Journal of the House of Representatives
of the First Session of the 111th General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina
being the Regular Session Beginning Tuesday, January 10, 1995

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862, 863, 864A, 864B, 865, 875, 876, 877, 878, 887, 888, 889. . . . . 3,456

Tract 9604.00

Blocks: 207, 208, 209, 210, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256. . . . . 122

EAST MCCOLL. . . . . 1,649

MCCOLL . . . . . 2,291

QUICKS CROSS ROADS

Tract 9603.00

Blocks: 244, 245, 247, 248, 249A, 249B, 250, 251. . . . . 22

SOUTH BENNETTSVILLE

Tract 9602.00

Blocks: 603, 604, 611, 612, 614, 616A, 616B, 616C, 616D, 616E, 617, 618, 619, 620A, 620B, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 801, 803A, 803B. . . . . 591

TATUM . . . . . 618

WEST BENNETTSVILLE

Tract 9602.00

Blocks: 101B. . . . . 0

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . 76,580

PERCENT VARIATION. . . . . 1.032

DISTRICT 32

Area. . . . .Population

Florence County

HIGHHILL

Tract 0020.00

Blocks: 322. . . . . 20

LAKE CITY 1

Tract 0022.02

Blocks: 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 312, 313, 314A, 314B, 315, 316A, 316B, 316C, 316D, 317, 318, 319A, 319B, 320, 322, 323A, 323B,

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323C, 324, 325A, 325B, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 343, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355. . . . . 2,296

LAKE CITY 2

Tract 0020.00

Blocks: 355, 357, 358. . . . . 64

Tract 0022.02

Blocks: 113, 140A, 147, 341, 344, 345, 346, 347. . . . . 134

LAKE CITY 3. . . . . 2,413

LAKE CITY 4. . . . . 3,443

LEO

Tract 0020.00

Blocks: 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 420, 421, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456. . . . . 804

VOX

Tract 0019.00

Blocks: 212, 213, 214, 215, 232, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246. . . . . 168

Georgetown County

ANDREWS OUTSIDE. . . . . 1,791

ANDREWS . . . . . 3,038

BETHEL . . . . . 1,247

BLACK RIVER. . . . . 1,315

BROWNS FERRY. . . . . 2,281

CARVERS BAY. . . . . 166

CEDAR CREEK. . . . . 746

CHOPPEE . . . . . 1,557

FOLLY GROVE. . . . . 1,121

GEORGETOWN 1

Tract 9803.00

Blocks: 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 608, 609, 610, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 621, 622, 623, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710. . . . . 814

GEORGETOWN 2. . . . . 726

GEORGETOWN 3. . . . . 2,756

GEORGETOWN 6. . . . . 663

GEORGETOWN 7. . . . . 560

GRIERS . . . . . 709

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KENSINGTON. . . . . 1,803

MURRELLS INLET

Tract 9804.00

Blocks: 184. . . . . 0

MYERSVILLE. . . . . 463

PLANTERSVILLE. . . . . 916

PLEASANT HILL. . . . . 1,344

POTATO BED FERRY. . . . . 694

SAMPIT . . . . . 1,413

SANTEE

Tract 9808.00

Blocks: 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 196, 197, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 383, 384, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392. . . . . 1,399

SPRING GULLEY

Tract 9806.00

Blocks: 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 123, 124, 203, 204, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 735, 736, 737, 738, 742, 743, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786. . . . . 1,594

WINYAH BAY

Tract 9807.00

Blocks: 422B, 422C, 423, 424, 425, 426B, 427, 428, 429, 430. . . . . 177

Horry County

INLAND

Tract 0706.00

Blocks: 349, 352, 353, 354, 355, 381, 383, 384, 386, 391. . . . . 129

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JAMESTOWN

Tract 0704.00

Blocks: 114A, 114B, 114C, 114D, 115, 116, 117, 118. . . . . 223

Tract 0705.00

Blocks: 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 150, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 214, 215, 229, 231. . . . . 287

Tract 0706.00

Blocks: 132, 136, 137. . . . . 164

PORT HARRELSON. . . . . 1,046

RACEPATH 1. . . . . 1,566

RACEPATH 2. . . . . 2,441

TODDVILLE

Tract 0706.00

Blocks: 206, 207, 208, 209, 271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277A, 277B, 278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 329, 330, 331, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347. . . . . 868

