Rep. COBB-HUNTER proposes the following Amendment No. to S. 17 (COUNCIL\VR\17C001.NBD.VR22):

Reference is to Printer's Date 4/28/22-H.

Amend the joint resolution, as and if amended, SECTION 2, by striking item (3) and inserting:

/ (3) 'Development approval' means an approval issued by the State, an agency or subdivision of the State, regardless of the form of the approval, that is for the development of land or for the provision of water or wastewater services by a governmental entity, including:

(a) a coastal zone consistency certification issued by the department's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management;

(b) a water or wastewater permit issued by the department, including authorization for construction and installation of lines and infrastructure extending water and sewer service and authorization to connect to available or proposed lines and infrastructure;

(c) a critical area permit issued by the department's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management; and

(d) an air quality permit issued by the department. /

Amend the joint resolution further, as and if amended, by striking SECTION 4 and inserting:

/SECTION 4. This joint resolution may not be construed or implemented to:

(1) extend a permit or approval issued by the United States or its agencies or instrumentalities;

(2) extend a permit or approval issued by the department pursuant to authority delegated by the United States or its agencies or instrumentalities;

(3) extend a permit or approval for which the term or duration of the permit or approval is specified or determined pursuant to federal law;

(4) shorten the duration that a development approval would have had in the absence of this joint resolution;

(5) prohibit the granting of additional extensions provided by law;

(6) affect an administrative consent order issued by the department in effect or issued at any time from the effective date of this resolution to December 31, 2023;

(7)affect the ability of a governmental entity to revoke or modify a development approval pursuant to law or the issued permit;

(8) modify a requirement of law that is necessary to retain federal delegation by the State of the authority to implement a federal law or program;

(9) affect a Certificate of Need issued pursuant to Article 3, Chapter 7, Title 44 of the 1976 Code or a Demonstration of Need issued pursuant to Article 2, Chapter 96, Title 44 of the 1976 Code; or

(10) affect SCDHEC-OCRM permits issued pursuant to R.30-12(N) Access to Coastal Islands. /