Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 95

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 6, TITLE 9, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.

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

Section 1. Chapter 6, Title 9, Delaware Code, is amended by striking Section 616 thereof and substituting in lieu thereof a new Section 616 as follows:

§ 616. Limitation Upon Authority

No provision of this Chapter shall be construed as intending to confer upon the Levy Court or any Park Commission or Commissioner established or appointed by said Levy Court any power or authority to acquire by condemnation, or otherwise, or to exercise in any manner any power or authority over any lands owned by an incorporated city or town of this State, except pursuant to an agreement executed by the incorporated city or town owning said land and the Levy Court prior to said acquisition.

Section 2. Chapter 6, Title 9, Delaware Code, is amended by adding at the end of Section 670 (a) thereof a new sentence to read as follows:

The Levy Court, pursuant to agreement executed by an incorporated city or town, may acquire by agreement, purchase or gift, or may lease or agree to undertake to control and maintain for a term of years, lands located within the county owned by the incorporated city or town.

Approved June 28, 1963.