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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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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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