SPONSOR:	Sen. Ennis & Rep. Carson
	Sens. Bushweller, Hocker, Lopez, McDowell; Reps. J. Johnson, Kowalko, Paradee, D. Short, Wilson

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

148th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE BILL NO. 50

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN.

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

Section 1. Amend §5501(d), Title 29 of the Delaware Code by making insertions as shown by underlining and deletions as shown by strike through as follows:

(d) "Correction officer" shall mean an employee employed by the Department of Correction in a position responsible for supervising correctional officers inmates in secured facilities and/or classified with a correctional officer job title and authorized to receive hazardous duty level A-1 per the state merit rules authorized in § 5914 of this title.

Section 2. The provisions of this bill shall become effective January 1, 2016.

SYNOPSIS

This bill clarifies the definition of a Correction Officer in the State Employees’ Pension Plan by expanding the existing requirements from supervising inmates to supervising Correctional Officers in secure facilities and/or classified with a correctional officer job code.

Author: Senator Ennis