Whenever a person who has been elected to any office of the State or the counties by the qualified voters of the State shall die while in office and shall leave a spouse surviving, an amount equal to one half of the salary which would have been paid to such person for the unexpired term of such office shall be paid to the surviving spouse from the state or county general fund, as the case may be, in the same manner as previously paid to the person in office.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 51. GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 5102. Oath to support Constitution.
§ 5103. Payment of debts as condition of employment.
§ 5105. Leave of absence for military service; pension rights; term of successor appointees.
§ 5106. Employee salary deductions.
§ 5107. Cancellation of bond on expiration of term; petition; notice; order of Court.
§ 5108. Action against officer for state moneys.
§ 5110. Election of employee to public office; leave.
§ 5111. Benefits to surviving spouse of persons elected to state or county office.
§ 5113. Leave for Olympic competition.
§ 5114. Membership in Blood Bank of Delaware.
§ 5115. Protection of public employees reporting suspected violation of law.
§ 5116. Leave of absence upon adoption of child.
§ 5118. Unauthorized use of state mail services and/or state-paid-for postage.
§ 5119. Leave for volunteer emergency duty.
§ 5120. Paid leave for birth of a child or adoption of a child.
§ 5121. Leave for serving on veteran funeral detail.