Williamsburg County

BLACK RIVER. . . . . 488

BLOOMINGVALE. . . . . 922

CADES . . . . . 1,166

CEDAR SWAMP. . . . . 546

CENTRAL . . . . . 664

EBENEEZER. . . . . 1,004

HARMONY . . . . . 424

HEBRON . . . . . 908

HEMINGWAY. . . . . 2,452

HENRY POPLAR HILL. . . . . 880

INDIANTOWN. . . . . 2,232

KINGSTREE 1. . . . . 4,294

KINGSTREE 2. . . . . 1,855

KINGSTREE 3. . . . . 5,586

MIDWAY . . . . . 571

MILLWOOD. . . . . 621

MORRISVILLE. . . . . 485

MOUNT VERNON. . . . . 581

MUDDY CREEK. . . . . 174

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NESMITH . . . . . 953

PERGAMOS. . . . . 439

PINEY FOREST. . . . . 595

SALTERS

Tract 9708.00

Blocks: 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 192, 193, 194. . . . . 1,008

SANDY BAY. . . . . 670

SINGLETARY. . . . . 408

WORKMAN . . . . . 96

DISTRICT TOTAL. . . . . 75,381

PERCENT VARIATION. . . . . -0.550

Amend title to conform.

Rep. ASKINS explained the amendment.

Rep. HARRISON moved to table the amendment.

The amendment was then tabled by a division vote of 44 to 15.

The question then recurred to the passage of the Bill, as amended, on second reading.

Rep. HARRISON demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:

Yeas 89; Nays 9

Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Allison          Anderson         Bailey
Beatty           Boan             Breeland
Brown, G.        Brown, H.        Brown, J.
Cain             Chamblee         Cobb-Hunter
Cotty            Cromer           Dantzler
Davenport        Delleney         Easterday
Fair             Fleming          Fulmer
Gamble           Hallman          Harrell
Harris, J.       Harris, P.       Harrison

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Harvin           Haskins          Herdklotz
Hines            Hodges           Howard
Huff             Jaskwhich        Keegan
Kelley           Keyserling       Kirsh
Klauber          Knotts           Koon
Lanford          Limbaugh         Limehouse
Littlejohn       Lloyd            Mason
McAbee           McCraw           McKay
Meacham          Moody-Lawrence   Neal
Neilson          Phillips         Rhoad
Rice             Richardson       Riser
Robinson         Sandifer         Sharpe
Sheheen          Shissias         Simrill
Smith, D.        Smith, R.        Spearman
Stuart           Townsend         Tripp
Tucker           Vaughn           Waldrop
Walker           Wells            Whipper, L.
Whipper, S.      White            Wilder
Wilkes           Wilkins          Witherspoon
Wofford          Worley           Wright
Young, A.        Young, J.

Total--89

Those who voted in the negative are:

Askins           Baxley           Felder
Hutson           Jennings         Law
Martin           Seithel          Whatley

Total--9

So, the Bill, as amended, was read the second time and ordered to third reading.

S. 48--OBJECTIONS

Rep. HERDKLOTZ withdrew his objection to the following Bill whereupon objections were raised by Reps. WRIGHT and HARRELL.

S. 48 -- Senators Leatherman, Wilson, Leventis, Rankin, Elliott, Rose and Giese: A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 11-27-110 SO AS TO

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PROVIDE THAT THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF A LEASE PURCHASE OR FINANCING AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEBT LIMIT FOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AND THAT PAYMENTS MADE BY THE STATE UNDER SUCH AN AGREEMENT ARE DEEMED GENERAL OBLIGATION DEBT SERVICE FOR PURPOSES OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL DEBT SERVICE LIMIT ON THE STATE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CALCULATION OF THE LIMITATION ON GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDED INDEBTEDNESS FOR FUTURE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ISSUES MUST INCLUDE THE PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF ANY OUTSTANDING FINANCING AGREEMENT; AND TO AMEND THE 1976 CODE BY ADDING SECTION 59-17-120 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SCHOOL BONDS CALLED BEFORE MATURITY MAY BE REISSUED ONLY IF THE PAYOFF AMOUNT AND THE AMOUNT NECESSARY TO SERVICE THE REISSUED BONDS DOES NOT INCREASE BY MORE THAN EIGHT PERCENT IN A YEAR THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE ORIGINAL BONDED INDEBTEDNESS AND DOES NOT EXCEED THE DISTRICT'S DEBT LIMIT.

S. 46--OBJECTIONS WITHDRAWN

Reps. FAIR, SIMRILL and EASTERDAY withdrew their objections to S. 46 however, other objections remained upon the Bill.

MOTION PERIOD

The motion period was dispensed with on motion of Rep. HUFF.

Rep. SHEHEEN moved that the House do now adjourn.

