South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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H. 4828

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Pitts
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bh\26100dg14.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 1008

Introduced in the House on March 4, 2014
Introduced in the Senate on April 30, 2014
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance

Summary: Administrative Law Judges

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    3/4/2014  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 30)
    3/4/2014  House   Committed to Committee on Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 30)
    4/9/2014  House   Committee report: Favorable Ways and Means 
                        (House Journal-page 134)
   4/29/2014  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 88)
   4/29/2014  House   Roll call Yeas-75  Nays-32 (House Journal-page 89)
   4/30/2014  House   Read third time and sent to Senate 
                        (House Journal-page 41)
   4/30/2014  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 13)
   4/30/2014  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance (Senate Journal-page 13)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/4/2014
4/9/2014

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COMMITTEE REPORT

April 9, 2014

H. 4828

Introduced by Rep. Pitts

S. Printed 4/9/14--H.

Read the first time March 4, 2014.

            

THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

To whom was referred a Bill (H. 4828) to amend Section 9-8-10, as amended, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to definitions pertaining to the Retirement System for Judges and Solicitors, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same and recommend that the same do pass:

W. BRIAN WHITE for Committee.

            

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 9-8-10, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO DEFINITIONS PERTAINING TO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR JUDGES AND SOLICITORS, SO AS TO INCLUDE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES IN THE DEFINITION OF "JUDGE"; AND TO AMEND SECTION 9-8-40, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE SYSTEM, SO AS TO ALLOW ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES SERVING ON JULY 1, 2014, TO ELECT TO BECOME A MEMBER.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Section 9-8-10(16) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(16)    'Judge' means a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of the court of appeals, circuit or family court of the State of South Carolina. Subject to the provisions of Section 9-8-40, 'judge' also means an administrative law judge."

SECTION    2.    Section 9-8-40(1) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 108 of 2007, is further amended to read:

"(1)    All persons who are judges or solicitors on July 1, 1979, and who have not attained age seventy-two shall become members of the system as of that date. All administrative law judges on July 1, 2014, who have not retired may elect to become a member of the system. Administrative law judges making that election may transfer prior service into the system as provided in Section 9-8-50, and to the extent the service thus transferred occurred after the member took office as an administrative law judge, that service is deemed earned service in the system. All other persons become members of the system on taking office as judge, solicitor, or circuit public defender before attaining age seventy-two."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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