Current Status Bill Number:600 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:Senate Introduced Date:19970402 Primary Sponsor:Lander All Sponsors:Lander, Courson, Wilson and Giese Drafted Document Number:res1370.jal Companion Bill Number:3596 Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Finance Committee 06 SF Subject:Retirement System, unused sick leave to qualify for credited service, Retirement Systems and Pensions
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Senate 19970402 Introduced, read first time, 06 SF
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 9-1-1140, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ESTABLISHING SERVICE CREDIT FOR PURPOSES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SO AS TO INCREASE FROM NINETY TO ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF A MEMBER'S UNUSED SICK LEAVE THAT ARE ADDED TO THE CREDITED SERVICE OF A MEMBER OTHERWISE ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. The last unnumbered paragraph of Section 9-1-1140 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"At retirement, after March 31, 1991, a member shall receive credit for not more than ninety one hundred eighty days of his unused sick leave at no cost to the member. The leave must be credited at a rate where twenty days of unused sick leave equals one month of service. This additional service credit may not be used to qualify for retirement."
SECTION 2. This act applies with respect to members of the South Carolina Retirement System retiring after June 30, 1997.