2015 Delaware Code
Title 16 - Health and Safety
CHAPTER 96. STATE USE LAW
§ 9603 Commission for the Purchase of Products and Services of the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped Individuals — Appointed; composition; terms; vacancies; compensation.

(a) A Commission for the Purchase of Products and Services of the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped Individuals shall be appointed by the Governor to advise the Director of the Division for the Visually Impaired in the management of the Delaware Industries for the Blind operated by the Division. The Commission shall be composed of 9 members as follows: From the private sector, a person with business experience in production, a person skilled in marketing, a person experienced in industrial purchasing, a person experienced in industrial engineering, a person experienced in sales, a person experienced in accounting, a person experienced in the field of advertising; and from state government, the Director of Government Support Services and the Secretary of Finance or their designated representatives, and, ex officio, the Director of the Division for the Visually Impaired and a representative from the Delaware Association of Rehabilitation Facilities. The members of the Commission shall be appointed for terms of 4 years and shall serve until new appointments are made at the end of their terms. Four of the members appointed in 1982 shall serve terms of 2 years in order to stagger the expiration dates of the terms of the members from the private sector. No more than 5 of the members from the private sector shall be members of the same political party.

(b) Any private citizen member appointed under subsection (a) of this section to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of such term.

(c) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation other than reimbursement for expenses actually incurred in connection with the work of the Commission, and for travel expenses when away from their homes or regular places of business.

(d) The Commission may secure, directly from any agency of this State, information necessary to enable it to carry out this chapter. Upon request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the head or administrator of such state agency shall furnish the requested information to the Commission.

(e) The Commission shall, not later than 90 days following the close of each fiscal year, transmit to the Governor and to the General Assembly a report which shall include the names of the Commission members serving in the preceding fiscal year, the dates of the Commission meetings in that year, a description of its activities during that year, and any recommendations for changes in the law which the Commission might suggest.

(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Delaware Code, members of the Commission may participate in a meeting of the Commission by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participating in a meeting pursuant to this subsection shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

59 Del. Laws, c. 566, § 1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 259, § 1; 64 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§ 3, 4; 69 Del. Laws, c. 291, § 173; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 143, § 4; 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, § 22(3); 76 Del. Laws, c. 56, § 1.;