magistrates court and forwarded monthly to the county treasurer and remitted in turn by the county treasurer to the State Treasurer for allocation to the various counties. The State Treasurer’s office shall report annually to the General Assembly by January twentieth the amount of fees collected as provided by this section and the allocation of those fees. (C) The State Treasurer may retain in a fiscal year the actual costs associated with the collection and processing of this assessment not to exceed forty thousand dollars. The State Treasurer shall allocate and transfer yearly the remaining revenue to each county based on the following schedule: (1) To each qualifying county, the difference between the actual salary of each magistrate within the county as of the end of the 20162017 Fiscal Year and the base salary as provided in Section 22-8-40(B)(2), including the increase in mandatory employer contributions to State Pension, Social Security, and Medicare. If in any given fiscal year, the revenue collected pursuant to this section is insufficient to cover the increased costs, each qualifying county shall receive a prorated share of the revenue collected. (2) To South Carolina Court Administration, fifteen thousand dollars for the cost associated with operating the Mandatory Magistrate School required by the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and any other educational requirements for summary court judges. (3) To each donor county proportionately, based upon the amount each donor county collected in assessments, the remaining revenue after the allocation of funds required by items (1) and (2) to offset costs associated with the operation of the magistrates court for the donor county.” SECTION 4. The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide. After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws.
magistrates court and forwarded monthly to the county treasurer and remitted in turn by the county treasurer to the State Treasurer for allocation to the various counties. The State Treasurer’s office shall report annually to the General Assembly by January twentieth the amount of fees collected as provided by this section and the allocation of those fees. (C) The State Treasurer may retain in a fiscal year the actual costs associated with the collection and processing of this assessment not to exceed forty thousand dollars. The State Treasurer shall allocate and transfer yearly the remaining revenue to each county based on the following schedule: (1) To each qualifying county, the difference between the actual salary of each magistrate within the county as of the end of the 20162017 Fiscal Year and the base salary as provided in Section 22-8-40(B)(2), including the increase in mandatory employer contributions to State Pension, Social Security, and Medicare. If in any given fiscal year, the revenue collected pursuant to this section is insufficient to cover the increased costs, each qualifying county shall receive a prorated share of the revenue collected. (2) To South Carolina Court Administration, fifteen thousand dollars for the cost associated with operating the Mandatory Magistrate School required by the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and any other educational requirements for summary court judges. (3) To each donor county proportionately, based upon the amount each donor county collected in assessments, the remaining revenue after the allocation of funds required by items (1) and (2) to offset costs associated with the operation of the magistrates court for the donor county.” SECTION 4. The repeal or amendment by this act of any law, whether temporary or permanent or civil or criminal, does not affect pending actions, rights, duties, or liabilities founded thereon, or alter, discharge, release or extinguish any penalty, forfeiture, or liability incurred under the repealed or amended law, unless the repealed or amended provision shall so expressly provide. After the effective date of this act, all laws repealed or amended by this act must be taken and treated as remaining in full force and effect for the purpose of sustaining any pending or vested right, civil action, special proceeding, criminal prosecution, or appeal existing as of the effective date of this act, and for the enforcement of rights, duties, penalties, forfeitures, and liabilities as they stood under the repealed or amended laws.
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