Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 9003 – Advisory Council
(a) This hereby establishes within the Department of Justice, the Victims’ Compensation Assistance Program Advisory Council, hereafter “the Council,” consisting of 11 members with at-large members appointed by the Governor. Membership of the Council is as follows:
(1) The Attorney General or the Attorney General’s designee.
(2) The Chairperson of the Victim’s Rights Task Force or the Chairperson’s designee.
(3) The Chairperson of the Domestic Violence Task Force or the Chairperson’s designee.
(4) [Repealed.]
(5) Seven at-large members with 1 member from the medical profession, 1 member from the mental health profession, 1 member who is a law-enforcement police-based advocate, and 1 member of the public each from the City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Kent County, and Sussex County.
(6) The Executive Director of the Delaware Alliance Against Sexual Violence or the Executive Director’s designee.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 11 Sec. 9003
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The term of Council members appointed by the Governor is 3 years and terminates on the Governor’s appointment of a new member to the Council. A member shall continue to serve until that member’s successor is duly appointed but a holdover under this provision does not affect the expiration date of a succeeding term.
(c) In case of a vacancy on the Council before the expiration of a member’s term, a successor must be appointed by the Governor within 30 days of the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(d) The Council shall elect 1 of its members as Chairperson to serve for a 1-year term and may be eligible for reelection.
(e) The Council shall meet at the call of the Chair but no fewer than 4 times a year.
59 Del. Laws, c. 519, § ?1; 60 Del. Laws, c. 436, § ?3; 61 Del. Laws, c. 409, § ?68; 65 Del. Laws, c. 268, § ?2; 66 Del. Laws, c. 85, § ?49; 67 Del. Laws, c. 208, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 72 Del. Laws, c. 460, § ?21; 77 Del. Laws, c. 193, § ?1; 83 Del. Laws, c. 247, § 2;