South Carolina House Bill 3161 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend Section 1-7-325, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Circuit Solicitor Salaries, So As To Provide Circuit Solicitors Must Receive Salaries Not Less Than The Salary Paid To The United States Attorney For The District Of South Carolina; To Amend Section 1-1-1210, Relating To The Annual Salaries Of Certain Statewide Constitutional Officers, So As To Provide That, Beginning In 2020, And Every Four Years Thereafter, The General Assembly, In The Annual General Appropriations Act, Must Provide A Salary For The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary Of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Comptroller General, Superintendent Of Education, Adjutant General, And Commissioner Of Agriculture That Begins With The New Terms Of Those Officers And Continues For The Four Years Of Those Terms; To Amend Section 14-1-200, Relating To The Salaries Of Supreme Court Justices And Court Of Appeals, Circuit Court, And Family Court Judges, So As To Provide A Salary Schedule For Those Members Of The Judiciary; To Amend Section 14-11-30, Relating To The Salary Schedule For Master-in-equity Salaries, So As To Base The Schedule Formula On The Salaries Of Circuit Court Judges; To Amend Section 17-3-510, Relating To Circuit Public Defender Salaries, So As To Provide Circuit Public Defenders Must Receive Salaries Not Less Than The Salary Paid To The Federal Public Defender For The District Of South Carolina; To Amend Section 22-8-40, Relating To Magistrate Salaries, So As To Provide A Pay Schedule Based On Salaries Paid To Circuit Court Judges; And To Amend Section 42-3-40, Relating To Workers' Compensation Commissioner Salaries, So As To Provide Commissioners Must Receive Salaries Equal To Eighty-five Percent Of The Salaries Paid To Circuit Court Judges.

Solicitors, salaries

Rep. Todd Rutherford [D]

Rep. William Clyburn [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2019-01-08	House	Introduced and read first time
2018-12-18	House	Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2018-12-18	House	Prefiled

S0043 (Similar To) 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Finance
S0073 (Similar To) 2019-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Finance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1	1	1210	(n/a)	See Bill Text
1	7	325	(n/a)	See Bill Text
14	1	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text
14	11	30	(n/a)	See Bill Text
17	3	510	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	8	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text
42	3	40	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3161&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3161_20181218.htm