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SC Code § 9-1-1570 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1570. Reexamination of beneficiaries retired on account of disability; consequences of refusal to submit to reexamination.

 (A) Once each year during the first five years following the retirement of a member on a disability retirement allowance and once in every three-year period thereafter the board may, and upon his application, require any disability beneficiary who has not yet attained the age of sixty-five years to undergo a medical examination to be made at the place of residence of the beneficiary or other place mutually agreed upon by a physician designated by the board. If any disability beneficiary who has not yet attained the age of sixty-five years refuses to submit to at least one medical examination in any such year by a physician designated by the board the member's disability retirement allowance may be discontinued until the member's withdrawal of refusal and if the member's refusal continues for one year, all the member's rights in and to the member's disability retirement allowance may be revoked by the board.  (B) A member who is retired on a disability retirement allowance based upon an application received by the system after December 31, 2013, and who has not yet attained the age of sixty-five years annually shall provide proof to the system that the member remains qualified for the receipt of Social Security disability benefits within thirty days of the anniversary of his retirement date. A member's disability retirement allowance ceases upon a determination by the Social Security Administration that the member is no longer entitled to Social Security disability benefits for any reason. If any disability beneficiary who has not yet attained the age of sixty-five years refuses to provide proof of disability required by the board, the member's disability retirement allowance must be discontinued until the member provides such proof. If a member's refusal to provide proof that the member remains qualified for Social Security disability benefits continues for one year, all of the member's rights in and to the member's disability retirement allowance pursuant to Section 9-1-1540 may be revoked by the board.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-107; 1952 Code Section 61-107; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424; 1973 (58) 262; 1984 Act No. 383, Section 1; 2012 Act No. 278, Pt I, Section 10.C, eff July 1, 2012.
SC Code § 9-1-1580 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1580. Effect of ability to engage in gainful occupation; change in amount of disability retirement allowance.

 Should the system report and certify to the Board that the disability beneficiary is engaged in or is able to engage in a gainful occupation paying more than the difference between his retirement allowance and his average final compensation and should the Board concur in the report, then the amount of his disability retirement allowance must be reduced to an amount which, together with the amount earnable by him, equals the amount of his average final compensation. Should his earning capacity be later changed, the amount of his disability retirement allowance may be further modified. The new disability retirement allowance shall not exceed the amount of the disability retirement allowance originally granted nor an amount which, when added to the amount earnable by the beneficiary, equals the amount of his average final compensation.  The average final compensation may be increased up to ten percent annually to adjust for inflation.  If the disability retirement allowance is eliminated as a result of this section for a period of five consecutive years, all rights in and to his disability retirement allowance are revoked. The member then is entitled to a deferred retirement allowance as provided in Section 9-1-1650 based upon his average final compensation and creditable service at his date of disability retirement.  After age sixty-five, a disability retiree is subject to the same earnings limitation as a service retiree.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-108; 1952 Code Section 61-108; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424; 1981 Act No. 32, Section 2; 1984 Act No. 383, Section 2; 1985 Act No. 74 Section 2.
SC Code § 9-1-1590 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1590. Effect of restoring beneficiaries to active service.

