Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 394

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 338

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 20 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE NATIONAL GUARD.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE :

Section 1. Amend Chapter 1, Title 20 of the Delaware Code, by adding thereto a new section, designated as "§ 132" as follows:

"§ 132. Death of veteran personnel; State flags to half-staff.

If any unit of the Delaware National Guard learns of the death of any its current or retired members, said unit may, on the day on which the deceased member is to be buried, cremated, or otherwise interred or ceremoniously remembered following his or her death, lower the state flag to half-staff for the duration of the day."

Approved July 09, 2002