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29 DE Code § 1110. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 11. Legislative Council|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 1110. Controller General; responsibility; duties; compensation.

§ 1110. Controller General; responsibility; duties; compensation. (a) The Council shall appoint a Controller General who, primarily, shall work with and assist the Joint Finance Committee of the General Assembly. (b) The Controller General shall:  (1) At all times have full and complete access to all records of all agencies of the state government; (2) Participate in any or all hearings held by the Joint Finance Committee of the General Assembly, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget or other state agencies in connection with contemplated general fund budget appropriations, capital improvement programs or supplementary appropriations; (3) Request and obtain from any state agency all reasonable information and data as directed by the Joint Finance Committee to assist the General Assembly in the effective discharge of its state financial responsibilities; and (4) Perform such duties as may be assigned or delegated to the Controller General by the Legislative Council. (c) The Controller General has the authority to perform management and program reviews. Management and program reviews shall include, but are not limited to, any analyses necessary to determine operational efficiency and effectiveness, compliance with the laws of Delaware and legislative intent. (d) The Council shall provide a secretary and such other aides as may be necessary to enable the Controller General to perform such functions. (e) The Controller General, the secretary to the Controller General and such other aides as shall be employed to assist the Controller General shall receive such compensation, including salaries and other necessary expenses, as shall be determined by the Council, subject to the limitations imposed in the annual appropriation act. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  1110;  57 Del. Laws, c. 277;  62 Del. Laws, c. 277, §  18;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  75 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  21(13);
29 DE Code § 1120. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 11. Legislative Council|Subchapter II. Session Laws and Legislative Journals|§ 1120. Custody.

§ 1120. Custody. The Director of Research of the Legislative Council or the Director's designee shall receive and exercise control over all inventory of Session Laws and legislative journals for sale and distribution as provided by law. 59 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  12;  64 Del. Laws, c. 329, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
29 DE Code § 1121. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 11. Legislative Council|Subchapter II. Session Laws and Legislative Journals|§ 1121. Sale.

§ 1121. Sale. The Director of Research of the Legislative Council or the Director's designee shall make available for sale all inventories of Session Laws and legislative journals in the State for such sum not less than the cost for preparation. All sums received from the sale of books shall become a part of the General Fund of this State. Sale of the Delaware Code and the Delaware Code pocket parts shall be in accordance with § 108 of Title 1. 59 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  12;  64 Del. Laws, c. 329, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
29 DE Code § 1122. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 11. Legislative Council|Subchapter II. Session Laws and Legislative Journals|§ 1122. Distribution to state agencies and legislators.

§ 1122. Distribution to state agencies and legislators. The Director of Research of the Legislative Council or the Director's designee shall distribute gratis copies of the Session Laws and legislative journals in the inventory to such agencies and public officials of the State as show a need for them. As soon as possible after publication, the Director of Research shall distribute gratis to each person who was a member of the General Assembly to which the books related a copy of the Session Laws enacted by that General Assembly and a copy of the journals of that session. 59 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  12;  64 Del. Laws, c. 329, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
29 DE Code § 1123. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 11. Legislative Council|Subchapter II. Session Laws and Legislative Journals|§ 1123. Free distribution with libraries.

§ 1123. Free distribution with libraries. The Director of Research of the Legislative Council or the Director's designee shall transmit a copy of the Session Laws and a copy of the journal of each House as soon after the books are published as practical to each of the following: The Library of Congress, the Delaware Historical Society, the Wilmington Institute Free Library and to public law libraries within the State, 2 copies each. No agency except a public law library shall be entitled to receive gratis more than 1 copy of each book from the State, from whatever source received. 59 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  12;  64 Del. Laws, c. 329, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
29 DE Code § 1124. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 11. Legislative Council|Subchapter II. Session Laws and Legislative Journals|§ 1124. Exchanging.

§ 1124. Exchanging. The Director of Research of the Legislative Council or the Director's designee in conjunction with the State Law Library in Kent County shall forward a copy of the Session Laws and the legislative journals published by or under the authority of the State to each state, territory or district of the United States which exchanges its books with the State Law Library in Kent County and may exchange books with any province of Canada and foreign country that exchanges its books with the State Law Library in Kent County. In the event that any state, territory, district, province or country does not exchange Session Laws and legislative journals published by it or under its authority or does not exchange a book or set of books equivalent to sets of books published by the State, then the Director of Research may refuse to transmit to such state, territory, district, province or country such books of the State. The Director of Research of the Legislative Council or the Director's designee may also exchange books of the State for books of equal value received from other sources. 59 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  12;  64 Del. Laws, c. 329, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
29 DE Code § 1131. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 11. Legislative Council|Subchapter III. Agency Regulations|§ 1131. Legislative findings.

