S*1273 (Rat #0535, Act #0449 of 1992) General Bill, By Leventis, Bryan, Courson, Courtney, Drummond, H.U. Fielding, Giese, F. Gilbert, Hayes, I.E. Lourie, Matthews, McGill, Moore, M.F. Mullinax, O'Dell, Passailaigue, Patterson, Peeler, M.T. Rose, Russell, Saleeby, Setzler, N.W. Smith, Thomas, Washington and Wilson
    A Bill to enact the South Carolina Energy Conservation and Efficiency Act of 1992; to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Chapter 52 to Title 48 so as to establish a State Energy Policy, to adopt the plan for the State Energy Policy, to establish the State Energy Office within the Budget and Control Board, to provide for the powers and duties of this office, to establish an advisory committee, to require the State Energy Office to develop and oversee compliance with energy code standards for state government buildings, to require state agencies and public school districts to submit to the energy office for approval energy conservation plans and goals and to require reporting, to provide for financial incentives to facilitate the purchase of energy efficiency products by state agencies, including an exception to the South Carolina Procurement Code, and to provide that personnel and funding for the State Energy Office must be derived from existing State government personnel slots and financial resources available to the State; by adding Section 40-29-85 so as to require the State Energy Office to provide energy efficiency standards labels to the South Carolina Manufactured Housing Board to be placed on manufactured homes; by amending Section 6-10-30, relating to energy efficiency building codes, so as to revise the minimum thermal resistance ratings in one and two family dwellings and to provide exceptions; by amending Section 12-36-2110, as amended, relating to the calculation of sales tax on mobile homes, so as to increase from one to two the percentage for calculating the sales tax on the cost of a manufactured home in excess of six thousand dollars and to exempt a home that meets certain energy efficiency requirements from this tax; by amending Section 40-29-240, relating to violations and penalties for violations of the Uniform Standards Code for Manufactured Housing, so as to include a violation for failure to properly display the energy efficiency label required by Section 40-29-85; by adding Section 58-37-20 so as to require the South Carolina Public Service Commission to adopt procedures and provide incentives that encourage electrical and gas utilities to invest in cost-effective energy efficient technologies and energy conservation programs; by adding Section 58-37-30 so as to require annual reporting to the General Assembly on demand-side activities and purchasing power of electric utilities; by adding Section 58-37-40 so as to require electrical utilities and the South Carolina Public Service Authority to prepare integrated resource plans; by adding Section 58-37-10 so as to define "demand side activites" and "integrated resource plan"; by adding Section 57-1-140 so as to require the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation to determine the feasibility of including high occupancy vehicle lanes, pedestrian walkways, and bicycle paths in new highway construction; by amending Section 1-11-310, relating to the state motor vehicle fleet, so as to provide requirements for the types of vehicles that may be purchased for this fleet and for law enforcement purposes; by amending Section 12-36-2120, as amended, relating to sales tax exemptions, so as to delete the exemption for fuel ethanol blends and to add an exemption for clean alternative transportation fuels; by amending Section 44-96-40, relating to definitions in the Solid Waste Management Act, so as to revise the definition of "motor oil" and "similar lubricants"; by amending Section 44-96-160, relating to used oil requirements, so as to provide a payment to a retailer of motor oil who maintains an oil collection center of five cents a gallon for oil returned to a licensed used oil transporter or used oil recycling facility, to allow certain fees to be deducted from those remitted to trust fund payments to be made, and to provide up to five hundred dollars rebate to retailers who maintain a used oil collection center for equipment used in the oil collection process; by amending Section 58-25-30, as amended, relating to creation of a Regional Transportation Authority, so as to provide that a referendum is not required unless a new source of revenue is imposed and to require voters to approve joining an existing Authority; by amending Section 58-25-40, as amended, relating to the appointment of members of the Board of the Authority, so as to provide that the membership of the governing board must be apportioned according to population; by amending Section 58-25-50, relating to the powers and duties of the Authority, so as to authorize and direct the Authority to coordinate public transportation services being provided by entities utilizing state funds or state-administered funds; by amending Section 58-25-60, relating to sources of funding for the Authority, so as to provide limitations on use of certain sources of funding; to create an alternative transportation fuels study committee and to provide for its membership and duties; to direct the Joint Legislative Committee on Energy to establish a task force to study the feasibility of increased public rail transportation in South Carolina; and to direct the Division of Motor Vehicle Management of the State Budget and Control Board to determine the ability to use alternative fuels for the state vehicle fleet and to submit a plan to the General Assembly.-amended title
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02/05/92	Senate	Introduced and read first time SJ-8
02/05/92	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources SJ-8
03/31/92	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Agriculture and Natural Resources SJ-34
04/28/92	Senate	Read second time SJ-128
04/28/92	Senate	Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-128
04/30/92	Senate	Amended SJ-36
04/30/92	Senate	Read third time and sent to House SJ-63
05/05/92	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-12
05/05/92	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-15
05/14/92	House	Recalled from Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs HJ-319
05/26/92	House	Special order, set for follow call of uncontest cal Tues 5/26/92(Under H 4883) HJ-50
05/26/92	House	Amended HJ-65
05/26/92	House	Debate interrupted HJ-74
05/28/92	House	Amended HJ-55
05/28/92	House	Debate interrupted HJ-80
06/02/92	House	Read second time HJ-30
06/03/92	House	Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments HJ-60
06/04/92	Senate	Concurred in House amendment and enrolled SJ-120
06/04/92		Ratified R 535
07/01/92		Signed By Governor
07/01/92		Effective date 07/01/92
07/01/92		Act No. 449
07/01/92		See act for exception to or explanation of effective date
07/15/92		Copies available