South Carolina General Assembly
122nd Session, 2017-2018

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Bill 1122


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A 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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