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SC Code § 59-117-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina|Section 59-117-220. Definitions.

 As used in this article:  (1) "Bond" or "bonds" means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article.  (2) "University" means the University of South Carolina.  (3) "Facilities" means any or all of the following facilities operated to provide for the students, faculty, or staff at the University: dining or food service facilities; laundry facilities; canteen facilities; vending machines; convenience stores; any other facilities for the sale of sundry items; health services; book stores; parking lots and vehicle registration; and all furniture, furnishings and equipment in them, which are now owned by the University, or which may be acquired by the University for any of these purposes.  (4) "Revenues" of any facilities means the entire receipts of the University from the operation of the facilities. 'Net revenues' means these receipts reduced by the necessary expenses for operation and maintenance of the facilities.  (5) "State Fiscal Accountability Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.  (6) "Trustees" means the Board of Trustees of the University or any successor body.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-117-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina|Section 59-117-230. Trustees authorization; acquisition of facilities; bond refunds.

 The trustees are authorized to acquire additional facilities and to improve and renovate existing facilities to the extent they determine to be necessary, and the proceeds of bonds authorized by this article are made available for that purpose. The trustees also are authorized to refund bonds that may from time to time be outstanding pursuant to this article by exchange or otherwise.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-117-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina|Section 59-117-240. Issuance of bonds; limit.

 Upon receiving the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate, and upon review by the Joint Bond Review Committee, the trustees may from time to time borrow such sums as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose of this article and to evidence these borrowings by bonds issued pursuant to this article in such aggregate principal amount as they determine, except that other provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, there may not be outstanding at any time bonds issued pursuant to this article in excess of twenty-five million dollars.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-117-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina|Section 59-117-250. Funding of bonds; security, generally.

 Bonds issued pursuant to this article must be payable from the revenues or the net revenues derived by the University from these facilities as designated by the trustees with respect to the bonds. The trustees may abandon the use of any portion of the facilities or sell or dispose of any portion of the facilities upon receipt of a written recommendation by the chief financial officer of the University to the effect that the action will not adversely affect the ability of the University to discharge its obligations to the holders of bonds issued pursuant to this article and upon the further conditions as prescribed in the resolution of the trustees providing for the issuance of bonds. The bonds issued pursuant to this article may be further secured by the additional pledges of other revenues or fees of the University as it may be authorized to grant pursuant to other laws of this State.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-117-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina|Section 59-117-260. Bonds not guaranteed by State; trustees not personally liable.

 The faith and credit of the State may not be pledged for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds, and there must be on the face of each bond a statement plainly worded to that effect. Neither the trustees nor any other person signing the bonds is personally liable for them.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-117-270 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina|Section 59-117-270. Bond specifications; issuing resolutions.

 In order to avail themselves of the authorizations set forth in this article, the trustees shall adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of bonds of the University, within the limitations mentioned in this article which must prescribe the tenor, terms, and conditions of the bonds. The bonds must be issued as serial or term bonds, maturing in equal or unequal amounts, at such times and on such occasions as the trustees determine. The last maturing bonds of any issue must be expressed to mature not later than fifty years from their date, and the first maturing bonds of any issue, issued pursuant to this article, falls due within five years from their date. They must bear such rates of interest, payable on such occasion, as the trustees prescribe, and the bonds must be in such denominations, payable in such medium of payment, and at such place as such resolutions prescribe. All bonds may be issued with a provision permitting their redemption on any interest payment date before their respective maturities. Bonds made subject to redemption before their stated maturities may contain a provision requiring the payment of a premium for the privilege of exercising the right of redemption, in such amount or amounts as the trustees prescribe in the resolutions authorizing their issuance. All bonds that are subject to redemption must contain a statement to that effect on the face of each bond. The resolutions authorizing their issuance must contain provisions specifying the manner of call and the notice of call that must be given.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-117-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina|Section 59-117-280. Tax exempt status.

 The bonds authorized by this article and all interest to become due on them have the tax exempt status prescribed by Section 12-1-60.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-117-290 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina|Section 59-117-290. Who may invest in bonds.

 It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and fiduciaries, all sinking fund commissions, the Public Employee Benefit Authority and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as cotrustees of the South Carolina Retirement System, and all other governmental entities within this State to invest any monies in their hands in the bonds.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-117-300 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina|Section 59-117-300. Execution of bonds and coupons; registration as to principal and interest.

 The bonds and coupons, if any, attached to the bonds, are executed manually or by facsimile in the name of the University in the manner and by persons as the trustees from time to time determine, and the seal of the University must be affixed to or impressed or reproduced on each bond. Any coupons attached to the bonds must be authenticated by the facsimile signature of one or more of the persons signing the bonds. The bonds, in the discretion of the trustees, may be registerable as to principal and interest on books kept for them by or on behalf of the University, including by a corporate registrar. The delivery of the executed bonds is valid notwithstanding changes in officers or in the seal occurring after the execution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the bonds, in the discretion of the trustees, may be issued as fully registered noncertificated book-entry securities.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-117-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina|Section 59-117-310. Sale; advertisement; discounts.

