HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 476

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE GOLD ALERT PROGRAM.

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

Section 1. Amend Chapter 85, Title 11 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and underline as shown by underline as follows:

§ 8583. Cancellation of a Gold Alert.

(a) The investigating law-enforcement agency shall notify the designated media outlets when a Gold Alert has been cancelled.

(b) A law-enforcement agency that locates a missing person who is the subject of a Gold Alert shall notify DELJIS, NCIC, and the DIAC as soon as possible that the missing person has been located. A law-enforcement agency must remove any notifications concerning the missing person from all social media and all websites within 72 hours of being advised that the missing person has been located.

SYNOPSIS

This Act requires all law-enforcement agencies to remove all Gold Alert notifications of missing persons from all social media and all websites within 72 hours of being notified that the missing person has been located.