Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 413

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 644

AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT, BEING CHAPTER 276, VOLUME 65, LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO REINCORPORATE THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN", TO FURTHER DEFINE THE POWER OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN UNDER ITS CHARTER TO LAY OUT, LOCATE, OPEN, WIDEN, ALTER, VACATE, OR ABANDON STREETS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (Two-thirds of all members elected to each House thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend Section 31, paragraph (a), of Chapter 276, Volume 65, Laws of Delaware, as amended, by adding thereto the following language at the end of said paragraph:

"The jurisdiction of the Town Council under this Section shall be concurrent with the jurisdiction of the Superior Court of the State of Delaware to vacate public roads, bridges and all of the right-of-ways, pursuant to Title 17, Chapter 13 of the Delaware Code, or any other similar statutory provision."

Approved July 17, 1992.