Terms Used In South Carolina Code 48-11-200

  • Board of commissioners: means the governing body of the soil and water conservation district in which a watershed conservation district is situated or, if the watershed conservation district is situated in more than one soil and water conservation district, the joint governing bodies of the districts. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
  • Soil and water conservation district: means a governmental subdivision of this State and a public body corporate and politic organized in accordance with Chapter 9 of Title 48 for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions in the chapter. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
  • Watershed: means the drainage area contributing stormwater runoff to a single point. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
  • Watershed conservation district: means a governmental subdivision of this State and a public body corporate and politic organized and functioning in accordance with this chapter for the purposes and with the powers and duties provided in this chapter and subject to its restrictions. See South Carolina Code 48-11-10
If a soil and water conservation district in which part of a watershed conservation district is situated is discontinued, all supervisory authority over the affairs of the watershed conservation district which previously was exercised by the board of commissioners of the soil and water conservation district must be exercised by the governing bodies of the counties involved.