Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 320

RELATING TO NEW CASTLE COUNTY LEVY COURT

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 3, TITLE 9, OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO STAGGERED TERMS OF OFFICE OF LEVY COURT COMMISSIONERS OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. 303 (c), Chapter 3, Title 9, Delaware Code is amended to read as follows:

(c) The full term of office of Levy Court Commissioner of New Castle County shall be six years, commencing on the first Tuesday in January following the election ; provided, however, that in the event that any six year term, in effect at the time of passage of this act or thereafter, follows a term of less than six years for Levy Court Commissioner from the same Levy Court District, due to the filling of a vacancy, the next term for Levy Court Commissioner from the same Levy Court District shall be of such duration, not exceeding six years, as will result in staggered full terms for Levy Court Commissioners in the same sequence as existed prior to the vacancy.

Approved June 23, 1955.