§ 59-17-10 School districts as bodies politic and corporate
§ 59-17-20 Alteration or division of school districts
§ 59-17-30 Effect of alteration or division of school districts on bonds or payment for buildings of existing districts
§ 59-17-40 Alteration or division of school districts; consolidated district for entire county and district formed from two or more counties
§ 59-17-50 Consolidation of schools and school districts by county board of education
§ 59-17-60 Filing order of consolidation
§ 59-17-70 Effect of consolidation
§ 59-17-80 Dissolution of school districts in adjoining counties
§ 59-17-90 Purposes for which school districts may combine
§ 59-17-100 School districts to provide Department of Education with copies of audit reports
§ 59-17-110 Duty of school districts to defend actions or proceedings against their employees
§ 59-17-120 Reissue of school bonds subject to debt service budget and debt limit
§ 59-17-130 American Sign Language course; development of teacher qualifications and academic standards; satisfaction of foreign language credit requirement
§ 59-17-135 Character education
§ 59-17-140 Religion and public schools training for teachers and administrators
§ 59-17-150 Promotion of walking or bicycling to school safety
§ 59-17-155 Automated external defibrillator program; immunity from civil liability; state contract for purchase of defibrillators
§ 59-17-160 Model fire and safety policy and program guidelines

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Terms Used In South Carolina Code > Title 59 > Chapter 17 - School Districts

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Boat: means a vessel. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
  • Channel net: means any conical-shaped, fixed, or stationary net used for taking shrimp which:

    (a) is attached to poles, stakes, anchors, buoys, or other fixed objects; and

    (b) has a mesh size of less than two and one-half inches when the mesh is stretched; and is also known as a set net. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Clerk of court: An officer appointed by the court to work with the chief judge in overseeing the court's administration, especially to assist in managing the flow of cases through the court and to maintain court records.
  • Commercial purpose: means :

    (a) being engaged in buying or selling fish;

    (b) taking or attempting to take fish in order to derive income or other consideration;

    (c) using commercial equipment; and

    (d) otherwise being engaged in the fisheries industry with the intent to derive income. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fish: means finfish, shellfish including mollusks, crustaceans, horseshoe crabs, whelks (conchs), turtles, and terrapin or products thereof. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Fishing: means all activity and effort involved in taking or attempting to take fish. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Gig: means a device used to spear fish by hand; to take fish by hand by use of a prong, spear, or similar device and includes bow and arrow. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Gill net: means a net which is designed to hang vertically and capture fish by entanglement usually of the head, gill covers, or preopercles, and does not include gill net for taking shad unless specified. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Mile: means one nautical mile, being six thousand seventy-six feet. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Operator: means the person who operates or has charge or command of the navigation or use of a vessel or watercraft. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
  • 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
  • Public fishing pier: means piers open to the public which charge a fee to fish. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Recreational fishermen: means persons taking or attempting to take saltwater fish for recreation only, and not for commercial purposes. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Shoreline: means the line of mean high water along that portion of a land mass which is in direct contact with the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. 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
  • Trawl: means a net, other than a haul seine, towed behind a boat. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Trawler: means a vessel rigged for towing a trawl. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Trawling: means fishing with a trawl or having part of a trawl door in the water. See South Carolina Code 50-5-15
  • Use: means operate, navigate, or employ. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10
  • Vessel: means every description of watercraft, other than a seaplane regulated by the federal government, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water. See South Carolina Code 50-21-10