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29 DE Code § 603. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 6. Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 603. Identification of state vehicles.

§ 603. Identification of state vehicles. All state-owned boats and motor vehicles shall bear prominent identification, at least on the rear thereof, identifying such vehicles as state-owned vehicles. Exceptions are the Governor's car, vehicles of the State Police, state detectives, enforcement vehicles of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control operated by environmental protection officers, Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission and certain special use vehicles operated by the Division of Adult Corrections, the Division of Juvenile Corrections, State Fire Marshal's Office and the Controlled Substances Program of the Department of Health and Social Services. 59 Del. Laws, c. 381, §  24;  60 Del. Laws, c. 588, §  1;  63 Del. Laws, c. 336, §  1;
29 DE Code § 605. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 6. Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 605. Promulgation of rules and regulations by state agencies — Review by Attorney General to determine effect on private property right.

§ 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 regulation and has informed the issuing agency in writing as to the potential of the rule or regulation to result in a taking of private property. (b) Judicial review of actions taken pursuant to this section shall be limited to whether the Attorney General has reviewed the rule or regulation and has informed the issuing agency in writing. (c) The term “taking of private property” as used under this section shall mean an activity wherein private property is taken such that compensation to the owner of that property is required by the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States or any other similar or applicable law of this State. (d) Nothing in this section shall affect any otherwise available judicial review of agency action. 68 Del. Laws, c. 191, §  1;
29 DE Code § 606. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 6. Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 606. Interpreting of significant State events for the hearing impaired.

§ 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 impaired. “Significant State events” include, but are not limited to, the following: The Governor's state of the State; the Governor's budget address to the General Assembly; and inaugural addresses. 70 Del. Laws, c. 549, §  1;
29 DE Code § 607. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 6. Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 607. Use of automated answering systems by state agencies, limitations.

§ 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 during normal business hours. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the satellite offices of state agencies which have no more than 1 full-time employee to provide clerical and secretarial services shall be exempt from the requirements of this section. “Publicly listed” shall mean listed in a local telephone directory (i.e., Government Blue Pages). “Normal business hours” shall mean each Monday through Friday, except those days designated as holidays, during the hours in which the staff of that agency is scheduled to work. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the internal use of voice mail or other advanced technologies if the agency finds them to be useful. However, any such system shall contain within its message a description of normal business hours and a phone number which will be answered by a person during normal business hours. An automated call distribution system in high volume customer service areas designed to minimize waiting times shall be permissible under this section provided that the system provides callers with an option to speak directly with an agency representative if they should choose to do so. 72 Del. Laws, c. 281, §  1;
29 DE Code § 608. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 6. Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 608. Use of respectful language when referring to persons with disabilities.

§ 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 used diminish the humanity and natural condition of having a disability. Certain terms are demeaning and create an invisible barrier to inclusion as equal community members. The General Assembly finds it necessary to clarify preferred language for new and revised laws and rules by requiring the use of terminology that puts the person before the disability. (b) From August 17, 2011, all new and revised statutes, administrative rules, local laws, ordinances, charters or regulations promulgated or any publication published by the State or any political subdivision that refers to persons with disabilities shall:  (1) Avoid language that:  a. Implies that a person as a whole is disabled, such as the “mentally ill,” “retarded” or the “learning disabled,” or b. Equates persons with their conditions, such as “epileptics,” “autistics,” or “quadriplegics;” and (2) Replace nonrespectful language by referring to persons with disabilities as persons first; for example, “persons with disabilities,” “persons with developmental disabilities,” “persons with mental illness,” “persons with autism,” or “persons with cognitive disabilities.” (c) Violation of this section shall not be grounds to invalidate any new or revised statutes, administrative rules, local laws, ordinances, charters, or regulations promulgated or any publication published by the State or any political subdivision; provided, however, such documents shall be changed to reflect the provisions of this section in subsequent revisions. (d) Nothing in this section shall constitute a requirement to change the name of any agency or program. Existing printed material may be utilized until such time as supplies are required to be replenished. (e) Nothing in this section shall be construed as changing the application of any provision affected by this section to any person. This section does not apply where a reference to a particular word or phrase is required by federal law or regulation or state statute. 78 Del. Laws, c. 180, §  1;
29 DE Code § 609. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 6. Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 609. Lead paint on outdoor structures.

§ 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;
29 DE Code § 701. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 7. General Provisions|§ 701. Designation of meetings of General Assembly.

