Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 326

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 628

AN ACT MAKING A SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TO PROVIDE FOR LIFEGUARDS AT DEWEY BEACH AND FENWICK ISLAND FOR THE 1978 SUMMER SEASON.

WHEREAS, increasing numbers of vacationers are expected to make use of the beaches at Dewey Beach and Fenwick Island this summer; and

WHEREAS, these beaches are not now protected by lifeguards;

and

WHEREAS, providing such lifeguards would serve to protect life and property and make these Delaware Beaches safer and more pleasant for the general public; and

WHEREAS, Sussex County will provide $18,762 toward the salaries of lifeguards through its summer program.

NOW, THEREFORE:

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

Section 1. The sum of $13,737 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Parks and Recreation for the purposes of providing for lifeguards at Dewey Beach from Collins Street to Dagsworthy Street and the unincorporated section of Fenwick Island from the Maryland line to Atlantic Street for the period June 17, 1978 through September 4, 1978, and the Department is hereby directed to provide such lifeguards subject to the provisions of this section.

Section 2. This is a supplementary appropriation and the monies herein appropriated shall be paid from the General Fund of the State of Delaware out of funds not otherwise appropriated.

Section 3. Funds appropriated herein remaining unexpended on September 30, 1978 shall revert to the General Fund of the State of Delaware.

Section 4. This supplemental appropriation shall take effect only in the event the Sussex County Summer Employment Program provides $18,762 in salaries for lifeguards for the locations and the period of time specified in this Act.

Approved June 16, 1978.