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| Bill | AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF KENT COUNTY GOVERNMENT. | This Act codifies procedure for the appointment of a County Administrator by the Kent County Levy Court and specifies the powers and duties of that position. Section 2 of the Act strikes Section 5001 of Title 9 relating to Kent County because it is a duplicate of existing Section 4117 of Title 9. Section 3 strikes 4112 relating to employment of county officers, as authority over hiring is now vested in the County Administrator pursuant to new Section 4108(d)(1). Section 4 updates the provision relating to the Kent County Engineer so that position is hired by the County Administrator rather than the Levy Court. | us/states/de | Delaware General Assembly | 151 | HB 221 | Delaware HB 221 (151) |
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Delaware HB 221 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 9 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF KENT COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
This Act codifies procedure for the appointment of a County Administrator by the Kent County Levy Court and specifies the powers and duties of that position. Section 2 of the Act strikes Section 5001 of Title 9 relating to Kent County because it is a duplicate of existing Section 4117 of Title 9. Section 3 strikes 4112 relating to employment of county officers, as authority over hiring is now vested in the County Administrator pursuant to new Section 4108(d)(1). Section 4 updates the provision relating to the Kent County Engineer so that position is hired by the County Administrator rather than the Levy Court.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SM — 40–1 (pass) · lower
- 2/3 — 21–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Andria L. Bennett — primary (person)
- Jeffrey N. Spiegelman — primary (person)
- Trey Paradee — primary (person)
- William Bush — primary (person)
- Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
- Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- William J. Carson — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-06-03 Introduced and Assigned to Housing & Community Affairs Committee in House
introduction, referral-committee - 2021-06-15 Reported Out of Committee (Housing & Community Affairs) in House with 2 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits
committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable - 2021-06-22 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 NO
passage - 2021-06-22 Assigned to Elections & Government Affairs Committee in Senate
introduction, referral-committee - 2021-06-23 Reported Out of Committee (Elections & Government Affairs) in Senate with 4 On Its Merits
committee-passage - 2021-06-24 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
passage - 2021-09-10 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b37188ab-699b-4604-a270-fafea63736cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).