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S. 1122
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Campsen and Malloy
Document Path: l:\s-jud\bills\campsen\jud0077.pb.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 910, 4801
Introduced in the Senate on March 15, 2018
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Finance
Summary: Constitutional officers, salaries
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/15/2018 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 4) 3/15/2018 Senate Referred to Committee on Finance (Senate Journal-page 4)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 1-1-1210, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ANNUAL SALARIES OF STATE OFFICERS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING IN 2018 AND EVERY FOUR YEARS THEREAFTER, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE ANNUAL SALARIES OF THE STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR THE DURATION OF EACH OFFICER'S FOUR-YEAR TERM.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 1-1-1210 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 1-1-1210. The annual salaries of the state officers listed below are:
Governor $98,000
Lieutenant Governor 43,000
Secretary of State 85,000
State Treasurer 85,000
Attorney General 85,000
Comptroller General 85,000
Superintendent of Education 85,000
Adjutant General 85,000
Commissioner of Agriculture 85,000
These salaries must be increased by two percent on July 1, 1991, and on July first of each succeeding year through July 1, 1994.
(A) Beginning in 2018 and every four years thereafter, the General Assembly, in the annual general appropriations act, shall provide a salary for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Comptroller General, Superintendent of Education, Adjutant General, and Commissioner of Agriculture. The salaries provided in the annual general appropriations act shall take effect for each officer at the beginning and through the duration of that officer's four-year term.
(B) A state officer whose salary is provided in this section may not receive compensation for ex officio service on any state board, committee, or commission."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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