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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Turner
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Companion/Similar bill(s): 616, 3106
Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance
Summary: Employer and employee contribution rates under SCRS and PORS
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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12/9/2020 Senate Prefiled
12/9/2020 Senate Referred to Committee on Finance
1/12/2021 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 229)
1/12/2021 Senate Referred to Committee on Finance
(Senate Journal-page 229)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTIONS 9-1-1085 AND 9-11-225 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION RATES UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE POLICE OFFICERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM RESPECTIVELY, TO PROVIDE THAT AN EMPLOYER, UP TO CERTAIN LIMITS, MAY ELECT TO PAY ALL OR A PORTION OF REQUIRED EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS DURING A FISCAL YEAR.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 9-1-1085 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(E) Notwithstanding the employer and employee contribution rates set out in this section, no later than July first, an employer may notify the system of its election to increase its employer contribution rate for the fiscal year beginning that July first by a percentage of earnable compensation no greater than the employee contribution rate for the fiscal year. An employer's election under this subsection may not be changed during the fiscal year. The employee contribution rate for employees of an employer electing to increase its employer contribution rate under this subsection must be reduced by the additional percentage of earnable compensation paid by the employer pursuant to this subsection. Additional contributions remitted by an employer under this subsection must be treated as employer contributions."
SECTION 2. Section 9-11-225 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(E) Notwithstanding the employer and employee contribution rates set out in this section, no later than July first, an employer may notify the system of its election to increase its employer contribution rate for the fiscal year beginning that July first by a percentage of earnable compensation no greater than the employee contribution rate for the fiscal year. An employer's election under this subsection may not be changed during the fiscal year. The employee contribution rate for employees of an employer electing to increase its employer contribution under this subsection must be reduced by the additional percentage of earnable compensation paid by the employer pursuant to this subsection. Additional contributions remitted by an employer under this subsection must be treated as employer contributions."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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