§ 4185. Payment of damages and compensation. The damages and compensation awarded by the terms of the ditch order shall be paid to the person entitled thereto out of the first funds available to the tax ditch under this chapter, and no construction shall commence until said damages and compensation have been paid. 48 Del. […]
§ 4186. Obstruction of or damage to tax ditch; civil and criminal liability. (a) If any person wilfully or negligently obstructs or damages any part of a tax ditch, and upon request of the ditch managers fails to remove the obstruction or to repair the damage at the person’s own expense, the ditch managers shall […]
§ 4187. Right of entry upon lands. The Division of Watershed Stewardship, engineering personnel hired under § 4142 of this title, the soil conservation district supervisors, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, the ditch commissioners, the ditch managers, or any of their employees or agents, may enter upon any lands within the tax […]
§ 4188. Addition of territory to a tax ditch. (a) Any landowner who desires his or her lands to be included within a tax ditch formed under this chapter, may present a petition for an amendment to the existing ditch order to include such lands, to the Superior Court of the county which issued said […]
§ 4189. Alteration of tax ditches; amendments to ditch orders. If it becomes necessary to change any part of a tax ditch, such changes may be made in one of the following ways: (1) The desired or required changes, justified in writing and including any necessary maps or drawings, shall be presented by the tax […]
§ 4190. Bridges and culverts. If any public road crossed by any part of a tax ditch will be benefited so that the public should construct and maintain a bridge or culvert at such crossing, the board of ditch commissioners shall so state in their report and upon establishment of the tax ditch such bridges […]
§ 4191. Ditches near highways. The Department of Transportation shall maintain the highway drainage system insofar as is possible in such manner as to prevent silt from such system from obstructing any part of a tax ditch. If silt enters from the highway system and obstructs a tax ditch the Department of Transportation shall remove […]
§ 4192. Dissolution of tax ditch. After a duly called meeting of the taxables at which a majority of all eligible votes have been cast in favor of dissolving a tax ditch, created under this chapter, the ditch managers shall prepare a petition requesting such dissolution to the Superior Court through the appropriate county soil […]
§ 4193. Ditches in Kent County; transfer by Department of Transportation to tax ditch. If any landowners in Kent County establish a tax ditch under this chapter, the Department of Transportation shall transfer to the tax ditch all its right, title and interest in and to any existing ditch or ditches, within the boundaries of […]
§ 4194. Appropriations to Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. An appropriation to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control for purposes of planning, designing and constructing tax ditches/public group ditches shall be included in the annual appropriation bill (budget bill) of the General Assembly. 48 Del. Laws, c. 151, § 74; 7 […]
§ 4195. Notice of right-of-way, or assessment. (a) The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control shall certify and file with the prothonotary of each county a list of all parcels by county tax parcel numbers and all owners of said parcels of real property located in that county which are subject to any portion […]
