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DE HB380
Bill
Status
6/30/2016
Primary Sponsor
Peter Schwartzkopf
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AI Summary
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Expands circumstances under which the General Assembly may meet outside Dover from "insurrection, conflagration or epidemic disease" to include enemy attack, terrorism, disease, accident, or other natural or man-made disasters
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Broadens the General Assembly's constitutional authority to ensure government continuity from emergencies caused only by "enemy attack" to also cover terrorism, disease, accident, and other natural or man-made disasters
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Enables the legislature to extend existing emergency succession laws (for legislative, executive, and judicial branches) to a wider range of emergency situations beyond just enemy attack
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Clarifies that the General Assembly may provide succession for public offices whose "immediate" succession is not already established by the Constitution, codifying a 1963 Delaware Supreme Court interpretation
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Requires passage by two-thirds of both legislative chambers as the first leg of a constitutional amendment process
Legislative Description
An Act Proposing Amendments To The Delaware Constitution Relating To Continuity Of Governmental Operations.
Last Action
Enact w/o Sign by Governor
6/30/2016