 A disability beneficiary restored to active service at a salary less than his average final compensation shall not become a member of the System and his employer annuity shall be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-1-1580.  Should a disability beneficiary under the age of sixty-five years be restored to active service and his compensation then, or at any time thereafter, be equal to or greater than his average final compensation at retirement, his retirement allowance shall cease and any election of an optional benefit shall become void and he shall again become a member of the System and contribute thereafter as provided in Section 9-1-1020. Any prior service certificate on the basis of which his service was computed at the time of his retirement shall be restored to full force and effect and, in addition, upon his subsequent retirement he shall be credited with all his service as a member. The average final compensation may be increased up to ten percent annually to adjust for inflation.  Should any other beneficiary who has been restored to active employment continue in service for a period of forty-eight consecutive months and his annual compensation be equal to or greater than seventy-five percent of his average final compensation at retirement, then he may elect to cease his retirement allowance and become a contributing member again and void his election of an optional benefit. Any prior service certificate on the basis of which his service was computed at the time of his retirement shall be restored to full force and effect and, in addition, upon his subsequent retirement he shall be credited with all his service as a member. Any such beneficiary may request the board to allow him to repay to the System all monies received by him as benefits during any periods subsequent to the date of his reentry into active service and make a contribution equal to the amount he would have contributed had he been a member during the period of his restoration to active service prior to his again becoming a member, together with the interest which would have been credited to the contributions on account of such period of restoration up to the date such contribution is made. Upon the completion of such payment, this period shall also be credited to him as membership service. In no event shall the retirement allowance payable upon subsequent retirement be less than the amount of his allowance previously payable plus any increases which would have been payable under Section 9-1-1810 had he not been restored to service.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-109; 1952 Code Section 61-109; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424; 1973 (58) 167, 262; 1975 (59) 51; 1981 Act No. 32, Section 3; 1988 Act No. 500, Section 2, eff May 9, 1988.  Editor's Note  Section 9-1-1810, referenced in the third paragraph, was repealed by 2012 Act No. 278.
SC Code § 9-1-1610 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1610. Members of General Assembly may draw retirement benefits under certain conditions.

 Any person who has been an active member of the South Carolina Retirement System and who meets all of the requirements and qualifications for retirement, and is or becomes a member of the General Assembly, shall be allowed, at his option, to draw his retirement.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-110.1; 1965 (54) 665.
SC Code § 9-1-1615 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1615. Retirement allowances payable in monthly installments; payments after death of retired member.

 All retirement allowances are payable in monthly installments. Upon the death of a retired member, the retirement allowance for the month the retired member died, if not previously paid, must be paid to the member's designated beneficiary, if the beneficiary is living at the time of the member's death, otherwise to the member's estate. If the retired member elected a survivor option pursuant to the optional forms of allowances in Section 9-1-1620, any allowance payable to a survivor beneficiary commences in the month after the death of the retired member.  HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 1, Part II, Section 2A5, eff January 1, 2001.
SC Code § 9-1-1630 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1630. Special benefits to teachers for service prior to July 1, 1945.

 Teachers who retired between July 1, 1940 and July 1, 1945 under some other retirement or pension fund and who, at the time of their retirement, had taught for thirty-five years or more shall be eligible for all of the benefits provided under the System on the same terms and conditions that apply to teachers who retire after July 1, 1945. The fact that any such teacher shall have received benefits after his retirement since July 1, 1940 from or under any other retirement or pension fund shall not make such teacher ineligible to come under the provisions of this paragraph, but no such teacher shall draw or receive benefits under the System when he is at the same time receiving benefits from or under any other retirement or pension fund and no such teacher shall be entitled to benefits under the System unless he filed application therefor prior to July 1, 1949.  Subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph all teachers who, prior to July 1, 1945, shall have taught for a period of thirty-five years, regardless of whether they were employed on April 26, 1945 or subsequently, shall be eligible to become members of the System and shall be entitled to all benefits therefrom, including prior service credit, provided that no benefits shall be payable prior to the date of application for membership. In the calculation of the thirty-five years, teaching in adult schools, night schools and schools for illiterates and work in public school libraries shall be deemed to be equivalent to teaching in public schools.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-112; 1952 Code Section 61-112; 1949 (46) 424.
SC Code § 9-1-1640 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1640. Manner of paying annuities.

 All employee and employer annuities shall be payable in equal monthly installments.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-113; 1952 Code Section 61-113; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424.
SC Code § 9-1-1660 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1660. Nominee on member's death may receive monthly allowance instead of accumulated contributions.

