For purposes of this chapter:
(1)"Administrative Subfund" means the subaccount or subaccounts with the State Treasurer created pursuant to this chapter where certain funds in the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund are expended by the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund Board and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority to pay for costs associated with administering this chapter.
(2)"Approved abatement strategies" means those measures to address and remediate opioid-related issues that are set forth in opioid-related settlements between the State of South Carolina, its participating political subdivisions, and certain companies that market, promote, distribute, dispense, or supply opioids and incorporated herein.
(3)"Discretionary Subfund" means the subaccount or subaccounts with the S
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For purposes of this chapter: (1) "Administrative Subfund" means the subaccount or subaccounts with the State Treasurer created pursuant to this chapter where certain funds in the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund are expended by the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund Board and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority to pay for costs associated with administering this chapter. (2) "Approved abatement strategies" means those measures to address and remediate opioid-related issues that are set forth in opioid-related settlements between the State of South Carolina, its participating political subdivisions, and certain companies that market, promote, distribute, dispense, or supply opioids and incorporated herein. (3) "Discretionary Subfund" means the subaccount or subaccounts with the State Treasurer created pursuant to this chapter where certain funds in the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund are distributed by the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund Board in its discretion to qualified applicants for approved abatement strategies. (4) "Guaranteed Political Subdivision Subfund" means the subaccount or subaccounts with the State Treasurer created pursuant to this chapter where certain funds in the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund guaranteed to participating political subdivisions are distributed by the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund Board to qualified applicants for approved abatement strategies. (5) "Participating political subdivision" means those counties and municipalities that participated in certain opioid-related settlements with the State of South Carolina. (6) "South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund" means the account or accounts with the State Treasurer created pursuant to this chapter to receive funds obtained through settlement with or judgment against certain companies that market, promote, distribute, dispense, or supply opioids. These funds are not general fund revenue of the State and must be kept by the State Treasurer in a distinct and separate unbudgeted trust and agency fund apart from the general fund. These funds are to be administered pursuant to this chapter and expended only for the purposes provided in this chapter. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Subfund, the Discretionary Subfund, and the Guaranteed Political Subdivision Subfund are part of the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund. (7) "South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund Board" or "the board" means the entity created pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of administering and distributing the funds within the South Carolina Opioid Recovery Fund.