South Carolina § 6-16-20 - Definitions.

§ 6-16-20. Definitions.

The following terms whenever used or referred to in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(a) "Joint agency" means a public body and body corporate and politic organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

(b) "State" means the State of South Carolina.

(c) "Project" means any project undertaken by a joint agency for any one or more of the following purposes: the collection, transfer or disposal of solid wastes; the recovery of resources, including energy, from solid wastes; the processing of solid wastes or resources in order to facilitate such disposal or recovery; or the sale of recovered resources.

(d) "Cost", with respect to a project, means all costs of planning, designing, constructing and financing such projects including fees for professional services, costs of insurance, costs for principal interest during planning, designing and construction and for up to one year thereafter and reserves deemed necessary or desirable in connection with a project.

(e) "Governing bodies" means each political subdivision or entity of the State empowered to or responsible for the disposal of solid waste.

(f) "Member" of a joint agency means those governing bodies which have agreed to create a joint agency to undertake the ownership, operation, maintenance, financing or contractual use of a project.

HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 491, SECTION 3.