COLUMBIA, S.C. - The House and Senate overrode Gov. Mark Sanford's vetoes of two bills passed at the end of last year's legislative session.

On Tuesday, the House took final action on a Senate bill that allows people who had worked in state government as college interns, work study students and graduate assistants buy time in the retirement system.

Sanford had opposed changes to a retirement system that's already can't pay future cost of living increases.

But House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bobby Harrell, R-Charleston, said the bill is needed to protect the retirement system. A loophole in the current law allows workers to cash in on unused vacation time multiple times.

The House overrode the veto with a 94-3 vote and the legislation now becomes law.

The Senate also overrode a veto on a House bill that allows commercial landlords more access to tenant property. Landlords can go to magistrate now and get an order allowing them into premises if a tenant denies them access.

That Senate's 35-1 vote means that legislation becomes law.