South Carolina House Bill 5260 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)
Status: Introduced on February 19 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-20 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Cox, Morgan
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amend The Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, By Adding Article 19 To Chapter 1, Title 9 So As To Create The Optional Shared-risk Defined Benefit Plan, To Provide Retirement Requirements And Benefits, To Provide For A Maximum Six Percent Rate Of Return, To Provide That The Plan Is One Hundred Percent Funded At Inception And To Provide For Certain Restrictions To Plan Enrollment; By Adding Section 9-1-110 So As To Allow An Employer To Withdraw From The South Carolina Retirement System In Certain Situations; To Amend Section 9-1-10, As Amended, Relating To Definitions, So As To Add "class Four Member"; To Amend Section 9-1-1790, Relating To The Amount That May Be Earned By An Employee Returning To Work, So As To Provide That An Employee Who Returns To Covered Employment After Retirement May Not Continue To Receive The Monthly Retirement Allowance The Member Is Receiving From The System And To Provide That The Employer May Choose To Participate In A Deferred Compensation Program For Those Individuals; And To Amend Chapter 20 Of Title 9, Relating To The State Optional Retirement Program, So As To Rename The Program The "defined Contribution Primary Retirement Plan" (dcprp), To Provide For A Default Vendor And Investment Option, To Provide Selection Criteria For Vendors, To Provide Responsibilities For Vendors, To Provide For The Length Of Vendor Contracts, To Provide For The Number Of Vendors That The Public Employee Benefit Authority May Contract With, To Provide That At Least One Vendor Offers Fixed Rate And Variable Annuities, To Provide That A Member May Not Borrow Against His Dcprp, To Provide For Vesting Requirements, To Provide For Employer And Employee Contribution Rates, To Provide That Certain Education Must Be Offered To Members, And To Provide That A Class Two Or Class Three Member May Choose To Become A Class Four Member.

Optional shared-risk defined benefit plan

Rep. Jeffrey Bradley [R]	Rep. James Lucas [R]	Rep. Joseph Daning [R]	Rep. Sylleste Davis [R]
Rep. Steven Long [R]	Rep. Tommy Stringer [R]	Rep. Shannon Erickson [R]	Rep. Bruce Bannister [R]
Rep. Patrick Haddon [R]	Rep. Jason Elliott [R]	Rep. Bill Taylor [R]	Rep. William Herbkersman [R]
Rep. Bobby Cox [R]	Rep. Adam Morgan [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-20	House	Member(s) request name added as sponsor: B.Cox, Morgan
2020-02-19	House	Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2020-02-19	House	Introduced and read first time

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
9	1	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	110	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	1790	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=5260&session=123&summary=B
Text	https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/5260_20200219.htm