Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 191

FORMERLY

SENATE BILL NO. 364

AN ACT AWARDING SPECIAL PENSION BENEFITS, APPROPRIATING MONIES TO FUND SUCH PENSIONS AND DIRECTING THE BOARD OF PENSION TRUSTEES TO ADMINISTER PAYMENT OF SUCH PENSIONS AS IF THE AWARDS WERE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER55, TITLE 29, DELAWARE CODE; REPEALING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF 60 DELAWARE LAWS, CHAPTER 711.

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

Section 1. Special pension benefits are awarded to the following as if they were awarded pension benefits pursuant to

the provisions of the State Employees' Pension Plan, as prescribed by Chapter 55, Title 29, Delaware Code:

Legislative
Reference
Vol. Chapter

Nature of

Pensioner Pension Benefit

Monthly
Benefit

60

711

 

Ann Cannon Disability

$ 79.67

60

711

 

Bessie George Survivor's

73.51

60

711

 

Kathleen Porter Survivor's

56.85

60

711

 

Marie A. Queen Survivor's

75.96

60

711

 

Elton R. Wood Disability

50.55

60

711

 

Helen Carmean Survivor's

98.09

60

711

 

Norman F. Hastings Disability

148.75

60

711

 

Mrs. Fred Perkins Survivor's

42.46

60

711

 

Mrs. Harrison B. Lomax,Jr. Survivor's

99.35

60

711

 

Mrs. Stanley J. Lewandowski Survivor's

20.42

60

711

 

Mrs. Grace G. Gottwals Disability

43.23

60

711

 

Mrs. Ellis P. Sartin Survivor's

82.34

60

711

 

George B. Davis Service

92.85

60

711

 

Anna E. Klumpp Service

40.02

60

711

 

Leo B. Green Service

68.28

60

711

 

Nicholas DeSimone Service

535.28

60

711

 

Angeline Morris Survivor's

91.36

60

711

 

Margaret C. Harris Service

177.00

60

711

 

Herman Roach Service

38.72

60

711

 

Bessie Sudler Service

150.00

56

230

 

Elmer Messick Service

187.14

57

7

 

Lulu M. Stayton Service

77.24

57

305

 

Martha J. Sullivan Survivor's

90.15

57

312

 

John McGinnes Service

178.50

57

337

 

Edith E. Francis Service

187.75

57

408

 

Hettie D. Gardiner Service

178.50

57

677

 

Thomas Henry Disability

178.50

57

698

 

Samuel Joseph Service

154.84

57

753

 

Geneva H. Saulsbury Survivor's

75.00

59

9

 

Helen Hoffman Survivor's

123.81

59

359

)

   

Legislative
Reference
Vol.
Chapter

Pensioner

Nature of
Pension Benefit

Monthly
Benefit

60

42 (

Lawrence Thompson

Service

157.50

59

461

Edna Wright

Survivor's

71.65

59

464

James Sheridan

Service

175.48

59

501

Wallace Truitt

Service

157.50

59

530

Renee Steele

Survivor's

33.84

59

533

Kenneth Parsons

Service

112.97

59

548

Phillip F. Susi

Service

157.50

59

552

Rosemary Heron

Survivor's

153.72

59

436

A. James Gallo

Service

315.00

60

60

George Rossiter

Service

96.23

60

10

Martin J. Finerty

Service

141.79

58

257 )

     

59

457 (

Mary Royal

Survivor's

135.38

58

257 )

     

59

457

Helen Toner

Service

121.32

Section 2. Special pension benefits are awarded to the following as if they were awarded pension benefits pursuant to

the provisions of the State Employees' Pension Plan, as prescribed by Chapter 55, Title 29, Delaware Code:

Legislative
Reference
Vol. Chapter

Pensioner

Nature of
Pension Benefit

Monthly
Benefit

59

509

Katherine J. Episcopo

Survivor's

$ 157.50

59

691

Howard Teal

Service

157.50

60

256

Joseph Lenhoff

Disability

183.56

60

222

Volta Wimbrow

Survivor's

64.22

60

112

Sara Beckett

Survivor's

77.66

60

178

Catherine T. Sampson

Survivor's

49.27

60

214

Harvey B. Spicer

Service

60.00

60

214

J. Carl McGuigan

Service

100.00

60

214

Ralph S. Keenan

Service

130.00

60

214

John J. McMahon

Service

90.00

60

124

Glenn W. Busker

Service

90.00

60

214

T. Lees Bartleson

Service

120.00

60

214

Eugene Lammot

Service

120.00

Section 3. Increases in pension benefits are awarded to the following as if they were awarded pension benefits pursuant to the provisions of the State Employees' Pension Plan, as prescribed by Chapter 55, Title 29, Delaware Code:

   

Legislative Nature of Increase Monthly.

