 10, Section 141 as the authorization for the General Assembly to request an opinion from the Justices on this constitutional question.

Directs that a copy of the resolution be forwarded to the Delaware Supreme Court.