The Committee on Judiciary proposes the following amendment (SJ-76.MB0002S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by striking Section 16-8-230(2)(l) and inserting:

  (l) organized retail theftcrime as defined in Section 16-13-135;

Amend the bill further, SECTION 6, by striking Section 16-8-520(3)(B)(t) and inserting:

  (t) Sections 16-13-105 through 16-13-135, relating to shoplifting and organized retail theftcrime;

Amend the bill further, SECTION 6, by striking Section 16-8-520(3)(B)(uu), (vv), (ww), (xx), (yy), (zz), (aaa), (bbb), and (ccc) and inserting:

  (uu) any conduct defined as "racketeering activity" under 18 U.S.C. Section 1961 (1)(A), (B), (C), and (D);
  (vv) 31 U.S.C. Sections 5311 through 5330, relating to records and reports of currency transactions;
  (ww)(uu) Section 38-55-170, relating to presenting false insurance claims for payment;
  (xx)(vv) Article 5, Chapter 55, Title 38, relating to violations of the Omnibus Insurance Fraud and Reporting Immunity Act;
  (yy)(ww) Chapter 36, Title 34, relating to violations in relation to loan brokers;
  (zz)(xx) Chapter 23, Title 37, relating to violations of the South Carolina High Cost and Consumer Home Loans Act;
  (aaa)(yy) Chapter 13, Title 8, relating to ethics, government accountability, and campaign reform;
  (bbb)(zz) Chapter 11, Title 35, relating to violations of the South Carolina Anti Money Laundering Act; or
  (ccc)(aaa) Chapter 17, Title 2, relating to lobbyists and lobbying.
"Racketeering activity" also shall mean any conduct defined as "racketeering activity" under federal law, including 18 U.S.C. Section 1961 (1), any violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 1028, or any violation of 31 U.S.C. Sections 5311 through 5330.

Amend the bill further, SECTION 12, by striking Section 14-7-1630(A)(12) and inserting:

  (12) a knowing and wilful crime involving actual and substantial harm to the water, ambient air, soil or land, or both soil and land. This crime includes a knowing and wilful violation of the Pollution Control Act, the Atomic Energy and Radiation Control Act, the State Underground Petroleum Environmental Response Bank Act, the State Safe Drinking Water Act, the Hazardous Waste Management Act, the Infectious Waste Management Act, the Solid Waste Policy and Management Act, the Erosion and Sediment Control Act, the South Carolina Mining Act, and the Coastal Zone Management Act, or a knowing and wilful crime arising out of or in connection with environmental laws, or any attempt, aiding, abetting, solicitation, or conspiracy to commit a knowing and wilful crime involving the environment if the anticipated actual damages, including, but not limited to, the cost of remediation, is two million dollars or more, as certified by an independent environmental engineer who must be contracted by the Department of Health and Environmental ControlServices. If the knowing and wilful crime is a violation of federal law, a conviction or an acquittal pursuant to federal law for the same act is a bar to the impaneling of a state grand jury pursuant to this section;

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.