S.C. Code Regs. § § 139-102

Current through Register Vol. 48, 12, December 27, 2024

Section 139-102 - Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

A. "State" means the State of South Carolina.

B. "Commission" means the South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs.

C. "Board" means a quorum or more of the oversight body of the Commission.

D. "Tribe" means an assembly of Indian people comprising numerous families, clans, or generations together with their descendents, who have a common character, interest, and behavior denoting a separate ethnic and cultural heritage, and who have existed as a separate community, on a substantially continuous basis throughout the past 100 years. In general, core members of the tribe are related to each other by blood. A tribal council and governmental authority unique to Native American Indians govern them.

E. "Group" means a number of individuals assembled together, which have different characteristics, interests and behaviors that do not denote a separate ethnic and cultural heritage today, as they once did. The group is composed of both Native American Indians and other ethnic races. They are not all related to one another by blood. A tribal council and governmental authority unique to Native American Indians govern them.

F. "Special Interest Organization" means an assembly of people who have united for the common purpose of promoting Native American culture and addressing socio-economic deprivation among people of Indian origin. The organization is made up of Native American Indians and other ethnic races. A tribal council or other form of governing body provides oversight and management. Membership is not required. They may be organized as a private nonprofit corporation under the laws of South Carolina.

G. "Official Record" means a record created, received, sanctioned by, or proceeding from an officer acting in an official capacity.

H. "Lineage" means direct descent from a particular ancestor or the descendents of a common ancestor considered the founder of the line.

S.C. Code Regs. § 139-102

Added by State Register Volume 28, Issue No. 6, eff June 25, 2004. Amended by State Register Volume 30, Issue No. 6, eff June 23, 2006.