2015 Delaware Code
Title 29 - State Government
CHAPTER 7. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 710 Compensation of Lieutenant Governor and members of General Assembly.

(a) The Lieutenant Governor shall receive an annual salary of $76,250 for serving as President of the Senate, of which $13,725 shall be for performing other duties.

(b) Effective July 1, 2001, each member of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall receive an annual salary, as determined in the annual appropriations act, for the period commencing on Election Day in the year in which the member is elected and extending through and including the day preceding Election Day in the year in which the term expires. The salary shall be payable biweekly and shall be lagged in accordance with the PHRST payroll system.

(c) Any member of the Senate or the House of Representatives who is elected or appointed to any of the following positions shall, while serving in such position, receive additional yearly compensation as follows:

(1) President Pro Tempore of the Senate $19,893.00

(2) Speaker of the House of Representatives 19,893.00

(3) Majority and Minority Leader of the Senate 12,376.00

(4) Majority and Minority Leader of the House 12,376.00

(5) Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Joint Finance

Committee 11,459.00

(6) Majority and Minority Whip of the Senate 7,794.00

(7) Majority and Minority Whip of the House 7,794.00

(8) Members of the Joint Finance Committee 9,626.00

(9) Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Capital =p2;2 Improvement Program Committee 4,578.00

(10) Members of the Capital Improvement Program =p2;2 Committee 3,852.00

(11) Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of the Joint =p2;2 Sunset Committee 4,578.00

(12) Members of the Joint Sunset Committee 3,852.00

A member of the General Assembly shall be entitled to receive the higher of any one of the above stipends and receive one-half of the amount of a second stipend of an equal or lesser amount. Eligible recipients of a second stipend may choose not to accept such additional stipend. The stipend or stipends included herein shall commence immediately when such member is elected or appointed to such position or positions. Payments to such members shall be as described in § 2712 of this title.

(d) Any member of the Senate or the House of Representatives who is elected or appointed to any of the positions listed in subsection (c) of this section and who is entitled to receive additional semimonthly compensation as provided by subsection (c) of this section shall continue to receive such semimonthly compensation until the member's successor has been elected or appointed.

60 Del. Laws, c. 82, § 1; 60 Del. Laws, c. 98, § 1; 62 Del. Laws, c. 68, §§ 89-91; 62 Del. Laws, c. 277, §§ 15, 16, 38; 63 Del. Laws, c. 80, §§ 16, 17, 48; 63 Del. Laws, c. 322, §§ 19, 20, 47; 64 Del. Laws, c. 220, §§ 13-15; 64 Del. Laws, c. 225, § 7; 64 Del. Laws, c. 334, §§ 11(f)-(h), 33, 34, 78(a); 69 Del. Laws, c. 64, § 10(e); 69 Del. Laws, c. 291, §§ 10(e), 38; 70 Del. Laws, c. 118, § 10(e); 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 425, § 10(f); 71 Del. Laws, c. 132, § 10(f); 71 Del. Laws, c. 354, § 10(f); 72 Del. Laws, c. 94, § 10(f); 72 Del. Laws, c. 395, § 10(f); 72 Del. Laws, c. 489, § 24; 73 Del. Laws, c. 74, § 10(f); 73 Del. Laws, c. 312, § 10(f); 74 Del. Laws, c. 68, § 10(f); 74 Del. Laws, c. 307, § 10(f); 75 Del. Laws, c. 89, § 10(f); 75 Del. Laws, c. 350, § 10(f); 76 Del. Laws, c. 80, § 10(f).;