Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 97

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 269, VOLUME 52, LAWS OF DELAWARE, ENTITLED "AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF WILMINGTON TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE MERGING THE WILMINGTON PLANNING COMMISSION AND WILMINGTON ZONING COMMISSION, AND THE FUNCTIONS OF THESE COMMISSIONS, INTO A SINGLE ENTITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE WILMINGTON COMMISSION ON ZONING AND PLANNING, AND ESTABLISHING MEMBERSHIP THEREOF" RELATING TO THE NUMBER AND LENGTH OF TERMS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE WILMINGTON COMMISSION ON ZONING AND PLANNING.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware (two-thirds of all Members elected to each House concurring therein):

Section 1. Section 2, Chapter 269, Volume 52, Laws of Delaware, is amended by striking out the word "eight" as it appears in line two thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the word "five."

Section 2. Section 2, Chapter 269, Volume 52, Laws of Delaware, is amended by striking out the words and figures "four (4)" as they appear in lines nine and ten thereof respectively and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "five (5)" respectively.

Section 3. Section 2, Chapter 269, Volume 52, Laws of Delaware, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sentence: "Not more than three members of the Commission at any one time shall be from the same major political party."

Approved June 23, 1961.