Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 611

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

AN ACT PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE IV OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF THE STATE JUDICIARY BY REQUIRING THE GOVERNOR TO ADDRESS A PUBLIC LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE STATING THE NAME OF THE PERSON HE INTENDS TO APPOINT AT LEAST TEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF SUCH PERSON'S NAME TO THE SENATE FOR CONFIRMATION.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met (two-thirds of all the Members elected to each Branch thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. That Article IV of the Constitution of the State of Delaware be and the same is hereby amended by adding an additional paragraph to said Section 3 of said Article IV to read as follows:

"Fourth, before sending the name of any person to the Senate for confirmation as the appointment of the Governor to a vacancy in any Judicial Office as aforesaid, the Governor shall, not less than ten (10) days before sending the name of such person to the Senate for confirmation, address a public letter to the President of the Senate informing him that he intends to submit to the Senate for confirmation as an appointment to such vacancy the name of the person he intends to appoint."