(1) All persons who are judges or solicitors on July 1, 1979, and who have not attained age seventy-two shall become members of the system as of that date. All administrative law judges on July 1, 2014, who have not retired may elect to become a member of the system. Administrative law judges making that election may transfer prior service into the system as provided in Section 9-8-50, and to the extent the service thus transferred occurred after the member took office as an administrative law judge, that service is deemed earned service in the system. All other persons become members of the system on taking office as judge, solicitor, or circuit public defender before attaining age seventy-two.
(2) If a member of the system ceases to be a judge, solicitor, or circuit public defender for reasons other than death or retirement, he then ceases to be a member of the system, whether or not he withdraws his accumulated contributions.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 150 Section 4; 2007 Act No. 108, Section 8.D, eff June 21, 2007; 2014 Act No. 263 (S.1008), Section 2, eff June 6, 2014.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 8 - Retirement System For Judges And Solicitors
Section 9-8-20. System created; powers and privileges; corporate name.
Section 9-8-30. Administration of system; actuary; salaries and expenses.
Section 9-8-35. Confidentiality of member records.
Section 9-8-40. Membership in system; cessation of membership.
Section 9-8-50. Service credit in system; vesting.
Section 9-8-67. Normal retirement age.
Section 9-8-70. Optional retirement allowance.
Section 9-8-80. Allowances payable in monthly installments.
Section 9-8-90. Increase in allowances based on Consumer Price Index.
Section 9-8-100. Repayment of contributions and interest upon cessation of membership.
Section 9-8-110. Payments on death of member or beneficiary.
Section 9-8-120. Return of beneficiary to service of the State; practice of law.
Section 9-8-140. Contributions of State to system.
Section 9-8-150. Director of Retirement System for Judges and Solicitors.
Section 9-8-180. Assets credited to two funds.
Section 9-8-185. Interest on member accounts.
Section 9-8-200. Credit of State not pledged; rights upon termination of system.
Section 9-8-210. Property of system exempt from state and local taxes.
Section 9-8-220. Penalty for false statement or falsification of records.
Section 9-8-240. Compensation used for determining benefits to be subject to federal limitations.
Section 9-8-245. Compliance with USERRA.
Section 9-8-250. Compliance with Internal Revenue Code.
Section 9-8-260. Compliance with Internal Revenue Code Section 401(a)(9).
Section 9-8-270. Compliance with Internal Revenue Code Section 415.