Delaware bill caps later daily penalties under a health law rule

The signed bill states limits on later daily civil penalties. These limits cover continuing violations under a Delaware health law civil penalty rule. The limit is $5,000 per day for health and safety violations and $2,500 per day for other violations. The limits apply to each day after the first day of a continuing violation.

Approved institutions must send studied bodies to the medical examiner’s office in their county. This applies only to bodies that approved institutions received under Delaware’s body study law. The Inspector of Anatomy must approve any portions kept for research or teaching. The institution must deliver the body when the study ends.

State and local officials may tag certain abandoned vehicles for removal to storage. The vehicle must be on private property where the property owner or occupant allowed it to be, or it must belong to that person. Officials must mail notice and allow seven days for removal unless they cannot find the vehicle owner to send notice. Auto graveyards are excluded. Vehicles hidden from the road are also excluded if they cause no nuisance or health or fire hazard. Officials may tag the vehicle seven days after mailing notice if it remains there. If the owner cannot be found, they may tag it without mailing notice. The vehicle is removed to storage if it remains 24 hours after tagging.