§ 701. Designation of meetings of General Assembly. (a) (1) The meetings of the General Assembly are to be designated by numbers with a new consecutive number designated every 2 calendar years. The General Assembly sitting in 1961 and 1962 is to be designated as the 121st General Assembly. (2) The session of the General […]
§ 702. Oaths of office. An oath of office may be administered by any of the following: (1) A member of a House of the General Assembly to any other member of the same House. (2) The President or President Pro Tempore of the Senate to the Secretary of the Senate and other officers of […]
§ 703. Delivery of election certificates. (a) The Senate may compel the delivery of the certificate of election of Governor or Lieutenant Governor or of the election of any of its members and, for that purpose, may order and cause the arrest of any officer presiding at a board of canvass and punish as a […]
§ 704. Powers respecting elections and election contests. (a) (1) The Senate may compel the delivery of ballot boxes to the Senate and, for that purpose, may order and cause the arrest of the sheriff or other person having custody of the ballot boxes and punish as a contempt the failure to deliver the ballot […]
§ 705. Power of subpoena; administration of oaths or affirmations; penalties for noncompliance. (a) Whenever it is necessary in connection with any of the powers and duties of the General Assembly of the State, the Senate or the House of Representatives may, by issuing subpoenas and any other necessary legal process, do the following: (1) […]
§ 707. Stationery. The Division of Research shall provide stationery for the use of the General Assembly and its members. 24 Del. Laws, c. 88, §§ 1-3; Code 1915, § 364; 36 Del. Laws, c. 73, § 8; Code 1935, §§ 253, 335; 29 Del. C. 1953, § 707; 51 Del. Laws, c. 134, § […]
§ 709. Withholding of compensation. (a) A member or officer of the General Assembly may elect to have withheld from the compensation paid to the member or officer those sums of moneys required during each pay period for federal income tax, state income tax, and social security. (b) A member or officer of the General […]
§ 710. Compensation of Lieutenant Governor and members of General Assembly [Effective Nov. 9, 2022]. (a) The Lieutenant Governor shall receive an annual salary as determined in the annual appropriations act. (b) A member of the Senate and the House of Representatives is to receive an annual salary, as determined in the annual appropriations act, […]
§ 710. Compensation of Lieutenant Governor and members of General Assembly [Effective until Nov. 9, 2022]. (a) The Lieutenant Governor shall receive an annual salary of $76,250 for serving as President of the Senate, of which $13,725 shall be for performing other duties. (b) Effective July 1, 2001, each member of the Senate and the […]
§ 711. Expenses of members of General Assembly [Effective Nov. 9, 2022]. A member of the Senate and the House of Representatives is to receive $7,481 annually for expenses. The expenses received under this section are to be paid under § 2712(a) of this title. 60 Del. Laws, c. 82, § 2; 62 Del. Laws, […]
§ 711. Expenses of members of General Assembly [Effective until Nov. 9, 2022]. Every member of the General Assembly shall receive $2,637.60 annually for expenses, payable semimonthly commencing on the eleventh month, fifteenth day of the year in which the member is elected through the tenth month, thirty-first day of the year in which the […]
