Delaware Code Title 9. Counties § 1161. Authentication, recording, codification reproduction of ordinances

(a) The Clerk of County Council shall authenticate by signature, and record in full in a properly indexed book kept for the purpose, all ordinances and resolutions adopted by the County Council.

(b) Within 3 years after the commencement of the system of government provided in this chapter and at least every 10 years thereafter, the County Council shall provide for the preparation of a general codification of all county ordinances having the force and effect of continuing law.  The general codification shall be adopted by the County Council by ordinance and shall be published promptly in bound or loose-leaf form, together with pertinent provisions of the Delaware Code and any amendments thereto, pertinent provisions of the Constitution and other laws of this State applicable to New Castle County, and such codes of technical regulations and other rules and regulations as the County Council may specify.  This compilation shall be known and cited officially as the New Castle County Code.  Copies of the County Code shall be furnished to county officers, departments and boards, placed in libraries and public offices for free public reference, and made available for purchase by other persons at a reasonable price fixed by the County Council.

(c) The County Council shall cause each ordinance having the force and effect of law, and each amendment to state law affecting the County, to be reproduced promptly following its adoption;  and the reproduced ordinances, and the amendments to state law, shall be distributed or sold to any person at reasonable prices to be fixed by the County Council.  Subsequent to the publication of the first New Castle County Code, the ordinances and the amendments to state law shall be printed or reproduced in substantially the same style as the County Code currently in effect and shall be suitable in form for integration therein.  The County Council shall make such further arrangements as it deems desirable with respect to reproduction and distribution of any current changes in, or additions to, the provisions of the Constitution and other laws of this State or the codes of technical regulations included in the County Code.