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SC Code § 13-12-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 12 - Trident Economic Development Finance Authority|Section 13-12-150. Signature and attestation of bonds and interest coupons.

 The bonds must be signed in the name of the board of the authority by the manual or facsimile signature of the chairman of the board and attested with the manual or facsimile signature of the secretary of the board. Interest coupons attached to the bonds must be signed by the facsimile signatures of the officers. The bonds may be issued notwithstanding that any of the officials signing them or whose facsimile signatures appear on the bonds or the coupons have ceased to hold office at the time of issue or at the time of the delivery of the bonds to the purchaser.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 1, eff September 1, 1992; 1992 Act No. 518, Section 1, eff September 2, 1992.
SC Code § 13-12-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 12 - Trident Economic Development Finance Authority|Section 13-12-160. Resolutions, covenants, and agreements pertaining to issuance of bonds are binding; enforceability.

 All provisions of a resolution authorizing the issuance of the bonds in accordance with this chapter and any covenants and agreements constitute legally binding contracts between the authority and the several holders of the bonds, regardless of the time of issuance of the bonds, and are enforceable by any holder by mandamus or other appropriate action, suit, or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 1, eff September 1, 1992; 1992 Act No. 518, Section 1, eff September 2, 1992.
SC Code § 13-12-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 12 - Trident Economic Development Finance Authority|Section 13-12-170. General obligation bonds secured by full faith and credit and taxing power; revenue bonds of limited obligation; security; trustee of security agreement or indenture.

 General obligation bonds authorized by this chapter shall be secured by the full faith, credit, and taxing power of the authority. Revenue bonds authorized by the chapter are limited obligations of the authority. The principal and interest of the general obligation bonds are secured in whole or in part by a pledge of the full faith, credit and taxing power of the authority. The principal and interest of the revenue bonds are payable solely out of the revenues derived by the authority, including revenues that may be derived by the authority pursuant to the financing agreement with respect to the project which the revenue bonds are issued to finance. The revenue bonds are an indebtedness payable solely from a revenue producing source or from a special source which does not include revenues from any tax or license. The revenue bonds do not constitute or give rise to a pecuniary liability of the authority, the State, or any political subdivision of the State, or to a charge against the general credit of the authority, the State, or any political subdivision of the State or taxing powers of the State, or any political subdivision of the State, and this fact must be plainly stated on the face of each revenue bond. The principal of and interest on any revenue bonds issued under this chapter must be secured by a pledge of the revenues from which the revenue bonds are payable, may be secured by a security agreement, including a mortgage or any property given as security pursuant to a financing agreement, and may be additionally secured by a pledge of the financing agreement with respect to the project.  The trustee under any security agreement or indenture, or any depository specified by the security agreement or indenture, may be any person or corporation as the authority designates, notwithstanding that the trustee may be a nonresident of this State or incorporated under the laws of the United States or the laws of other states.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 1, eff September 1, 1992; 1992 Act No. 518, Section 1, eff September 2, 1992.
SC Code § 13-12-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 12 - Trident Economic Development Finance Authority|Section 13-12-180. Net earnings of authority not to inure to benefit of person other than authority.

 The net earnings of the authority, beyond that necessary for retirement of its bonds or other obligations or to implement the purposes of this chapter, may not inure to the benefit of any person other than the authority.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 1, eff September 1, 1992; 1992 Act No. 518, Section 1, eff September 2, 1992.
SC Code § 13-12-190 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 12 - Trident Economic Development Finance Authority|Section 13-12-190. Carryover of unexpended funds from year to year.

 The authority shall retain any unexpended funds at the close of the fiscal year of the State regardless of the source of the funds and expend the funds in subsequent fiscal years.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 1, eff September 1, 1992; 1992 Act No. 518, Section 1, eff September 2, 1992.
SC Code § 13-12-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 12 - Trident Economic Development Finance Authority|Section 13-12-200. Determinations required to be made by authority prior to undertaking projects; determinations to be set forth in record of proceedings.

