Amend the committee report, as and if amended, page [4683-2], by striking lines 7 through 9 and inserting:
/ (c) the location of the proposed October 6, 2017 baseline as revised by the department pursuant to a review or an appeal initiated before January 1, 2018. /
Amend further, page [4683-2], by striking lines 21 through 25 and inserting:
/ After that revision, The baseline baselines and setback line lines must be revised established anew during establishment cycles that are not less than every seven years, but not more than every ten years after each preceding revision following a previous establishment cycle and must be based upon the best available data. The department shall /
Amend further, by striking lines 38 on page [4683-3] through line 3 on page [4683-4] and inserting:
/ (B) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A) and Section 48-39-280, if the department, pursuant to a review or an appeal initiated before January 1, 2018, revises the baseline proposed on October 6, 2017, to a location seaward of both the baseline established during the 2008 through 2012 establishment cycle and the baseline proposed on October 6, 2017, then both the revised proposed baseline and revised proposed setback line will be in effect for the landowner until the department establishes a new baseline and setback line." /
Amend further, page [4683-4], by striking lines 9 through 37 and inserting:
/ SECTION __. Section 48-39-250(6) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(6) Erosion is a natural process which becomes a significant problem for man only when structures are erected in close proximity to the beach/dune system. It is in both the public and private interests to afford the beach/dune system space to accrete and erode in its natural cycle. This space can be provided only by discouraging new construction in close proximity to the beach/dune system and encouraging those who have erected structures too close to the system to retreat from it."
SECTION __. Section 48-39-260(2) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(2) create a comprehensive, long-range beach management plan and require local comprehensive beach management plans for the protection, preservation, restoration, and enhancement of the beach/dune system. These plans must promote wise use of the state's beachfront to include a gradual retreat from the system over a forty-year period;"
SECTION __. Section 48-39-350(A)(9) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(9) a detailed strategy for achieving the goals of this chapter by the end of the forty-year retreat period. Consideration must be given to relocating buildings, removal of erosion control structures, and relocation of utilities;"
SECTION __. The Department of Health and Environmental Control must promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this act, including regulations that the department will use to locate a primary oceanfront sand dune as defined by Section 48-39-10, by January 14, 2020.
SECTION __. If any section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this act is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid, then such holding shall not affect the constitutionality or validity of the remaining portions of this act, the General Assembly hereby declaring that it would have passed this act and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, and word thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more other sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases, or words hereof may be declared to be unconstitutional, invalid, or otherwise ineffective. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.