Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this article:

(1) "Admission fee" means the special fee or charge, in addition to other charges, imposed upon each person admitted to a "home" football game, except a freshman or intramural game, in Dawson Football Stadium at South Carolina State University or at any other location where a "home" game is played by the South Carolina State University varsity football team, excluding students admitted as a result of student fees paid to the institution for a regular session.

(2) "Bonds" means the Stadium Improvement Revenue Bonds of South Carolina State University authorized by this article.

(3) "University" means South Carolina State University, located at Orangeburg, South Carolina.

(4) "Dawson Football Stadium" means the football stadium of South Carolina State University located at Orangeburg, South Carolina.

(5) "Debt Service Fund" means the fund established by this article for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds.

(6) "Improvements" means the enlargement and improvements to Dawson Football Stadium, including necessary equipment.

(7) "Special student fee" means the fee authorized by this article to be established by the university to provide funds to assist in the repayment of bonds authorized under this article and imposed upon each person in attendance at any regular session, excluding summer sessions, of the university, who is enrolled in a sufficient number of classes or courses for which credit is given toward any degree offered by the university to be classified as a regular full-time student for the purpose of assessing other student fees.

(8) "Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.

(9) "Trustees" means the Board of Trustees of South Carolina State University.

(10) "Net athletic revenues" means the entire revenues derived by the athletic department of the University for any fiscal year after payment of the operating and maintenance expenses of the department but before provision is made for depreciation, amortization, nonmandatory transfers, and interest expenses of the department for the fiscal year.

HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 514, Section 2; 1997 Act No. 103, Section 1.