Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 381

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II, SECTION 4 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, RELATING TO THE TIME AND FREQUENCY OF SESSIONS AND PROVIDING TERMINATION DATES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware (two-thirds of all members elected to each branch thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Section 4, Article II, of the Constitution of the State of Delaware is amended by striking said section in its entirety and adding in lieu thereof the following new Section 4:

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 extend beyond the last day of June unless the session is recalled by the Governor or the mutual call of the presiding officers of both Houses.