S.C. Code § 9-8-190

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.

Section 9-8-190 - Exemption of retirement allowance and certain other rights from taxation and legal process; exceptions; assignment

Except as provided in Section 9-18-10, and related sections, Article 11, Chapter 17, Title 63 and Section 8-1-115 and subject to the doctrine of constructive trust ex maleficio, and subject to income tax levies imposed pursuant to state or federal law and distributions made pursuant to the federal Pension Protection Act of 2006, the right of a person to a retirement allowance or to the return of contributions, a retirement allowance itself, any optional allowance or payment on death or any other right accrued or accruing to any person under the provisions of this chapter, and the monies of the system are exempted from state or municipal tax, except the taxes imposed pursuant to Chapters 6 and 16 of Title 12, and exempted from levy and sale, garnishment, attachment, or any other process and are unassignable except as otherwise provided in this chapter. This section does not apply to any authorized deduction from a retirement allowance.

S.C. Code § 9-8-190

2008 Act No. 311, Section 13, eff 6/4/2008; 2001 Act No. 16, Section 3, eff 4/10/2001; 1989 Act No. 189, Part II, Section 39D, eff for taxable years beginning after 1988 and with respect to estates of decedents dying after 1988 (became law on June 8, 1989, without the Governor's signature); 1979 Act No. 150 Section 19.