Source: http://delcode.delaware.gov/sessionlaws/ga135/chp422.shtml
Timestamp: 2014-07-29 02:36:49
Document Index: 149880228

Matched Legal Cases: ['§5532', '§5544', '§3909', '§5544', '§5532', '§5532']

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 83, TITLE 11, CHAPTER 39, TITLE 14, AND CHAPTERS 55 AND 56, TITLE 29, DELAWARE CODE, TO PROVIDE POST-RETIREMENT INCREASES TO PENSIONERS WHO RETIRED ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 1989.
Section 1. Amend §5532, Chapter 55, Title 29, Delaware Code, by adding a new subsection (I) to read as follows:
"(1) Any monthly service or disability pension which became effective on or before July 1, 1989 and is payable on the date this subsection is enacted into law and any survivor pension based on a former service or disability pension that was effective on or prior to July 1, 1989 and is payable on the date this subsection is enacted into law shall be increased effective July 1, 1990, by 2% plus .3% for each full month of retirement preceding January 1, 1975, up to a maximum of 15%. These increases shall continue to be paid through June 30, 1992 and every fiscal year thereafter provided that funds are appropriated in accordance with §5544(k) of this Chapter."
Section 2. Amend §3909, Chapter 39, Title 14 of the Delaware Code, by adding thereto a new subsection to be designated as subsection (f) to read as follows:
"(f) Any pension under this Chapter that is payable on the date this subsection is enacted into law shall be increased effective July 1, 1990, by $60 a month."
Section 3. Amend §5544, Chapter 55, Title 29, Delaware Code, by adding thereto a new subsection to be designated as subsection (k) to read as follows:
"(k)(1) The State's obligation to the State Employees' Pension Trust Fund, the State Judiciary Retirement Fund, and the State Police Retirement Fund to implement the provisions of §5532(1) of this Chapter shall be the payment required to amortize the unfunded accrued liability over two years from July 1, 1990.
(2) The State's obligation to the Special Pension Fund authorized by Volume 61, Chapter 455, Laws of Delaware, to implement the provisions of §5532(1) of this Chapter in fiscal year 1991 shall be the lump sum actuarial liability of the benefits granted."
Section 4. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 1990, provided that there are sufficient funds appropriated in the fiscal year 1991 Budget Appropriation Act.