S.C. Code Ann. § 57-5-1320: Definitions.

As used in this article:

(1) "Department" means the Department of Transportation;

(2) "Choice lane facility" means any express highway or limited access highway or any specified lanes or portion thereof, designated and ratified or approved as such under the provisions of this article, whether or not financed with bonds, including any bridge, tunnel, overpass, underpass, interchange, entrance plaza, approach, access house, service station and administration and storage and other buildings and facilities which the department considers necessary or desirable. A choice lane facility constitutes a portion or extension of any existing or proposed highway in the state highway system;

(3) "Bonds" means revenue bonds of the State authorized under the provisions of this article and Paragraph (9), Section 13, Article X of the South Carolina Constitution;

(4) "Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority;

(5) "Choice lane facility revenues" means all revenues resulting from usage charges or other charges derived from the operation of a choice lane facility, including revenues derived from concession leases or other concessionaire operated facilities, and, to the extent designated by the bond resolution, such nontax revenues or other legally available funds as are or may be made available to the department from whatever source for the purpose of operating, financing, enforcing, and maintaining, or any combination thereof, choice lane facilities;

(6) "Bond resolution" means the resolution or resolutions of the authority making provision for the issuance of bonds, as may be supplemented or amended from time to time;

(7) "General obligation bonds" means state highway bonds issued pursuant to Paragraph (6)(a), Section 13, Article X of the South Carolina Constitution;

(8) "State" means the State of South Carolina.