South Carolina § 14-1-200 Establishment of salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals, Circuit Court, and Family Court judges.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 14-1-200 — Establishment of salaries of Supreme Court Justices, Court of Appeals, Circuit Court, and Family Court judges.

South Carolina § 14-1-200

Title 14COURTS

Ch. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 14-1-200 (2026).

Text

The General Assembly shall establish the salary of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court in the annual general appropriation act with the salary of the Chief Justice to be one hundred five percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court and shall fix the salaries for the court of appeals, circuit court, and family court according to the following schedule:

(1)The chief judge of the court of appeals shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-nine percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court;

(2)Judges of the court of appeals shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-seven and one-half percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and circuit court judges shall receive a

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The General Assembly shall establish the salary of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court in the annual general appropriation act with the salary of the Chief Justice to be one hundred five percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court and shall fix the salaries for the court of appeals, circuit court, and family court according to the following schedule: (1) The chief judge of the court of appeals shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-nine percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court; (2) Judges of the court of appeals shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-seven and one-half percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, and circuit court judges shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-five percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court; (3) Judges of the family court shall receive a salary in an amount equal to ninety-two and one-half percent of the salary fixed for Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, SECTION 31, eff June 20, 1985; 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, SECTION 25A, eff July 1, 1996. Editor's Note 1996 Act No. 458, Part II, SECTION 25B, eff July 1, 1996, provides as follows: "One-half of the increase in the salaries of justices and judges provided for in the amendment to Section 14-1-200 of the 1976 Code in subsection A of this section takes effect on July 1, 1997, and one-half of such increase takes effect on July 1, 1998."