Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 44 > Chapter 53 > Article 1 - General Provisions

• collection: means to facilitate the delivery of a covered television device or covered computer monitor device to a collection site included in the manufacturer's program, and to transport the covered television device or covered computer monitor device for recovery. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
• Collector: means a person who collects a covered television device or covered computer monitor device at any program collection site or one-day collection event and prepares them for transport. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Covered devices: means a covered computer device, covered computer monitor device, and a covered television device marketed and intended for use by a consumer. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
• Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
• Desktop computer: means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical, or other high-speed data processing device performing logical, arithmetic, or storage functions for general purpose needs that are met through interaction with a number of software programs contained therein, and that is not designed to exclusively perform a specific type of logical, arithmetic, or storage function or other limited or specialized application. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
• 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.
• Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. ^{Source: OCC}
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Manufacturer electronic waste program: means any program established, financed, and operated by a manufacturer, individually or collectively as part of a manufacturer clearinghouse, to transport and subsequently recycle, in accordance with the requirements of this act, covered televisions and computer monitor devices collected at program collection sites and one-day collection events. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
• One-day collection event: means a one-day event used as a substitute for a program collection site pursuant to § 48-60-56. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
• Person: means an individual, business entity, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, not-for-profit corporation, association, government entity, public benefit corporation, or public authority. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
• Program collection site: means a physical location that is included in a manufacturer electronic waste program and at which covered television devices or covered computer monitor devices are collected and prepared for transport by a collector during a program year in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
• Program year: means the calendar year. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
• Recoverer: means a person that reuses or recycles a covered device. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
• Retailer: means a person engaged in retail sales. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20
• Television: means an electronic device that contains a cathode-ray tube or flat panel screen the size of which is greater than four inches when measured diagonally and is intended to receive video programming via broadcast, cable, satellite, Internet, or other mode of video transmission or to receive video from surveillance or other similar cameras. See South Carolina Code 48-60-20