Journal of the House of Representatives
of the First Session of the 111th General Assembly
of the State of South Carolina
being the Regular Session Beginning Tuesday, January 10, 1995

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Rep. HODGES spoke in favor of the amendment.

Rep. HARRELL moved to table the amendment.

Rep. THOMAS demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:

Yeas 55; Nays 51

Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Allison          Bailey           Brown, H.
Cain             Cato             Chamblee
Cooper           Cotty            Dantzler
Davenport        Delleney         Easterday
Fair             Felder           Hallman
Harrell          Harrison         Haskins
Herdklotz        Huff             Hutson
Jaskwhich        Keyserling       Kirsh
Klauber          Knotts           Koon
Lanford          Law              Limbaugh
Limehouse        Marchbanks       Mason
Meacham          Neilson          Quinn
Rhoad            Rice             Riser
Robinson         Sandifer         Seithel
Sharpe           Sheheen          Simrill
Smith, R.        Stuart           Tripp
Vaughn           Wells            Whatley
Wilkins          Wofford          Wright
Young, A.

Total--55

Those who voted in the negative are:

Baxley           Beatty           Boan
Breeland         Brown, G.        Brown, J.
Brown, T.        Byrd             Canty
Carnell          Cave             Clyburn
Cobb-Hunter      Cromer           Fleming
Gamble           Harris, J.       Harris, P.
Harvin           Hodges           Inabinett
Jennings         Keegan           Kelley
Kennedy          Kinon            Lloyd
Martin           McAbee           McCraw


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McElveen         McMahand         McTeer
Moody-Lawrence   Neal             Rogers
Scott            Shissias         Spearman
Thomas           Trotter          Tucker
Whipper, L.      Whipper, S.      White
Wilder           Wilkes           Williams
Witherspoon      Worley           Young, J.

Total--51

So, the amendment was tabled.

Rep. CANTY proposed the following Amendment No. 14 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5488HTC.95), which was tabled.

Amend the Report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 3534-4, line 7, by striking /five hundred/ and inserting /one thousand/.

Amend title to conform.

Rep. CANTY explained the amendment.

Rep. HARRELL spoke against the amendment.

Rep. CANTY spoke in favor of the amendment.

Rep. HARRELL moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to by a division vote of 49 to 21.

Rep. McELVEEN proposed the following Amendment No. 15, which was tabled.

Amend by adding at page 3534-3, line 33, after the word "project", the following:

provided that, before entering such an agreement, the project must be approved by ordinance of the governing body of any affected local jurisdiction.

Amend to conform.

Rep. McELVEEN explained the amendment.

Rep. HARRELL spoke against the amendment.

Rep. McELVEEN spoke in favor of the amendment.

Rep. HARRELL moved to table the amendment.

Rep. McELVEEN demanded the yeas and nays, which were not ordered.

The amendment was then tabled by a division vote of 60 to 21.


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Reps. WILKINS and HARRELL proposed the following Amendment No. 17 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5490HTC.95), which was adopted.

Amend the Report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 3534-7, by inserting immediately after line 31:

/(E) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the council may promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this chapter immediately upon the effective date of this chapter. These regulations remain in effect until the convening of the General Assembly for the 1996 session, at which time the council shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 23 of Title 1. The regulations initially promulgated by the council remain in effect until compliance with Chapter 23 of Title 1 during the 1996 session of the General Assembly./

Amend title to conform.

Rep. HARRELL explained the amendment.

The amendment was then adopted.

Rep. CARNELL proposed the following Amendment No. 3 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5473HTC.95), which was tabled.

Amend the Report of the Committee on Ways and Means, as and if amended, page 3534-3, by striking lines 11 through 13 and inserting:

/the tract at the time the layoff occurred. The job loss shall have occurred no more than five years prior to the effective date of this chapter, except in any census tract where a catastrophic loss of five hundred or more jobs from a single employer has occurred since 1980 and fewer than half the job losses have been replaced. Any such tract will remain an enterprise zone until at least half the catastrophic job losses have been replaced./

Amend title to conform.

Rep. HARRELL moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.

AMENDMENT NO. 4--TABLED

Debate was resumed on Amendment No. 4, by Reps. WILKINS and HARRELL.

