Senators SHANE MARTIN, BRIGHT, FAIR, BRYANT and VERDIN proposed the following amendment (JUD0331.001):
    Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking the bill in its entirety and inserting therein the following:

/     A BILL
TO AMEND ACT 745 OF 1967, AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES, SO AS TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION FROM NINE TO ELEVEN MEMBERS; TO PROVIDE THAT AT LEAST ONE MEMBER MUST BE FROM SPARTANBURG COUNTY; AND TO CLARIFY THAT EACH MEMBER MUST SERVE AT LARGE, BE A RESIDENT OF A MEMBER COUNTY, AND BE A RESIDENT OF THE RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES' SERVICE AREA; AND TO DELETE OBSOLETE REFERENCES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION     1.     Section 3 of Act 745 of 1967, as amended by Act 393 of 1984 and Acts 102 and 103 of 2009, is amended to read:
    "Section     3.     Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 1021 of 1960, the governing body of Renewable Water Resources (formerly designated as the Greenville County Sewer Authority or the Western Carolina Regional Sewer Authority) shall consist consists of a commission composed of comprising nine eleven members who must be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the legislative delegation of the county from which the member must be appointed. For all other matters respecting the authority Renewable Water Resources, the legislative delegations of Greenville, Anderson, and Laurens, and Spartanburg Counties counties shall act as one entity. A legislative delegation consists of all House members and Senators representing any portion of a member county whose districts also include all or any part of the territory service area of Renewable Water Resources. All members of the commission must be residents of the counties comprising Renewable Water Resources and of the territory of the authority and shall serve at large. Each commission member must: (a) serve at large; (b) be a resident of a member county of Renewable Water Resources; and (c) be a resident of the Renewable Water Resources' service area. One member must be from Anderson County and, one member must be from Laurens County, and one member must be from Spartanburg County. Seven Eight members must be from Greenville County. The Anderson and Laurens County Delegations shall recommend for appointment to the Governor two additional members so as to complete the commission of nine members. One member must be appointed for a term expiring in December, 1985, and one member for a term expiring in December, 1986, with the respective terms designated in the appointments. The Spartanburg and Greenville County Delegations shall recommend for appointment to the Governor two additional members so as to complete the commission of eleven members. One member must be appointed for a term expiring December 31, 2012, and one member for a term expiring in December 31, 2013, with the respective terms designated in the appointments."

SECTION     2.     This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.     /

    Renumber sections to conform.
    Amend title to conform.