Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 238

MOTOR VEHICLES CHANGING EXPIRATION DATE OF OPERATORS' AND

CHAUFFERS' LICENSES

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 165, REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES, BY CHANGING THE EXPIRATION DATE OF OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That Article 4 of Chapter 165 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by striking out and repealing all of subparagraph (b) of Paragraph 5595. Section 57. and by inserting in lieu thereof the following:

(b) Every application shall state the name, date of birth, sex and residence address of the applicant and whether or not the applicant has heretofore been licensed as an operator or chauffeur, and if so, when and by what state, and whether or not such license has ever been suspended or revoked, and if so, the date of and reason for such suspension or revocation.

Section 2. That Article 4 of Chapter 165 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by inserting a new paragraph at the end of the first paragraph of subparagraph (c) of Paragraph 5595. Section 57. as follows:

On and after January 1, 1952, upon receipt of the application and a fee of Two Dollars and Fifty Cents ($2.50) and after such examination as herein provided, the Motor Vehicle Commissioner of this State may issue, at his discretion, a motor vehicle operator's license or chauffeur's license which shall be known as a biennial operator's or chauffeur's license and which shall expire on the second anniversary of the date of birth of the applicant occurring after the thirty-first day of May next following the date of its issuance.

Section 3. That Chapter 165 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by adding a new paragraph at the end of subparagraph (a) of Paragraph 5605. Section 65. as follows:

On and after January 1, 1952, the Motor Vehicle Commissioner shall not issue an annual operator's or chauffeur's license.

Approved June 5, 1951.