Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 14

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 14

AS AMENDED BY SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 189, VOLUME 43 OF THE LAWS OF DELAWARE, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE TOWN OF WYOMING.

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 2. Amend Section 5(B), Chapter 189, Volume 43 of the Laws of Delaware, as amended, by striking Section 5(B), in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new Section 5(B), to be and read as follows:

"(B) Said members of the council shall be nominated as follows:

Nominations shall be filed with the Secretary of the Council no later than 4:00 PM on the last Friday in the month of January immediately preceding the election. Said nominations shall be in writing signed by the nominee or by five other residents of the Town. The Council shall thereafter cause a ballot or ballots to be prepared, and an election to be scheduled and conducted, according to applicable Delaware law and such other standards as may be adopted by the Department of Elections for the State of Delaware from time to time. Ballots shall contain, at a minimum, the names of all persons nominated under headings designating the offices for which nominated."

Section 4. If any provision of this Act shall be deemed or held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, then such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Act which may be given effect without such invalid or unenforceable provision, and to this end, the provisions of this Act are hereby declared to be severable.

Section 5. This act shall become effective upon its enactment into law.

Approved April 12,1999