Senators ELLIOTT and TEDDER proposes the following amendment (SJ-52.BJ0003S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Chapter 5, Title 56 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 Section 56-5-2940. (A) A circuit solicitor must become the prosecuting authority for a first offense violation of Section 56-5-2930 or a first offense violation of Section 56-5-2933 immediately upon receiving notice that the person charged has retained or been appointed counsel. If a first offense violation of Section 56-5-2930 or a first offense violation of Section 56-5-2933 occurs in a municipality that employs a prosecuting attorney, that prosecuting attorney must become the prosecuting authority.
 (B) Pursuant to Article V, Section 4 of the Constitution of South Carolina, the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court may appoint a master-in-equity to sit in the magistrate or circuit court seat for the purpose of presiding over cases involving violations of Section 56-5-2930 or violations of Section 56-5-2933.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.