Rep. PITTS proposes the following Amendment No. 8 to S. 1088 (DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\GLORIASHACKELFORD\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\CONTENT.MSO\2ABCEDC9):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking the unnumbered SECTION amending Section 48-59-40(A) and inserting:

/      SECTION      ___.      Section 48-59-40(a) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

     "(A)      There is established the South Carolina Conservation Bank. The bank is governed by a twelvefourteen-member board selected as follows:
           (1)      the Chairman of the Board for the Department of Natural Resources, the Chairman of the South Carolina Forestry Commission, and the Director of the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, all of whom shall serve ex officio and without voting privileges;
           (2)      threefour members appointed by the Governor from the State at large;
           (3)      three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one each from the third, fourth, and sixth congressional districts; and
           (4)      three members appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, one each from the first, second, and fifth congressional districts.; and
           (5)      one member appointed jointly by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate from the seventh congressional district."      /

Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.