 (A) The person nominated by a member to receive the full amount of the member's accumulated contributions if the member dies before retirement may, if the member:  (1) has five or more years of earned service or eight or more years of such service for a Class Three member;  (2) dies while in service; and  (3) has either attained the age of sixty years or has accumulated fifteen years or more of creditable service, elect to receive in lieu of the accumulated contributions an allowance for life in the same amount as if the deceased member had retired at the time of the member's death and had named the person as beneficiary under an election of Option B of Section 9-1-1620(A).  For purposes of the benefit calculation, a member who is not yet eligible for service retirement is assumed to be sixty years of age.  (B) A person otherwise eligible under subsection (A) of this section to elect to receive an allowance but who has received a refund of the member's accumulated contributions under Section 9-1-1650, upon repayment of the refund to the system in a single sum, may make the election provided for in subsection (A). The monthly payments under Option B to the person date from the time of the repayment of the accumulated contributions to the system.  (C) Regardless of whether a member is in service, if a member dies before retirement and, at the time of the member's death, was eligible to receive a service retirement allowance pursuant to Section 9-1-1510 or Section 9-1-1515, the person nominated by a member to receive the full amount of the member's accumulated contributions if the member dies before retirement may elect to receive, in lieu of the accumulated contributions, an allowance for life in the same amount as if the deceased member had retired at the time of the member's death and had named the person as beneficiary under an election of Option B of Section 9-1-1620(A).  (D) If a member has designated more than one beneficiary for the receipt of the member's accumulated contributions if the member dies before retirement, and if those beneficiaries become eligible to elect an allowance pursuant to this section upon the member's death, all of the beneficiaries must elect the allowance in order for the allowance to become payable in lieu of the return of accumulated contributions.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-114.1; 1956 (49) 1605; 1957 (50) 540; 1962 (52) 1659; 1978 Act No. 644 Part II Section 33; 1981 Act No. 133, Section 1; 1983 Act No. 26 Section 1; 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 48C; 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 67V, eff January 1, 2001; 2012 Act No. 278, Pt I, Section 13, Pt IV, Subpt 3, Section 66.A, eff July 1, 2012.
SC Code § 9-1-1670 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1670. Change or error in records.

 (A) If a change or error in the records results in a member or beneficiary receiving from the system more or less than he would have been entitled to receive had the records been correct, the board shall correct the error and, so far as practicable, adjust the payment so that the actuarial equivalent of the benefit to which the member or beneficiary was correctly entitled is paid.  (B) The system must correct its records relating to a member upon:  (1) written certification from the employer that the employer's records contained an error that affected the enrollment of the member; and  (2) a showing to the system that all other related records and accounts have been corrected and adjusted to correspond to the change requested of the system.  A correction of the records of the system takes effect only upon payment by the employer and employee to the system of costs as determined by the system.  (C) An employer's request to correct a member's record pursuant to subsection (B) must be made within two years of the commission of the error by the employer.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-115; 1952 Code Section 61-115; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424; 1999 Act No. 72, Section 1, eff June 11, 1999.
SC Code § 9-1-1680 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1680. Exemption from taxation and legal process; exceptions; assignment.

 Except as provided in Section 9-18-10, and related sections, Article 11, Chapter 17, Title 63 and Section 8-1-115 and subject to the doctrine of constructive trust ex maleficio, and subject to income tax levies imposed pursuant to state or federal law and distributions made pursuant to the federal Pension Protection Act of 2006, the right of a person to an annuity or a retirement allowance or to the return of contributions, an annuity, or retirement allowance itself, any optional benefit, or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, and the monies of the system created under the provisions of this chapter or any private retirement system operated by a municipality, are exempted from any state or municipal tax, except the taxes imposed pursuant to Chapters 6 and 16 of Title 12, and exempted from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other process and are unassignable except as specifically otherwise provided in this chapter. This section does not apply to any authorized deduction from a retirement allowance.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-116; 1952 Code Section 61-116; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424; 1988 Act No. 297, eff February 2, 1988; 1989 Act No. 189, Part II, Section 39C, eff for taxable years beginning after 1988 and with respect to estates of decedents dying after 1988 (became law on June 8, 1989, without the Governor's signature); 2001 Act No. 16, Section 2, eff April 10, 2001; 2008 Act No. 311, Section 8, eff June 4, 2008.
SC Code § 9-1-1690 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1690. Credit of State is not pledged for payments; rights in case of termination of system or discontinuance of contributions.

