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| The Commerce Department shall provide a report by January 1, 1997 to the General Assembly on the methodology to be used in identifying, targeting and assisting small business.
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Rep. NEAL explained the amendment.
Rep. KOON spoke against the amendment.
Rep. NEAL spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. KOON moved to table the amendment.
Rep. NEAL demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Boan Brown, H. Cain Carnell Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Dantzler Delleney Easterday Felder Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harrison Haskins Herdklotz Jaskwhich Keegan Kelley Klauber Koon Law Limbaugh Limehouse Marchbanks Mason McAbee McCraw McKay Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Tripp Trotter Vaughn Walker Wells Whatley
Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Askins Bailey Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Canty Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cromer Davenport Govan Harris, J. Harris, P. Harvin Hines, J. Hines, M. Hodges Howard Kennedy Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Lee Littlejohn Lloyd McElveen McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Neilson Phillips Rhoad Richardson Scott Sheheen Shissias Spearman Stille Stoddard Thomas Tucker Waldrop Whipper, L. White Wilder Williams
So, the amendment was tabled.
Reps. NEAL, MOODY-LAWRENCE, CAVE, COBB-HUNTER, McELVEEN, HODGES, ROGERS, RICHARDSON, KEYSERLING, WHITE and SHISSIAS proposed the following Amendment No. 130 (Doc Name P:\amend\bs.7), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 50, Department of Commerce, page 474, after line 40, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/(CMRC: Underdeveloped Counties Small Business Aid) Of the funds designated to assist small businesses, which constitute 25% of all State funds appropriated to the Department of Commerce for total economic development set-aside, Section 50, Line 7, Page 347, the Department shall
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Rep. NEAL explained the amendment.
Rep. H. BROWN spoke against the amendment.
Rep. McELVEEN spoke in favor of the amendment.
Rep. H. BROWN moved to table the amendment.
Rep. NEAL demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Bailey Brown, H. Cain Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Dantzler Easterday Felder Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harrison Haskins Herdklotz Keegan Kelley Klauber Knotts Koon Law Limbaugh Limehouse Loftis Marchbanks Mason McCraw McKay Meacham Quinn Rice Richardson Riser Robinson Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Spearman Thomas Townsend Tripp Trotter Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Askins Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Brown, T.
Byrd Canty Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cromer Davenport Delleney Fleming Govan Harris, J. Harris, P. Harvin Hines, J. Hines, M. Hodges Howard Kennedy Keyserling Kinon Kirsh Lee Littlejohn Lloyd McAbee McElveen McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Phillips Scott Sheheen Shissias Stille Stoddard Stuart Whipper, L. White Wilder Wilkes
So, the amendment was tabled.
Rep. HODGES proposed the following Amendment No. 163 (Doc Name P:\amend\bs.20), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 50, Department of Commerce, page 474, after line 40, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/The Department of Commerce is directed to conduct a study, with current available funds, which examines the causes of wage disparity in South Carolina and the decline in real manufacturing wages. The study shall also include recommended strategies to address the report findings. The study shall be submitted to the General Assembly by January 15, 1997./
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Rep. HODGES explained the amendment.
Rep. ROBINSON moved to table the amendment.
Rep. HODGES demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Allison Askins Bailey Brown, H. Cain Carnell Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Dantzler Easterday Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harrison Herdklotz Jaskwhich Keegan Kelley Kinon Klauber Knotts Koon Law Limbaugh Limehouse Loftis Marchbanks Mason McAbee McCraw McKay Meacham Quinn Rice Riser Robinson Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Simrill Smith, D. Smith, R. Thomas Townsend Tripp Trotter Tucker Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Breeland Brown, G. Brown, T. Byrd Canty Cave Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cromer Davenport Delleney Govan Harris, J. Harris, P. Harvin Hines, J. Hines, M. Hodges Howard Jennings Kennedy Keyserling Kirsh Lee Littlejohn Lloyd McElveen McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Phillips Rhoad Richardson Scott Sheheen Shissias Stille Stoddard Stuart Whipper, L.
Whipper, S. White Wilder Wilkes Williams Young
So, the amendment was tabled.
Reps. McELVEEN and KEYSERLING proposed the following Amendment No. 173 (Doc Name P:\amend\bs.3), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 50, Department of Commerce, page 474, after line 40, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/(CMRC: Reporting Economic Development Projects) By November 1 of each year, the Department of Commerce must report to the General Assembly on economic development projects completed within the immediately preceding five fiscal years. The report must not include any pending projects. The report must include but is not limited to the following information:
(1) a cost/benefit analysis which compares the actual and projected economic benefit of the projects to the cost of the incentives for those projects. A separate analysis must be conducted for each major economic development project. The cost/benefit analysis must differentiate between expansion of existing businesses and new businesses and between actual and projected economic benefits.
(2) The actual fiscal and employment benefit realized from economic development projects compared to projections of those benefits as announced, certified or estimated by the Department.
(3) The annual and cumulative five year total of state and local funds expended as incentives to economic development projects. Expenditures must include reduction in revenue in addition to actual expenditures of funds.
(4) A summary of the Department's expenditures during the preceding fiscal year and the actual and projected benefits resulting from those expenditures.