§ 701. Designation of meetings of General Assembly. (a) (1) The meetings of the General Assembly shall be designated by numbers with a new consecutive number designated every 2 calendar years. The General Assembly sitting in 1961 and 1962 shall be designated as the 121st General Assembly. (2) The session of the General Assembly commencing on the first Tuesday of January, 1961, shall be designated as the first regular session of the 121st General Assembly. The session of the General Assembly commencing on the first Tuesday of February, 1962, shall be designated as the second regular session of the 121st General Assembly. The subsequent regular sessions of the General Assembly commencing in odd years shall be known as the first regular session and the regular sessions commencing in even years shall be known as the second regular session of a numbered General Assembly. (b) A special session of a General Assembly shall be so designated through a distinguishing designation. (c) This method of designation shall be used in all official references to the General Assembly and its sessions. 21 Del. Laws, c. 9, §  4;  27 Del. Laws, c. 15;  Code 1915, §  369;  Code 1935, §  339;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  701;  53 Del. Laws, c. 188.;
29 DE Code § 702. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 7. General Provisions|§ 702. Oaths of office.

§ 702. Oaths of office. The proper oaths of office may be administered to members of either House of the General Assembly by any other member of the same branch and to the Clerk and Sergeant At Arms of either House by the Speaker thereof. Code 1852, §  2354;  Code 1915, §  4242;  Code 1935, §  4712;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  702;
29 DE Code § 703. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 7. General Provisions|§ 703. Delivery of election certificates.

§ 703. Delivery of election certificates. The Senate may compel a delivery to it of the certificate of election of Governor or Lieutenant Governor or of the election of any of its members and for that purpose may arrest any officer presiding at a board of canvass and punish as a contempt the neglect to deliver such certificate. The House of Representatives may compel the delivery of the certificate of election of any of its members by like proceeding. Code 1852, §  475;  21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  28;  Code 1915, §  360;  Code 1935, §  331;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  703;
29 DE Code § 704. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 7. General Provisions|§ 704. Powers respecting elections and election contests.

§ 704. Powers respecting elections and election contests. (a) The Senate and House of Representatives may compel the delivery of ballot boxes to either House, as provided by § 5716 of Title 15. (b) Whenever there shall be a vacancy in either House of the General Assembly, when the same shall be in session, the Presiding Officer of the House in which the vacancy exists shall issue a writ of election to fill the vacancy, as prescribed by §§ 7101-7109 of Title 15. (c) [Repealed.] (d) Any order for the payment of costs by the contestant, in case of a contested election for members of the General Assembly, shall be enforced by a writ issued by the Speaker or President, as the case may be, of the House in which such election was contested, as provided by § 5908 of Title 15. Code 1852, §§  379, 404-407, 434;  21 Del. Laws, c. 38, §  31;  Code 1915, §  365;  Code 1935, §  336;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  704;  82 Del. Laws, c. 141, § 23;
29 DE Code § 705. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 7. General Provisions|§ 705. Power of subpoena; administration of oaths or affirmations; penalties for noncompliance.

§ 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 require the attendance of any resident of the State and may require any resident to produce any records or papers in the resident's possession located within the State by issuing subpoenas and any other necessary legal process. (b) Any member of the General Assembly may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses in connection with any hearing or investigation conducted by the House of which such person is a member or a committee of which such person is a member. (c) Whoever having been summoned as a witness as provided in subsection (a) of this section willfully makes default or whoever, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry or whoever having possession of records required in a subpoena fails to produce the same shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than 12 months, or both. (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as a waiver by the General Assembly of its inherent right to issue subpoenas and to punish for contempt of the General Assembly without the intervention of a court. Code 1852, §  2355;  Code 1915, §  4243;  Code 1935, §  4713;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  705;  50 Del. Laws, c. 382, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
29 DE Code § 706. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 7. General Provisions|§ 706. Notice of petition for private act.

§ 706. Notice of petition for private act. A petition for any private act shall not be received or acted upon by the General Assembly unless 1 month's notice of the intention to present such petition has either been served in writing upon the person or persons to be affected by such act or published in a newspaper published within the county of the petitioner's residence, if there is one or, if there is none, then in a newspaper published within the State. Proof of such notice may be dispensed with if the object of the petition is of such nature that no person other than the petitioner can be affected thereby. Code 1852, §§  476, 477;  Code 1915, §  361;  Code 1935, §  332;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  706;
29 DE Code § 707. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 7. General Provisions|§ 707. Supplies and postage.

