Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 265

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 101, TITLE 22, DELAWARE CODE, TO ALLOW THE EXTENSION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF A CITY OR TOWN TO INCLUDE LANDS OWNED BY THE ANNEXING CITY OR TOWN WITHOUT AN ELECTION.

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

Section 1. Section 101, Title 22, Delaware Code, is amended by adding the following:

However, any city or town may extend its corporate limits without an election by ordinance duly passed by the city or towns governing body if the lands to be annexed are owned wholly by the city or town which is extending its limits.

Approved December 21, 1965.