Section effective until the approval and ratification of an amendment to Section 7, Article VI of the South Carolina Constitution. The referendum to amend Section 7, Article VI failed on November 6, 2018.

The annual salaries of the state officers listed below are:

Governor
$98,000
Lieutenant Governor
43,000
Secretary of State
85,000
State Treasurer
85,000
Attorney General
85,000
Comptroller General
85,000
Superintendent of Education
85,000
Adjutant General
85,000
Commissioner of Agriculture
85,000

These salaries must be increased by two percent on July 1, 1991, and on July first of each succeeding year through July 1, 1994.

A state officer whose salary is provided in this section may not receive compensation for ex officio service on any state board, committee, or commission.

HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 201, Part II, Section 11; 1989 Act No. 189, Part II, Section 9.