Senators CAMPSEN, SETZLER, MATTHEWS, REESE, JACKSON, RANKIN, ALEXANDER, HUTTO, GROOMS, MALLOY, CROMER, SHEHEEN, DAVIS, NICHOLSON, GREGORY, ALLEN, BENNETT, JOHNSON, HEMBREE, MCELVEEN, SHEALY, TURNER, YOUNG, SABB, KIMPSON, BRIGHT MATTHEWS, GAMBRELL, FANNING, MCLEOD, SENN, TALLEY, HARPOOTLIAN, and GOLDFINCH propose the following amendment (ETK OFFSHORE OIL V2):
    Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 529, after line 15, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:
/(GP: Offshore Oil) For the current Fiscal Year, no funds appropriated or authorized to the Department of Health and Environmental Control, or to local governmental entities, including but not limited to counties, municipalities and special purpose districts, may be expended to approve a plan, permit, license application or other authorization for:
(1) the construction or use of infrastructure for which the principal purpose is to facilitate the transportation of unrefined or unprocessed oil or gas into the territorial waters of South Carolina, or onto the lands of South Carolina, from offshore oil and gas production platforms and related infrastructure in the Atlantic Ocean;
(2) activities for which the principle purpose is the exploration, development, or production of unrefined or unprocessed oil or gas from within the territorial waters of South Carolina; or
(3) activities for which the principle purpose is the exploration, development, or production of unrefined or unprocessed oil or gas in the Atlantic Ocean.
For purposes of this proviso:
(1) 'Development' means the design, planning, permitting, licensing, authorization or construction of infrastructure for which the principal purpose is the production of oil or gas.
(2) 'Exploration' means any activity for which the principal purpose is to define, characterize, test for or evaluate oil or gas resources for possible commercial development or production.
(3) 'Production' means any activity for which the principal purpose is to engage in, monitor, or conduct operations or maintenance related to the active extraction of unrefined or unprocessed oil or gas.
(4) 'Territorial waters of South Carolina" means waters located within the state of South Carolina and waters of the Atlantic Ocean extending out to three nautical miles from the mean low-water mark of South Carolina's naturally occurring coastline./    
    Renumber sections to conform.
    Amend sections, totals and title to conform.