Senator HUTTO proposed the following amendment (533CBH1):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking Section 41-5-150(A)

/ Section 41-5-150.(A) There is hereby established the 'South Carolina Employment First Oversight Commission' consisting of seventeen members. The commission consists of the following members who serve for a three-year term with a limit of two consecutive terms:

(1) one mu st be appointed by the Governor, upon advice and consent of the Senate, from Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities;

(2) one must be appointed by the Governor , upon advice and consent of the Senate, from the South Carolina Developmental Disabilities Council;

(3) one must be appointed by the Governor , upon advice and consent of the Senate, from Able South Carolina;

(4) one mu st be appointed by the Governor, upon advice and consent of the Senate, from the South Carolina University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities;

(5) one mu st be appointed by the Governor, upon advice and consent of the Senate, from a cross-disability, consumer-run, private entity;

(6) two members representing the business community appointed by the Governor , upon advice and consent of the Senate,;

(7) the State Superintendent of Education or his designee, serving ex officio;

(8) the Director of the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce or his designee, serving ex officio;

(9) the Director of the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs or his designee, serving ex officio;

(10) the Director of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health or his designee, serving ex officio;

(11) the Director of the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department or his designee, serving ex officio;

(12) the Director of the South Carolina Commission for the Blind or his designee, serving ex officio; and

(13) four members, each of whom has a disability or substantial knowledge of disability issues and who is employed by a governmental or private entity which provides an employment service to individuals with disabilities, provided at least two of these members must have a disability. Of the members appointed pursuant to the item:

(a) one must be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(b) one must be appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;

(c) one must be appointed by the President of the Senate; and

(d) one must be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. /