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Section 1.

Amend Chapter 91, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

Subchapter V.

Delaware Population Consortium.

§ 9151.

Findings;

purpose.

The efficient and effective planning for capital projects and services that benefit Delaware’s citizens must rely upon the best technical information available in order to anticipate demographic and population trends.

The Delaware Population Consortium is created to do all of the following:

(1) Create a single set of population projections for the State of Delaware because it would be detrimental to have different entities developing competing sets of projections for their own purposes.

(2) Create a single set of population projections with a long-term horizon of 30 years to be beneficial for long-term capital planning.

(3) Use a single methodology that can be refined over time.

(4) Establish a regular annual release date for the population projections to provide consistent and predictable information for entities that rely upon the projections.

(5) Conduct ongoing review of the population projections.

(6) Create population projections that cover a consistent set of geographic areas including the State, each county, and each incorporated municipality.

§ 9152.

Delaware Population Consortium.

(a) The Delaware Population Consortium (“Consortium”) shall annually prepare, review, and revise a comprehensive set of population projections for the State of Delaware, each county, and each incorporated municipality.

(b) The projections must provide as much detail as feasible within given methodological and financial constraints.

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01/09/2019 04:27 PM (c) All State agencies, counties, municipalities, and school districts must use the Consortium’s projections for planning and policy purposes.

If a population estimate is not available for a given year, State agencies, counties, municipalities, and school districts must use either the most recent Consortium projections or the most recent population estimates prepared by the United State Census Bureau, whichever contains the higher population estimate.

(d) The Consortium shall make its projections, and other related demographic information it prepares, available to the public.

(e) The Consortium shall act in an advisory capacity to the State census statistical area committees.

(f) The Consortium shall act as the advisory board for the Delaware Census State Data Center.

(g) The Consortium may perform such other functions and create supplementary materials which are deemed appropriate by Consortium members, including the following:

(1) Create seasonal population projections estimates for resort areas.

(2) Serve as a focus group for population projection estimates at other levels, including Planning Districts and Traffic Analysis Zones.

(h) The Consortium must be governed by a set of by-laws drafted by the membership and approved by two-thirds of the voting members.

The by-laws must include all of the following: