Delaware § 2303 Establishment of sanitary sewer district upon petition of voters

Delaware Statutes

§ 2303 — Establishment of sanitary sewer district upon petition of voters

Delaware § 2303

Title9

PartNew Castle County

Ch. 23SANITARY SEWER DISTRICTS

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 9, § 2303 (2026).

Text

Fifty or more legal voters who are residents of a proposed sanitary sewer district, may petition the County Council to submit the question of organizing a sanitary sewer district to a vote of electors residing in that district. The petition shall contain a description of the proposed district and shall be accompanied by a map drawn to scale showing the boundaries of the proposed district together with the limits of any incorporated areas which may be included in the district. The execution of the petition by an elector shall be acknowledged by the elector or it may be proved by the oath of a witness who shall swear that the witness knows the elector and that the petition was signed by the elector in the presence of the witness.

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Fifty or more legal voters who are residents of a proposed sanitary sewer district, may petition the County Council to submit the question of organizing a sanitary sewer district to a vote of electors residing in that district. The petition shall contain a description of the proposed district and shall be accompanied by a map drawn to scale showing the boundaries of the proposed district together with the limits of any incorporated areas which may be included in the district. The execution of the petition by an elector shall be acknowledged by the elector or it may be proved by the oath of a witness who shall swear that the witness knows the elector and that the petition was signed by the elector in the presence of the witness.

Legislative History

Code 1935, § 1170C; 45 Del. Laws, c. 113, § 1 ; 47 Del. Laws, c. 178, § 1 ; 9 Del. C. 1953, § 2303; 55 Del. Laws, c. 85, § 15 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1 ; 71 Del. Laws, c. 401, § 15