Current Status Bill Number:4973 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19980408 Primary Sponsor:Allison All Sponsors:Allison Drafted Document Number:jic\5493htc.98 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM Subject:Retirement Systems and Pensions, S. C.; service credit established for certain municipal employees
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House 19980408 Introduced, read first time, 30 HWM
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 9-1-1860, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ESTABLISHING CREDIT IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR PRIOR SERVICE AS AN EMPLOYEE OF A MUNICIPALITY WHICH IS CURRENTLY NOT A COVERED EMPLOYER UNDER SUCH SYSTEM, SO AS TO EXTEND THE CURRENT METHOD OF ESTABLISHING SUCH SERVICE TO A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE WHICH IS CURRENTLY NOT A COVERED EMPLOYER AND TO CORRECT A REFERENCE TO A REPEALED PROVISION.
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 of a municipality political subdivision 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 of a municipality political subdivision of this State which is not a member of the system in the manner provided in Section 9-1-1840, mutatis mutandi 9-1-1140 for establishing federal civilian service."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.