Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 213

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 302

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7, DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MAIL-IN FINES FOR VIOLATIONS OF STATE PARK REGULATIONS.

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 §1311 (a), Chapter 13, Title 7, Delaware Code by inserting after the word "title" and before the word "or" as the same appear therein the following:

", Chapter 47 of this Title".

Section 2. Amend §4702 (d), Chapter 47, Title 7, Delaware Code by striking said subsection in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"(d) Justices of the Peace shall severally throughout the State have jurisdiction of violations of the rules and regulations of the Department of Natural Resources and Evnironmental Control with the condition that any person arrested for such violation shall either be taken before the closest available Justice of the Peace in the county where such violation is alleged to have occurred or be provided a voluntary assessment form in accordance with the provisions of S1311, Chapter 13 of this Title.".

Approved April 3,1980.