Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 9603 – Commission for Statewide Contracts to Support Employment for …
(a) The Commission for Statewide Contracts to Support Employment for Individuals with Disabilities is established to fulfill the duties under § 9604 of this title.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 9603
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Director: means the Director of the Division of Public Health, or such persons as may be designated by the Director. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
- Division: means the Division of Public Health. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Secretary: means the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services or such persons as may be designated by the Secretary. See Delaware Code Title 16 Sec. 101
- 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 Commission shall consist of 7 voting members and 3 nonvoting members and shall be comprised of the following:
(1) Voting members:
a. The Director of Government Support Services.
b. The Director of the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
c. The Secretary of Finance.
d. Four public members appointed by the Governor.
1. At least 1 of these must be an individual with a disability or a family member of an individual with a disability, who is 14 years old or younger.
2. With the exception of a public member appointed under paragraph (b)(1)d.1. of this section, no public member may be affiliated with an entity or organization that has or is seeking to obtain a set-aside contract under this chapter.
(2) Nonvoting members:
a. One representative of a CRP that employs individuals with disabilities.
b. The Director of the Ability Network of Delaware.
c. The Director of the Division for the Visually Impaired.
(c) Members who serve by virtue of position may appoint a designee to serve in their stead.
(d) Appointed members and designees serve in their stead at the pleasure of their respective appointing authority.
(e) The Governor shall appoint 1 of the public members as the Commission Chair.
(f) A majority of the voting members on the Commission constitutes a quorum to conduct official business.
(g) Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation other than reimbursement for expenses actually incurred in connection with the work of the Commission, and for travel expenses when away from their homes or regular places of business.
(h) The Commission may secure, directly from any agency of this State, information necessary to enable it to carry out this chapter. Upon request of the Chair of the Commission, the head or administrator of such agency shall furnish the requested information to the Commission.
(i) The Commission shall, not later than 90 days following the close of each fiscal year, transmit to the Governor and to the General Assembly a report which shall include the names of the Commission members serving in the preceding fiscal year, the dates of the Commission meetings in that year, a description of its activities during that year, and any recommendations for changes in the law which the Commission might suggest.
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Delaware Code, members of the Commission may participate in a meeting of the Commission by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Participating in a meeting pursuant to this subsection shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.
59 Del. Laws, c. 566, § ?1; 63 Del. Laws, c. 259, § ?1; 64 Del. Laws, c. 85, §§ ?3, 4; 69 Del. Laws, c. 291, § ?173; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 143, § ?4; 75 Del. Laws, c. 88, § ?22(3); 76 Del. Laws, c. 56, § ?1; 80 Del. Laws, c. 326, § ?1;