§ 49-28-10 Definitions
§ 49-28-20 Creation and dissolution of commission
§ 49-28-30 Governing board; appointment of members; terms; filling vacancies
§ 49-28-40 Budgetary and accounting procedures
§ 49-28-50 Meetings; election of officers; adoption of regulations; committees
§ 49-28-60 Powers of commission to hire staff, contract for services, and build and maintain facilities; federal grants; county funding; audits
§ 49-28-70 Joint county ordinances; certification by director; evidence of certification and director’s submission for filing
§ 49-28-80 Recommendations concerning use of Lake Wateree and shoreline area; adoption of joint ordinances; notice, filing, and certified copies of ordinances
§ 49-28-90 Law enforcement officers; extraterritorial jurisdiction

Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 49 > Chapter 28 - Lake Wateree Marine Advisory Commission

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Controlled substances: means those substances listed in Schedules II, III, and IV of the schedules provided for in Sections 44-53-210, 44-53-230, 44-53-250, and 44-53-270. See South Carolina Code 44-53-1630
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Department: means the Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 44-53-1320
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • 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.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Person: means an individual, firm, corporation, association, trust, or partnership. See South Carolina Code 44-53-1320
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.