View Amendment Current Amendment: 3 to Bill 4683 Rep. HEWITT proposes the following Amendment No. 3 to H. 4683 (COUNCIL\CZ\4683C010.NBD.CZ18):

Reference is to Printer's Date 2/15/18-H.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 4, by striking Section 48-39-280(E)(1) and inserting:

/      (E)(1)      In order to locate the baseline and the setback line baselines and the setback lines, the department must establish monumented and controlled survey points in each county fronting the Atlantic Ocean. The department must acquire sufficient surveyed topographical information on which to locate the baseline baselines.
           (2)      Surveyed topographical data typically must be gathered at two thousand foot intervals. However, in areas subject to significant near-term development and in areas currently developed, the interval, at the discretion of the department, may be more frequent. The resulting surveys must locate the crest of the primary oceanfront sand dunes dune to be used as the baseline for computing the forty-year erosion rate. In cases where no primary oceanfront sand dunes exist dune exists, a study conducted by the department is required to determine where the upland location of the crest of the primary oceanfront sand dune would be located if the shoreline had not been altered.
           (3)      The department, by regulation, may exempt specifically described portions of the coastline from the survey requirements of this section when, in its judgment, the portions of coastline are not subject to erosion or are not likely to be developed by virtue of local, state, or federal programs in effect on the coastline which would preclude significant development, or both.
           (4)      If an oceanfront area incurs extraordinary erosion due to the impact of a storm system or event named by the National Weather Service after June 1, 2018, the surveyed topographical data collected from the impacted oceanfront area since the last establishment cycle may not be used to locate the crests of primary oceanfront sand dunes or to establish baselines pursuant to subsection (A)(1) or (A)(3). The department must use data collected during previous cycles from the oceanfront area to locate the crests of primary oceanfront sand dunes and to establish baselines pursuant to items (A)(1) or (A)(3).            /

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