S 42 Session 123 (2019-2020) S 0042 General Bill, By Malloy A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 14-1-200 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SALARIES OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND COURT OF APPEALS, CIRCUIT COURT, AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES, TO PROVIDE THE SALARY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND TO PROVIDE FOR A TWO PERCENT ANNUAL INCREASE IN A FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH COMPENSATION IS INCREASED FOR ALL FULL-TIME STATE-APPROPRIATED EMPLOYEES; TO AMEND SECTION 1-7-325 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR SOLICITORS, TO PROVIDE THAT THIS SALARY IS NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO A PERCENTAGE OF THE SALARIES IN SECTION 14-1-200; AND TO AMEND SECTION 22-8-40(B)(2) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO MAGISTRATE SALARIES, TO PROVIDE THAT SALARIES ARE DETERMINED BY THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT AND ARE NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO A PERCENTAGE OF THE SALARIES IN SECTION 14-1-200.
TO AMEND SECTION 14-1-200 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SALARIES OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES AND COURT OF APPEALS, CIRCUIT COURT, AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES, TO PROVIDE THE SALARY OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND TO PROVIDE FOR A TWO PERCENT ANNUAL INCREASE IN A FISCAL YEAR IN WHICH COMPENSATION IS INCREASED FOR ALL FULL-TIME STATE-APPROPRIATED EMPLOYEES; TO AMEND SECTION 1-7-325 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO COMPENSATION FOR SOLICITORS, TO PROVIDE THAT THIS SALARY IS NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO A PERCENTAGE OF THE SALARIES IN SECTION 14-1-200; AND TO AMEND SECTION 22-8-40(B)(2) OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO MAGISTRATE SALARIES, TO PROVIDE THAT SALARIES ARE DETERMINED BY THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT AND ARE NOT DIRECTLY TIED TO A PERCENTAGE OF THE SALARIES IN SECTION 14-1-200. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. Section 14-1-200 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 14-1-200. The General Assembly shall establish the salary of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court in the annual general appropriation act (1) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court shall receive a salary in an amount of one hundred seventy thousand dollars, plus the allocation computed on this salary by the Executive Budget Office, for any increase in compensation granted to all full-time state-appropriated employees. Beginning July 1, 2020, the annual salary of the Chief Justice must be increased by two percent each year on July first of a fiscal year in which compensation is increased for all full-time state-appropriated employees. (2) The chief judge of the court of appeals shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-nine percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court;
SECTION 2. Section 1-7-325 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 1-7-325. (A) The solicitors of this (B) When a solicitor is required to serve out of his circuit, he shall also receive such subsistence and mileage as is authorized by law for circuit judges while holding court without the county in which they reside. Each solicitor shall have one full-time secretary who shall receive such annual salary as may be provided by the General Assembly." SECTION 3. Section 22-8-40(B)(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
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SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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