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

(2) If a member of the system ceases to be a judge, solicitor, or circuit public defender for reasons other than death or retirement, he then ceases to be a member of the system, whether or not he withdraws his accumulated contributions.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 9-8-40

  • Accumulated contributions: means the member's aggregate contributions, together with regular interest thereon. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
  • Circuit public defender: means a person holding the office defined in § 17-3-5(4). See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
  • Earned service: means paid employment as a judge, solicitor, or circuit public defender where the judge, solicitor, or circuit public defender makes regular contributions to the system. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
  • Judge: means a justice of the Supreme Court or a judge of the court of appeals, circuit or family court of the State of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
  • Member of the System: means any person included in the membership of the System, as set forth in § 9-8-40. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
  • Public defender: Represent defendants who can't afford an attorney in criminal matters.
  • Solicitor: means the person holding office as described under § 1-7-310 of the 1976 Code. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
  • System: means the Retirement System for Judges and Solicitors of the State of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 9-8-10
  Previous section
Next section  
 Chapter 8 Contents