Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:856 Primary Sponsor:McGill Committee Number:30 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Retirement system, city council member, service credit Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Computer Document Number:JIC/6206HC.94 Introduced Date:19940111 Date of Last Amendment:19940217 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940222 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:McGill Reese Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN Leg Involved ____ ______ ____________ ______________________________ ___ ____________ 856 House 19940222 Introduced, read first time, 30 referred to Committee 856 Senate 19940218 Read third time, sent to House 856 Senate 19940217 Amended, read second time, unanimous consent for third reading on Friday, February 18, 1994 856 Senate 19940216 Committee Report: Favorable 06 with amendment 856 Senate 19940111 Introduced, read first time, 06 referred to Committee 856 Senate 19930927 Prefiled, referred to 06 CommitteeView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.
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AS PASSED BY THE SENATE
February 17, 1994
S. 856
S. Printed 2/17/94--S.
Read the first time January 11, 1994.
TO AMEND SECTION 9-1-1860, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ELIGIBILITY OF A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO ESTABLISH SERVICE CREDIT FOR THE MEMBER'S FORMER EMPLOYMENT BY A MUNICIPALITY WHICH WAS NOT A COVERED EMPLOYER AT THE TIME OF SUCH EMPLOYMENT, SO AS TO EXTEND THE ELIGIBILITY TO A CONTRIBUTING MEMBER WHO FORMERLY SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF SUCH A MUNICIPALITY AND TO PROVIDE THAT PAYMENT OF A SALARY TO THE MEMBER OF THE GOVERNING BODY IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR ELIGIBILITY TO ESTABLISH SUCH SERVICE.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 9-1-1860 of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 658 of 1988, is amended to read:
"Section 9-1-1860. Any A former employee or member of the governing body of a municipality of this State which is not a member of the system, employed in this State by an employer covered by the system, and who is currently a contributing member, may elect to receive prior service credit for service rendered as an employee or member of the governing body of a municipality of this State which is not a member of the system in the manner provided in Section 9-1-1840 9-1-1140 for establishing credit for federal civilian service, mutatis mutandi. Payment of a salary to a former member of the governing body of a municipality is not a requirement for eligibility under this section."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.