South Carolina Code > Title 48 > Chapter 43 – Oil and Gas Exploration, Drilling, Transportation, and Production


Article 1	General Provisions
Article 2	Exploration and Production
Article 3	Pollution Control
Article 4	Violations and Penalties

Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 48 > Chapter 43 - Oil and Gas Exploration, Drilling, Transportation, and Production

Academic and administrative buildings: means the real and personal property and equipment to be utilized by the College of Engineering, Science and Mathematics, the College of Education, Humanities and Social Science, and the College of Business and Applied Professional Sciences, whether or not the acquisition or construction of these facilities are financed from the proceeds of bonds, notes, or other indebtedness issued pursuant to the provisions of this article. See South Carolina Code 59-127-490
Academic and administrative buildings: means the real and personal property and equipment to be utilized by the School of the Arts, the School of Education, the School of Science and Mathematics, the Physical Education/Arena Complex, and the Student Center, whether or not the acquisition or construction of these facilities are financed from the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of this article. See South Carolina Code 59-130-420
Administratrix: The female counterpart of an administrator. See also
Admission fee: means the special fee or charge, in addition to other charges, imposed upon each person admitted to a "home" football game, except a freshman or intramural game, in Dawson Football Stadium at South Carolina State University or at any other location where a "home" game is played by the South Carolina State University varsity football team, excluding students admitted as a result of student fees paid to the institution for a regular session. See South Carolina Code 59-127-310
Admissions fee: means the specially designated admissions fee or charge which may, in addition to other charges, be imposed by the trustees upon persons admitted to any event held at an athletic facility, for the purpose of providing funds to assist in the repayment of bonds. See South Carolina Code 59-125-520
Admissions fee: means the specially designated admissions fee or charge which may, in addition to other charges, be imposed by the trustees upon any person admitted to any event held at an athletic facility. See South Carolina Code 59-133-220
Admissions fee: means the specially designated admissions fee or charge which may, in addition to other charges, be imposed by the trustees upon persons admitted to any event held at an athletic facility, for the purpose of providing funds to assist in the repayment of bonds. See South Carolina Code 59-119-920
Admissions fee: means the specially designated admissions fee or charge which may, in addition to other charges, be imposed by the visitors upon persons admitted to any event held at an athletic facility, for the purpose of providing funds to assist in the repayment of bonds. See South Carolina Code 59-121-320
Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
Affirmed: In the practice of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
Agent: means the State Treasurer. See South Carolina Code 59-153-10
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
Amortization: Paying off a loan by regular installments.
Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
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
Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
Assets: means all funds, investments, and similar property owned by the respective state institutions of higher learning and in the custody of the Agent. See South Carolina Code 59-153-10
Athletic department: means the athletic department of Winthrop. See South Carolina Code 59-125-520
Athletic department: means the athletic department of Francis Marion University. See South Carolina Code 59-133-220
Athletic department: means the athletic department of Clemson. See South Carolina Code 59-119-920
Athletic department: means the athletic department of The Citadel. See South Carolina Code 59-121-320
Athletic facilities: means all facilities designated by the trustees as intercollegiate athletic facilities now owned or hereafter acquired by Winthrop. See South Carolina Code 59-125-520
Athletic facilities: means all facilities designated by the trustees as intercollegiate athletic facilities now owned or which may be acquired by Francis Marion University. See South Carolina Code 59-133-220
Athletic facilities: means all facilities designated by the trustees as intercollegiate athletic facilities now owned or hereafter acquired by Clemson. See South Carolina Code 59-119-920
Athletic facilities: means all facilities designated by the visitors as intercollegiate athletic facilities now owned or hereafter acquired by The Citadel. See South Carolina Code 59-121-320
Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
Authority: means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. See South Carolina Code 59-125-520
Authority: means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. See South Carolina Code 59-127-310
Authority: means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. See South Carolina Code 59-133-220
Authority: means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. See South Carolina Code 59-119-720
Authority: means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. See South Carolina Code 59-119-920
Authority: means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. See South Carolina Code 59-121-320
Authority: means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. See South Carolina Code 59-125-320
Barrel: means 42 U. See South Carolina Code 48-43-510
Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
Bequest: Property gifted by will.
Board: means the Board of Trustees of South Carolina State University. See South Carolina Code 59-127-490
Board: means the board of trustees of the College of Charleston. See South Carolina Code 59-130-420
Board: means board of the department. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Board: means the State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners. See South Carolina Code 40-45-20
