Delaware General Assembly

Passed 1/30/25

HB 33 w/ HA 1

1/29/25

Romer

This amendment to House Bill No. 33 clarifies that the Alderman's court may hear cases brought under an ordinance of the City of Newark that criminalizes or imposes a civil penalty for conduct that would constitute a crime or civil violation under Title 16, Section 4764 of the Delaware Code when the person charged is 18 years of age or older. This amendment further clarifies that the Alderman's Court and Court of Common Pleas shall have concurrent jurisdiction of crimes charged under a Newark ordinance criminalizing conduct that would constitute a violation of Section 4764(b) or (d), and the Alderman's Court and Justice of the Peace Court shall have concurrent jurisdiction over civil violations charged under a Newark ordinance imposing a civil penalty for conduct that would constitute a violation of Section 4764(c).

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