Senator Verdin proposes the following amendment (SR-3021.KM0001S):

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

SECTION X. Section 1-23-110(C)(1) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 (C)(1) The agency shall consider fully all written and oral submissions respecting the proposed regulation. All of the written submissions, and transcripts or recordings of oral submissions, must be provided to the Small Business Regulatory Review Committee.

SECTION X. Chapter 23, Title 1 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

 Section 1-23-125. An agency may not promulgate regulations pursuant to this chapter that are a verbatim recitation, in whole or in part, of a statute in the S.C. Code of Laws.

SECTION X. Section 1-23-280 (B) and (C) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 (B) The committee shall consist of eleven members, at least one of which must be engaged in agribusiness, appointed as follows:
  (1) five members to be appointed by the Governor;
  (2) three members to be appointed by the President of the Senate; and
  (3) three members to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
 (C) In addition, the Chairman of the Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee of the South Carolina Senate, the Chairman of Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Affairs Committee, and the Chairman of the House of Representatives Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee of the South Carolina House of Representatives, or their designees, shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the committee. During the committee review process, the director or his designee, of the promulgating agency shall be available at the request of the committee for comment on the proposed regulation.

SECTION X. Any current regulations in the South Carolina Code of State Regulations that are comprised of verbatim statutory text, in whole or in part, in violation of the provisions contained in Section 1-23-25, as added by this act, are repealed on the effective date of this act.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.