South Carolina H 4055: Ashley Schneider

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2025-2026 Bill 4055 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 19, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 4055

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 9-8-10, RELATING TO RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR JUDGES AND SOLICITORS 
DEFINITIONS, SO AS TO INCLUDE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THIS STATE IN THE 
DEFINITION OF "SOLICITOR"; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 9-8-40, RELATING TO 
MEMBERSHIP IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR JUDGES AND SOLICITORS, SO AS TO ALLOW 
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SERVING ON JULY 1, 2025, TO ELECT TO BECOME A MEMBER.

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

SECTION 1. Section 9-8-10(17) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 (17) "Solicitor" means the person 
holding office as described under Section 1-7-310 of the 1976 
South Carolina Code of 
Laws. Subject to the provisions of Section 9-8-40, "solicitor" 
also means the Attorney General of this State as the chief prosecuting officer 
of the State.

SECTION 2. Section 9-8-40(1) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 (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.

 (a) 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.

 (b) The Attorney General of this State on 
July 1, 2025, may elect to become a member of the system. If the Attorney 
General makes that election, then he may transfer prior service into the system 
as provided in Section 9-8-50, and to the extent the service thus transferred 
occurred after he took office as the Attorney General of this State, that 
service is deemed earned service in the system.

 (c) All other persons become 
members of the system on taking office as judge, solicitor, or circuit public 
defender before attaining age seventy-two.

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

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