Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 59 > Chapter 114 - South Carolina National Guard College Assistance Program Act

• Academic year: means a period of three hundred sixty-five days beginning with the first day of enrollment for a course of instruction by a National Guard member. See South Carolina Code 59-114-20
• College assistance program: means the South Carolina National Guard College Assistance Program. See South Carolina Code 59-114-20
• Commission: means the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. See South Carolina Code 59-114-20
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources unless otherwise stated. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Eligible institution: means :
  
  (a) a public institution of higher learning as defined in § 59-103-5 and an independent institution of higher learning as defined in § 59-113-50; and
  
  (b) a public or independent bachelor's level institution chartered before 1962 whose major campus and headquarters are located within South Carolina; or an independent bachelor's level institution which was incorporated in its original charter in 1962, was granted a license to operate in 1997 by the Commission on Higher Education, has continued to maintain a campus in South Carolina, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. See South Carolina Code 59-114-20
• National Guard: means South Carolina Army or Air National Guard. See South Carolina Code 59-114-20
• Owner: means a person, other than a lienholder, who claims lawful possession of a vessel or outboard motor by virtue of legal title or equitable interest in it which entitled him to possession. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
• Person: means an individual, a partnership, a firm, a corporation, an association, or other legal entity. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
• Take: means to harass intentionally, hunt, capture, gather, harvest, remove, catch, wound, or kill or attempt to harass, hunt, capture, gather, harvest, remove, catch, wound, or kill. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Trap: is a n enclosed device used for taking fish, constructed to facilitate entry but prohibit or restrict exit of fish and is also called "pot". See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
• Tuition and fees: means the amount charged for registering for credit hours of instruction, costs of textbooks, and other fees and charges associated with attendance at an eligible institution as approved by the commission. See South Carolina Code 59-114-20