Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 15 > Chapter 5 - Parties

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Automatic location identification: means an enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of information. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Automatic number identification: means an enhanced 911 service capability that enables the automatic display of the seven-digit number used to place a 911 call. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Board: means the board of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Call: means any information, written communication, video, data, or voice that is delivered to the PSAP initiating an emergency response. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Certification: means conforming to the regulations of the Council. See South Carolina Code 23-43-20
• Committee: means the South Carolina 911 Advisory Committee. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Communications service: means a service capable of accessing, connecting with, or interfacing with a 911 system by dialing, initializing, or otherwise activating the system exclusively through the digits 911 by means of a local telephone device or wireless communications device. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Council: means the South Carolina Building Codes Council as established by § 6-9-60. See South Carolina Code 23-43-20
• Customer: means the local government subscribing to 911 service from a service supplier. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Department: means the Department of Revenue. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• ESInet: means an Emergency Services IP Network. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Exchange access facility: means the access from a particular telephone subscriber's premises to the telephone system of a service supplier. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Fees: means monies to be paid to the council from any person engaged in the manufacture, inspection, or installation of modular building units. See South Carolina Code 23-43-20
• Installation: means the assembly of modular building structures on-site and the process of affixing modular buildings related components to land, a foundation, footings, utilities, or an existing building. See South Carolina Code 23-43-20
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Legacy: A gift of property made by will.
• Local government: means any city, county, or political subdivision of the State. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Local government: means any political subdivision of the State with authority to establish standards and requirements applicable to the construction, installation, alteration, and repair of buildings. See South Carolina Code 23-43-20
• Mapping: means the development of a computerized geographical display system of roads and structures where emergency response may be required. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Office: means the South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Prepaid wireless consumer: means a person or entity that purchases prepaid wireless telecommunications service in a prepaid wireless retail transaction. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Prepaid wireless retail transaction: means the purchase of prepaid wireless telecommunications service from a prepaid wireless seller for any purpose other than resale. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Prepaid wireless seller: means a person or entity that sells prepaid wireless telecommunications service to another person or entity for any purpose other than resale. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Prepaid wireless telecommunications service: means any commercial mobile radio service that allows a caller to dial 911 to access the 911 system, which service must be paid for in advance and is sold in units or dollars which decline with use in a known amount. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• real estate: as used in this Title are coextensive with lands, tenements and hereditaments. See South Carolina Code 15-1-30
• Selective routing: means the method employed to direct 911 calls to the appropriate public safety answering point based on the geographical location from which the call originated. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Service subscriber: means any person, company, corporation, business, association, or party not exempt from county or municipal taxes or utility franchise assessments who is provided telephone (local exchange access facility) service in the political subdivision or CMRS service or VoIP service. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Service supplier: means any person, company, or corporation, public or private, providing exchange telephone service, CMRS service, or VoIP service to end users. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Strategic plan: means the defined strategy of South Carolina's 911 goals and objectives and the steps necessary to achieve those goals and objectives. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• subscriber: means a person or entity to whom exchange telephone service, either residential or commercial, is provided and in return for which the person or entity is billed on a monthly basis. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10
• Wireless communications service: includes any wireless two-way communications used in cellular telephone service, a personal communications service, or a network access line. See South Carolina Code 23-47-10