§ 1131. Legislative findings. The General Assembly has conferred on boards, commissions, departments and other agencies of the Executive Branch of State Government the authority to adopt regulations. The General Assembly has found that this delegation of authority has resulted in regulations being promulgated without effective review or oversight and conformity to legislative intent. The General Assembly finds that they must provide a procedure of oversight and review of regulations pursuant to this delegation of legislative power to curtail excessive regulations and to establish a system of accountability. It is the intent of this subchapter to establish an effective method of ongoing review, accountability and oversight of regulations. It is further the intent of this subchapter to provide review by requiring a comment period following the proposal of regulations and requiring the agency to review any comments submitted. 69 Del. Laws, c. 107, §  4;  71 Del. Laws, c. 48, §  1;
29 DE Code § 1132. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 11. Legislative Council|Subchapter III. Agency Regulations|§ 1132. Definitions.

§ 1132. Definitions. (1) “Agency” means as defined in § 10102 of this title. (2) “Division” means the Division of Research of Legislative Council as established pursuant to this chapter. (3) “Official regulation” means a regulation in its final form as adopted by an order as defined in § 10118 of this title and filed with the Registrar of Regulations. (4) “Register of Regulations” means a publication authorized and recognized by law published for public information purposes, providing public notice of changes in agency regulations, whether new, modified or repealed, together with supplemental information as deemed appropriate by the Registrar. (5) “Registrar” means an employee of the Division charged with the responsibility of compiling, maintaining and publishing the Register of Regulations. (6) “Regulation” means as defined in § 10102 of this title. 69 Del. Laws, c. 107, §  4;  71 Del. Laws, c. 48, §  2;  72 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  1;
29 DE Code § 1133. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 11. Legislative Council|Subchapter III. Agency Regulations|§ 1133. Register of Regulations.

§ 1133. Register of Regulations. The Division shall establish, maintain and publish an official Register of Regulations at the Division. The Register of Regulations shall provide public notice of all proposed regulation or regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed, indexed by agency and subject matter with:  (1) Text or summary of the proposed regulation or regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed, nature of the proceedings including a synopsis of the subject, substance, issues and possible terms of the agency action and a reference to the legal authority of the agency to act; (2) A statement of the manner in which persons may present their views:  a. If in writing, of the place to which and the final date by which such views may be submitted; b. If at a public hearing, the date, time and place of the hearing; (3) The place or places where the proposed regulations to be adopted, amended or repealed may be inspected or copied; (4) The fee or other requirements for obtaining copies of same.69 Del. Laws, c. 107, §  4;  71 Del. Laws, c. 48, §  3;  72 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  2;
29 DE Code § 1134. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 11. Legislative Council|Subchapter III. Agency Regulations|§ 1134. Powers and duties of the Registrar in preparation and maintenance of the Register of Regulations.

§ 1134. Powers and duties of the Registrar in preparation and maintenance of the Register of Regulations. (a) The Registrar in the course of compiling and maintaining the Register of Regulations shall:  (1) In writing, notify all agencies authorized to make regulations that they are to submit to the Division copies of all proposed regulations as well as all subsequent amendments, repeals, additions or new or proposed regulations as they are proposed and statements of purpose thereof; (2) Advise agencies as to the form and style of the regulations, as well as, to the extent practicable, the classification thereof into categories of substance, procedure and organization; (3) Have the authority to make revisions to both proposed and existing regulations that do not alter the sense, meaning or effect of such regulations, including, but not limited to:  a. Renumbering and rearranging sections or parts of sections; b. Transferring of sections or dividing of sections so as to give to distinct subject matters a separate section number, but without changing the meaning; c. Inserting or changing the wording of headnotes; d. Change reference numbers to agree with renumbered regulations or sections thereof; e. Substituting the proper section or regulation number for the terms “this regulation”, “the preceding section” and the like; f. Striking out figures where they are merely a repetition of written words and vice versa; g. Changing capitalization for the purpose of uniformity; h. Correcting of manifest typographical and grammatical errors; and i. Making any other purely formal or clerical changes in keeping with the purpose of the revision. (4) Have the authority to promulgate rules and regulations; (5) Have authority to publish the full text or a summary of proposed, final or emergency regulations; and (6) Publish the following month all proposed regulations received by the 15th of the month preceding. (b) The Registrar may include in the Register of Regulations such other governmental information as the Registrar deems appropriate. 69 Del. Laws, c. 107, §  4;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  71 Del. Laws, c. 48, §§  4, 12;  72 Del. Laws, c. 88, §  3;
29 DE Code § 1135. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 11. Legislative Council|Subchapter III. Agency Regulations|§ 1135. Duties of state agencies.

