South Carolina § 11-37-20 - Definitions.

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§ 11-37-20. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(1) "Authority" means the South Carolina Resources Authority.

(2) "Bonds" means any bonds, notes, debentures, interim certificates, bond, grant or revenue anticipation notes, or any other evidence of indebtedness of the authority.

(3) "Capital reserve fund" means any reserve fund created and established by the authority pursuant to this chapter.

(4) "Cost" as applied to any project financed under the provisions of this chapter means the total of all costs incurred by the local government in carrying out all works and undertakings necessary or incidental to the accomplishment of any project. It includes, without limitation, all necessary developmental, planning and feasibility studies, surveys, plans and specifications, architectural, engineering, financial, legal, or other special services, the cost of acquisition of land and any buildings and improvements on the land, including the discharge of any obligations of the sellers of the land, buildings or improvements, site preparation and development, including demolition or removal of existing structures, construction and reconstruction, labor, materials, machinery and equipment, the reasonable costs of financing incurred by the local government in the course of the development of the project, carrying charges incurred before placing the project in service, interest on local obligations issued to finance the project to a date subsequent to the estimated date the project is to be placed in service, necessary expenses incurred in connection with placing the project in service, the funding of accounts and reserves which the authority may require, and the cost of other items which the authority determines to be reasonable and necessary.

(5) "Local government" means any county, municipality, special purpose or special service district, or Commission of Public Works of the State and any private eleemosynary water companies, private eleemosynary sewer companies, and private eleemosynary companies which provide both water and sewer services.

(6) "Local obligations" means any bonds, notes, debentures, interim certificates, bond, grant, or revenue anticipation notes, or any other evidences of indebtedness of a local government.

(7) "Project" means any water supply, sewer system, sewage, wastewater treatment facility, or any other project hereafter committed to the authority by subsequent enactment of the General Assembly.

(8) "Reserve fund requirement" means, as of any particular date of computation, the amount of money designated as the minimum capital reserve fund requirement as established by the resolution of the authority authorizing the issuance of or by the trust indenture securing any issue of bonds.

HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 682, SECTION 2.

Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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