Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 8006A – Council on Recreational Fishing Funding
(a) There is established the Council on Recreational Fishing Funding.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 8006A
- President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- 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 Council on Recreational Fishing Funding shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Director of Fish and Wildlife and shall consider matters relative to funding of fishery-related projects as related to this State and such other matters as may be referred to it by the Governor, Secretary of the Department or Director of Fish and Wildlife.
(c) The Council on Recreational Fishing Funding shall be composed of 10 members as follows:
(1) Six members appointed by the Governor;
(2) One member appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;
(3) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House;
(4) The President of the Delaware Mobile Surf Fisherman Association or a designee appointed by the President;
(5) The Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife or a designee appointed by the Director to serve as an ex-officio nonvoting member.
(d) Appointments made by the Governor shall be appointed for a 3-year term and all other members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
(e) The Council shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair.
(f) The Division ex-officio nonvoting member shall prepare minutes of each Council meeting. These minutes must be approved by a quorum of Council members in order to be official.
(g) All members of the Council shall serve without compensation, except that they may be reimbursed for reasonable and necessary expenses incident to their duties as members of the Council from the fishing license account.
(h) The Council shall meet no less than once per year. The Council shall provide nonbinding advice to the Department on fishery related construction priorities for the expenditure of funds generated from the sale of recreational fishing licenses in the coming year.