Rep. HARRELL moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.


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Rep. COBB-HUNTER proposed the following Amendment No. 5 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\PFM\7211AC.95), which was tabled.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, Section 12-10-70(1), Page 3534-4, line 10, by inserting after /employment./:

/A job tax credit granted under this item must be recaptured from the employer if the person for whom the tax credit was granted is not employed by the employer one year after the ending date of the period for which the tax credit was granted. The employee would be defined as one who would qualify for unemployment insurance. The Department of Revenue and Taxation shall develop regulations to implement this item./

Amend title to conform.

Rep. COBB-HUNTER explained the amendment.

Rep. HARRELL moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.

AMENDMENT NO. 8--TABLED

Debate was resumed on Amendment No. 8, by Rep. CAVE.

Rep. CAVE explained the amendment and moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.

Rep. THOMAS proposed the following Amendment No. 9 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\JIC\5481AC.95), which was adopted.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Section 12-10-40, as contained in Section 1of the bill by inserting on page 3534-3, line 14:

/Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or chapter, the area west of the Waccamaw River and south of Highway 521 to the Charleston County line and west to the Williamsburg County line is designated as an enterprise zone./

Rep. THOMAS explained the amendment.

Rep. HARRELL spoke against the amendment.

Rep. HARRELL moved to table the amendment.

Rep. CROMER demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:

Yeas 44; Nays 64

Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Allison          Bailey           Brown, H.
Cain             Cato             Chamblee
Dantzler         Easterday        Fair


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Fleming          Hallman          Harrell
Haskins          Herdklotz        Huff
Jaskwhich        Kirsh            Koon
Law              Limbaugh         Limehouse
Marchbanks       Mason            Meacham
Quinn            Rhoad            Rice
Richardson       Riser            Robinson
Sandifer         Seithel          Sharpe
Simrill          Smith, D.        Smith, R.
Tripp            Trotter          Vaughn
Wells            Whatley          Wilkins
Wofford          Young, A.

Total--44

Those who voted in the negative are:

Anderson         Baxley           Beatty
Boan             Breeland         Brown, G.
Brown, J.        Brown, T.        Byrd
Canty            Cave             Clyburn
Cobb-Hunter      Cotty            Cromer
Davenport        Delleney         Felder
Gamble           Govan            Harris, J.
Harris, P.       Harrison         Harvin
Harwell          Hines            Howard
Hutson           Inabinett        Jennings
Keegan           Kelley           Keyserling
Kinon            Klauber          Knotts
Lanford          Lloyd            Martin
McCraw           McElveen         McMahand
McTeer           Neal             Neilson
Rogers           Scott            Sheheen
Shissias         Spearman         Stille
Stuart           Thomas           Townsend
Tucker           Whipper, L.      Whipper, S.
White            Wilder           Wilkes
Williams         Worley           Wright
Young, J.

Total--64



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So, the House refused to table the amendment.

Rep. HASKINS spoke against the amendment.

Rep. WILKES spoke in favor of the amendment.

The question then recurred to the adoption of the amendment.

Rep. NEILSON demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:

Yeas 62; Nays 50

Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Anderson         Baxley           Beatty
Boan             Breeland         Brown, G.
Brown, J.        Brown, T.        Byrd
Canty            Carnell          Cave
Clyburn          Cotty            Cromer
Davenport        Delleney         Felder
Gamble           Govan            Harris, J.
Harris, P.       Harvin           Harwell
Hines            Hodges           Howard
Inabinett        Jennings         Kelley
Keyserling       Kinon            Lanford
Lloyd            Martin           McAbee
McCraw           McElveen         McMahand
McTeer           Moody-Lawrence   Neal
Neilson          Rhoad            Richardson
Rogers           Scott            Sheheen
Shissias         Spearman         Stille
Stuart           Thomas           Townsend
Tucker           Whipper, L.      Whipper, S.
White            Wilkes           Williams
Worley           Young, J.

