(a) The Delaware State Historic Preservation Office is hereby established within the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, and shall be administered by the Delaware State Historic Preservation Officer.
(b) Except where otherwise provided, the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs may establish by regulation all requirements for implementation of the provisions of this subchapter (except tax matters), including but not limited to the following:
(1) Fees to be charged by the State Office for inspections and other expenses; and
(2) Standards for rehabilitation of historic property where those standards set forth in 36 C.F.R. part 67 are not applicable.
(c) The Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs shall have the authority to promulgate the application and forms governing participation in the certification program.
(d) The Division of Revenue and the State Bank Commissioner may establish regulations and develop all appropriate procedures and applications or other forms for the implementation of all provisions of this subchapter which are directly tax-related or related to certifying the value of the tax credits issued under this title and Title 5, respectively. The Division of Revenue shall also by January 1, 2004, establish regulations and develop appropriate procedures specific to taxpayers who qualify as resident curators. The Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs shall have the same authority granted in section (b) of this subchapter relative to resident curators.
(e) Any person or entity seeking the historic preservation tax credit set forth in this subchapter shall apply to the Delaware State Historic Preservation Office. Each applicant shall complete the application, and all other information requested, in whole, and shall include such sketches, renderings, charts or photographs as may be requested by the State Office.
(f) The State Office shall, upon consideration of the application and such other matters as it deems appropriate, determine whether or not the property constitutes a certified historic property. If the application is for a certified historic property, the State Office shall review, approve, disapprove or suggest modifications to any proposed rehabilitation plan to insure that the rehabilitation, when completed, can be considered a certified rehabilitation. Projects requesting credits upon phase completion must present and receive approval of completion dates for all project phases, including the completion date for the entire project, from the State Office. All repairs and rehabilitation shall be consistent with those standards set forth in 36 C.F.R. § 67.7 for federal certification, and otherwise shall comply with regulations promulgated by the State Office. This approval by the State Office of the proposed rehabilitation plan shall be known as a “Stage II approval,” and the amount of the qualified expenditures as determined by the State Office as part of the Stage II approval and in accordance with § 1813 of this title shall represent the “credit award.”
(g) Upon completion of the rehabilitation or, if applicable, phase thereof, the person or entity shall notify the Delaware State Historic Preservation Officer. Upon determination by the Preservation Officer that the property is a certified historic property, that the rehabilitation or, if applicable, phase thereof of the certified historic property has been completed, and that the rehabilitation or, if applicable, phase thereof is in conformance with the requirements of this subchapter and the regulations of the State Office, and upon determination by the Division of Revenue or the State Bank Commissioner as to the value of the tax credit associated with the Certificate of Completion, the Delaware State Historic Preservation Officer shall certify such rehabilitation or, if applicable, phase thereof and shall issue a Certificate of Completion to the applicant.
(h) In the alternative, the Delaware State Historic Preservation Officer may certify such rehabilitation and issue a Stage II Approval to any applicant who has obtained a Part I and Part II certification from the federal government issued pursuant to 36 C.F.R. part 67, where applicable.
(i) To claim the state tax credit allowed by this subchapter the applicant, any assignee, any purchaser or any transferee of the credit shall attach the Certificate of Completion to the Delaware tax return against which the credit is claimed and submit such tax return to the Division of Revenue or to the Office of the State Bank Commissioner with respect to income taxes in this title and Title 5 franchise taxes, respectively.
(j) Credits subject to revocation and repayment under § 1814(e) of this title, such shall be treated as an unpaid tax assessment, and, in pursuing the repayment of such credits, the Division of Revenue and the Office of the State Bank Commissioner shall have at their disposal all means of collection and enforcement permitted under Titles 30 and 5, respectively.