(a) All new construction and/or reconstruction of existing structures financed with the proceeds of bonds or notes shall comply with flood plain management requirements adopted by the municipality in which such structure is located pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. § 4011 et seq.), as amended, or successor acts. If any such structure is in a flood program nonparticipating municipality, then the State shall comply with the criteria set forth in Chapter 55 of Title 24 of the Code of Federal Regulations (24 C.F.R. § 55.1 et seq.) issued pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, or successor acts.
(b) All projects funded with the proceeds of bonds or notes shall be built to standards that are no less stringent than American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineering, Inc., Standard 90-75, or successor standards.
(c) The restrictions imposed by this section shall be applicable to projects for which no expenditure has been made prior to July 12, 1979, unless such project has been made subject to the same restrictions by another act of the General Assembly or by contract.
(d) The department, agency or other body of the State to which proceeds of bonds or notes are appropriated shall require the inspection of buildings to be constructed, reconstructed or rehabilitated with the proceeds of bonds or notes, and, at the discretion of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall require the inspection of other structures to be financed with the proceeds of such obligations excluding highways, roads and bridges. Proceeds of bonds or notes shall be allocated to provide for the cost of inspecting the projects to be financed with such funds. The portion of the total funds appropriated to the cost of any such inspection shall not exceed the following percentages of such total funds appropriated to the cost of such projects:
(1) Projects with a maximum cost in excess of $1,000,000 ________________ 1½%
(2) Projects with a maximum cost of $1,000,000 or less ________________ 1¾%
(3) Reconstruction and renovation projects ________________ 1¾%
The department or agency of the State to which proceeds of bonds or notes are appropriated shall let contracts for such inspection. If the total maximum cost of a project is less than $50,000, the employment of an inspector shall be discretionary with the department, agency or other body to whom such funds are appropriated. If a department, agency or other body retains a construction manager, retention of an inspector shall be discretionary with the department, agency or other body regardless of the total maximum cost of the project. In contracting for the inspection of such projects, first preference shall be given to an experienced and able Delaware organization offering to provide such inspection services on a nonprofit, at-cost basis. Such contracts shall not be deemed public works contracts as defined in 54 Del. Laws, c. 106, as amended (Chapter 69 of this title, as amended). If no such organization is able or willing to perform such inspection services on such nonprofit, at-cost basis, then the contracts for such services may be let with profit-making organizations subject to 54 Del. Laws, c. 106, as amended (Chapter 69 of this title, as amended).