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LAWS OF DELAWARE

VOLUME 83

CHAPTER 324

151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 411

 

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II OF THE DELAWARE CONSTITUTION RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON THE TIME AND FREQUENCY OF LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.

 

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 § 4, Article II of the Delaware Constitution by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 4. Time and frequency of sessions.

Section 4. The General Assembly shall convene on the second Tuesday of January of each calendar year unless otherwise convened by the Governor, or by mutual call of the presiding officers of both Houses.

The General Assembly may continue in session each calendar year so long as, in its judgment, the public interest may require; however, each session shall not may not extend beyond 5:00 p.m. on the last day of June unless the session is recalled by the Governor or the mutual call of the presiding officers of both Houses.

 

First leg of amendment to the Constitution approved June 14, 2022