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Legislation Document
SPONSOR:
Rep. K. Williams & Sen. Walsh
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY
HOUSE BILL NO. 334
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES ADVISORY BOARD.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:
Section 1. Amend § 1383, Title 9 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:
§ 1383. Human Resources Advisory Board.
(a) County Council, by ordinance, shall provide for the establishment of a Human Resources Advisory Board. The Board shall consist of
3
7
members appointed by the County Executive, with the advice and consent of the County Council, who shall serve for terms of
6
4
years or until their successors are appointed.
(b) The ordinance shall further provide
that:
all of the following:
(1) The members of the Board
shall
must
be residents of New Castle
County;
County.
(2)
They shall
The members of the Board must
be persons of recognized character and ability whose experience provides knowledge of human resources practices and procedures and knowledge and support of merit principles as applied to public
employment;
employment.
(3)
No
A
member of the Board
shall
may not
be a member of any local,
state
state,
or national committee of a political party or an officer or a member of a committee of any partisan or political group, or
shall
hold or be a candidate for any political
office; and
office.
(4) The members
shall
of the Board must
be registered voters of the County and no more than
2
4
of the members
shall
may
be of the same political party.
(c) The ordinance shall further provide that the members of the Board shall elect 1 of their number to serve as
chairperson,
chair,
and that
they shall be
the members are
entitled to compensation
of $50 per meeting, not to exceed 25 meetings in any fiscal year.
as established by ordinance, with the number of meetings determined by the chair, as needed, in consultation with the Board and the Administration.
Section 2. The change in number of years for each term under § 1383(a) of Title 9 does not apply to an individual who is a member of the Human Resources Advisory Board on [the date this Act is enacted]. An individual who is a member on [the date this Act is enacted] may complete that individual’s 6-year term. After that 6-year term is expired, or if that individual no longer serves that term for any other reason, the individual’s successor and each subsequent successor shall serve a 4-year term as provided under § 1383(a), including if it is the same individual who completed the final 6-year term.
SYNOPSIS
New Castle County's Human Resources Advisory Board is responsible for making recommendations to the Chief Human Resources Officer, the County Executive, and County Council on ways to improve human resources administration in County government. This Act increases Board membership from 3 to 7 members and reduces members' terms from 6 to 4 years. The Board will tangibly benefit from these changes, which will bring with them alternative views and will lead to a healthy challenge and improvement to existing policies and processes.
This Act also provides that a member who is serving when this Act is enacted may complete the member's 6-year term, and the member's successor and each successor thereafter will serve the 4-year term provided under this Act.
Finally, this Act makes technical changes to conform existing law to the standards of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.