 Before undertaking a project in connection with issuing bonds authorized by Section 13-12-40, the board of the authority shall make a determination:  (1) that the project will serve the purposes of this chapter;  (2) that the project is anticipated to benefit the general public welfare of the area by providing services, employment, recreation, or other public benefits;  (3) as to the amount of bonds required to finance the project;  (4) as to the amount necessary in each year to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds proposed to be issued to finance the project;  (5) as to the amount necessary to be paid each year into any reserve funds which the board may consider advisable to establish in connection with the retirement of the proposed bonds and the maintenance of the project.  The determinations of the board must be set forth in the proceedings as required by Section 11-15-10 under which the proposed bonds are to be issued.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 1, September 1, 1992; 1992 Act No. 518, Section 1, September 2, 1992.
SC Code § 13-12-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 12 - Trident Economic Development Finance Authority|Section 13-12-210. Disposition of proceeds from sale of bonds; what constitutes cost of acquiring project.

 The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under authority of this chapter may be applied only for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, except any premium and accrued interest received in any sale must be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds sold, and if for any reason any portion of the proceeds are not needed for the purpose for which the bonds were issued, that portion of the proceeds must be applied to the payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds.  The cost of acquiring any project includes:  (1) the actual cost of the construction of any part of a project, including architects', engineers', and attorneys' fees;  (2) the purchase price of any part of a project that may be acquired by purchase;  (3) all expenses in connection with the authorization, sale, and issuance of the bonds to finance the acquisition;  (4) the interest on the bonds for a reasonable time before construction and for not exceeding one year after completion of the construction.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 1, eff September 1, 1992; 1992 Act No. 518, Section 1, eff September 2, 1992.
SC Code § 13-12-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 12 - Trident Economic Development Finance Authority|Section 13-12-220. Implementation contingent upon vote of electors in two or more of affected counties.

 The provisions of Title 13, Chapter 12 shall take effect upon approval by the Governor, but these provisions may not be implemented until the question of whether to establish such an authority receives a favorable vote of a majority of the qualified electors residing in two or more of the counties of Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester as provided in this chapter.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 515, Section 2, eff September 1, 1992; 1992 Act No. 518, Section 2, eff September 2, 1992.
SC Code § 13-12-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 12 - Trident Economic Development Finance Authority|Section 13-12-230. Act not to affect generation, transmission, distribution, or provision of electricity at wholesale, retail, or otherwise.

 Nothing in this chapter may be construed to provide for the regulation of the generation, transmission, distribution, or provision of electricity at wholesale, retail, or in any other capacity. The provisions of this chapter shall not modify or abridge the rights, duties, and privileges of electric suppliers, electrical utilities, municipal electric utilities, or governmental entities (supplying electricity) under any state statute including, but not limited to, Title 58, Chapter 27 and Section 5-7-60.  Nothing in this chapter may be construed to allow the exercise of the right of eminent domain for the condemnation of property used for the generation, transmission, and/or distribution of electricity at wholesale or retail.  Nothing in this chapter may be construed to authorize a joint or cooperative agreement with the federal or state government or any political subdivision of the State affecting or relating to the regulation of the generation, transmission, and/or distribution of electricity at wholesale or retail.  HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 518, Section 4, eff September 2, 1992.
SC Code § 13-15-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 15 - Tri-county Coliseum Commission|Section 13-15-10. Commission established; purpose.

 There is established the Tri-County Coliseum Commission (Commission) for the purpose of providing an agency through which a coliseum facility may be provided for the citizens of the State through the joint participation of any other commissions, counties, municipalities, public or private agencies of the State or of the United States, with such duties, functions, powers and authority as herein provided.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 391, Section 1, eff April 30, 1980.
SC Code § 13-15-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 15 - Tri-county Coliseum Commission|Section 13-15-20. Members; terms.

