South Carolina H 4593: State Employee Retirement

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2025-2026 Bill 4593 Text of Previous Version (Dec. 17, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4593

Indicates Matter Stricken
Indicates New Matter

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A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS 
BY AMENDING SECTIONS 9-1-1790 AND 9-11-90, RELATING TO THE AMOUNT WHICH MAY BE 
EARNED UPON RETURN TO COVERED EMPLOYMENT UNDER THE SOUTH CAROLINA RETIREMENT 
SYSTEM AND THE POLICE OFFICERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM, RESPECTIVELY, SO AS TO 
PROVIDE THAT A RETIRED MEMBER DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY CERTAIN EMPLOYEE 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SYSTEM.

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

SECTION 1. Section 9-1-1790 (C) and (D) 
of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 (C) A retired member shall pay to the system the 
employee contribution as if the member were an active contributing member if an 
employer participating in the system employs the retired member. The retired 
member does not accrue additional service credit in the system by reason of the 
contributions required pursuant to this subsection and subsection (B) of this 
section.

 (D)(C) A retired member of the South Carolina Retirement 
System who is not a member of the Police Officers Retirement System, but is 
employed in a position that would otherwise be covered by the Police Officers 
Retirement System, shall not join the Police Officers Retirement System but, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, that member is deemed a retired 
contributing member of the South Carolina Retirement System and shall remit the employee contributions required under 
subsection (C) of this section to the South Carolina Retirement System 
and the employer shall remit to the South Carolina Retirement System the 
employer contribution required by subsection (B). An employer who hires a 
retiree of the South Carolina Retirement System pursuant to this subsection 
shall elect to participate as an employer in the South Carolina Retirement 
System.

SECTION 2. Section 9-11-90(4)(c) and (d) 
of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 (c) A retired member shall pay to the system 
the employee contribution as if the member were an active contributing member 
if an employer participating in the system employs the retired member. The 
retired member does not accrue additional service credit in the system by 
reason of the contributions required pursuant to this item and item (b) of this 
subsection.

 (d)(c) A retired member of the Police Officers Retirement 
System who is not a member of the South Carolina Retirement System, but is 
employed in a position that would otherwise be covered by the South Carolina 
Retirement System, shall not join the South Carolina Retirement System but, 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, that member is deemed a retired 
contributing member of the Police Officers Retirement System and shall remit the employee contributions required under item 
(c) of this subsection to the Police Officers Retirement System and the 
employer shall remit to the Police Officers Retirement System the employer 
contribution required by item (b). An employer who hires a retiree of the 
Police Officers Retirement System pursuant to this subsection shall elect to 
participate as an employer in the Police Officers Retirement System.

SECTION 
3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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