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H. 5220
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Pitts and King
Document Path: l:\council\bills\bbm\9784dg18.docx
Introduced in the House on April 5, 2018
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: General Assembly, member compensation
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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4/5/2018 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 8)
4/5/2018 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
(House Journal-page 8)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-3-21 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A MEMBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL RECEIVE COMPENSATION ANNUALLY AS DETERMINED BY THE AGENCY HEAD SALARY COMMISSION BASED ON THE AVERAGE SOUTH CAROLINA SALARY, AND TO REQUIRE A REEVALUATION OF THE COMPENSATION EVERY FOUR YEARS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 3, Title 2 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 2-3-21. Beginning with the session of the General Assembly that begins in 2019, the amount of compensation a member of the General Assembly receives annually must be determined by the Agency Head Salary Commission based on the average South Carolina salary according to the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, quarterly census of employment and wages for the most recently available twelve-month period. By February 1, 2022, and every fourth February first after that, the commission shall reevaluate the compensation amount, with any adjustments first applying to the compensation of members for the next General Assembly. The amount determined by the commission must be included and funded in the annual general appropriations act. For purposes of this section, compensation includes amounts paid to each member of the General Assembly and which is considered taxable wages by the Internal Revenue Code, such as per diem and in-district expense, but does not include amounts paid as subsistence or other additional amounts pursuant to Section 2-3-20."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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