South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 4026

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4026
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990504
Primary Sponsor:                  Martin
All Sponsors:                     Martin, Allison and Littlejohn
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\gjk\20473htc99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Ways and Means Committee 30 HWM
Subject:                          Retirement Systems, Police Officers, Sick 
                                  leave up to 180 days for credited service; 
                                  Public Officers and Employees


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990504  Introduced, read first time,           30 HWM
                  referred to Committee


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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 9-1-1140, AS AMENDED, AND SECTION 9-11-50, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ESTABLISHING SERVICE CREDIT FOR PURPOSES OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA POLICE OFFICERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM, SO AS TO INCREASE FROM NINETY TO ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS OF UNUSED SICK LEAVE ADDED TO A MEMBER'S CREDITED SERVICE AT RETIREMENT.

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, as added by Act 87 of 1991, 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. Section 9-11-50(7) of the 1976 Code, as added by Act 87 of 1991, is amended to read:

"(7) At retirement, after March 31, 1991, a member shall receive service 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 3. This act applies with respect to members of the South Carolina Retirement System and the South Carolina Police Officers Retirement System retiring after June 30, 1999.

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