Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 159

FORMERLY HOUSE BILL NO. 222

AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 16, TITLE 2 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE POWERS OF LOCAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Amend Section 1606, Chapter 16, Title 2, of the Delaware Code, by adding at the end of subsection (13) the following sentence:

A local transportation authority may, at such times and on such days as it shall determine, fix the rate of fare or charge for individuals over sixty-five years of age at a sum which is less than the standard fare or charge; provided, however, such reduced rate shall not be less than one-half of the standard fare or charge.

Section 2. This Act shall become effective ninety days after it is enacted into law.

Approved June 25, 1971.