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EXPLANATION:
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 89, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 520, after line 27, by adding a new numbered paragraph to read:
/ 89.__. (GP: SCBOS moratorium) (A)
There is a twelve-month moratorium on the closing,
transfer, or consolidation of any South Carolina Business One
Stop location in this State. During the pendency of this
moratorium, any service offered by the One Stop Help Center
virtually through the Internet or by means of telephone, e-mail,
fax, or live chat must be available to the public from a person
physically present in a physical location in each county from
8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on normal business days for at least
forty hours per week.
(B)(1)
There is a created a study committee to study and
review the feasibility and prudence of closing or consolidating
South Carolina Business One Stop Job Center locations, or
transferring the functions of these centers to a location
outside of the county in which the service is being
provided. This review must include an estimate of cost savings
that may be realized from any such closure, consolidation, or
transfer.
(2)
The study committee must be composed of
the five members, one of whom is appointed by the Speaker of the
House, one of whom is appointed by the President Pro Tempore of
the Senate, one of whom is appointed by the House Minority
Leader, one of whom is appointed by the Senate Minority Leader,
and one of whom is appointed by the Governor. The members of
the study committee shall elect a chairman.
(3)
The study committee shall accept
committee staffing and coordination from the appropriate
committees of the Senate and House of Representatives. The
members of the study committee shall serve without mileage, per
diem, and subsistence. The study committee shall meet as often
as is necessary, and shall convene no later than sixty days
after the effective date of this act.
(4)
A meeting of the study committee may not
take place without a quorum of its membership and must comply
with all requirements of the South Carolina Freedom of
Information Act.
(5)
The study committee shall submit its
report, including specific documentation of expected cost
savings from any closing, transfer, or consolidation would
achieve, to the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2012, at
which point the study committee shall dissolve. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.