H4300

This bill amends the retirement system for judges and solicitors in South Carolina, adjusting service credit and retirement age requirements.

This bill modifies the South Carolina Retirement System for Judges and Solicitors by changing service credit requirements and retirement age. It specifies that judges are vested in the system after eight years of earned service, and they can continue to accrue service credit only until they reach eight years. Judges who retire and continue to serve can do so until they reach age seventy-four. The bill also adjusts the retirement age for judges from seventy-two to seventy-four. It applies to members who have not attained age seventy-four before January 1, 2026.