South Carolina General Assembly
121st Session, 2015-2016

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S. 585

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Setzler
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9337dg15.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4065

Introduced in the Senate on March 24, 2015
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance

Summary: Retirement system for judges and solicitors

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   3/24/2015  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 8)
   3/24/2015  Senate  Referred to Committee on Finance (Senate Journal-page 8)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

3/24/2015

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 9-8-60, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RETIREMENT IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR JUDGES AND SOLICITORS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE TERM OF A SOLICITOR WHO HAS RETIRED AND CONTINUES TO SERVE AS A SOLICITOR BEGINS BEFORE THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH THE SOLICITOR ATTAINS THE AGE OF SEVENTY-TWO YEARS, THEN THE SOLICITOR MAY CONTINUE TO SERVE AS SOLICITOR AND RECEIVE A RETIREMENT BENEFIT UNTIL THE END OF THE SOLICITOR'S TERM.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 9-8-60(7) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 112 of 2007, is further amended by adding an appropriately lettered item at the end to read:

"( )    Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, if the term of a solicitor who has retired and continues to serve as a solicitor pursuant to item (a) or (b) begins before the end of the calendar year in which the solicitor attains the age of seventy-two years, then the solicitor may continue to serve as solicitor and receive a retirement benefit until the end of the solicitor's term."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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