Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 181

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 234

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 1, TITLE 17, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO GOVERNING THE USE OF OR CONDUCT ON STATE LANDS OWNED, CONTROLLED OR IN THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE (two-thirds of all members elected to each house thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend subchapter III, Chapter 1, Title 11, Delaware Code, by adding a new Section which shall read as follows:

§149. Authority for Department of Transportation to adopt regulations governing State land.

(a) The Department of Transportation shall have the authority to adopt rules, regulations or restrictions governing the use of or the conduct on those lands owned, controlled or in the custody of the Department of Transportation. Such rules, regulations or restrictions adopted pursuant hereto may be adopted to control such behavior as but not limited to loud and tumultuous behavior, the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages, or sales of goods or services for profit or vending operation of any kind without a permit issued by the Department of Transportation.

(b) Any violation of any rule, regulation or restriction adopted pursuant here to posted on the property by the Department of Transportation, shall constitute a class C misdemeanor as defined in Title 11 of the Delaware Code and any person found to be in violation thereof shall receive a penalty in accordance therewith."

Approved July 16, 1987.