Title 29 — State Government

§ 604. Notification to Governor and General Assembly of rules and regulations promulgated by state agencies [Repealed]. Repealed by 69 Del. Laws, c. 107, § 3, effective Jan. 1, 1994.

§ 605. Promulgation of rules and regulations by state agencies — Review by Attorney General to determine effect on private property right. (a) No rule or regulation promulgated by any state agency shall become effective until the Attorney General has reviewed the rule or regulati…

§ 606. Interpreting of significant State events for the hearing impaired. The General Assembly, finding that the hearing impaired are an important but often neglected portion of Delaware’s citizenry, hereby requests that significant State events be interpreted for the hearing imp…

§ 607. Use of automated answering systems by state agencies, limitations. All state agencies shall require that the publicly listed telephone number or numbers for that agency be answered by a person who can direct each call to the proper person or department within that agency d…

§ 608. Use of respectful language when referring to persons with disabilities. (a) The General Assembly recognizes that language used in reference to individuals with disabilities shapes and reflects society’s attitudes toward people with disabilities. Many of the terms currently…

§ 609. Lead paint on outdoor structures. All provisions of this title must comply with Chapter 30M of Title 16.81 Del. Laws, c. 396, § 8;

§ 610. Prohibiting the denial of an application for a license solely on immigration or citizenship status. (a) The General Assembly hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) It is in the best interests of this State to make full use of the skills and talents of every re…

§ 611. Healthcare records. Notwithstanding any law or court rule to the contrary and except as required by federal law, no officer or employee of a state or local agency, commission, board, or department, including any “law-enforcement officer” as defined in § 222 of Title 11, ma…

§ 701. Designation of meetings of General Assembly. (a) (1) The meetings of the General Assembly are to be designated by numbers with a new consecutive number designated every 2 calendar years. The General Assembly sitting in 1961 and 1962 is to be designated as the 121st General…

§ 702. Oaths of office. An oath of office may be administered by any of the following: (1) A member of a House of the General Assembly to any other member of the same House. (2) The President or President Pro Tempore of the Senate to the Secretary of the Senate and other officers…

§ 703. Delivery of election certificates. (a) The Senate may compel the delivery of the certificate of election of Governor or Lieutenant Governor or of the election of any of its members and, for that purpose, may order and cause the arrest of any officer presiding at a board of…

§ 704. Powers respecting elections and election contests. (a) (1) The Senate may compel the delivery of ballot boxes to the Senate and, for that purpose, may order and cause the arrest of the sheriff or other person having custody of the ballot boxes and punish as a contempt the …

§ 705. Power of subpoena; administration of oaths or affirmations; penalties for noncompliance. (a) Whenever it is necessary in connection with any of the powers and duties of the General Assembly of the State, the Senate or the House of Representatives may, by issuing subpoenas …

§ 706. Notice of petition for private act [Repealed].Code 1852, §§ 476, 477; Code 1915, § 361; Code 1935, § 332; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 706; repealed by 83 Del. Laws, c. 458, § 6, effective Oct. 14, 2022.;

§ 707. Stationery. The Division of Legislative Services shall provide stationery for the use of the General Assembly and its members.24 Del. Laws, c. 88, §§ 1-3; Code 1915, § 364; 36 Del. Laws, c. 73, § 8; Code 1935, §§ 253, 335; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 707; 51 Del. Laws, c. 134, § 4;…

§ 708. Requisition of supplies and postage [Repealed]. Repealed by 59 Del. Laws, c. 253, § 6, effective Feb. 5, 1974.

§ 709. Withholding of compensation. (a) A member or officer of the General Assembly may elect to have withheld from the compensation paid to the member or officer those sums of moneys required during each pay period for federal income tax, state income tax, and social security. (…

§ 710. Compensation of Lieutenant Governor and members of General Assembly. (a) The Lieutenant Governor shall receive an annual salary as determined in the annual appropriations act. (b) A member of the Senate and the House of Representatives is to receive an annual salary, as de…

§ 711. Expenses of members of General Assembly. A member of the Senate and the House of Representatives is to receive $7,481 annually for expenses. The expenses received under this section are to be paid under § 2712(a) of this title.60 Del. Laws, c. 82, § 2; 62 Del. Laws, c. 68,…

§ 901. Altering, defacing, or concealing bills or acts; penalties. (a) (1) It is unlawful to wilfully do any of the following to an act passed by the General Assembly or a bill pending before a House of the General Assembly, a committee of a House of the General Assembly, or a jo…

§ 902. Preservation of bills and resolutions passed. All bills and resolutions passed by the General Assembly which are published in the Session Laws are to be preserved by being printed, stenciled, or typewritten and not copied or transcribed with the pen. The original of all bi…

§ 903. Appointment and duties of Bill Clerks. (a) The Senate and the House of Representatives shall appoint a Bill Clerk for their respective House of the General Assembly. (b) A Bill Clerk shall have general supervision over all bills and resolutions introduced at a session of t…

§ 904. Engrossment; duty of Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the House as to passed bills or resolutions. (a)(1) If a bill or resolution is amended, the Division of Legislative Services shall prepare an engrossed copy of the bill or joint resolution for the Governor and…

§ 905. Legislative journal; compiling; publication; content; disposition of originals. (a) The legislative journals for the Senate and the House of Representatives required under § 10 of Article II of the Delaware Constitution must be published following each general election for…

§ 906. Publication of Session Laws; typographical errors; Executive Register. (a) (1) The Director of the Division of Legislative Services (“Director”), or the Director’s designee, shall, as soon as practicable after the adjournment of the General Assembly, have published accurat…