 The bonds must be disposed of in such manner as the trustees determine, except that no sale, privately negotiated without public advertisement, may be made unless the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is obtained. If the trustees elect to sell the bonds at public sale, at least one advertisement of them must appear in some newspaper of general circulation in this State not less than seven days before the date fixed for the opening of bids. The bonds may be sold at such discount or for such premium as may be determined by the trustees or their designee as being in the best interest of the University.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-117-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina|Section 59-117-330. No time limit for issuing bonds.

 No time limit is set for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article.  HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-118-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act|Section 59-118-10. Short title.

 This chapter is known and may be cited as the South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
SC Code § 59-118-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act|Section 59-118-20. Purpose.

 The purposes of this chapter are to:  (1) further the state's efforts to meet its responsibility for the intellectual development of our youth;  (2) enhance statewide economic development through initiatives in higher education; to provide incentives to individuals, corporations, or private funding organizations to create endowments to support the teaching and related activities at South Carolina's public colleges and universities;  (3) supplement the financial impacts of newly created endowments that support these colleges and universities.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
SC Code § 59-118-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act|Section 59-118-30. Definitions.

 For purposes of this chapter:  (1) "Qualifying college or university" means a state-supported, post-secondary two-year or four-year educational institution including college or university regional campuses offering undergraduate, master, or doctoral programs, a technical college under the jurisdiction of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, and a regional campus of the University of South Carolina.  (2) "Endowments" mean permanent gifts or donations to the qualifying college or university or its principal foundation including cash, income producing securities, an income producing business, real property, personal property, fixed assets, mortgage notes, and life income gifts or bequests. Research grants and funds received by the institution in the performance of a contractual obligation are not an endowment for purposes of this chapter.  (3) "Principal foundation" means a foundation designated by the Board of Trustees of the qualifying college or university and registered with the South Carolina Secretary of State.  (4) "Year" means a state fiscal year beginning on the first day of July and ending the following June thirtieth.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 59A; 2000 Act No. 289, Section 4; 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 15.
SC Code § 59-118-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act|Section 59-118-40. Matching state gifts on qualified disbursements.

 Each qualifying college or university will provide donors with an incentive in the form of matching state gifts on disbursements from earnings on certain endowments, donations, or gifts if these monies are used for the purposes specified in Section 59-118-50.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
SC Code § 59-118-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act|Section 59-118-50. Use of disbursements.

 Disbursements from the earnings must be used to provide funds for academic purposes, to include academic scholarships, and are then eligible to receive state matching funds.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
SC Code § 59-118-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act|Section 59-118-60. South Carolina Higher Education Matching Gift Fund.

 There is created the South Carolina Higher Education Matching Gift Fund which shall be separate and distinct from the state general fund and shall be administered by the Commission on Higher Education with the funds appropriated by the General Assembly in the general appropriations act of 1997-98. The General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act shall appropriate monies into this matching gift, fund not to exceed five million dollars annually, to be used for the purpose of providing matching state funds to qualifying colleges and universities for purposes stipulated by this chapter. The combined annual total of the match funds appropriated to the University of South Carolina Columbia, Clemson University, and the Medical University of South Carolina cannot exceed sixty percent of the annual appropriation. The disbursement match cannot exceed the amount provided by the South Carolina Higher Education Matching Gift Fund. The State Treasurer shall manage and invest the monies in the Higher Education Matching Gift Fund in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions as other state funds under his control are managed and invested, and disbursements to particular colleges or universities shall be made on warrant and under the direction of the Commission on Higher Education pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
SC Code § 59-118-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act|Section 59-118-70. Provision of matching funds.

 The State of South Carolina, acting through the Commission on Higher Education, shall provide funds to match funds from the qualifying college, university, or principal foundation, to the extent of available funds, from the South Carolina Higher Education Matching Gift Fund established in Section 59-118-60.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
SC Code § 59-118-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act|Section 59-118-80. Conditions on matching gifts.

 The state matching gifts authorized in Section 59-118-70 are subject to the following conditions:  (1) qualifying disbursements to which the state matching gift is applied must come from the earnings of the endowment and not from principal or corpus;  (2) the state matching funds must go directly into the college's or university's operating account to be spent only for the purposes authorized;  (3) the college or university must make application to receive state matching funds on forms and under procedures prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
SC Code § 59-118-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act|Section 59-118-90. Procedures for submission and documentation of requests.

 The Commission on Higher Education shall specify by regulation the procedures for submission and documentation of requests for matching state funds.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
SC Code § 59-118-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act|Section 59-118-100. Proportionate shares; undistributed funds.