 All agreements or contracts with members of the System pursuant to any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed solely obligations of the Retirement System and the full faith and credit of this State and of its departments, institutions and political subdivisions and of any other employer is not, and shall not be, pledged or obligated beyond the amounts which may be hereafter annually appropriated by such employers in the annual appropriations act, county appropriation acts and other periodic appropriations for the purposes of this chapter. In case of termination of the System, or in the event of discontinuance of contributions thereunder, the rights of all members of the System to benefits accrued to the date of such termination or discontinuance of contributions, to the extent then funded, are nonforfeitable.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-117; 1952 Code Section 61-117; 1945 (44) 212; 1949 (46) 424; 1970 (56) 1939.
SC Code § 9-1-1740 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1740. Increase in benefits for persons who were receiving benefits prior to July 1, 1966.

 Effective July 1, 1967, the monthly benefits, inclusive of the supplemental allowances payable under the provisions of Sections 9-1-1910, 9-1-1920 and 9-1-1930, for persons who commenced receiving benefits from the System prior to July 1, 1966, shall be increased as follows:  If benefits commenced July 1, 1965 to June 30, 1966, the increase shall be five percent. An additional one percent shall be added for each preceding fiscal year in which benefits commenced until July 1, 1945, at which time the increase shall be twenty-five percent.  The minimum increase pursuant to this section, inclusive of the increase in the supplemental allowances, shall be five dollars per month. However, if an optional benefit has been elected, the minimum shall be reduced actuarially as determined by the Board, and shall be applicable to the retired member or his designated beneficiary under the option elected.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-122; 1967 (55) 56.
SC Code § 9-1-1750 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1750. Increase in benefits for persons who were receiving benefits prior to July 1, 1967 and subsequent to June 30, 1966.

 Effective July 1, 1968, the monthly benefits, inclusive of the supplemental allowances payable under the provisions of Sections 9-1-1910, 9-1-1920 and 9-1-1930, for persons who commenced receiving benefits from the System prior to July 1, 1967 and subsequent to June 30, 1966 shall be increased by five percent, and such monthly benefits to persons who commence receiving benefits in each fiscal year thereafter through the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, shall be increased by five percent provided that there is sufficient investment income in excess of the valuation interest assumption to fund such increases or a proportionate part thereof on a lifetime basis, as determined by the actuary.  The minimum increase pursuant to this section, inclusive of the increase in the supplemental allowances, shall be five dollars per month. However, if an optional benefit has been elected, the minimum shall be reduced actuarially as determined by the Board, and shall be applicable to the retired member or his designated beneficiary under the option elected.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-123; 1968 (55) 2855; 1970 (56) 1939.
SC Code § 9-1-1760 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1760. Increase in benefits for persons who retired prior to July 1, 1972.

 All members of the State Retirement System who retired prior to July 1, 1972, shall have their service retirement allowance increased eleven percent. The computation of such increase shall commence on and include July 1, 1974, and the increase shall be paid from the General Fund of the State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-123.1; 1974 (58) 2608.
SC Code § 9-1-1765 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1765. Additional increase in benefits for persons who retired prior to July 1, 1972.

 In addition to the increase in the service retirement allowance for members of the State Retirement System who retired prior to July 1, 1972, provided in Section 9-1-1760, all such members shall receive an additional increase in their service retirement allowance of four percent per year computed and commencing on and including October 1, 1976.  HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 709 Part II Section 9.
SC Code § 9-1-1766 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1766. Further additional increase in benefits for persons who retired prior to July 1, 1972.

 In addition to the increase in the service retirement allowance for members of the State Retirement System who retired prior to July 1, 1972, provided in Section 9-1-1760 and Section 9-1-1765, all such members shall receive an additional increase in their service retirement allowance of five percent per year computed and commencing on and including January 1, 1978.  HISTORY: 1977 Act No. 219 Pt II Section 23.
SC Code § 9-1-1767 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 9 - Retirement Systems|Chapter 1 - South Carolina Retirement System|Section 9-1-1767. Increase of benefits payable due to retirement before July 1, 1988 and July 1, 1989.

 Effective July 1, 1988, the benefits payable due to retirement before July 1, 1988, must be increased by ten percent.  Effective July 1, 1989, the benefits payable due to retirement before July 1, 1989, must be increased by seven percent.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 475, Section 3, eff July 1, 1988; 1989 Act No. 189, Part II, Section 60C, eff July 1, 1989 (became law without the Governor's signature).