Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7913 – Council on the Blind
(a) The Council on the Blind is established.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7913
- Department: means the Department of Health and Social Services. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 7972
- Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) The Council on the Blind (“Council”) serves in an advisory capacity to the Director of the Division for the Visually Impaired and considers matters relating to the supervision of the training of a “person with blindness” or “person with visual impairment,” as defined in § 2101 of Title 31, and other matters that the Governor, the Secretary of the Department, or the Director may refer to it. The Council may study, research, plan, or advise the Director, Secretary, or Governor on matters it deems appropriate to enable the Division to function in the best possible manner.
(c) The Council is comprised of 7 members who are appointed by the Governor.
(d) [Repealed.]
(e) A council member does not receive compensation but may be reimbursed for the member’s actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the member’s official duties.
(f) The Council shall annually elect a chair from among its members. A chair is eligible for reelection.
(g) Each council member is appointed for a term of 3 years. Each term of office expires on the date specified in the appointment; however, a member remains eligible to participate in council proceedings until the Governor replaces that member. The Governor may appoint a member for a term of less than 3 years to ensure that members’ terms expire on a staggered basis.
(h) The number of members who must be present at a council meeting in order to have quorum and conduct official business is a majority of appointed members. Counting for quorum does not include member positions that are vacant.
(i) The Governor may remove a member for gross inefficiency, misfeasance, malfeasance, or neglect of duty in office. A member is deemed in neglect of duty if the member is absent from 3 consecutive, regular council meetings or attends less than 50% of council meetings in a calendar year. The Governor may consider the member to have resigned and may accept the member’s resignation.
29 Del. C. 1953, § ?7913; 57 Del. Laws, c. 301, § ?1; 57 Del. Laws, c. 591, § ?66; 61 Del. Laws, c. 329, § ?2; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 78 Del. Laws, c. 179, § ?317; 83 Del. Laws, c. 455, § 2;