Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 317

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 182

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO POLICE CHIEF DUE PROCESS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE :

Section 1. Amend §9301, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by striking the phrase “50,000, shall be dismissed” and replacing said phrase with the phrase “60,000, shall be dismissed, demoted or otherwise removed from office”.

Section 2. Amend §9301. Title 11 of the Delaware Code by striking the word “dismissal” after the words “grounds for such” as it appears in the first sentence of said section and substituting in lieu thereof the word “action”.

Section 3. Amend §9301, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by designating the existing section as subsection “(a)”.

Section 4. Amend §9301, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by adding thereto a new subsection (b) to read as follows:

“(b) Any appeals from the process described in subsection (a) of this section shall be to the Superior Court for the county in which the public hearing was held. All such appeals shall be undertaken by filing a notice of appeal with the Court within ninety (90) days of receipt of the written decision of the governing body.”

Approved June 20,2000