South Carolina Code 50-3-1150. Uses of Fund revenues and grants; restrictions
(1) defray the administrative costs of the department in administering the grant purpose provided for by this article;
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 50-3-1150
- Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
- Department: means the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources unless otherwise stated. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
- Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
(2) provide education on conservation easements and fee simple gifts of land for conservation, including information material intended for landowners and education for staff and volunteers; and
(3) make conservation grants.
(B) A grant from the Conservation Grant Fund may be used only to pay for one or more of the following costs:
(1) reimbursement for total or partial transaction costs for donations that otherwise would not be made because of insufficient financial revenues;
(2) management support, including initial baseline inventory and planning;
(3) monitoring compliance with conservation easements;
(4) education on conservation easements and fee simple gifts of land for conservation, including information materials intended for landowners, and education for staff and volunteers.
(C) Fund proceeds may not be used to pay the purchase price of any interest in real property.