Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 5 > Chapter 19 > Article 1 - In Cities With Commission Form of Government

• Agency: means any state office, department, institution, board, commission, council, committee, or other entity of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch. See South Carolina Code 2-65-15
• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Appropriations act: means the annual general appropriations act. See South Carolina Code 2-65-15
• Board: means the Executive Budget Office. See South Carolina Code 2-65-15
• Federal funds: means financial assistance made to a state agency by the United States Government in any form including, but not limited to, a grant, loan, subsidy, reimbursement, contract, donation, or shared federal revenues, or noncash federal assistance in the form of equipment, buildings, and land. See South Carolina Code 2-65-15
• Indirect costs: means those costs of supportive services within an agency or provided by another agency which benefit more than one program and which may be charged to federal programs in accordance with Office Management and Budget Circular A-87 or A-21. See South Carolina Code 2-65-15
• Matching funds: means a specific amount of general fund or other funds monies identified by a state agency, and required by the federal government, as a cash contribution for a federal program. See South Carolina Code 2-65-15