2021 Delaware Code
Title 29 - State Government
Chapter 55. State Employees’ Pension Plan
Subchapter II. Eligibility Requirements and Benefits
§ 5523. Vested right to service pension.

Universal Citation: 29 DE Code § 5523. (2021)
§ 5523. Vested right to service pension.

(a) An employee who is not a post-2011 employee and who has 5 years of credited service exclusive of service under § 5501(e)(4), (5) and (12) of this title shall have a vested right to a pension. A post-2011 employee who has 10 years of credited service exclusive of service under § 5501(d)(12) of this title shall have a vested right to a pension.

(b) A former employee's vested right shall be forfeited upon an application for a refund of the former employee's accumulated contributions.

29 Del. C. 1953, § 5523;  57 Del. Laws, c. 592, § 1;  60 Del. Laws, c. 483, § 17;  63 Del. Laws, c. 423, § 3;  66 Del. Laws, c. 370, § 2;  67 Del. Laws, c. 124, § 4;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 524, § 8;  78 Del. Laws, c. 14, § 12;  79 Del. Laws, c. 174, § 1; 
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