Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 903 – Appointment and duties of Bill Clerks
(a) The Senate and the House of Representatives shall appoint a Bill Clerk for their respective House of the General Assembly.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 903
- President pro tempore: A constitutionally recognized officer of the Senate who presides over the chamber in the absence of the Vice President. The President Pro Tempore (or, "president for a time") is elected by the Senate and is, by custom, the Senator of the majority party with the longest record of continuous service.
(b) A Bill Clerk shall have general supervision over all bills and resolutions introduced at a session of the General Assembly. When a bill or resolution passes both Houses of the General Assembly, the Bill Clerks shall attach a parchment backing to the bill or resolution and initial and seal or stamp each page of the bill or resolution and present them to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives for their signatures. The Bill Clerks shall certify with the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House, on the backing of the bill or resolution, that the bill or resolution is the same as that which passed both Houses, and the Bill Clerk of the House in which the bill or resolution was introduced shall then deliver the bill or resolution, with an engrossment under § 904(a) of this title, if necessary, to the Secretary of the Senate, for a Senate bill or resolution, or the Chief Clerk of the House, for a House bill or resolution.
27 Del. Laws, c. 12, §§ ?2, 3; Code 1935, § ?337; 29 Del. C. 1953, § ?903; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 83 Del. Laws, c. 458, § 13;