For purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Board" means the county councils of Fairfield, Kershaw, and Lancaster Counties, South Carolina.
(2) "Commission" means the Lake Wateree Marine Advisory Commission or its governing board.
(3) "Commissioner" means a member of the governing board of the Lake Wateree Marine Advisory Commission.
(4) "Three counties" means Fairfield, Kershaw, and Lancaster Counties, South Carolina.
(5) "Joint ordinance" means an ordinance substantially identical in content adopted separately by the three counties.
(6) "Lake Wateree" means the impounded body of water in the three counties extending from the Wateree Dam upstream to the Cedar Creek and Rock Creek Dam and is encompassed by approximately two hundred forty-two miles of shoreline and having a surface area of approximately thirteen thousand seven hundred ten acres.
(7) "Department" means the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.