NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) - Democratic leaders of the legislature's budget-writing committee don't seem interested in changing voting requirements for passage of the state's annual spending plan.
But a task force meeting for the first time Thursday in response to a resolution sponsored by Republican Sen. Colin Bonini is trying to fashion an argument to defend the status quo.
The budget bill traditionally has been treated as needing only a simple majority, even though Delaware's constitution requires a three-fourths vote to appropriate public money to any corporation.
Two corporations receiving money in the budget bill every year are the University of Delaware and Delaware State University. Charter schools also are corporations funded through the education budget.
One idea the task force is mulling is to define what a corporation is, at least for budget purposes.
