Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 149

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 154

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 9 AND 22 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.

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

Section 1. Amend § 2612, Title 9 of the Delaware Code, by striking the phrase "developmentally disabled persons" in its entirety wherever it appears therein and by substituting in lieu thereof the phrase "persons with disabilities".

Section 2. Amend § 2612, Title 9 of the Delaware Code, by striking subsection (b) thereof in its entirety and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"(b) For the purposes of this section, the term 'persons with disabilities' includes any persons with a handicap or disability as those terms are defined in the Delaware Fair Housing Act (6 Del. C. Chapter 46)."

Section 3. Amend § 2612, Title 9 of the Delaware Code, by striking subsection (c) thereof in its entirety.

Section 4. Amend § 4923, Title 9 of the Delaware Code, by striking the phrase "developmentally disabled persons" in its entirety wherever it appears therein and by substituting in lieu thereof the phrase "persons with disabilities".

Section 5. Amend § 4923, Title 9 of the Delaware Code, by striking subsection (b) thereof in its entirety and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"(b) For the purposes of this section, the term 'persons with disabilities' includes any persons with a handicap or disability as those terms are defined in the Delaware Fair Housing Act (6 Del. C. Chapter 46)."

Section 6. Amend § 4923, Title 9 of the Delaware Code, by striking subsection (c) thereof in its entirety.

Section 7. Amend § 6819, Title 9 of the Delaware Code, by striking the phrase "developmentally disabled persons" in its entirety wherever it appears therein and by substituting in lieu thereof the phrase "persons with disabilities".

Section 8. Amend § 6819, Title 9 of the Delaware Code, by striking subsection (b) thereof in its entirety and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"(b) For the purposes of this section, the term 'persons with disabilities' includes any persons with a handicap or disability as those terms are defined in the Delaware Fair Housing Act (6 Del. C. Chapter 46)."

Section 9. Amend § 309, Title 22 of the Delaware Code, by striking the phrase "developmentally disabled persons" in its entirety wherever it appears therein and by substituting in lieu thereof the phrase "persons with disabilities".

Section 10. Amend § 309, Title 22 of the Delaware Code, by striking subsection (b) thereof in its entirety and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

"(b) For the purposes of this section, the term 'persons with disabilities' includes any persons with a handicap or disability as those terms are defined in the Delaware Fair Housing Act (6 Del. C. Chapter 46)."

Section 11. Amend § 309, Title 22 of the Delaware Code, by striking subsection (c) thereof in its entirety.

Approved June 30, 2003