Board: means the Board of Trustees of the respective institution of higher learning acting as trustee of the endowment system. See South Carolina Code 59-153-10
Bond reserve fund: means the special fund which may be established by the trustees pursuant to this article, which must be in the custody of the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee and which is primarily established for the purpose of providing a reserve with which to meet the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds in the event that payments otherwise required from the debt service fund are insufficient to meet the payment of the principal and interest as and when they become due and payable. See South Carolina Code 59-125-520
Bond reserve fund: means the special fund which may be established by the trustees pursuant to this article, which must be in the custody of the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee, and which is primarily established for the purpose of providing a reserve with which to meet the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds in the event that payments otherwise required from the debt service fund are insufficient to meet the payment of the principal and interest as and when they become due and payable. See South Carolina Code 59-133-220
Bond reserve fund: means the special fund which may be established by the trustees pursuant to this article, which must be in the custody of the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee and which is primarily established for the purpose of providing a reserve with which to meet the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds in the event that payments otherwise required from the debt service fund are insufficient to meet the payment of the principal and interest as and when they become due and payable. See South Carolina Code 59-119-920
Bond reserve fund: means the special fund which may be established by the visitors pursuant to this article, which must be in the custody of the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee and which is primarily established for the purpose of providing a reserve with which to meet the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds in the event that payments otherwise required from the debt service fund are insufficient to meet the payment of the principal and interest as and when they become due and payable. See South Carolina Code 59-121-320
bonds: means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article. See South Carolina Code 59-125-520
Bonds: means the Stadium Improvement Revenue Bonds of South Carolina State University authorized by this article. See South Carolina Code 59-127-310
bonds: means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article. See South Carolina Code 59-133-220
bonds: means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article. See South Carolina Code 59-117-220
bonds: means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this chapter. See South Carolina Code 59-119-720
bonds: means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article. See South Carolina Code 59-119-920
bonds: means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article. See South Carolina Code 59-121-320
bonds: means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this chapter. See South Carolina Code 59-125-320
Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
Certificate of Clearance: means a permit prescribed by the department for the transportation or the delivery of oil or gas or product. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Citadel: means The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 59-121-320
Clemson: means Clemson University. See South Carolina Code 59-119-720
Clemson: means Clemson University. See South Carolina Code 59-119-920
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.
Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
Condensate: means liquid hydrocarbons that were originally in the gaseous phase in the reservoir. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Dawson Football Stadium: means the football stadium of South Carolina State University located at Orangeburg, South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 59-127-310
Debt service fund: means the fund established by this article for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds, which must be in the custody of the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee. See South Carolina Code 59-125-520
Debt Service Fund: means the fund established by this article for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds. See South Carolina Code 59-127-310
Debt service fund: means the fund established by this article for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds, which must be in the custody of the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee. See South Carolina Code 59-133-220
Debt service fund: means the fund established by this article for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds, which must be in the custody of the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee. See South Carolina Code 59-119-920
Debt service fund: means the fund established by this article for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds, which must be in the custody of the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee. See South Carolina Code 59-121-320
Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Department: means the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Department: means the Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-43-510
Department: means the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation;

(5) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or the director's official designee;

(6) "Licensee" means a person granted an authorization to practice pursuant to this article and refers to a person holding a license, permit, certification, or registration granted pursuant to this article;

(7) "Licensing act" means the individual statute or regulations, or both, of each regulated profession or occupation which include, but are not limited to, board governance, the qualifications and requirements for authorization to practice, prohibitions, and disciplinary procedures;

