South Carolina S 261: S.C National Guard Pension

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2025-2026 Bill 261 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 23, 2025) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 261

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING 
SECTION 9-10-30, RELATING TO PENSIONS FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD 
OF SOUTH CAROLINA, SO AS TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF THE PENSIONS.

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

SECTION 1. Section 9-10-30 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
9-10-30. (A) Every member of the National Guard of South Carolina 
who became a member of the National Guard of South Carolina before July 1, 
1993, and meets the requirements set forth in this section shall receive from 
the National Guard Retirement System, commencing at age sixty, a pension of fiftyone hundred dollars a 
month for twenty years creditable military service with an additional five ten dollars per month 
for each additional year of creditable military service. However, the total 
pension may not exceed one two 
hundred dollars a month. The requirements for the pension are that each 
member shall have:

 (1) served and qualified for at least 
twenty years creditable military service, including National Guard, reserve, 
and active duty, under the same requirement specified for entitlement to 
retired pay for nonregular service under Chapter 67, Title 10, United States 
Code;

 (2) at least fifteen years of the 
service described in item (1) of this subsection as a member of the National 
Guard of South Carolina with the final or last ten years of service immediately 
before retirement in the National Guard of South Carolina;

 (3) received an honorable discharge from 
the National Guard of South Carolina.

 (B) Notwithstanding the pension amounts 
set forth in subsection (A), on July 1, 2028, and every third July first 
thereafter, the pension amounts and pension limit must be increased by the 
increase in the average of the twelve monthly consumer price indices for the 
most recent thirty-six month period consisting of January through December of 
the preceding three calendar years. If the average of the consumer price 
indices experiences a negative percentage, then the average is deemed to be 
zero.

SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025.

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