Whenever used or referred to in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(1) "District" or "soil and water conservation district" means a governmental subdivision of this State, a public body corporate and politic, organized in accordance with the provisions of this chapter for the purposes, with the powers and subject to the restrictions herein set forth;

(2) "Commissioner" means one of the members of the governing body of a district elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter;

(3) [Deleted]

(4) "Petition" means a petition filed under the provisions of Section 48-9-510 for the creation of a district;

(5) "Nominating petition" means a petition filed under the provisions of Section 48-9-1220 to nominate candidates for the office of commissioner of a soil and water conservation district;

(6) "State" means the State of South Carolina;

(7) "Agency of this State" includes the government of this State and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the government of this State;

(8) "United States" or "agencies of the United States" includes the United States of America, the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture and its successors, and any other agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, of the United States of America;

(9) "Government" or "governmental" includes the government of this State, the government of the United States and any subdivision, agency or instrumentality, corporate or otherwise, or either of them;

(10) "Landowner" or "owner of land" includes any person who shall hold legal or equitable title to any lands lying within a district organized under the provisions of this chapter;

(11) "Land occupier" or "occupier of land" includes any person, other than the owner, who shall be in possession of any lands lying within a district organized under the provisions of this chapter, whether as lessee, renter, tenant or otherwise;

(12) "Qualified elector" includes any person qualified to vote in elections by the people under the Constitution of this State;

(13) "Due notice" means notice published at least twice, with an interval of at least seven days between the two publication dates, in a newspaper or other publication of general circulation within the appropriate area or, if no such publication of general circulation be available, by posting at a reasonable number of conspicuous places within the appropriate area, such posting to include, when possible, posting at public places where it may be customary to post notices concerning county or municipal affairs generally; and

(14) "Board" means the governing body of the Department of Natural Resources.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 63-52; 1952 Code Section 63-52; 1942 Code Section 5806-103; 1937 (40) 242; 1965 (54) 106; 1970 (56) 2331; 1972 (57) 2271; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1176; 2019 Act No. 74 (H.4012), Sections 1.B, 1.C, eff May 16, 2019.

Effect of Amendment

2019 Act No. 74, Section 1.B, in (8), substituted "Natural Resources Conservation Service" for "soil and water conservation service", and inserted "its successors, and" following "United States Department of Agriculture and".

2019 Act No. 74, Section 1.C, added (14), relating to the definition of "Board".