Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 20 > Chapter 3 > Article 3 - Uniform Divorce Recognition Act

• Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
• Authority: means a redevelopment authority created pursuant to § 31-12-40. See South Carolina Code 31-12-30
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Municipality: means an incorporated municipality of this State. See South Carolina Code 31-12-30
• Obligations: means bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the municipality to carry out a redevelopment project or to refund outstanding obligations. See South Carolina Code 31-12-30
• Real property: includes all property assessed under authority of § 12-4-540 when the term is used in this chapter with regard to tax increment financing. See South Carolina Code 31-12-30
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Recess: A temporary interruption of the legislative business.
• Redevelopment plan: means the comprehensive program of the authority for redevelopment intended by the payment of redevelopment costs to redevelop properties scheduled for disposal which may tend to return properties to the tax rolls, replace lost jobs, and integrate the properties back into the community, enhancing the tax bases of the taxing districts which extend into the project redevelopment area and the economic health of the community in which it lies. See South Carolina Code 31-12-30
• Redevelopment project: means buildings, improvements, including street improvements, water, sewer and storm drainage facilities, parking facilities, and recreational facilities. See South Carolina Code 31-12-30
• Redevelopment project area: means an area within the incorporated area of a municipality and designated pursuant to § 31-12-200, which is not less in the aggregate than one and one-half acres. See South Carolina Code 31-12-30
• Redevelopment project costs: means and includes the total of all reasonable or necessary costs incurred or estimated to be incurred and any costs incidental to a redevelopment project. See South Carolina Code 31-12-30
• Taxing districts: means counties, incorporated municipalities, schools, special purpose districts, and any other municipal corporations or districts with the power to levy taxes. See South Carolina Code 31-12-30