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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) All moneys as described in subsection (b) of this section shall be credited by the State Treasurer to a fund to be known as the “Investor Protection Fund.”
(b) The Investor Protection Fund will be a revolving fund and shall be funded as follows:
(1) Beginning on July 1 of each year (after the funds for the operations of the Investor Protection Unit have been deposited and credited to the Securities Administrative Payroll Appropriation pursuant to the Budget Act for that fiscal year) any moneys collected by the Unit shall be credited to the Investor Protection Fund and shall continue to be credited to the fund until such time as the amount so credited to the fund equals $550,000. Such $550,000 shall be in addition to any moneys credited to the Investor Protection Fund under any other provision in this section.
(2) Any moneys paid pursuant to court order or judgment, including costs and attorney's fees, in a securities action brought by the Attorney General or the Investor Protection Director pursuant to this chapter shall be credited to the Investor Protection Fund; and
(3) Any moneys received by the Director pursuant to any settlement agreement shall be credited to the Investor Protection Fund.
(c) Any fines, costs or other moneys (except those obtained as restitution or rescission) received by the Director as a result of an administrative order (other than a consent order) shall be credited to the General Fund.
(d) If, at the end of any fiscal year, the balance in the Investor Protection Fund exceeds $750,000, the excess shall be withdrawn from the Investor Protection Fund and deposited in the General Fund.
(e) The Attorney General is authorized to expend from the Investor Protection Fund such moneys as are necessary for the payment of costs, expenses, and charges incuarrred 1 in connection with the activities of the Investor Protection Unit under this chapter, including enforcement, training, education, and dissemination of information to the public, and, if approved by the Director of the Fraud and Consumer Protection Division, such other costs, expenses, and charges incurred by the Fraud and Consumer Protection Division in connection with activities related to consumer protection and financial fraud.
(1)-(3) Repealed by 83 Laws 2022, ch. 390, § 1.
(f) The Attorney General and the Investor Protection Director shall provide such reports as to the expenditure of moneys from the Investor Protection Fund to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Controller General, and in such detail as they require.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Delaware Code Title 6. Commerce and Trade § 73-703. Investor protection fund - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/de/title-6-commerce-and-trade/de-code-sect-6-703/
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