Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 85

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 4705, TITLE 7, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF STATE PARK COMMISSION REGULATIONS.

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

Section 1. Section 4705, Title 7, Delaware Code, is hereby amended by striking the present language thereof and substituting the following new language

(a) Whoever violates the rules and regulations promulgated by the State Park Commission shall be fined not less than $10 nor more than $50 and costs for each offense, or imprisoned not more than 30 days, or both.

(a) This section shall not be construed as authorizing the Commission to change any penalty for violating any rule or regulation of the Commission.

(a) All rules and regulations of the Commission shall have the effect of law and shall be published in at least two newspapers of general circulation in the territory to be affected, at least 30 days prior to the time the rule or regulation becomes effective, except in case of an emergency when the Commission shall give such advance notice as it deems necessary or desirable.

() Justices of the Peace shall severally throughout the State have jurisdiction of violations of the rules and regulations of the Commission with the condition that any person arrested for such violation shall be taken before the closest available magistrate in the County where such violation is alleged to have occurred.

Approved July 13, 1967.