(5) A special section which reports the impact of the state's economic development efforts in moderate and less developed counties and compares it to such efforts in the remaining counties. In the initial report, this section must include a plan to assure that economic growth is reasonably distributed throughout the state. Subsequent reports must contain an
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Rep. McELVEEN explained the amendment.
Rep. FELDER moved to table the amendment.
Rep. McELVEEN demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Askins Bailey Brown, H. Cain Carnell Cato Chamblee Cooper Cotty Dantzler Easterday Felder Fleming Fulmer Gamble Hallman Harrell Harris, J. Harris, P. Herdklotz Jennings Keegan Kelley Kinon Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Limbaugh Limehouse Loftis Marchbanks Mason McAbee McCraw McKay Meacham Quinn Rice Richardson Riser Robinson Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Smith, R. Spearman Stuart Thomas Tripp Trotter Tucker Waldrop Walker Wells Whatley Wilkes Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Wright Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Canty Cave Clyburn
Cobb-Hunter Cromer Davenport Delleney Govan Harvin Hines, J. Hines, M. Hodges Howard Kennedy Keyserling Kirsh Lee Littlejohn Lloyd McElveen McMahand McTeer Moody-Lawrence Neal Phillips Rhoad Scott Shissias Simrill Stoddard Townsend Whipper, L. Whipper, S. White Wilder Williams Young
So, the amendment was tabled.
Section 50 as amended was adopted.
Debate was resumed on Section 65.
Section 65 was adopted.
Debate was resumed on Section 72.
Reps. CROMER and HODGES proposed the following Amendment No. 95 (Doc Name P:\amend\tmr.12), which was ruled out of order.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 72, General and Temporary, page 496, Paragraph 42, line 23 by striking /an appropriate/ and inserting /the highest ranking/
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 72, General and Temporary, page 496, Paragraph 42, after line 37, by inserting:
/The Ethics Commission is authorized to make investigations of state agency records relating to these reporting requirements. Officials violating the 48 hour reporting requirement in this paragraph are subject to a non-suspendable $100 fine./
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Rep. CROMER explained the amendment.
Rep. TOWNSEND raised the Point of Order that Amendment No. 95 was out of order as it was not germane.
The SPEAKER stated that it did not relate to any revenues in Part I and he sustained the Point of Order and ruled the amendment out of order.
Rep. KIRSH proposed the following Amendment No. 9 (Doc Name P:\amend\tr.13), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 72, General and Temporary, page 501, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/Any state agency receiving funding in this Act and any higher education institution, including 4 year institutions, 2 year institutions, and technical colleges, that operates an early childhood development center or day care facility shall charge, at a minimum, fees that are comparable to those charged by private day care facilities in the local community. The institution or agency shall not restrict enrollment in the center solely to the children of faculty, staff, and students of the institution; nor shall fees be set at a lower level for faculty, staff, or students of the institution or agency./
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Rep. KIRSH explained the amendment.
Rep. KIRSH continued speaking.
Rep. KIRSH continued speaking.
The amendment was then adopted.
Rep. H. BROWN proposed the following Amendment No. 178 (Doc Name P:\amend\jl.92), which was adopted.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 72, General & Temporary, page 501, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
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Rep. H. BROWN explained the amendment.
The amendment was then adopted.
Reps. HODGES and CROMER proposed the following Amendment No. 187 (Doc Name P:\amend\bj1.3), which was tabled.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 72, General & Temporary, page 501, line 11, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/No public funds appropriated or authorized in the General Appropriations Act or otherwise made available to any state agency headed by an elected official or any legislative body headed by an elected official shall be used to employ or contract for services with an individual, corporation, or firm which has public relations or communications as its primary purpose. This section shall not apply to the Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism or the Department of Commerce. This shall not preclude the use of advertising or production services for public service announcements./
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Rep. HODGES explained the amendment.
Rep. HALLMAN moved to table the amendment.
Rep. HODGES demanded the yeas and nays, which were taken resulting as follows:
Those who voted in the affirmative are:
Allison Askins Bailey Boan Brown, H. Cain Carnell Cato Cooper Cotty Dantzler Davenport Delleney Easterday Felder Fleming Gamble Hallman Harrell Harris, J. Harrison Herdklotz Jaskwhich Keegan Kelley Kinon Kirsh
Klauber Knotts Koon Lanford Law Lee Limbaugh Limehouse Littlejohn Loftis Marchbanks Mason McAbee McKay McMahand Quinn Rhoad Rice Richardson Riser Robinson Sandifer Seithel Sharpe Shissias Smith, D. Smith, R. Spearman Stille Stuart Thomas Tripp Trotter Vaughn Waldrop Walker Wells Whipper, L. Whipper, S. Wilkes Wilkins Witherspoon Wofford Worley Young Young-Brickell
Those who voted in the negative are:
Anderson Breeland Brown, G. Brown, J. Brown, T. Byrd Clyburn Cobb-Hunter Cromer Harris, P. Harvin Hines, M. Hodges Howard Kennedy Lloyd Martin McElveen McTeer Meacham Moody-Lawrence Neal Scott Sheheen Simrill Stoddard Tucker White Wilder
So, the amendment was tabled.
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