Delaware Code Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure § 8402. Members of Commission

(a) The Commission shall be composed of 17 members.

(b) The Commission shall be composed of the following members:

(c) Except for the chairperson, members appointed by the Governor may not be a current or former member of law enforcement or affiliated with law enforcement.  The Governor shall consider nonbinding recommendations from the NAACP, Delaware Center for Justice, and other nonprofit organizations for the public members appointed under paragraph (b)(15) of this section.

(d) Members appointed by the Governor, except for the chairperson, shall serve for a 3-year term and may be reappointed for 1 additional term.  Each term of office shall expire on the date specified in the appointment;  however, the board member shall remain eligible to participate in board proceedings unless and until replaced by the Governor.  Initial appointments may be for terms of less than 3 years in order to stagger the terms of the appointed members.  The Governor shall consider geographic diversity in appointing public members to the Commission.

(e) Members appointed to the Commission, except for the chairperson, who have never served on the Commission may be appointed to the Commission for 2 consecutive terms, but no such person shall thereafter be eligible for 2 consecutive appointments.  No public member who has been twice appointed to the Commission or who has served on the Commission for 6 years within any 9-year period shall again be appointed to the Commission until an interim period of at least 3 years has expired since such person last served.