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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.389 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:20010228 Primary Sponsor:Reese All Sponsors:Reese Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\bbm\9953htc01.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Finance Committee 06 SF Subject:Police Officers Retirement System, police functions performed by political subdivision employee, admission to History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20010228 Introduced, read first time, 06 SF referred to Committee Versions of This Bill
TO AMEND SECTION 9-11-40, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO EMPLOYEE MEMBERSHIP, CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS, AND CREDITED SERVICE FOR PURPOSES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA POLICE OFFICERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SO AS TO REQUIRE A COUNTY, MUNICIPALITY, OR SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT WHICH EMPLOYEES PERSONS WHO PERFORM POLICE FUNCTIONS TO APPLY FOR ADMISSION AS AN EMPLOYER UNDER THAT SYSTEM AND TO PROVIDE AN EXCEPTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 9-11-40(1)(a) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 387 of 2000, is further amended to read:
"(a) A county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the State, and an agency or department of a political subdivision or service organization referred to in Section 9-11-10(17)(c) in its discretion, may become an employer by applying to the board for admission to the system and by complying with the requirements of this section and the rules and regulations of the board. If the jurisdiction employs a person for the purpose of performing the duties of a police officer as defined in Section 9-11-10(23), the jurisdiction must apply for admission as an employer under the system unless the jurisdiction maintains a pension plan with membership limited to its employees who perform police or other public safety duties. The application must set forth the requested date of admission, which must be the January first, or the April first, or the July first, or the October first next following receipt by the board of the application, except that in the case of any applications received before January 1, 1963, the requested date of admission may be July 1, 1962."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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