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Subchapter I. General Provisions
§ 4101. Definitions. - (a) As used in this part: (1) “County” means Kent...
§ 4102. Levy Court Districts in Kent County. - (a) Kent County shall be divided into 6 Levy Court...
§ 4103. Election, qualifications and term of officials of the county governing body. - (a) In Kent County, the governing body shall consist of...
§ 4104. Salaries of elected officials of the county governing body. - (a) In Kent County each of the elected officials of...
§ 4105. Redistricting required. - It shall be the mandatory duty of the Kent County...
§ 4106. Redistricting procedures. - (a) Whenever a changing of the boundaries of the Levy...
§ 4107. Early termination of terms of office. - The term of any Levy Court Commissioner (except the commissioner...
§ 4108. County Administrator. - (a) Appointment; qualifications; compensation. — The county government shall appoint...
Subchapter II. Powers and Duties
§ 4110. General powers; county government procedures; ordinances. - (a) In addition to the powers specifically enumerated by statutes...
§ 4111. Creation of debt; authorization, procedures, debt limitation and anticipation borrowing. - (a) The Levy Court shall exercise all powers of Kent...
§ 4113. Mileage and expenses of county officers and employees. - The county government may pay mileage, as provided in §...
§ 4115. Removal of appointed officers; appeal. - (a) The county government may remove from office any person...
§ 4116. Sinking fund. - The county government may create a sinking fund for public...
§ 4117. County Engineer and other employees; appointment and duties. - (a) The County Administrator may appoint a County Engineer for...
§ 4118. Dumping of garbage, rubbish, ashes or other waste material. - The county government may regulate or prohibit the dumping of...
§ 4119. Rivers, creeks, or small runs; widening, straightening. - (a) In case the county government, upon the advice of...
§ 4120. Emergency dispatch center. - The county government may establish and maintain an emergency dispatch...
§ 4121. State or federal aid and programs. - The Kent County government may receive money or grants from...
§ 4122. Investment powers. - The county government by its Levy Court may authorize and...
§ 4123. Department of Finance. - (a) Department of Finance, general. — There shall be a...
§ 4124. Receiver of Taxes and County Treasurer functions. - (a) Functions. — The Department of Finance shall perform all...
§ 4125. Board of Assessment Review. - (a) Levy Court, by ordinance, shall establish a Board of...
Subchapter III. Authorized Appropriations
§ 4131. Fire companies. - The county government shall appropriate annually, and on May 1...
§ 4132. Kent County Volunteer Firemen's Association. - (a) The government of Kent County shall appropriate annually and...
§ 4133. Ambulance service. - (a) So long as any of the organizations listed in...
§ 4134. Rescue service. - The county government shall appropriate the sum of $750 annually...
§ 4135. Cities and towns; aid for maintenance of public dumping areas. - The county government may negotiate with the proper authorities of...
§ 4136. Appropriations for community services. - The county government may appropriate each year for community services...
§ 4137. Appropriations for county records and assessments. - The county government may determine whether additional methods or procedures...
§ 4138. Sewer authorization loans. - The County is authorized to lend, to sewer districts created...
Subchapter IV. Personnel Administration
§ 4151. Personnel Administration Board. - The county government shall, by ordinance, establish a Personnel Board...
Subchapter V. Parks and Recreation Commission
§ 4152. Establishment by county government. - The county government may, by ordinance, establish a Parks and...
§ 4153. Functions. - The Parks and Recreation Commission shall perform the following functions:...
§ 4154. Acquisition of land. - The county government may acquire land or any interest therein...
§ 4155. Power to borrow money and issue bonds. - The county government may borrow money upon the faith and...
§ 4156. Terms of bonds. - The county government shall decide upon and determine the form...
§ 4157. Execution and record of bonds. - The bonds shall be prepared under the supervision of the...
§ 4158. Sale of bonds. - The bonds or any part thereof may be sold when...
§ 4159. Principal and interest payments; taxes. - (a) The principal of and interest on the bonds shall...
§ 4160. Deposit and use of proceeds of sale of bonds. - All money received from the sale of any or all...
§ 4161. Violations of rules and regulations. - (a) Whoever violates the rules and regulations promulgated by the...