(8) "Person" means an individual, partnership, or corporation;

(9) "Profession" or "occupation" means a profession or occupation regulated or administered, or both, by the department pursuant to this article. See South Carolina Code 40-1-20
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Devise: To gift property by will.
Director: means the director of the department. See South Carolina Code 48-43-510
Discharge: shall include , but not be limited to, any spilling, leaking, seeping, pouring, emitting, emptying, or dumping which occurs within the territorial limits of the State or outside of the territorial limits of the State and affects lands and waters within the territorial limits of the State. See South Carolina Code 48-43-510
Discharge cleanup organization: means any group, incorporated or unincorporated, of owners or operators of waterfront terminal facilities in any port or harbor of the State, and any other person who may elect to join, organized for the purpose of containing and cleaning up discharges of pollutants through cooperative efforts and shared equipment and facilities. See South Carolina Code 48-43-510
Endowment funds: means those funds donated to the respective individual state-supported institutions of higher learning of the State of South Carolina, which are held and invested by the State Treasurer on behalf of the institutions. See South Carolina Code 59-153-10
Equipment: means items with a useful life of at least fifteen years. See South Carolina Code 59-127-490
Equipment: means items with a useful life of at least fifteen years. See South Carolina Code 59-130-420
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}
Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
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.
Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
Executive session: A portion of the Senate's daily session in which it considers executive business.
Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
Facilities: means any or all of the following facilities operated to provide for the students, faculty, or staff at the University: dining or food service facilities; laundry facilities; canteen facilities; vending machines; convenience stores; any other facilities for the sale of sundry items; health services; book stores; parking lots and vehicle registration; and all furniture, furnishings and equipment in them, which are now owned by the University, or which may be acquired by the University for any of these purposes. See South Carolina Code 59-117-220
Facilities: means any or all of the following facilities operated to provide for the students, faculty, or staff at Clemson: dining or food service facilities; laundry facilities; canteen facilities; vending machines; convenience stores; any other facilities for the sale of sundry items; health services; book stores; parking lots and vehicle registration; and all furniture, furnishings and equipment in them, which are now owned by Clemson, or which may be acquired by Clemson for any of these purposes. See South Carolina Code 59-119-720
Facilities: means any or all of the following facilities operated to provide for the students, faculty, or staff at Winthrop: dining or food service facilities; laundry facilities; canteen facilities; vending machines; convenience stores; any other facilities for the sale of sundry items; health services; book stores, parking lots and vehicle registration; and all furniture, furnishings, and equipment in them, which are now owned by Winthrop, or which may be acquired by Winthrop for any of these purposes. See South Carolina Code 59-125-320
Fees and revenues: means the special student fees, auxiliary fees, and revenues derived or to be derived from the operation, sale, lease, or other disposition of the facilities. See South Carolina Code 59-127-490
Fees and revenues: means the special student fees and revenues derived or to be derived from the operation, sale, lease, or other disposition of the facilities. See South Carolina Code 59-130-420
Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
Fiduciary: means a person who:

(a) exercises any authority to invest or manage assets of a system;

(b) provides investment advice for a fee or other direct or indirect compensation with respect to assets of a system or has any authority or responsibility to do so; or

