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LAWS OF DELAWARE
VOLUME 85
CHAPTER 305
153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
FORMERLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 334
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES ADVISORY BOARD.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend § 1383, Title 9 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 1383. Human Resources Advisory Board.
(a) County Council, by ordinance, shall provide for the establishment of a Human Resources Advisory Board. The Board shall consist of 3 7 members appointed by the County Executive, with the advice and consent of the County Council, who shall serve for terms of 6 4 years or until their successors are appointed.
(b) The ordinance shall further provide that: all of the following:
(1) The members of the Board shall must be residents of New Castle County; County.
(2) They shall The members of the Board must be persons of recognized character and ability whose experience provides knowledge of human resources practices and procedures and knowledge and support of merit principles as applied to public employment; employment.
(3) No A member of the Board shall may not be a member of any local, state state, or national committee of a political party or an officer or a member of a committee of any partisan or political group, or shall hold or be a candidate for any political office; and office.
(4) The members shall of the Board must be registered voters of the County and no more than 2 4 of the members shall may be of the same political party.
(c) The ordinance shall further provide that the members of the Board shall elect 1 of their number to serve as chairperson, chair, and that they shall be the members are entitled to compensation of $50 per meeting, not to exceed 25 meetings in any fiscal year. as established by ordinance, with the number of meetings determined by the chair, as needed, in consultation with the Board and the Administration.
Section 2. The change in number of years for each term under § 1383(a) of Title 9 does not apply to an individual who is a member of the Human Resources Advisory Board on [the date this Act is enacted]. An individual who is a member on [the date this Act is enacted] may complete that individual’s 6-year term. After that 6-year term is expired, or if that individual no longer serves that term for any other reason, the individual’s successor and each subsequent successor shall serve a 4-year term as provided under § 1383(a), including if it is the same individual who completed the final 6-year term.
Approved June 24, 2026