Delaware Code § 5-105

Office; expenses; account of receipts; Regulatory Revolving Fund [For application of this section, see
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85 Del. Laws, c. 62, § 124, effective July 1, 2025].
(a) The principal office of the Commissioner shall be in Dover. The necessary expenses of the office, the salaries or compensation of the
Commissioner and the employees who work for the Commissioner, and the necessary expenses incurred by them in the performance of
their respective duties shall be paid by the Secretary of Finance when and as vouchers therefor are presented to him or her by the
Commissioner or the Secretary of State.
(b) There is hereby created within the State Treasury a special fund to be designated as the State Bank Commissioner Regulatory
Revolving Fund which shall be used in the operation of the Office of the State Bank Commissioner in the performance of the various
functions and duties required of the Office by law.
(c) All supervisory assessments, examination fees, payment for costs and expenses in acting as a receiver, reimbursement for expenses
incurred in the operation of the office and any investigation fees collected by the Commissioner pursuant to this title shall be deposited in
the State Treasury to the credit of said State Bank Commissioner Regulatory Revolving Fund to be used in the operation of the Office as
authorized by the General Assembly in its annual operating budget. All other fees and/or taxes collected by the Commissioner shall not be
deposited in said fund but shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(d) Money reposing in the State Bank Commissioner Regulatory Revolving Fund shall be used by the Commissioner in the performance
of the Commissioner's various functions and duties as provided by law, subject always to annual appropriations by the General Assembly
for salaries and other routine operating expenses of the Office. The Council on Banking shall submit comments on the budget request of
the Commissioner to the Secretary of State, the Governor and members of the General Assembly.
(e) The maximum unencumbered balance which shall remain in the State Bank Commissioner Regulatory Revolving Fund at the end of
any fiscal year shall be 15 percent of the total budget for the previous year and any amount in excess thereof shall be reverted to each
financial institution in an amount proportionate to the sum paid by that financial institution in the previous calendar year pursuant to §
127(b) of this title in such a manner as prescribed by the State Bank Commissioner and submitted to the Council on Banking.

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