Amend the bill, as and if amended, page 2, by striking lines 2 through 19 and inserting:
/ Section 50-4-30. (A) The department, working in conjunction with Clemson Public Service and Agriculture, other state agencies, and nonprofit conservation organizations, shall establish a native plant habitat and pollinator management plan to be used as technical guidance for the purposes of this section.
(B) The owner of a solar energy generation site implementing solar site management practices under this section may claim that the site increases habitat value by providing benefits to gamebirds, songbirds, pollinators, small mammals, and other wildlife only if the site adheres to guidance set forth by the native plant habitat and pollinator management plan provided by the department or any other gamebird, songbird, or pollinator foraging friendly vegetation standard established by the department or its designee. An owner wishing to claim that his site increases habitat value must make the site's native plant habitat and pollinator management plan available to the public.
(C) The department or its designee may issue a certificate of compliance to the owner of a solar energy generation site meeting the plan guidelines, which the owner may use to promote his compliance with the plan." /
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