Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 29 > Chapter 78 - Emergency Interim Executive Succession Act

• Attack: means any action or series of actions causing, or which may cause, substantial damage or injury to persons or property by any means, including through biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear means or through the use of other weapons, technologies, or processes. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7803
• Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
• Deputy: means an assistant or other subordinate officer who is authorized by law to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of a state or political subdivision office. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7803
• Emergency event: means an impending or existing attack, act of terrorism, disease, accident, or other natural or man-made disaster that does 1 or more of the following:

  a. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7803

• Emergency interim successor: means an individual designated under this chapter to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of an office held by another individual who is unavailable until a successor is appointed or elected and qualified as may be provided by the Delaware Constitution, statutes, charters, or ordinances or until the other individual who is unavailable is able to resume the exercise of the powers and discharge the duties of the office. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7803
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Majority leader: see Floor Leaders
• Minority leader: See Floor Leaders
• Office: includes all state and political subdivision offices, the powers and duties of which are defined by the Delaware Constitution, statutes, charters, or ordinances. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7803
• Political subdivision: includes counties, municipalities, districts, authorities, and other public corporations and entities whether organized and existing under a charter or general law. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7803
• Unavailable: means either that a vacancy in an office exists and there is no deputy authorized to exercise all of the powers and discharge the duties of the office, or that the lawful incumbent of the office, including any deputy exercising the powers and discharging the duties of an office because of a vacancy, and the lawful incumbent's duly authorized deputy are absent or unable to exercise the powers and discharge the duties of the office. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7803