Reference is to Printer's Date 4/18/13-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding appropriately numbered SECTION to read:
/SECTION __. Chapter 1, Title 48 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 48-1-270.
(A) Any person currently operating in
this State or any person operating in this State in the future
may violate the Pollution Control Act such that the violation
creates up to one billion dollars in pollution costs.
(B) If a violation of
the Pollution Control Act occurs, as provided for in subsection
(A), the department shall conduct a public hearing on each such
violation. The hearing must be held in the community or region
polluted by the violation to advise the public that the General
Assembly, with the approval of the Governor, has allowed that
community or region to be polluted up to one billion dollars and
that no action is provided for under the Pollution Control Act
to prevent such violation." /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.