§ 58-3-510 State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee established
§ 58-3-520 Membership; election of chairman; meetings; nomination of candidates for Public Service Commission and Executive Director of Office of Regulatory Staff
§ 58-3-530 Powers and duties
§ 58-3-540 Expenses
§ 58-3-550 Staffing; identification of Executive Director candidates
§ 58-3-560 Election of commission members; screening and qualification of candidates
§ 58-3-570 Study of other state commission structures, responsibilities; report and recommendations
§ 58-3-580 Organization of and allocation of staff to commission or Office of Regulatory Staff
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 58 > Chapter 3 > Article 5 - State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee

  • 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
  • Commission: means the Public Service Commission. See South Carolina Code 58-3-5
  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Joint session: When both chambers of a legislature adopt a concurrent resolution to meet together.
  • 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.
  • Public utility: means public utility as defined in § 58-5-10, telephone utility as defined in § 58-9-10, government-owned telecommunications service provider as defined in § 58-9-2610, radio common carrier as defined in § 58-11-10, carriers governed by Chapter 13 of Title 58, railroads and railways as defined in § 58-17-10, motor vehicle carrier as defined in § 58-23-10, or electrical utility as defined in § 58-27-10. See South Carolina Code 58-3-5
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Regulatory staff: means the executive director or the executive director and employees of the Office of Regulatory Staff. See South Carolina Code 58-3-5
  • Review committee: means the State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee. See South Carolina Code 58-3-5