This text of South Carolina § 9-5-30 (Definitions.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering South Carolina primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context:
(1)The term "wages" means all remuneration for employment as defined herein, including the cash value of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash, except that such term shall not include that part of such remuneration which, even if it were for "employment" within the meaning of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, would not constitute "wages" within the meaning of that act.
(2)The term "participating employers" shall mean this State and such boards, agencies, political subdivisions, departments and organizations as are employers within the meaning of subsection (5) of Section 9-1-10.
(3)The term "employment" means any servi
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For the purposes of this chapter the following terms shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context: (1) The term "wages" means all remuneration for employment as defined herein, including the cash value of all remuneration paid in any medium other than cash, except that such term shall not include that part of such remuneration which, even if it were for "employment" within the meaning of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act, would not constitute "wages" within the meaning of that act. (2) The term "participating employers" shall mean this State and such boards, agencies, political subdivisions, departments and organizations as are employers within the meaning of subsection (5) of Section 9-1-10. (3) The term "employment" means any services performed by an employee in the employ of a participating employer for such employer, except (a) service which in the absence of an agreement entered into under this chapter would constitute "employment" as defined in the Social Security Act; or (b) service which under the Social Security Act may not be included in an agreement between the State and Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States entered into under this chapter; or (c) services of an emergency nature or services performed by a student. Service which under the Social Security Act may be included in an agreement only upon certification by the Governor in accordance with Section 218 (d) (3) of that act shall be included in the term "employment," the Governor having issued, with respect to such service, a certificate to the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare pursuant to Section 8 of Act No. 33 of 1955. (4) The term "employee" includes any officer of any participating employer. (5) The term "State agency" means the South Carolina Retirement System. (6) The term "State agent" means the Director of the South Carolina Retirement System. (7) The term "Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States" includes any individual to whom the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare has delegated any functions under the Social Security Act with respect to coverage under such act of employees of states and their political subdivisions. (8) The term "Social Security Act" means the Act of Congress approved August 14, 1935, Chapter 531, 49 Stat. 620, officially cited as the "Social Security Act," as such act has been and may from time to time be amended. (9) The term "Federal Insurance Contributions Act" means subchapter A of Chapter 9 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1939 and subchapters A and B of Chapter 21 of the Federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as such codes have been and may from time to time be amended. (10) The term "employee tax" means the tax imposed by Section 1400 of such Code of 1939 and Section 3101 of such Code of 1954.