Senator SCOTT proposes the following amendment (SA\4100C016.NBD.SA21.DOCX):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 42, HOUSING FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, page 396, after line 11, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:

/ (HFDA: South Carolina Economic Growth Study Committee): (A) There is created the South Carolina Economic Growth Study Committee charged with studying the housing shortage's affect on affordable housing in the State and what factors are limiting affordable housing.

(B) Membership of the study committee is comprised of twelve members as follows:

(1) a representative from the South Carolina Bankers Association, appointed by the President of the Senate;

(2) a representative from the South Carolina Association of Realtors, appointed by the President of the Senate;

(3) a representative from the South Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers, appointed by the President of the Senate;

(4) a representative from the Home Builders Association of South Carolina, appointed by the President of the Senate;

(5) a representative from the South Carolina Mortgage Brokers Association, appointed by the President of the Senate;

(6) a representative of the Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, appointed by the President of the Senate;

(7) a representative of the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(8) a representative from the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(9) a representative from the South Carolina Sheriff's Association, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(10) a representative from the South Carolina Association of Counties, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(11) a representative from the Municipal Association of South Carolina, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and

(12) a representative from the South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development, appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

(C) The study committee must be staffed by the Senate Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee and the House Labor, Commerce and Industry Committee.

(D) The study committee shall provide a report of its findings to the General Assembly by June 30, 2022, at which time the study committee is dissolved. /

Amend sections, totals and title to conform.