Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 34 > Chapter 43 - South Carolina Community Economic Development Act

• Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Community development corporation: means a nonprofit corporation which:
  
  (a) is chartered pursuant to Chapter 31 of Title 33;
  
  (b) is tax exempt pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended;
  
  (c) has a primary mission of developing and improving low-income communities and neighborhoods through economic and related development;
  
  (d) has activities and decisions initiated, managed, and controlled by the constituents of those local communities;
  
  (e) has a primary function of developing projects and activities designed to enhance the economic opportunities of the people in the community served, including efforts to enable them to become owners and managers of small businesses and producers of affordable housing and jobs in the community served;
  
  (f) does not provide credit, capital, or other assistance from public funds in an amount greater than twenty-five thousand dollars at one time or in one transaction. See South Carolina Code 34-43-20
• Community development financial institution: means an organization that:
  
  (a) has a primary mission of promoting community development by providing credit, capital, or development services to small businesses or home mortgage assistance to individuals including, but not limited to, capital access programs, microlending, franchise financing, and guaranty performance bonds;
  
  (b) maintains, through representation on its governing board, accountability to persons in need of the institution's services;
  
  (c) is not an agent or instrumentality of the United States, or of a state or political subdivision of a state nor maintains an affiliate relationship with any of them;
  
  (d) maintains a goal of providing a majority of its services to low-income individuals, minorities, females, or rural areas;
  
  (e) provides capital and technical assistance to small and micro businesses or mortgage assistance to individuals;
  
  (f) does not provide credit, capital, or other assistance in an amount greater than two hundred fifty thousand dollars at one time or in one transaction. See South Carolina Code 34-43-20
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Defense attorney: Represent defendants in criminal matters.
• Department: means the South Carolina Department of Commerce. See South Carolina Code 34-43-20
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
• Serious bodily injury: means a physical condition which creates a substantial risk of death, serious personal disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ. See South Carolina Code 23-31-400
• Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.