(c) is a member of the board of trustees of the respective institution when it acts as trustee for the endowment system. See South Carolina Code 59-153-10
Field: means the general area underlain by one or more pools. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
Francis Marion: means Francis Marion University. See South Carolina Code 59-133-220
Freedom of Information Act: A federal law that mandates that all the records created and kept by federal agencies in the executive branch of government must be open for public inspection and copying. The only exceptions are those records that fall into one of nine exempted categories listed in the statute. ^{Source: OCC}
Gas: means all natural gas and all other fluid hydrocarbons not hereinabove defined as oil, including condensate because it originally was in the gaseous phase in the reservoir. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
Illegal Gas: means gas that has been produced from any well within the State in excess of the quantity permitted by any rule, regulation, or order of the department. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Illegal Oil: means oil that has been produced from any well within the State in excess of the quantity permitted by any rule, regulation, or order of the department. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Illegal Product: means any product derived in whole or in part from illegal oil or illegal gas. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Improvements: means the enlargement and improvements to Dawson Football Stadium, including necessary equipment. See South Carolina Code 59-127-310
Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
Joint resolution: A legislative measure which requires the approval of both chambers.
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.
Just and Equitable Share of the Production: means , as to each person, that part of the authorized production from the pool that is substantially in the proportion that the amount of recoverable oil or gas or both in the developed areas of his tract or tracts in the pool bears to the recoverable oil or gas or both in the total of the developed areas in the pool. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
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}
Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Net athletic revenues: means the entire revenues derived by the athletic department of the University for any fiscal year after payment of the operating and maintenance expenses of the department but before provision is made for depreciation, amortization, nonmandatory transfers, and interest expenses of the department for the fiscal year. See South Carolina Code 59-127-310
Net revenues: means all revenues remaining after payment of the operating and maintenance expenses of the athletic department but before provision is made for depreciation, amortization, nonmandatory transfers, and interest expenses of the athletic department for a given fiscal year. See South Carolina Code 59-125-520
Net revenues: means all revenues remaining after payment of the operating and maintenance expenses of the athletic department but before provision is made for depreciation, amortization, nonmandatory transfers, and interest expenses of the athletic department for a given fiscal year. See South Carolina Code 59-133-220
Net revenues: means all revenues remaining after payment of the operating and maintenance expenses of the athletic department but before provision is made for depreciation, amortization, nonmandatory transfers, and interest expenses of the athletic department for a given fiscal year. See South Carolina Code 59-119-920
Net revenues: means all revenues remaining after payment of the operating and maintenance expenses of the athletic department but before provision is made for depreciation, amortization, nonmandatory transfers, and interest expenses of the athletic department for a given fiscal year. See South Carolina Code 59-121-320
Net revenues: means these receipts reduced by the necessary expenses for operation and maintenance of the facilities. See South Carolina Code 59-125-320
Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Oil: means crude petroleum oil and all other hydrocarbons, regardless of gravity, that are produced in liquid form by ordinary production methods, but does not include liquid hydrocarbons that were originally in a gaseous phase in the reservoir. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
On-site supervision: means supervision provided by a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who must be:

(a) continuously on site and present in the department or facility where the supervisee is performing services;

(b) immediately available to assist the supervisee in the services being performed;

