Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 281

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 424

AS AMENDED BY HOUSE AMENDMENT NOS. 1 AND 2 AND
SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

AN ACT TO AMEND §730, TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM NEAR AN OCCUPIED DWELLING.

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 §730, Title 7 of the Delaware Code by redesignating existing subsection (c) as subsection (d) and by creating a new subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) No person, except the owner or occupant, or a person with the permission of said owner or occupant, shall discharge a firearm so that a shot, slug, or bullet lands upon any occupied dwelling, house, or residence, or any barn, stable, or other building used in connection therewith."

Approved June 27, 1994.