Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6602 – State Fire Prevention Commission — Appointment; qualifications; …
(a) The State Fire Prevention Commission shall consist of 7 commissioners as follows: 3 representatives of business and industry to include one from each county to be appointed by the Governor; 3 Delaware volunteer firefighters to include one from each county to be appointed by the Governor; and the immediate past president of the Delaware Volunteer Firefighters’ Association.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 6602
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or such persons as may be designated by the Secretary. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Firefighter Commissioners shall be recommended to the Governor by each Delaware Volunteer Firefighters’ Association County President of the county in which the expired term or vacancy exists within 60 days prior to the expiration of a Commissioner’s term or within 30 days following a vacancy. Each recommendation shall include 3 nominees and any and all necessary information required by the Governor regarding the nominee’s qualifications to serve as a Commissioner.
(c) Business and industry Commissioners shall have knowledge in the areas of the Commission’s jurisdiction and be employed within an industry regulated by or under the authority of the Commissioner.
(d) Commissioners may be removed by the Governor for continued neglect of the duties required by this chapter, or for refusal to act, misconduct, incompetency, or other sufficient cause. Missing 3 consecutive meetings shall presumptively be neglect of duty for purposes of this section.
(e) Commissioners shall be appointed to serve 4-year terms and shall not serve more than 3 terms to ensure that the terms of no more than 2 Commissioners expire in 1 year.
(f) Commissioners shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(g) No Commissioner, while serving on the State Fire Prevention Commission, shall be an officer of any kind (president/chairperson, president-elect, vice president, secretary, board of directors, or treasurer) of any state or county volunteer firemen’s association, including but not limited to, the Delaware Volunteer Firefighter’s Association, or any professional board, commission, or trade association, or union representing an industry or service regulated by the State Fire Prevention Commission. No Commissioner shall hold a politically elected or appointed position.
16 Del. C. 1953, § ?6601; 49 Del. Laws, c. 335; 52 Del. Laws, c. 5, § ?1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 381, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 444, § ?4; 83 Del. Laws, c. 143, § 1;