Delaware General Assembly

Enact w/o Sign 3/26/13

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1/15/13

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Sen. Henry
Reps. Schwartzkopf, Longhurst

Sen. Venables, Ennis, Lavelle, McDowell, Lawson
Reps. Walker, Viola, M. Smith, J. Johnson, D. Short, Hudson, Wilson, Peterman, Kenton

AN ACT CONCURRING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 29 OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION OF 1897, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE TERM OF OFFICE OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

Article IV, Section 29 currently provides that, after completing an initial four-year term successfully enough to warrant reappointment and confirmation, succeeding terms would then be for six years. This amendment would provide that Justices of the Peace who have completed three terms of office successfully enough to warrant reappointment and confirmation for succeeding terms would thereafter serve terms of eight years, thereby retaining Justices of the Peace who are deemed most experienced by virtue of their years of service and increasing professionalism on that bench as a whole. This is the second leg of this Constitutional Amendment.

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