 The Commission on Higher Education shall ensure that each qualifying college or university receives its proportionate share of the State Higher Education Matching Gift Fund based on the ratio of disbursements. Any monies in the State Higher Education Matching Gift Fund not distributed in any year shall be carried forward for the same purposes in future years and all earnings on monies in the State Higher Education Matching Gift Fund must be retained in the fund and used for its stated purposes.  HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
SC Code § 59-119-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 119 - Clemson University|Section 59-119-10. Acceptance of the Clemson devise and bequest.

 The honorable Thomas G. Clemson having departed this life on April 6, 1888, leaving of force his last will and testament which was duly admitted to probate on April 20, 1888 in the office of the judge of probate for the county of Oconee, in this State, wherein he devised and bequeathed to his executor, Richard W. Simpson of Pendleton, South Carolina, a tract of land situate on Seneca River in the said Oconee County, containing eight hundred and fourteen acres, more or less, known as the Fort Hill plantation, as well as all his other property, both real and personal, except certain legacies in said will mentioned and provided for, all in trust to convey to the State when the State should accept the same for the purpose of establishing and maintaining an agricultural and mechanical college upon said Fort Hill plantation upon the terms and conditions of said will, the State has heretofore expressly declared that it accepted the devise and bequest of Thomas G. Clemson subject to the terms and conditions set forth in said last will and testament and the State Treasurer has received and may securely hold such property, both real and personal.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-201; 1952 Code Section 22-201; 1942 Code Section 5830; 1932 Code Section 5730; Civ. C. '22 Section 2826; Civ. C. '12 Section 1886; Civ. C. '02 Section 1300; R. S. 1118; 1889 (20) 277.
SC Code § 59-119-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 119 - Clemson University|Section 59-119-20. Clemson Agricultural College established; location and studies.

 The deed and transfer of such property to the State having been duly executed and made by the executor, in accordance with the provisions of the will, an agricultural and mechanical college has been established in connection with the aforesaid devise and bequest, styled The Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina and situated at Fort Hill, in Oconee County, on the plantation so devised. In the college shall be taught all branches of study pertaining to practical and scientific agricultural and other industries connected therewith and such other studies as are not inconsistent with the terms of such will.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-202; 1952 Code Section 22-202; 1942 Code Section 5731; 1932 Code Section 5731; Civ. C. '22 Section 2827; Civ. C. '12 Section 1887; Civ. C. '02 Section 1301; R. S. 1119; 1889 (20) 278.
SC Code § 59-119-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 119 - Clemson University|Section 59-119-30. Name changed to Clemson University.

 The Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina shall henceforth be known, named and designated as Clemson University.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-202.1; 1964 (53) 1885.
SC Code § 59-119-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 119 - Clemson University|Section 59-119-40. Board of trustees; nominations; elections; terms.

 The university shall be under the management and control of a board of thirteen trustees, composed of the seven members nominated by the will and their successors and six members to be elected by the General Assembly in joint assembly. Three of the original trustees having been elected for a term of two years and three for a term of four years from the commencement of their terms and until their successors were elected, thereafter the General Assembly has and hereafter it shall every two years elect in joint assembly three trustees for such university who shall serve for a term of four years and until their successors shall be elected and shall qualify. In electing members of the board, the General Assembly shall elect members based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina.  The terms of the present members of the board who are elected by the General Assembly expire on the thirtieth day of June of the year in which the terms are scheduled to expire. Beginning with its 1984 session, the General Assembly shall elect successors to the elective trustees not earlier than the first day of April for a term to begin the following July first. Elections to fill vacancies on the board which are caused by the death, resignation, or removal of an elective trustee may be held earlier than the first day of April of the year in which the unexpired term terminates, but the term of the person elected to fill the vacancy expires on the last day of June of the year in which the term of the former member would have expired.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-203; 1952 Code Section 22-203; 1942 Code Section 5732; 1932 Code Section 5732; Civ. C. '22 Section 2828; Civ. C. '12 Section 1888; Civ. C. '02 Section 1302; R. S. 1120; 1889 (20) 277; 1897 (22) 470; 1898 (22) 763; 1912 (27) 558; 1983 Act No. 130, Section 15; 1983 Act No. 132, Section 6; 1984 Act No. 354, Section 5.
SC Code § 59-119-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 119 - Clemson University|Section 59-119-50. General powers and duties of board.

 The board of trustees shall elect one of their number to be president and elect a secretary and fix his salary. It shall prescribe the course of study, declare the professorships, elect the professors and define their duties and fix their salaries and make all rules and regulations for the government of the university. It may employ such superintendent, head workman and laborers for the farm, shops and grounds as may be necessary and fix their compensation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-204; 1952 Code Section 22-204; 1942 Code Section 5732; 1932 Code Section 5732; Civ. C. '22 Section 2828; Civ. C. '12 Section 1888; Civ. C. '02 Section 1302; R. S. 1120; 1889 (20) 277; 1897 (22) 470; 1898 (22) 763; 1912 (27) 558.