§ 1135. Duties of state agencies. Each agency shall submit to the Division a general description of its organization, its methods of operation, the name, address and telephone number of a contact person or persons that will be responsible for submitting proposed, adopted or regulations to be repealed to the Registrar, and a current copy of existing regulations. The contact person shall have a general working knowledge of the agency's functions, responsibilities and internal procedures and familiarity with the Administrative Procedures Act. The submission shall include a brief statement of the nature and requirements of all rules of practice and the procedure used by the agency to exercise its statutory authority of promulgating regulations. 69 Del. Laws, c. 107, §  4;  69 Del. Laws, c. 181, §  2;  71 Del. Laws, c. 48, §§  5, 6;
29 DE Code § 1136. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 11. Legislative Council|Subchapter III. Agency Regulations|§ 1136. Public distribution of the register.

§ 1136. Public distribution of the register. The Division shall cause the register to be published for public distribution on the first day of each calendar month. The register shall be made available to the public for inspection and copies provided to any person so requesting same for a nominal fee to be set by the Registrar. The amount to be charged for copies of the register shall approximate and reasonably reflect all costs necessary to defray the expenses of the register as well as the proportional expenses incurred by the Division in carrying out the responsibilities of this subchapter. In addition, copies of the register shall be provided gratis to the law libraries located within each county, to all public libraries in each county, to the 2 state daily newspapers and the Director of the Division of Libraries. Any additions and corrections to the register shall likewise be made available as soon as practicable. 69 Del. Laws, c. 107, §  4;
29 DE Code § 2501. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 25. State Department of Justice|Subchapter I. General Powers|§ 2501. Purpose.

§ 2501. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to accomplish efficiency by centralizing in 1 department the State's facilities for the rendering of legal services to the Governor, General Assembly, officers, departments, boards, agencies, commissions and instrumentalities of the state government and to provide for the enforcement of the criminal law of this State. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  2501;  56 Del. Laws, c. 326, §  1;
29 DE Code § 2502. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 25. State Department of Justice|Subchapter I. General Powers|§ 2502. Department of Justice established.

§ 2502. Department of Justice established. There is created a State Department of Justice under the supervision, direction and control of the Attorney General. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  2502;  56 Del. Laws, c. 326, §  1;
29 DE Code § 2503. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 25. State Department of Justice|Subchapter I. General Powers|§ 2503. Definition of Attorney General.

§ 2503. Definition of Attorney General. Whenever “Attorney General” is referred to or designated in the Constitution, any statute, rules of any court, contract, document or usage, such reference or designation shall include any person duly appointed by the Attorney General pursuant to § 2505 of this title, except where the term “Attorney General” is immediately followed by “himself or herself” or “in person” or where the context otherwise indicates. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  2503;  56 Del. Laws, c. 326, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 289, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;
29 DE Code § 2504. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 25. State Department of Justice|Subchapter I. General Powers|§ 2504. Powers, duties and authority of the State Department of Justice.

