Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8702 – Meetings; quorum; committees; procedure
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(a) The Council shall meet at least 8 times per year. At least 1 meeting each calendar year shall be held in each county. Ten members shall constitute a quorum.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 8702
- Proxy voting: The practice of allowing a legislator to cast a vote in committee for an absent legislator.
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Council may establish committees as it deems advisable, but only the Council itself may set policy or take other official action.
(c) The Council may promulgate rules of procedure governing its operations, provided that they are in accordance with Chapters 100 and 101 of Title 29, and provided that no rule shall permit proxy voting at more than 2 meetings per calendar year.
61 Del. Laws, c. 495, § ?2; 63 Del. Laws, c. 170, §§ ?2, 3; 64 Del. Laws, c. 407, § ?2;