(c) maintain continued involvement in appropriate aspects of each treatment session in which a component of treatment is delegated to the supervisee. See South Carolina Code 40-45-20
Owner: means the person who has the right to drill into and produce from a pool and to appropriate the oil or gas that he produces therefrom, either for himself or for himself and others. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Owner: means any person owning a terminal facility; "operator" means any person operating a terminal facility, whether by lease, contract, or other form of agreement. See South Carolina Code 48-43-510
Panel: means the State Retirement Systems Investment Panel established pursuant to § 9-16-310. See South Carolina Code 59-153-10
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
Person: means any natural person, corporation, association, partnership, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, fiduciary, or other representatives of any kind, and includes any government or any political subdivision or any agency thereof. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Person: means any individual, partnership, joint venture, corporation; any group of the foregoing, organized or united for a business purpose; or any governmental entity. See South Carolina Code 48-43-510
Person: means an individual. See South Carolina Code 40-45-20
Personal property: All property that is not real property.
Physical therapist: means a person who has met all the conditions of this chapter and is licensed in this State to practice physical therapy. See South Carolina Code 40-45-20
Physical therapist assistant: means a person who is licensed by the board to assist a physical therapist in the practice of physical therapy and whose activities are supervised and directed by a physical therapist whose license is in good standing. See South Carolina Code 40-45-20
physical therapy: as used in this chapter , and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to authorize a physical therapist to prescribe medications or order laboratory or other medical tests. See South Carolina Code 40-45-20
Physical therapy aide: means a nonlicensed person who helps the physical therapist or physical therapist assistant but whose duties do not require an understanding of physical therapy nor formal training in anatomical, biological, or physical sciences. See South Carolina Code 40-45-20
Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
Pollutant: means any emission that significantly derogates the quality of the air, water or land. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Pollutants: shall include oil of any kind and in any form, gasoline, pesticides, ammonia, chlorine, and derivatives thereof. See South Carolina Code 48-43-510
Pollution: means the act of emitting pollutants into the air or water or onto the land. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Pollution: means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere or waters of the States of any one or more substances or pollutants, in quantities which are or may be potentially harmful or injurious to human health or welfare, animal or plant life, or property or which may unreasonably interfere with the enjoyment of life or property, including outdoor recreation. See South Carolina Code 48-43-510
Pool: means an underground reservoir containing a common accumulation of oil and gas or both; each zone of a structure that is completely separated from any other zone in the same structure is a pool. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
practice of physical therapy: means the evaluation and treatment of human beings to detect, assess, prevent, correct, alleviate, and limit physical disability, bodily malfunction, and pain from injury, disease, and any other bodily or mental condition and includes the administration, interpretation, documentation, and evaluation of physical therapy tests and measurements of bodily functions and structures; the establishment, administration, evaluation, and modification of a physical therapy treatment plan which includes the use of physical, chemical, or mechanical agents, activities, instruction, and devices for prevention and therapeutic purposes; and the provision of consultation and educational and other advisory services for the purpose of preventing or reducing the incidence and severity of physical disability, bodily malfunction, and pain. See South Carolina Code 40-45-20
Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
Prior acts: means Acts 446 of 1957, 905 of 1960, 1277 of 1970, 1653 of 1972, 1303 of 1974, 760 of 1976, and 193 and 194 of 1983. See South Carolina Code 59-119-920
Probate: Proving a will
Producer: means the owner of a well or wells capable of producing oil or gas or both. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Product: means any commodity made from oil or gas, and includes refined crude oil, crude tops, topped crude, processed crude, processed crude petroleum, residue from crude petroleum, cracking stock, uncracked fuel oil, fuel oil, treated crude oil, residuum, gas oil, casinghead gasoline, natural gas gasoline, kerosene, benzine, wash oil, waste oil, blended gasoline, lubrication oil, blends or mixtures of oil with one or more liquid products or by-products derived from oil or gas, and blends or mixtures of two or more liquid products or by-products derived from oil or gas, whether herein enumerated or not. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Protect Correlative Rights: means that the action or regulation by the department should afford a reasonable opportunity to each person entitled thereto to recover or receive the oil or gas in his tract or tracts or the equivalent thereto, without being required to drill unnecessary wells or to incur other unnecessary expense to recover or receive such oil or gas or its equivalent. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Registrant: is a terminal facility required to possess a valid registration certificate to operate as a terminal facility. See South Carolina Code 48-43-510
Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
Revenues: means all revenues or other income, including investment income, received by the athletic department from the operation of the athletic department and the athletic facilities, and all gifts, bequests, contributions, and donations received by the trustees or Winthrop from any persons, including from any athletic booster organization, for use in connection with the operations of the athletic department, plus any other unrestricted revenues of the athletic department not otherwise pledged that may be made applicable by the trustees to the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds, including such revenues which may fall into the category of nonmandatory transfers as such term is used in generally accepted accounting principles, but excluding:

(i) gifts, bequests, contributions, and donations restricted to a particular purpose inconsistent with their use for the payment of the principal, premium, or interest on any obligations of the trustees or Winthrop;

(ii) the proceeds of any borrowings;

