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2014 Delaware Code
Title 29 - State Government
CHAPTER 32. DELAWARE HERITAGE COMMISSION
§ 3201. Creation and membership; termination

Universal Citation:
2 DE Code § 3201 (2014 through 146th Gen Ass)
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(a) The Delaware Heritage Commission is established and shall be composed of 15 citizens of the State appointed by the Governor. Members shall serve terms of up to 3 years, excepting the Chairperson, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Members shall be appointed for staggered terms, so that no more than 5 members' terms shall expire in any 1 calendar year.

(b) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, except that they may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incident to their duties as members of the Commission.

(c) The Director of the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs and the Director of the Delaware Public Archives shall serve as ex officio members of the Commission.

(1) The Director of the Delaware Public Archives shall be a voting member by virtue of his or her administrative duties overseeing the Delaware Heritage Office, as set forth in § 3202(b) of this title, and the responsibilities of his or her office under regulations established by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission of the National Archives and Records Administration.

(2) The Director of the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, and such other representatives of government agencies and nonprofit organizations as the Commission may deem appropriate to appoint, shall be ex officio, nonvoting members. The Commission may create subcommittees, which may consist of nonmembers, to facilitate its work.

(d) Members of the Commission shall be eligible for reappointment.

29 Del. C. 1953, § 9901; 58 Del. Laws, c. 179; 61 Del. Laws, c. 319, §§ 1, 2; 65 Del. Laws, c. 25, § 1; 67 Del. Laws, c. 323, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 71 Del. Laws, c. 364, §§ 1, 2; 73 Del. Laws, c. 65, § 31; 76 Del. Laws, c. 318, § 1; 78 Del. Laws, c. 328, § 2.;

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