24 DE Code § 2807. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 24 - Professions and Occupations|Chapter 28. Professional Engineers|§ 2807. Council of the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers.

§ 2807. Council of the Delaware Association of Professional Engineers. (a) There shall be a Council which will be the governing board of the Association. The Council shall consist of 15 voting members, 12 of whom shall be elected, and 3 of whom shall be appointed by the Governor. The immediate past president, if not an elected member of Council, shall be a nonvoting member of Council. A quorum of the Council shall be a majority of the seated members of the Council. (b) The 12 elected members shall be elected and hold office on the basis of the following constituencies:  (1) One shall be from each of the following 5 engineering disciplines: civil, chemical, electrical, mechanical and any other; (2) One shall be from each of the following fields of employment: government, industry, private consulting practice and education; and (3) One shall be from each of the 3 counties: New Castle, Kent and Sussex. (c) Of the 3 appointed members, 1 shall be from each of the 3 counties. New Castle, Kent and Sussex. (d) (1) A person elected as a Council member shall, at the time of election, and during the term of office, be a citizen of the United States of America, a resident of the State, a member of the Association and be qualified to represent the constituency from which the person was elected. (2) A person appointed as a Council member shall, at the time of appointment, and during the term of office, be a citizen of the United States of America and a resident of the State and of the county for which the appointment is designated. (e) The term of office for members of Council shall, unless otherwise specified, be 4 years. A member of Council, whether appointed or elected, may not serve more than 2 consecutive terms on the Council. (f) Three members of Council shall be elected each year for a 4-year term to fill vacancies in the field of discipline, field of employment and county of residence. Each Council vacancy will be designated by discipline, field of employment or county of residence in accordance with the constituency designation specified in subsection (b) of this section and each designated vacancy will be voted upon separately by members of the Association. A candidate for Council must announce at the time of nomination or petition the vacancy for which that candidate is seeking election and the candidate must be qualified by discipline, field of employment or residence to fill the vacancy for which that candidate is seeking election. For purposes of election, the candidate discipline shall be that shown on the roster, the field of employment shall be that held by the candidate and the county of residence shall be that of the candidate at the time of nomination or petition as well as at the time of election. The terms of office for Council members shall commence on September 1 of the year elected or appointed and shall expire on August 31, of the year ending the term. 24 Del. C. 1953, §  2807;  58 Del. Laws, c. 501, §  1;  61 Del. Laws, c. 467, §  2;  67 Del. Laws, c. 368, §  16;  68 Del. Laws, c. 24, §  1;  74 Del. Laws, c. 267, §  1;