Total--62

Those who voted in the negative are:

Allison          Bailey           Brown, H.
Cain             Cato             Chamblee
Cooper           Dantzler         Easterday
Fair             Fleming          Hallman
Harrell          Harrison         Haskins


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Herdklotz        Huff             Jaskwhich
Keegan           Kennedy          Kirsh
Knotts           Koon             Law
Limbaugh         Limehouse        Marchbanks
Mason            Meacham          Quinn
Rice             Riser            Robinson
Sandifer         Seithel          Sharpe
Simrill          Smith, D.        Smith, R.
Tripp            Trotter          Vaughn
Wells            Whatley          Wilder
Wilkins          Witherspoon      Wofford
Wright           Young, A.

Total--50

So, the amendment was adopted.

Rep. CAVE proposed the following Amendment No. 19 (Doc Name L:\council\legis\amend\GJK\21501AC.95), which was adopted.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, in Section 12-10-70(1) of the 1976 Code by adding at the end of this item:

/A new job is not considered a new job for the purpose of this credit if it replaces the same job that was part of a reduction in force in the preceding twelve months./

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend totals and title to conform.

Rep. CAVE explained the amendment.

The amendment was then adopted.

Rep. CAVE proposed the following Amendment No. 20, which was tabled.

The job development fees would be escrowed with an agent agreed to by the council and the qualifying business and no expenditure made without prior approval of Council.

Rep. CAVE explained the amendment.

Rep. HARRELL moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to.


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Rep. McELVEEN proposed the following Amendment No. 21, which was tabled.

Amend @ page 3534-3, line 33, by adding:

provided, that the council must advise any affected local jurisdiction of the project and of the terms of the agreement a reasonable time before entering a revitalization agreement so as to permit local comment.

Rep. McELVEEN explained the amendment.

Rep. HARRELL spoke against the amendment and moved to table the amendment.

Rep. McELVEEN demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:

Yeas 75; Nays 24

Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Allison          Bailey           Baxley
Boan             Brown, H.        Cain
Carnell          Cato             Chamblee
Cotty            Dantzler         Davenport
Delleney         Easterday        Fair
Felder           Fleming          Gamble
Hallman          Harrell          Harris, J.
Harris, P.       Harrison         Harwell
Haskins          Herdklotz        Huff
Hutson           Jaskwhich        Jennings
Keegan           Kelley           Kennedy
Kinon            Kirsh            Klauber
Knotts           Koon             Lanford
Law              Limbaugh         Limehouse
Marchbanks       McAbee           McCraw
Meacham          Neilson          Quinn
Rhoad            Rice             Riser
Robinson         Sandifer         Seithel
Sharpe           Simrill          Smith, D.
Smith, R.        Spearman         Stille
Stuart           Townsend         Tripp
Trotter          Tucker           Vaughn
Wells            Whatley          Wilkes


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Wilkins          Witherspoon      Wofford
Worley           Wright           Young, A.

Total--75

Those who voted in the negative are:

Breeland         Brown, G.        Brown, J.
Brown, T.        Byrd             Canty
Cave             Clyburn          Harvin
Hines            Hodges           Howard
Inabinett        Keyserling       Lloyd
McElveen         McMahand         McTeer
Neal             Richardson       Rogers
Thomas           White            Williams

Total--24

So, the amendment was tabled.

Reps. BOAN and HODGES proposed the following Amendment No. 22, which was tabled.

Add to Section 12-10-40 the following subsection (6):

(6) a county in which 20% or more of its work force works out of state.

Rep. HODGES explained the amendment.

Rep. HARRELL moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to by a division vote of 58 to 46.

Rep. KEYSERLING proposed the following Amendment No. 23, which was tabled.

Add to Section 12-10-40:

(6) consist of a census tract where tourism/retirement living jobs comprise fifty percent or more of the existing jobs.

Rep. KEYSERLING explained the amendment.

Rep. HARRELL moved to table the amendment, which was agreed to by a division vote of 51 to 32.

The Bill, as amended, was read the second time and ordered to third reading.


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RECORD FOR JOURNAL

I support the Enterprize Act but due to a prior commitment I am unable to remain for the final vote.

Rep. HARRY R. ASKINS

Rep. INABINETT moved that the House do now adjourn, which was adopted.

ADJOURNMENT

At 5:48 P.M. the House in accordance with the motion of Rep. HALLMAN adjourned in memory of Samuel Winfield McConnell of Charleston, to meet at 10:00 A.M. tomorrow.
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