(iii) state appropriations of any sort; and

(iv) revenues, income, receipts, and money received by the trustees or Winthrop for purposes other than those related to the athletic department. See South Carolina Code 59-125-520
Revenues: means all revenues or other income, including investment income, received by the athletic department from the operation of the athletic department and the athletic facilities, and all gifts, bequests, contributions, and donations received by the trustees or Francis Marion from any persons, including from any athletic booster organization, for use in connection with the operations of the athletic department, plus any other unrestricted revenues of the athletic department not otherwise pledged that may be made applicable by the trustees to the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds, including such revenues which may fall into the category of nonmandatory transfers as such term is used in generally accepted accounting principles, but excluding:

(i) gifts, bequests, contributions, and donations restricted to a particular purpose inconsistent with their use for the payment of the principal, premium, or interest on any obligations of the trustees or Francis Marion;

(ii) the proceeds of any borrowings;

(iii) state appropriations of any sort; and

(iv) revenues, income, receipts, and money received by the trustees or Francis Marion University for purposes other than those related to the athletic department. See South Carolina Code 59-133-220
Revenues: means all revenues or other income, including investment income, received by the athletic department from the operation of the athletic department and the athletic facilities, and all gifts, bequests, contributions, and donations received by the trustees or Clemson from any persons, including from any athletic booster organization, for use in connection with the operations of the athletic department, plus any other unrestricted revenues of the athletic department not otherwise pledged that may be made applicable by the trustees to the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds, including such revenues which may fall into the category of nonmandatory transfers as such term is used in generally accepted accounting principles, but excluding:

(i) gifts, bequests, contributions, and donations restricted to a particular purpose inconsistent with their use for the payment of the principal, premium, or interest on any obligations of the trustees or Clemson;

(ii) the proceeds of any borrowings;

(iii) state appropriations of any sort; and

(iv) revenues, income, receipts, and money received by the trustees or Clemson for purposes other than those related to the athletic department. See South Carolina Code 59-119-920
Revenues: means all revenues or other income, including investment income, received by the athletic department from the operation of the athletic department and the athletic facilities, and all gifts, bequests, contributions, and donations received by the visitors or The Citadel from any persons, including from any athletic booster organization, for use in connection with the operations of the athletic department, plus any other unrestricted revenues of the athletic department not otherwise pledged that may be made applicable by the visitors to the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds, including such revenues which may fall into the category of nonmandatory transfers as such term is used in generally accepted accounting principles, but excluding:

(i) gifts, bequests, contributions, and donations restricted to a particular purpose inconsistent with their use for the payment of the principal, premium, or interest on any obligations of the visitors or The Citadel;

(ii) the proceeds of any borrowings;