§ 707. Supplies and postage. All stationery, supplies and postage for the use of the General Assembly shall be purchased by the Legislative Council pursuant to § 708 [repealed] of this title and Chapter 68 [repealed] of this title and shall be kept in the control of the Legislative Council, which shall be the custodian and dispenser of all such stationery, supplies and postage to the members of the General Assembly. 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;  59 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  5;
29 DE Code § 709. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 7. General Provisions|§ 709. Withholding of compensation.

§ 709. Withholding of compensation. Any member or officer of the General Assembly may elect to have withheld from the compensation paid to such member or officer those sums of moneys required during each pay period for federal income tax, state income tax and social security. Any member or officer of the General Assembly making such election shall notify the State Treasurer in writing thereof, and the State Treasurer, upon receiving notice of such election, shall withhold from the compensation paid to the member or officer of the General Assembly those sums of moneys required during each pay period for federal income tax, state income tax and social security and make payment thereof in accordance with federal and state laws. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  709;  56 Del. Laws, c. 370, §  1;
29 DE Code § 711. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 7. General Provisions|§ 711. Expenses of members of General Assembly.

§ 711. Expenses of members of General Assembly. Every member of the General Assembly shall receive $2,637.60 annually for expenses, payable semimonthly commencing on the eleventh month, fifteenth day of the year in which the member is elected through the tenth month, thirty-first day of the year in which the member's term expires. Effective January 1, 1995, every member of the General Assembly shall receive annual expenses payable semimonthly for the period commencing on the first of the eleventh month in the year in which the member is elected through the thirty-first day of the tenth month in the year in which the term expires. In any calendar month, the first payment of 1/2 4 of the statutory or stipulated annual expenses shall be made on the fifteenth day of such month for the period from the sixteenth day through and including the last day of the preceding month; the second payment of 1/2 4 of the statutory or stipulated annual expenses shall be made on the last day of each month for the period from the first day through and including the fifteenth day of the current month. 60 Del. Laws, c. 82, §  2;  62 Del. Laws, c. 68, §  92;  64 Del. Laws, c. 334, §  35;  69 Del. Laws, c. 291, §  39;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
29 DE Code § 901. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 9. Legislative Bills, Laws, Journals and Committees|§ 901. Altering, defacing, concealing, etc., bills or acts; penalties.

§ 901. Altering, defacing, concealing, etc., bills or acts; penalties. (a) Whoever wilfully adds to, alters, defaces, erases, obliterates, mutilates, blots, blurs, steals, hides, conceals, destroys or misplaces, with intent to conceal, any act passed by the General Assembly of this State or any bill pending before either branch of the General Assembly or any committee thereof or any joint committee of the 2 Houses is guilty of a felony and shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $5,000 and costs of prosecution and shall also be imprisoned not less than 1 year nor more than 10 years. (b) A bill within the meaning of this section shall be taken as pending from the time of its introduction until signed by the Speakers of both Houses. The bill shall then be taken for an act. (c) Alterations or amendments made in the regular course of proceedings shall not be construed as a violation of this section. (d) Nothing contained in this section shall prevent or limit either House from punishing for contempts according to parliamentary usage, nor shall any such punishment for contempts prevent or limit prosecutions under this section. 19 Del. Laws, c. 276, §§  1-4;  Code 1915, §  363;  Code 1935, §  4;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  901;  65 Del. Laws, c. 425, §  1;
29 DE Code § 902. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 9. Legislative Bills, Laws, Journals and Committees|§ 902. Preservation of bills and resolutions passed.

§ 902. Preservation of bills and resolutions passed. All bills and resolutions passed by the General Assembly which are published in the Session Laws shall be preserved by being printed or stenciled or typewritten and not copied or transcribed with the pen. The original of all bills and resolutions shall be produced in such a manner as approved by the State Archivist and Records Administrator and the Director of Research of the Legislative Council or the Director's designee for permanency and legibility. 27 Del. Laws, c. 12, §  1;  Code 1915, §  366;  Code 1935, §  337;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  902;  53 Del. Laws, c. 7, §§  2, 3;  59 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  7;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  72 Del. Laws, c. 382, §  4;
29 DE Code § 903. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 9. Legislative Bills, Laws, Journals and Committees|§ 903. Appointment and duties of Bill Clerks.

