Del. Code 29, § 5525 : State Government — State Employees' Pension Plan — Eligibility Requirements And Benefits — Payment of service pension Date: 2 Sep 2016 TEXT PDF Current through 2016 Legislative Session, Act 399 Service pension payments shall be made to a retired employee or former employee for each month beginning with the month in which the retired employee or former employee becomes eligible to receive such pension and ending with the month in which the retired employee or former employee dies. Del. C. § 5525 29 Del. C. 1953, § 5525; 57 Del. Laws, c. 592, § 1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1.;