Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 904 – Engrossment; duty of Secretary of the Senate and Chief Clerk of the …
(a) (1) If a bill or resolution is amended, the Division of Research shall prepare an engrossed copy of the bill or joint resolution for the Governor and publication in the Session Laws and the simple or concurrent resolution for publication on the General Assembly’s website.
(2) In preparing the engrossed copy of a bill or resolution, the Division of Research may correct manifest clerical, typographical, and grammatical errors caused by the bill or resolution being amended.
(3) In preparing the engrossed copy of a bill or resolution, the Division of Research shall proofread the engrossed copy before release to ensure accurate engrossment.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 904
- Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
- Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
(b) The Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Clerk of the House, as appropriate, shall do all of the following:
(1) Present to the Governor a bill or resolution that is required to be presented to the Governor under § 18 of Article III of the Delaware Constitution.
(2) Document the Governor’s receipt of a bill or resolution presented under paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
(3) Report to their respective Houses and the Division of Research on each bill or resolution presented under paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
(c) The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House shall report to their respective Houses on a bill or resolution that becomes law without the Governor’s signature under § 18 of Article III of the Delaware Constitution. The Division of Research shall publish the bill or resolution under § 906 of this title in the same manner as if the Governor had signed it.
(d) The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House shall report to their respective members on the action taken by the Governor on each bill or resolution presented.
27 Del. Laws, c. 12, §§ ?3-7; Code 1935, § ?337; 29 Del. C. 1953, § ?904; 53 Del. Laws, c. 7, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1; 83 Del. Laws, c. 458, § 14;