§ 903. Appointment and duties of Bill Clerks. (a) A Bill Clerk for the House of Representatives and 1 for the Senate shall be appointed by joint resolution at each session of the General Assembly. (b) The Bill Clerks shall have general supervision over all bills and resolutions introduced at any session of the General Assembly. When any bill or resolution has passed both Houses, the Bill Clerks shall attach a parchment backing to the bill or resolution, initial, seal or stamp each and every page of each and every bill or resolution so passed and present them to the presiding officers of the 2 Houses for their signatures. The Bill Clerks shall then certify with the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House, on the backing of each bill or resolution, that the bill or resolution is the same as that which passed both Houses, and they shall then deliver the bill or resolution to the Chairpersons of the Passed Bill Committees of their respective Houses. The Bill Clerks, in addition to the duties prescribed in this section, shall be Clerks of the Passed Bill Committees. 27 Del. Laws, c. 12, §§  2, 3;  Code 1935, §  337;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  903;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
29 DE Code § 904. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 9. Legislative Bills, Laws, Journals and Committees|§ 904. Passed Bill Committees; duties of.

§ 904. Passed Bill Committees; duties of. (a) If a bill or resolution is amended before final passage, the Passed Bill Committees shall have prepared a corrected copy of the bill or resolution which may be typed, printed or stenciled. (b) The Chairpersons of the Passed Bill Committees shall deliver the bill or resolution to the Governor and take the Governor's receipt therefor and report to their respective Houses the bills or resolutions so delivered. (c) The Chairpersons of the Passed Bill Committees shall report to their respective Houses any bill or resolution which may become law without the Governor's signature, in accordance with § 18, article III of the Constitution of the State. The House in which such act or resolution originated shall file it, under the hands of the presiding officer and clerk, with the Secretary of State, who shall publish the same as a law in the same manner as if the Governor had signed it. (d) The Chairpersons of the Passed Bill Committees shall report at least weekly to their respective Houses the acts and joint resolutions that have been signed by the Governor. 27 Del. Laws, c. 12, §§  3-7;  Code 1935, §  337;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  904;  53 Del. Laws, c. 7, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
29 DE Code § 906. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 9. Legislative Bills, Laws, Journals and Committees|§ 906. Printing of Session Laws; typographical errors; Executive Register.

§ 906. Printing of Session Laws; typographical errors; Executive Register. (a) The Director of Research of the Legislative Council or the Director's designee shall as soon as practicable after the adjournment of the General Assembly have printed accurately in volume form, with an index thereto, copies of all bills enacted, all resolutions enacted requiring the approval of the Governor, executive orders and proclamations of the Governor, other than proclamations directing the repeal of corporate charters which are promulgated pursuant to legislative enactment, municipal charters or amendments to municipal charters adopted pursuant to a referendum and filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to Chapter 8 of Title 22 and other legislative and executive papers as may be required by Legislative Council. The printing of the Session Laws shall be done under contract made by the Director of Research of the Legislative Council or the Director's designee and in accordance with the specifications furnished by the Director. In the preparation of such Session Laws for printing, the Director of Research of the Legislative Council or the Director's designee in conjunction with the Delaware Code Revisors may correct obvious typographical errors but if there is any doubt as to whether a typographical error exists, the Director of Research of the Legislative Council or the Director's designee and the Delaware Code Revisors shall print the law as enacted without correction. (b) The Secretary of State shall maintain and annually promulgate in such manner as the Secretary of State shall determine an Executive Register containing copies or abstracts of all official acts of the Governor and an index thereto, excepting therefrom acts and resolutions of the General Assembly. 21 Del. Laws, c. 9, §§  1, 2;  23 Del. Laws, c. 82, §  5;  24 Del. Laws, c. 14;  Code 1915, §  368;  36 Del. Laws, c. 77, §  2;  Code 1935, §  338;  46 Del. Laws, c. 4;  29 Del. C. 1953, §  907;  49 Del. Laws, c. 66;  50 Del. Laws, c. 453, §  1;  50 Del. Laws, c. 584, §  1;  51 Del. Laws, c. 134, §  4;  55 Del. Laws, c. 350, §  1;  55 Del. Laws, c. 384, §§  1, 2;  56 Del. Laws, c. 89, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  9;  61 Del. Laws, c. 257, §§  1, 2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;