Rep. SHARPE demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:

Yeas 19; Nays 64

Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Chamblee         Cobb-Hunter      Delleney
Hines            Hodges           Howard
Keyserling       Lloyd            Martin
McAbee           McTeer           Neal
Phillips         Richardson       Rogers

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Sheheen          Waldrop          White
Williams

Total--19

Those who voted in the negative are:

Allison          Askins           Baxley
Brown, G.        Brown, H.        Cain
Cato             Cooper           Cotty
Cromer           Dantzler         Davenport
Easterday        Fleming          Gamble
Hallman          Harrell          Harris, J.
Harris, P.       Harvin           Haskins
Herdklotz        Huff             Keegan
Kelley           Kennedy          Kinon
Kirsh            Knotts           Koon
Lanford          Law              Limbaugh
Limehouse        Littlejohn       Mason
McCraw           Meacham          Moody-Lawrence
Neilson          Rice             Riser
Robinson         Sandifer         Seithel
Sharpe           Shissias         Simrill
Smith, R.        Spearman         Stuart
Tripp            Trotter          Vaughn
Walker           Whatley          Wilkes
Wilkins          Witherspoon      Wofford
Worley           Wright           Young, A.
Young, J.

Total--64

So, the House refused to adjourn.

H. 3624--AMENDED AND ORDERED TO THIRD READING

The following Bill was taken up.

H. 3624 -- Rep. Sharpe: A BILL TO AMEND TITLE 48, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION, BY ADDING CHAPTER 57 SO AS TO ENACT THE SOUTH CAROLINA ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT ACT OF 1995 SO AS TO DEFINE

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ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITS AND AUDIT REPORTS AND TO CREATE A PRIVILEGE WITH REGARD TO CONTENTS OF THESE REPORTS AND TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONS.

The Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs Committee proposed the following Amendment No. 1 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\BR1\18326AC.95), which was adopted.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking all after the enacting words and inserting:

/SECTION 1. This may be cited as the "South Carolina Environmental Audit and Disclosure Immunity Act of 1995".

SECTION 2. Title 48 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Chapter 57

Environmental Audit And Disclosure Immunity

Section 48-57-10. The General Assembly finds that the protection of the environment rests principally on the public's voluntary compliance with environmental laws; that voluntary compliance is most effectively achieved through the implementation of regular self-evaluative activities such as audits of compliance status and management systems to assure compliance; and that it is in the public's interest to encourage these activities by assuring limited protection of audit findings and of fair treatment of those who report audit findings to regulatory authorities. In order to encourage owners and operators of facilities and persons conducting other activities regulated under federal, state, regional, or local laws to conduct voluntary internal environmental audits of compliance programs or management systems and to assess and improve compliance with these laws, an environmental audit privilege is established and recognized to protect the confidentiality of communications relating to voluntary internal environmental audits and a limited protection from penalties is established for those who disclose audit findings to regulatory authorities.

Section 48-57-20. As used in this chapter:

(1) `Department' means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.

(2) `Environmental audit' means a voluntary, internal evaluation or review of one or more facilities or an activity at one or more facilities regulated under federal, state, regional, or local environmental law, or of compliance programs, or management systems related to the facility or activity if designed to identify and prevent noncompliance and to improve compliance with these laws. An environmental audit may be conducted

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by the owner or operator, the parent corporation of the owner or operator or by their officers or employees, or by independent contractors.

(3) `Environmental audit report' means a document existing either individually or as a compilation prepared in connection with an environmental audit. An environmental audit report may include, but is not limited to, field notes and records of observations, findings, opinions, suggestions, recommendations, conclusions, drafts, memoranda, drawings, photographs, computer-generated or electronically-recorded information, maps, charts, graphs, and surveys, provided the supporting information is collected or developed for the primary purpose and in the course of an environmental audit. An environmental audit report, when completed, may have these components:

(a) An audit report prepared by an auditor, which may include the scope and date of the audit and the information gained in the audit, together with exhibits and appendices and may include conclusions and recommendations;

(b) Memoranda and documents analyzing the report and discussing implementation issues;

(c) An audit implementation plan that addresses correcting past noncompliance, improving current compliance and preventing future noncompliance.

(4) `Environmental laws' means all provisions of federal, state, regional, and local laws, regulations, and ordinances pertaining to environmental matters.

Section 48-57-30. (A) An environmental audit report or information derived from an environmental audit report is privileged and immune from discovery and is not admissible as evidence in a legal action including a civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding, except as provided in Section 48-57-40. These documents are not entitled to the privilege:

(1) information obtained by observation by a regulatory agency;

(2) information obtained from a source independent of the environmental audit; or

(3) information obtained pursuant to specific permit conditions that require monitoring or sampling reports or assessment plans and management plans required to be submitted to the department pursuant to an established schedule or pursuant to specific permit conditions or environmental laws that require notification of releases to the environment.

(B) If an environmental audit report or any part of an environmental audit report is subject to the privilege provided for in subsection (A), no person who conducted or participated in the audit or who significantly

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reviewed the audit report may be compelled to testify regarding the audit report or a privileged part of the audit report.

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