2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 9 - Retirement Systems
CHAPTER 13 - FIREMEN'S PENSION FUNDS IN CITIES
Section 9-13-20. Board of trustees and officers thereof.
The board of trustees shall consist of five members as follows: the chief of the fire department, the mayor of the city, or one member of council to be appointed by the mayor who will serve a two-year term, and three members elected in such manner and with such qualifications as council by ordinance shall prescribe and having terms of office of not more than three years. Any member is eligible to succeed himself. The board shall select from its members a president and secretary and the city treasurer is ex officio treasurer of the board and custodian of the pension fund, but has no vote as a member of the board.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 61-382; 1952 Code Section 61-382; 1942 Code Section 7532; 1932 Code Sections 7551 to 7566; Civ. C. '22 Sections 4658 to 4673; Civ. C. '12 Sections 2968 to 2983; 1904 (24) 490; 1945 (44) 236; 1979 Act No. 79 Section 2; 1997 Act No. 118, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 11, 1997).
Effect of Amendment
The 1997 amendment rewrote this section.
