Senator MASSEY proposed the following amendment (JUD0464.006):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

/ SECTION __ A. A special committee is hereby created to be composed of six members, three from each House, to be selected by each body in the same manner members of conference committees are selected by that body. The duties and responsibilities of the special committee are to consider offers for the sale of some or all of the assets of the Public Service Authority of South Carolina and to further negotiate the terms and conditions of any offer for the sale of some or all of the assets of the Public Service Authority of South Carolina. The special committee shall adopt and set its own rules of procedure. Upon approval of any offer for the sale of some or all of the assets of the Public Service Authority of South Carolina, the special committee shall issue a recommendation and report to the General Assembly. This recommendation and report may be accepted and approved by each House in the same manner conference committee reports are accepted and approved. Upon approval of the special committee report by the General Assembly, the report also must be transmitted to the Governor for his approval in the same manner enactments are presented to him under Article IV of the Constitution of this State. The Department of Administration shall execute on behalf of the State of South Carolina the documents necessary to effectuate any sale proposal approved in the manner provided in this section. The special committee shall have the authority to remain in existence until dissolution and to consider any future offers for the sale of some or all of the assets of the Public Service Authority.

B. The Special Committee shall continue in existence unless terminated as provided in this section and shall be authorized to consider any future offers for the sale of some or all of the assets of the Public Service Authority. The provisions of this section expire ten years after the effective date of this section unless extended or reenacted by the General Assembly before this date.

C. The Special Committee may not accept and the General Assembly may not approve any offer to purchase the assets of the Public Service Authority or any portion thereof which offer is made contingent upon the reenactment of the Base Load Review Act or any similar variation of the Base Load Review Act containing comparable provisions. /