SPONSOR:

Rep. Griffith & Sen. Gay

Rep. K. Williams

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 53

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

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

Section 1. Amend § 2505, Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 2505. Chief Deputy, State Solicitor, State Prosecutor, assistants, special assistants and law clerks.

(j) The Attorney General may appoint, from the practicing members of the Bar of this State, a lawyer resident in this State who shall be designated as the head or assistant head of any Division of the State Department of Justice, or the Chief Prosecutor of a particular county and who shall serve on a full-time basis under the direct control of the Attorney General. Such persons shall have such responsibilities, powers and duties as the Attorney General shall designate.

SYNOPSIS

This bill removes the requirement that a head or assistant head of any Division of the State Department of Justice or the Chief Prosecutor of a particular county be a resident of the State of Delaware.