As of the end of each calendar year commencing with the year ending December 31, 1980, the increase in the ratio of the Consumer Price Index to such index as of December 31, 1979, or the most recent December thirty first subsequent thereto as of which an increase in retirement allowances was granted, shall be determined, and if the increase equals or exceeds three percent, the retirement allowance of each beneficiary, other than a retired member or his spouse, in receipt of an allowance as of December 31, 1979, or the most recent December thirty first subsequent thereto as of which an increase was granted, shall be increased by four percent. Such increase shall commence the July first immediately following the December thirty first that the increase in ratio was determined. Any increase granted hereunder shall be permanent, irrespective of any subsequent decrease in the Consumer Price Index, and shall be included in determining any subsequent increase.
For purposes of this section, "Consumer Price Index" shall mean the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (all items - United States City average), as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
HISTORY: 1979 Act No. 150 Section 9.
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.