§ 2504. Powers, duties and authority of the State Department of Justice. The State Department of Justice and the Attorney General shall have the following powers, duties and authority:  (1) To continue to exercise the powers and perform the duties by the Constitution, statutes and common law vested in and imposed upon the Attorney General prior to January 1, 1969; (2) Notwithstanding any other laws, to provide legal advice, counsel and services for administrative offices, agencies, departments, boards, commissions and officers of the state government concerning any matter arising in connection with the exercising of their official powers or duties and to publish or cause to be published such opinions in book form every 2 years. The courts, counties and incorporated municipalities are excepted from this chapter; (3) Notwithstanding any other laws, to represent as counsel in all proceedings or actions which may be brought on behalf of or against them in their official capacity in any court, except in actions in which the State has a conflicting interest, all officers, agencies, departments, boards, commissions and instrumentalities of state government; (4) To investigate matters involving the public peace, safety and justice and to subpoena witnesses and evidence in connection therewith; provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision shall restrict the general powers of the General Assembly to investigate matters involving the public peace, safety and justice and to subpoena witnesses and evidence in connection therewith; (5) To direct the activities of state detectives; (6) To have charge of all criminal proceedings as prior to January 1, 1969; (7) To recommend revisions in the Constitution and statutes of this State with particular reference to law enforcement; (8) To draft or cause to be drafted such bills or amendments as may be requested by any state officer or any department, division, commission or other state agency and otherwise render assistance, aid, information, counsel and advice in the preparation and drafting of any such proposed legislation; and (9) To represent witnesses for the State or individuals who have cooperated with state investigative agencies when they are sued as a result of, or on account of, their cooperation with any agency of the State in any investigation or prosecution conducted by the State unless such representation creates a conflict with the interests of the State.29 Del. C. 1953, §  2504;  56 Del. Laws, c. 326, §  1;  58 Del. Laws, c. 253, §  8;  59 Del. Laws, c. 253, §§  18, 19;  64 Del. Laws, c. 418;  65 Del. Laws, c. 134, §  1;
29 DE Code § 2506. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 25. State Department of Justice|Subchapter I. General Powers|§ 2506. Salaries.

§ 2506. Salaries. (a) The salary of the Attorney General shall be $30,000 per annum. The Attorney General shall fix the salaries of all of the members of the Department of Justice within the limits set forth in this section. (b) The salaries of all attorneys employed by the Attorney General in the Department of Justice shall be fixed by the Attorney General within the appropriations made to the Department of Justice pursuant to a salary plan established by the Attorney General. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  2506;  56 Del. Laws, c. 326, §  1;  57 Del. Laws, c. 763, §§  1, 2;  58 Del. Laws, c. 99, §  2;  59 Del. Laws, c. 289, §§  2, 6;  61 Del. Laws, c. 409, §§  71, 113;  61 Del. Laws, c. 519, §  34;  62 Del. Laws, c. 68, §  80;
29 DE Code § 2507. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 25. State Department of Justice|Subchapter I. General Powers|§ 2507. Prohibition on employment of attorneys by state officers, departments, boards, agencies, commissions or instrumentalities.

§ 2507. Prohibition on employment of attorneys by state officers, departments, boards, agencies, commissions or instrumentalities. No officer, department, board, agency, commission or instrumentality of state government shall employ any person to act as attorney, counsel, solicitor, legal assistant or other legal advisor to such officer, department, board, agency, commission or instrumentality except as otherwise set forth in this chapter. However, such special counsel may be employed by such officer, department, board, agency, commission or instrumentality with the approval of the Attorney General and the Governor upon such terms and conditions as the Attorney General and the Governor may prescribe. The special counsel so appointed shall have such powers, duties and responsibilities as designated by the Attorney General in addition to those powers prescribed in § 2504(3) of this title. Expenses of such employment shall be paid by the State Treasurer out of general funds not otherwise appropriated upon the approval of the Attorney General and the Governor. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  2507;  56 Del. Laws, c. 326, §  1;  58 Del. Laws, c. 99, §  3;
29 DE Code § 2508. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 29 - State Government|Chapter 25. State Department of Justice|Subchapter I. General Powers|§ 2508. Power to administer oaths and affirmations; compelling attendance of persons and witnesses; delivery of witness lists.

§ 2508. Power to administer oaths and affirmations; compelling attendance of persons and witnesses; delivery of witness lists. (a) The Attorney General or any assistant may administer oaths and affirmations to any person, including witnesses, at any time or in any place and may issue process to compel the attendance of persons, witnesses and evidence at the office of the Attorney General or at such other place as designated. (b) The Attorney General shall have the right of access at all times to the books, papers, records and other documents of any officer, department, board, agency, instrumentality or commission of the state government. (c) The Attorney General shall transmit to the Prothonotaries of the counties of this State a certified list giving the names and addresses of persons or witnesses subpoenaed under this section, the time occupied in attendance and the distance traveled by them respectively. The list shall be legal proof, and the same costs shall accrue and be paid in the same manner as is provided by law to be paid to witnesses for attendance at the courts of this State. 29 Del. C. 1953, §  2508;  56 Del. Laws, c. 326, §  1;  59 Del. Laws, c. 289, §  2;  67 Del. Laws, c. 260, §  1;