§ 907. Publication of private acts [Repealed].13 Del. Laws, c. 1, § 1; Code 1915, § 371; Code 1935, § 340; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 908; 59 Del. Laws, c. 253, § 10; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; repealed by 83 Del. Laws, c. 458, § 17, effective Oct. 14, 2022.;

§ 908. Recording of private acts [Repealed].Code 1852, § 30; Code 1915, § 374; Code 1935, § 343; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 909; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; repealed by 83 Del. Laws, c. 458, § 18, effective Oct. 14, 2022.;

§ 909. Fees for certified copies of private acts [Repealed].13 Del. Laws, c. 1, § 4; 18 Del. Laws, c. 9; 19 Del. Laws, c. 551; 20 Del. Laws, c. 180; Code 1915, § 373; Code 1935, § 342; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 910; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; repealed by 83 Del. Laws, c. 458, § 19, effe…

§ 910. Consideration of agency rules during legislative interim. (a) When an agency adopts a rule or regulation, or makes a substantive amendment to a rule or regulation of the agency during the legislative interim between July 1 and the second Tuesday in January, and the chair o…

§ 911. Deliberative process. (a) (1) A bill, resolution, or other legislative matter assigned to a standing committee must pass through a deliberative process before being brought to the floor of either House, unless the bill or resolution is sooner petitioned out of committee. (…

§ 912. Vote requirement for ratification of amendments to United States Constitution. The General Assembly shall approve a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution by a majority of the members elected to each House of the General Assembly in a roll call vote. The vote…

§ 913. Legislation affecting fees charged by state agencies. (a) The Office of the Controller General shall prepare a statement to be attached to legislation that proposes a fee to be charged by, or an increase in a fee charged by, a state agency. The statement must include an ex…

§ 914. Procedure for notice to the public of a proposed amendment to the Delaware Constitution. (a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Newspaper of general circulation” means a newspaper that meets all of the following: a. Is published at least on a weekly basis. b. Is distribute…

§ 915. Legislative Hall Art and History Advisory Commission. (a) The Legislative Hall Art and History Advisory Commission (“Commission”) is established within the General Assembly to advise and make recommendations to Legislative Council on the gift, loan, or purchase of art, mon…

§ 1001. Findings; purpose. (a) The General Assembly hereby declares that public office is a public trust and that any effort to realize personal financial gain through public office other than compensation provided by law is a violation of that trust. In serving the public intere…

§ 1002. Restrictions relating to personal or private interest. (a) A legislator who has a personal or private interest in any measure or bill pending in the General Assembly shall disclose the fact to the House of which the legislator is a member and shall not participate in the …

§ 1003. Legislative Ethics Committees. (a) The House and the Senate shall each establish an Ethics Committee which shall have the responsibilities assigned in this section with respect to the enforcement of this chapter and such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the Ho…

§ 1004. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter: (1) A “close relative” means a person’s parents, spouse, children (natural or adopted) and siblings of the whole and half-blood. (2) A person has a “financial interest” in a private enterprise if he or she: a. Has a legal or …

§ 1501. Continuation; composition; qualifications of members. (a) The Commission on Modernization of State Laws referred to in this chapter as the “Commission” is continued and renamed the Commission on Uniform State Laws. (b) The Commission shall consist of 5 persons. Four Commi…

§ 1502. Powers and duties; reports. The Commissioners shall examine all subjects on which uniformity with the laws of other states is desirable, shall represent this State in the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and, in convention, conference or congress…

§ 1503. Expenses; contributions to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. The Commissioners may hire personnel and shall be entitled to receive their actual disbursements for expenses in performing the duties of their office. The Commissioners may contrib…

§§ 1601-1607. Definitions; registration of legislative agents with Legislative Council; employer’s authorization to act; compensation of agent not to be substantially dependent on outcome of legislative action of General Assembly; reports by legislative agents; when registration,…

§ 1701. Short title. This chapter is known as and may be cited as the “Emergency Interim Legislative Succession Act.”29 Del. C. 1953, § 1701; 53 Del. Laws, c. 140; 81 Del. Laws, c. 449, § 8;

§ 1702. Declaration of policy. The General Assembly declares all of the following: (1) The possibility of an emergency event exists that may result in the death or inability to act of a large proportion of the membership of the General Assembly. (2) To comply with existing legal …

§ 1703. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Attack” means any action or series of actions causing, or which may cause, substantial damage or injury to persons or property by any means, including through biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear means or through the us…

§ 1704. Designation of emergency interim successors to members. Each member shall do all of the following: (1) Designate not fewer than 3 nor more than 7 emergency interim successors to the member’s powers and duties. (2) Specify the order of succession of the individuals selecte…

§ 1705. Status, qualifications, and term of emergency interim successors. (a) An emergency interim successor is an individual who is designated for possible temporary succession to the powers and duties, but not the office, of a member. (b) An individual may not be designated or …

§ 1706. Contingent method of designating emergency interim successors. (a) Before an emergency event, if a member fails to designate the required minimum number of emergency interim successors within 30 days of the member’s taking of the oath of office, or, after such period, if …

§ 1707. Recording and publication. (a) Following a member’s election, the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, whichever is appropriate, shall distribute to the member information regarding the member’s responsibilities under this chapter an…

§ 1708. Oath of emergency interim successors. At the time of an individual’s designation as a member’s emergency interim successor, the individual shall take the oath required for the member to whose powers and duties the successor is designated to succeed. No other oath is requi…