South Carolina General Assembly
113th Session, 1999-2000

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Bill 97

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COMMITTEE REPORT

February 24, 1999

S. 97

Introduced by Senators Hayes and Elliott

S. Printed 2/24/99--S.

Read the first time January 12, 1999.

THE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

To whom was referred a Bill (S. 97), to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Section 17-5-45 so as to require the General Assembly annually to appropriate a state salary supplement for coroners, etc., respectfully

REPORT:

That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and recommend that the same do pass with amendment:

Amend the bill, as and if amended, page 1, beginning on line 32, in Section 17-5-45(B), as contained in SECTION 1, by striking lines 32 through 37 in their entirety and inserting therein the following:

/ (B) In addition to the salary supplements provided for in subsection (A), the amount appropriated by the State must include related employers' contributions based on the salary supplements. These salary supplements and related employers' contributions paid by the State are in addition to amounts provided by the counties as compensation and related employers' contributions for the coroners. To the extent that compensation for the coroner is reduced by a county, a /.

Amend title to conform.

THOMAS L. MOORE, for Committee.

STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT

ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT ON GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES IS:

A Cost to the General Fund (See Below)

ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACT ON FEDERAL & OTHER FUND EXPENDITURES IS:

$0 (No additional expenditures or savings are expected)

EXPLANATION OF IMPACT:

Enactment of this bill would have an estimated impact to the General Fund of the State in the amount of $83, 571.

46 Coroners @ $1,575 each = $72,450

Employer Contributions @ 15.35%= $11,121

TOTAL IMPACT= $83,571

Approved By:

Les Boles

Office of State Budget

A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 17-5-45 SO AS TO REQUIRE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNUALLY TO APPROPRIATE A STATE SALARY SUPPLEMENT FOR CORONERS, TO PROVIDE THE AMOUNT OF THE SUPPLEMENT AND THE METHOD OF ITS PAYMENT, AND TO PROVIDE THAT REDUCTIONS IN THE CORONER'S SALARY OR OFFICE BUDGET BY A COUNTY SHALL CAUSE A CORRESPONDING REDUCTION IN THE DISTRIBUTION DUE THE COUNTY UNDER THE STATE AID TO SUBDIVISIONS ACT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 17-5-45. (A) The General Assembly annually shall appropriate salary supplements for coroners. The supplement is one thousand five hundred seventy-five dollars for each coroner or ten percent of the coroner's salary, whichever is less.

(B) The amounts appropriated for salary supplements pursuant to subsection (A) must include both salary and related employers' contributions and are in addition to amounts provided as compensation for the coroners by counties. To the extent that compensation for the coroner is reduced by a county or there is any other reduction of expenditures in the operation of the office, a corresponding reduction must be made in the distribution otherwise due the county pursuant to Chapter 27 of Title 6, the State Aid to Subdivisions Act.

(C) Amounts appropriated pursuant to this section must be paid to county treasurers in a lump sum at the beginning of the fiscal year and paid to the coroners over a twelve-month period in the same manner that salaries are paid county employees."

SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 1999.

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