 The Commission shall consist of eleven members and shall be composed of as follows:  (a) three members appointed annually, one from each county council of Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties;  (b) three members appointed at large from the legislative delegation for a three-year term by the legislative delegation from each county; provided, however, that the first Commission shall be appointed as follows: one member from Berkeley for a term of one year, one member from Charleston for a term of two years and one member from Dorchester for a term of three years;  (c) four members at large for a three-year term appointed by the county council from each county. Provided, however, the first Commission to be appointed shall be composed as follows: one member from Berkeley for a term of three years, one member from Charleston for a term of one year, one member from Charleston for a term of three years, and one member from Dorchester for a term of two years;  (d) the remaining member shall be appointed on an annual basis by the Charleston Delegation upon recommendation by the Exchange Club Coastal Carolina Fair of Charleston.  All members serving on the Commission shall serve without compensation.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 391, Section 2, eff April 30, 1980.
SC Code § 13-15-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 15 - Tri-county Coliseum Commission|Section 13-15-30. Commission officers; terms.

 The Commission shall elect one of its members as chairman, one as vice-chairman, and one of its members, or any other competent person, as secretary of the Commission. The chairman and vice-chairman of the Commission shall serve for a term of one year and until their successors are appointed and qualify.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 391, Section 3, eff April 30, 1980.
SC Code § 13-15-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 15 - Tri-county Coliseum Commission|Section 13-15-40. Powers of the Commission.

 The Commission shall have the authority to plan, establish, equip, staff, operate, regulate and protect a coliseum facility within the territory to be designated in Berkeley, Charleston or Dorchester Counties; to contract, sue and be sued in its own name; to make by-laws for the management and regulation of its affairs; to acquire real and personal property by whatever means, to mortgage, pledge, license or lease its real and personal property; to receive funds by loan, grant, donation and appropriations and to make application therefor; to establish and collect reasonable charges for the use, lease or license of its facilities.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 391, Section 4, eff April 30, 1980.
SC Code § 13-15-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 15 - Tri-county Coliseum Commission|Section 13-15-50. Regulations.

 The Tri-County Coliseum Commission is authorized to promulgate regulations governing the use of roads, streets, parking facilities and all other facilities upon the lands of the Tri-County Coliseum Commission. Such regulations are declared to be applicable to the roads, streets and parking facilities under the control of the commission. All regulations promulgated by the Commission shall be in accordance with the provisions of chapter 23 of title 1.  HISTORY: 1980 Act No. 391, Section 5, eff April 30, 1980.
SC Code § 13-17-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 17 - South Carolina Research Authority|Section 13-17-10. Establishment of South Carolina Research Authority.

 There is created a body corporate and politic to be known as the South Carolina Research Authority or as the SCRA.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 50 Section 2, eff April 29, 1983; 1984 Act No. 309, Section 1, eff March 23, 1984; 1996 Act No. 308, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 7, 1996); 2002 Act No. 172, Section 1, eff February 8, 2002; 2005 Act No. 133, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 13-17-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 17 - South Carolina Research Authority|Section 13-17-20. South Carolina Research Authority; divisions; objectives.

 The SCRA (authority) is organized to enhance the research capabilities of the state's public and private universities, to establish a continuing forum to foster greater dialogue throughout the research community within the State, and to promote the development of high technology industries and research facilities in South Carolina. The SCRA shall contain at least two divisions: the South Carolina Research Division (SCRD) and the South Carolina Research Innovation Centers (SCRIC). The SCRD shall perform those duties as outlined in this chapter that relate to the core mission of the SCRA. The SCRIC shall perform those duties as outlined in this chapter that establish innovation centers in South Carolina. The objectives of the authority include but are not limited by the following to:  (1) advance the general welfare of the people;  (2) increase the opportunities for employment of citizens of South Carolina;  (3) develop the human, economic, and productive resources of South Carolina;  (4) promote and encourage expansion of the research and development sector, with emphasis on capital formation and investments in research and development within South Carolina;  (5) create and maintain a dialogue between the public and private research communities;  (6) enhance the potential for private support for South Carolina colleges and universities, to promote cooperative research efforts between the private sector and South Carolina universities and colleges, and to strengthen the partnership among state government, higher education, and business and industry;  (7) assist South Carolina colleges and universities in attracting nationally prominent academic researchers and professors and to serve as an initial linkage between the state's outstanding existing research and the business and industrial sector;  (8) maximize the research capabilities of the public and private universities and colleges in South Carolina; and  (9) foster the perception of South Carolina as an international leader in the idea generation and the development, testing, and implementation of new advances in science and technology.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 50 Section 2, eff April 29, 1983; 2005 Act No. 133, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 13-17-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 17 - South Carolina Research Authority|Section 13-17-30. Reserved.

