As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
(1) "Authority" means the South Carolina Infrastructure Facilities Authority.
(2) "Bonds" means bonds, notes, or other evidences of obligation of the authority issued under this chapter, including bond, grant or revenue anticipation notes, notes in the nature of commercial paper, and refunding bonds.
(3) "Bond Resolution" means the resolution or resolutions of the authority, including the trust agreement or trust indenture, if any, authorizing the issuance of and providing for the terms and conditions applicable to bonds.
(4) "Federal program" means any federal statutes or regulations pursuant to which federal grant funds are made available for environmental facilities and projects, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(5) "Fund" means the South Carolina Infrastructure Revolving Loan Fund established pursuant to Section 11-40-50, including the various accounts established thereunder.
(6) "Infrastructure facilities" or "environmental facilities" means any publicly-owned projects, structures, and other real or personal property acquired, rehabilitated, constructed, or planned for the purposes of water supply, treatment, storage and distribution; sewerage collection treatment and disposal; or solid waste collection, treatment and disposal.
(7) "Infrastructure service" or "environmental services" means the provision, collectively or individually, of water facilities, sewerage facilities, solid waste facilities, or management services.
(8) "Loan" means a loan from the authority to a local government for the purpose of financing all or a portion of the cost of a project.
(9) "Loan agreement" means a written agreement entered into between the authority and a local government to evidence its indebtedness with respect to a loan.
(10) "Loan obligation" means a bond, note, or other evidence of obligation issued by a local government to evidence its indebtedness under a loan agreement or otherwise with respect to a loan.
(11) "Local government" or "local governing authority" means any municipal corporation, county, special purpose district, special service district, commissioners of public works, or any other public body or agency of the State, including combinations of two or more of these entities acting jointly to construct, own, or operate a project or provide water or sewer or solid waste services, and any other state or local authority, board, or political subdivision created by the General Assembly or pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the State which may construct, own, or operate a project.
(12) "Management services" means technical, administrative, instructional, or informational services provided to any current or potential loan recipient in, but not limited to, the areas of service charge structure; accounting, capital improvements budgeting or financing; financial reporting, treasury management, debt structure or administration or related fields of financial management; contract or grant administration; management of water, sewer, or solid waste systems; and economic development administration strategies.
(13) "Obligation" means any bond, revenue bond, note, lease, contract, evidence of indebtedness, debt, or other obligation of the authority, the State, or local governments which are authorized to be issued under this chapter or under the Constitution or other laws of this State, including refunding bonds.
(14) "Project" or "infrastructure project" means:
(a) the acquisition, construction, installation, modification, renovation, repair, extension, renewal, replacement, or rehabilitation of land, interest in land, buildings, structures, facilities, or other improvements and the acquisition, installation, modification, renovation, repair, extension, renewal, replacement, rehabilitation, or furnishing of fixtures, machinery, equipment, furniture, or other property of any nature whatsoever used on, in, or in connection with any such land, interest in land, building, structure, facility, or other improvement, for the essential public purpose of providing environmental facilities and services to meet public health and environmental standards and to aid the development of trade, commerce, industry, agriculture, and employment opportunities; and
(b) management programs or other programs or plans authorized to be established under federal programs, including, but not limited to, developing and implementing conservation and management plans and such other projects as the authority determines are permissible uses of funds.
HISTORY: 1994 Act No. 525, Section 2.