§ 3984 — Staff; budgeting; finance

The Public Guardian may appoint subordinates and delegate the appointed authority to subordinates to assist in carrying out the purposes of this subchapter. Subordinates may include such nonprofit organizations as the Public Guardian shall deem to be qualified in carrying out the duties as a subordinate guardian. The Public Guardian shall prepare an annual fiscal budget for the operation of the Office of the Public Guardian.

The General Assembly may annually appropriate such sums as it may deem necessary for the payment of the salary of the Public Guardian, the staff, and for the payment of actual expenses incurred by the Office of the Public Guardian. The Office of the Public Guardian shall be operated within limitation of the annual appropriation and any other funds appropriated by the General Assembly or designated for that purpose from the estate of the person with a disability by the court.

Special funds may be used in accordance with approved programs, grants, and appropriations.

Legislative History

59 Del. Laws, c. 579, § 9 ; 60 Del. Laws, c. 511, § 50 ; 60 Del. Laws, c. 570, § 9 ; 60 Del. Laws, c. 722, § 3 ; 69 Del. Laws, c. 109, § 2 ; 78 Del. Laws, c. 40, § 1 ; 78 Del. Laws, c. 179, §§ 121-123