 Editor's Note  Former Section 13-17-30 was entitled "Establishment and operation of research parks" and was derived from 1983 Act No. 50 Section 2, eff April 29, 1983; 1990 Act No. 581, Section 1, eff June 11, 1990. Reserved by 2005 Act No. 133, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 13-17-50, 13-17-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 17 - South Carolina Research Authority|Section 13-17-50, 13-17-60. Reserved.

 Editor's Note  Former Section 13-17-50 was entitled "Confidentiality of information concerning research parks and projects" and was derived from 1983 Act No. 50 Section 2, eff April 29, 1983. Reserved by 2005 Act No. 133, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.  Former Section 13-17-60 was entitled "Technical Advisory Board; terms; vacancies; purpose; meetings" and was derived from 1983 Act No. 50 Section 2, eff April 29, 1983; 2002 Act No. 172, Section 3, eff February 8, 2002. Reserved by 2005 Act No. 133, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 13-17-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 17 - South Carolina Research Authority|Section 13-17-80. Board of trustees to exercise power of authority; exceptions; quorum.

 The board of trustees shall exercise the powers of the authority except where a power has been given to the executive committee by law or by delegation of authority by the board of trustees. A majority of the aggregate number of the members of the executive committee plus the elected members of the board who are not then serving on the executive committee shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business. All actions may be taken by a vote of a majority of trustees present unless the bylaws require a larger number.  HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 50 Section 2, eff April 29, 1983; 1991 Act No. 159, Section 1, eff June 12, 1991; 2005 Act No. 133, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 13-17-81 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 17 - South Carolina Research Authority|Section 13-17-81. "Research park" defined.

 As used in this chapter, "research park" is defined as the Clemson Research Park located in Anderson County, the Carolina Research Park in Columbia, any park developed at Line Street and Hagood Avenue in downtown Charleston, and any park mutually designated by the SCRA and the participating research university.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 133, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 13-17-83 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 17 - South Carolina Research Authority|Section 13-17-83. South Carolina Research Division to operate research parks in cooperation with other entities.

 The South Carolina Research Division (SCRD) may operate existing research parks in cooperation with Clemson University, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the University of South Carolina at Columbia. The authority may establish and operate additional research parks and research, computer and technology-related projects, and facilities as determined by the board of trustees. The authority is responsible for the decisions and operations of a research park, project, or facility established pursuant to this chapter.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 133, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005; 2006 Act No. 319, Section 5, eff June 1, 2006.  Editor's Note  2006 Act No. 319, Section 1, provides as follows:  "This act may be cited as the 'Industry Partners Act'."
SC Code § 13-17-85 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 17 - South Carolina Research Authority|Section 13-17-85. Confidentiality.

 Negotiations with a prospective industry or business concern considering a research park or South Carolina as a facility site are confidential information and must not be disclosed without the permission of the industry or business concern. Information relating to pending or incomplete research projects is confidential as determined by the board.  HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 133, Section 1, eff June 7, 2005.
SC Code § 13-17-89 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 13 - Planning, Research and Development|Chapter 17 - South Carolina Research Authority|Section 13-17-89. Prohibition on pledging credit of State.

 A provision of this chapter may not be construed to authorize the SCRA to commit the credit and taxing power of the State. Where the SCRA establishes, controls, funds, supports, or is otherwise involved with a nonprofit entity or appoints some or all of the directors of a nonprofit entity, and this nonprofit entity has established or establishes a for-profit entity, has acquired or acquires an ownership interest in a for-profit entity, the SCRA shall provide written notice to both this nonprofit entity and this for-profit entity that the SCRA may not pledge the credit and taxing power of the State. A failure to provide this written notice may not be construed to indicate the SCRA may pledge the credit and taxing power of the State.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 209, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012.