(iii) state appropriations of any sort; and

(iv) revenues, income, receipts, and money received by the visitors or The Citadel for purposes other than those related to the athletic department. See South Carolina Code 59-121-320
Royalty owner: means the person who pursuant to a lease arrangement with another has the right to receive, free of costs, an allocation of production or payments based upon the value of production. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Sanitary landfill: means a solid waste disposal facility regulated by the Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
school facilities: includes portable classrooms. See South Carolina Code 59-144-30
Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
Special student fee: means the fee authorized by this article to be established by the trustees and which may be imposed upon persons in attendance at any academic session of Winthrop in order to provide funds to assist in the repayment of bonds. See South Carolina Code 59-125-520
Special student fee: means the fee authorized by this article to be established by the university to provide funds to assist in the repayment of bonds authorized under this article and imposed upon each person in attendance at any regular session, excluding summer sessions, of the university, who is enrolled in a sufficient number of classes or courses for which credit is given toward any degree offered by the university to be classified as a regular full-time student for the purpose of assessing other student fees. See South Carolina Code 59-127-310
Special student fee: means the fee authorized by this article to be established by the trustees and which may be imposed upon persons in attendance at any academic session of Francis Marion University in order to provide funds to assist in the repayment of bonds. See South Carolina Code 59-133-220
Special student fee: means the fee authorized by this article to be established by the trustees and which may be imposed upon persons in attendance at any academic session of Clemson in order to provide funds to assist in the repayment of bonds. See South Carolina Code 59-119-920
Special student fee: means the fee authorized by this article to be established by the visitors and which may be imposed upon persons in attendance at any academic session of The Citadel in order to provide funds to assist in the repayment of bonds. See South Carolina Code 59-121-320
State Fiscal Accountability Authority: means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. See South Carolina Code 59-117-220
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
Terminal facility: means any waterfront or offshore facility of any kind, other than vessels not owned or operated by such facility, and directly associated waterfront or offshore appurtenances including pipelines located on land, including submerged lands, or on or under the surface of any kind of water, which facility and related appurtenances are used or capable of being used for the purpose of drilling for, pumping, storing, handling, transferring, processing, or refining pollutants, including, but not limited to, any such facility and related appurtenances owned or operated by a public utility or a governmental or quasi-governmental body. See South Carolina Code 48-43-510
Testify: Answer questions in court.
Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
transferred: includes onloading or offloading between terminal facility and vessel, vessel and vessel, or terminal facility and terminal facility. See South Carolina Code 48-43-510
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
Trustee: means the board of trustees of the respective institutions of higher learning. See South Carolina Code 59-153-10
Trustees: means the Board of Trustees of Winthrop or any successor body. See South Carolina Code 59-125-520
Trustees: means the Board of Trustees of South Carolina State University. See South Carolina Code 59-127-310
Trustees: means the Board of Trustees of Francis Marion University or any successor body. See South Carolina Code 59-133-220
Trustees: means the Board of Trustees of the University or any successor body. See South Carolina Code 59-117-220
Trustees: means the Board of Trustees of Clemson or any successor body. See South Carolina Code 59-119-720
Trustees: means the board of trustees of Clemson or any successor body. See South Carolina Code 59-119-920
Trustees: means the Board of Trustees of Winthrop or any successor body. See South Carolina Code 59-125-320
tuition: shall mean the amount charged for registering for a credit hour of instruction and shall not be construed to mean any other fees or charges or costs of textbooks. See South Carolina Code 59-111-310
Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. ^{Source: OCC}
University: means South Carolina State University, located at Orangeburg, South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 59-127-310
University: means South Carolina State University. See South Carolina Code 59-127-490
University: means the College of Charleston. See South Carolina Code 59-130-420
University: means the University of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 59-117-220
Variable Rate: Having a "variable" rate means that the APR changes from time to time based on fluctuations in an external rate, normally the Prime Rate. This external rate is known as the "index." If the index changes, the variable rate normally changes. Also see Fixed Rate.
Vessel: includes every description of watercraft or other contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water, whether self-propelled or otherwise, and includes barges and tugs. See South Carolina Code 48-43-510
Visitors: means the Board of Visitors of The Citadel or any successor body. See South Carolina Code 59-121-320
Waste: means and includes:

(1) physical waste, as that term is generally understood in the oil and gas industry;

(2) the inefficient, excessive, or improper use, or the unnecessary dissipation of, reservoir energy;

(3) the inefficient storing of oil and gas;

(4) the locating, drilling, equipping, operating, or producing of any oil or gas well in a manner that causes, or tends to cause, reduction in the quantity of oil or gas ultimately recoverable from a pool under prudent and proper operations, or that causes or tends to cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction or oil or gas;

(5) the production of oil or gas in excess of

(a) transportation or marketing facilities;

(b) the amount reasonably required to be produced in the proper drilling, completing or testing of the well from which it is produced; or

(c) oil or gas otherwise usefully utilized but gas produced from an oil well or condensate well pending the time when, with reasonable diligence, the gas can be sold or otherwise usefully utilized on terms and conditions that are just and reasonable shall not be considered waste if the production of such gas has been approved by order of the department;

(6) underground or above ground waste in the production or storage of oil, gas, or condensate, however caused, and whether or not defined in other subdivisions hereof. See South Carolina Code 48-43-10
Winthrop: means Winthrop University. See South Carolina Code 59-125-520
Winthrop: means Winthrop University. See South Carolina Code 59-125-320

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