Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 370

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29, CHAPTER 7, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO THE WITHHOLDING OF FEDERAL INCOME TAX, STATE INCOME TAX, SOCIAL SECURITY, AND STATE EMPLOYEE'S PENSION FROM THE COMPENSATION OF THE MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND TO MAKE PAYMENT THEREOF IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAW.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Title 29, Chapter 7, Delaware Code, is hereby amended by adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

§ 710. Withholding of compensation

The members and officers of the General Assembly may elect to withhold from the compensation paid to such member or officer of the General Assembly those sums of monies required during each pay period for Federal Income Tax, State Income Tax and Social Security. The member or officer of the General Assembly making such election shall notify the State Treasurer in writing of such election, and the State Treasurer upon receiving such election shall withhold from the compensation paid to the member or officer of the General Assembly those sums of monies required during each pay period for Federal Income Tax, State Income Tax and Social Security and make payment thereof in accordance with Federal and State laws.

Approved June 28, 1968.