Reference Pension Pension Benefit

Vol. Chapter Pensioner Benefit From To

60

711

Charles A. Doughterty

Service

$ 276.76

$ 328.65

60

711

Esther Stevens

Service

166.45

242.83

60

711

Inez Roach

Service

43.73

133.08

Section 4. Increases in pension benefits are awarded to the following as if they were awarded pension benefits pursuant to

the provisions of the State Employees' Pension Plan, as prescribed by Chapter 55, Title 29, Delaware Code:

Legislative

 

Nature of Increase Monthly

Reference

 

Pension

Pension Benefit

Vol.

Chapter

Pensioner

Benefit

From

To

58

257 )

       

59

457

Harris McDowell

Service

$208.95

$251.03

59

457

Virginia Butts

Service

372.73

435.18

59

457

Mary Johnson

Service

378.74

381.24

59

457

Francis Denney

Service

182.30

185.86

59

457

Molloy Vaughn

Service

202.26

251.82

59

457

Beatrice Simonds

Service

206.62

253.33

59

457

Robert K. Marshall

Service

141.81

150.00

59

457

Johanna G. Wolfe

Service

145.04

182.62

59

457

Mabel L. Dempsey

Service

65.45

150.00

59

457

Mabel Lambden

Service

51.25

151.99

59

457

William Horner

Service

333.62

357.42

59

457

George Ludvigson

Service

359.53

367.78

59

457

W. Clifford Pryor

Service

115.78

174.76

58

257 )

       

59

457 (

Anna Scott

Service

138.84

150.00

59

457

M. Luella Kitselman

Service

180.58

199.41

59

457

Erminie Nye

Service

371.17

409.81

59

457

Elsie O'Bier

Service

387.63

448.12

59

457

Anna Beebe

Service

467.16

509.98

59

457

Miriam H. Douglas

Service

391.65

437.88

59

457

Pearl C. Cooper

Service

379.25

409.24

59

457

Madelyn Trammel

Service

340.03

360.08

59

457

Gladys T. Spencer

Service

330.72

349.35

59

457

Alma Mustard

Service

178.50

253.73

59

457

Annabelle Everett

Survivor's

82.22

85.58

59

457

Gladys Green

Survivor's

223.13

267.43

59

457

Elizabeth Roberts

Survivor's

65.16

76.87

59

457

Hester Pleasanton

Survivor's

53.51

83.34

59

457

Edna C. Spicer

Survivor's

10.33

82.09

59

457

Ida T. Bush

Survivor's

80.02

89.56

59

457

Margaret Walls

Survivor's

33.87

79.48

59

457

Ruth Blanchfield

Survivor's 102.51

107.05

59

457

Anna Berger

Survivor's 16.85

109.06

Legislative
Reference
Vol. Chapter

Pensioner

Nature of Increase Monthly Pension Pension Benefit

Benefit From To

59

457

 

Bess Dill

Service $ 357.60

$ 363.82

59

457

 

Margaret Walls

Service 135.64

154.26

59

457

 

Jane Moore

Survivor's 104.01

109.61

59

457

 

Edna Sharp

Survivor's 56.50

79.24

59

457

 

Joseph Morris

Survivor's 83.20

90.78

59

457

 

Virginia Pinder

Survivor's 122.19

125.84

59

457

 

Ellen Collins

Service 341.47

361.53

58

257

)

     

59

457

(

Mary Maybee

Survivor's 123.78

124.64

59

457

 

Eva T. Mancill

Survivor's 123.41

124.10

59

457

 

Frank T. Dickerson

Service 107.10

150.00

58

156

 

Joseph A. Bradshaw

Service 816.29

1,173.01

Section 5. All service and disability pensions granted or increased under the provisions of this Act shall entitle the recipients thereof to coverage under §5528, Chapter 55, Title 29, Delaware Code, as in effect on July 1, 1976.

Section 6. The sum of $114,927 is hereby appropriated and shall be paid out of the General Fund of the State of Delaware from funds otherwise not appropriated for the purpose of providing annual funding for the pension benefits granted in Sections 1 through 5 of this Act and the aforesaid appropriation shall

be deposited by the State Treasurer in the State Employees' Retirement Fund for the aforesaid purpose.

Section 7. Any portion of the funds appropriated by this Act which shall not have been expended for the purpose set forth shall revert on June 30, 1978, to the General Fund of the State of Delaware.

Section 8. 60 Delaware Laws, Chapter 711, is hereby amended by repealing Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20; such repealer shall be effective for all payments made or to be made after June 30, 1977.

Section 9. This Act shall become effective July 1, 1977, except that Sections 2 and 3 shall be effective retroactive to December 1, 1976.

Approved August 9, 1977.