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SC Code § 59-108-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 108 - Mid-carolina Commission For Higher Education|Section 59-108-30. Purpose of commission.

 The commission shall have as its purpose the encouragement of higher education in its member counties and, more specifically, the establishment in its member counties of facilities to offer college courses and other post-secondary courses as considered desirable.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 468, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-108-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 108 - Mid-carolina Commission For Higher Education|Section 59-108-40. Powers of commission; liability of counties represented on commission.

 To carry out this purpose and objective, the commission, with the approval of a majority of its members, is empowered to enter into contracts, make binding agreements, negotiate with educators and educational institutions, and to take actions in its name as are necessary to secure for its member counties the educational facilities above described; provided, that any county represented on the commission shall not be bound nor held liable for any acts or omissions of the commission, nor by any provision of any contract or agreement, expressed or implied, except upon the written approval and consent of a majority of the governing body of that county.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 468, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-108-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 108 - Mid-carolina Commission For Higher Education|Section 59-108-50. Records and reports of commission; accounting of funds.

 The commission shall keep accurate and detailed records of its meetings and actions and as soon after June thirtieth of each year as is feasible, shall submit a written report to the legislative delegations of the participating counties which shall include an accounting of all funds the commission may have received and disbursed in the twelve months preceding that date.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 468, Section 1.
SC Code § 59-108-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 108 - Mid-carolina Commission For Higher Education|Section 59-108-60. Devolution of duties and functions.

 The duties and functions of the Sumter County Commission for Higher Education are hereby devolved upon the Mid-Carolina Commission for Higher Education. All personnel, property, and funds of the Sumter County Commission for Higher Education are transferred to the commission on the effective date of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 468, Section 2.
SC Code § 59-109-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-10. Short title.

 This chapter, when codified, may be referred to and cited as the "Educational Facilities Authority Act for Private Nonprofit Institutions of Higher Learning."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41.1; 1969 (56) 444; 1975 (59) 47.
SC Code § 59-109-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-20. Legislative declaration of policy and purpose.

 It is hereby declared that for the benefit of the people of the State, the increase of their commerce, welfare and prosperity and the improvement of their health and living conditions it is essential that this and future generations of youth be given the fullest opportunity to learn and to develop their intellectual and mental capacities; that it is essential that institutions for higher education within the State be provided with appropriate additional means to assist such youth in achieving the required levels of learning and development of their intellectual and mental capacities; and that it is the purpose of this chapter to provide a measure of assistance and an alternative method to enable institutions for higher education in the State to provide the facilities and structures which are sorely needed to accomplish the purposes of this chapter, all to the public benefit and good, to the extent and manner provided herein.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41; 1969 (56) 444.
SC Code § 59-109-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-40. Educational Facilities Authority for Private Nonprofit Institutions of Higher Learning.

 There is hereby created a body politic and corporate to be known as the "Educational Facilities Authority for Private Nonprofit Institutions of Higher Learning," hereinafter in this chapter called the authority. The authority is constituted a public instrumentality and the exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by this chapter must be deemed and held to be the performance of an essential public function. The authority shall consist of the members from time to time of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, ex officio; and all the functions and powers of the authority are hereby granted to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as an incident of its functions in connection with the public finances of the State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41.3; 1969 (56) 444; 1975 (59) 47; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, Section 20.N, eff July 1, 2015.  Effect of Amendment  2014 Act No. 121, Section 20.N, twice substituted "Fiscal Accountability Authority" for "Budget and Control Board", and made other nonsubstantive changes.
SC Code § 59-109-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-60. Expenses.

 All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this chapter shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this chapter and no liability shall be incurred by the Authority hereunder beyond the extent to which moneys shall have been provided under the provisions of this chapter.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41.5; 1969 (56) 444.
SC Code § 59-109-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-70. Acquisition of property by authority.

 The authority is authorized and empowered directly or by and through a participating institution for higher learning, as its agent, to acquire by purchase solely from funds provided under the authority of this chapter, or by gift or devise, such lands, structures, property, real or personal, rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests in lands, including lands lying under water and riparian rights, which are located within the State as it considers necessary or convenient for the acquisition, construction, or operation of a project, upon such terms and at such prices as may be considered by it to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner thereof, and to take title thereto in the name of the authority or in the name of a participating institution for higher learning as its agent.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41.6; 1969 (56) 444; 1993 Act No. 167, Section 3.
SC Code § 59-109-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-80. Transfer of property to participating institution after payment of bonds; option to renew lease or purchase project prior to retirement of bonds.

 (A) When the principal of and interest on bonds of the authority issued to finance the cost of a particular project or projects owned by the authority and leased to a participating institution for higher learning, including any refunding bonds issued to refund and refinance such bonds, have been fully paid and retired or when adequate provision has been made to fully pay and retire the same, and all other conditions of the trust agreement authorizing the same have been satisfied and the lien of such trust agreement has been released in accordance with the provisions thereof, the authority shall promptly do such things and execute such deeds and conveyances as are necessary and required to convey title to such project or projects to such participating institution for higher learning, free and clear of all liens and encumbrances, all to the extent that title to such project or projects shall not, at the time, then be vested in such participating institution for higher learning.  (B) Any financing agreement in the form of a lease of any project may include a provision that the participating institution for higher learning shall have options to renew such lease and/or to purchase any or all of such project prior to the retirement of the bonds issued to finance such project or any bonds issued to refund or refinance such bonds on such terms, at such times, and upon such consideration as the authority shall determine. The consideration for any renewal of such lease or for the purchase of any or all of such project need not require the payment by the participating institution for higher learning of the full market value thereof, but may be fixed at such consideration as the authority shall determine.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41.7; 1969 (56) 444; 1993 Act No. 167, Section 4.
SC Code § 59-109-90 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-90. Bond anticipation notes; issuance, terms, form, and execution of bonds and notes.

 (A) In anticipation of the sale of bonds, the authority may issue bond anticipation notes.  (B) The bonds and notes of every issue shall be payable solely out of revenues derived by the authority pursuant to the financing agreement or agreements with respect to the project or projects which such bonds or notes are issued to finance.  Notwithstanding that bonds and notes may be payable from a special fund, they shall be and be deemed to be, for all purposes, negotiable instruments, subject only to the provisions of the bonds and notes for registration.  (C) The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or both, as determined by the authority. The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the authority and shall bear such date, mature at such time, not exceeding fifty years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate, payable at such time, be in denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at such place, and be subject to such terms of redemption, as the authority shall determine. The bonds or notes may be sold at public or private sale for such price as the authority shall determine.  (D) Neither the members of the authority nor any person executing the bonds or notes shall be liable personally on the bonds or notes or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41.8; 1969 (56) 444; 1993 Act No. 167, Section 5.
SC Code § 59-109-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-110. Bonds not considered debt or liability of State or any political subdivision.

 Bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not be considered to constitute a debt or liability of the State or of any political subdivision thereof or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State or of any such political subdivision, but shall be payable solely from the funds herein provided therefor. All such bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that neither the State of South Carolina nor the authority shall be obligated to pay the same or the interest thereon except from amounts to be paid by the participating institution for higher learning pursuant to the financing agreement relating to such bonds and that neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of South Carolina or of any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or the interest on such bonds. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of this chapter shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the State or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41.10; 1969 (56) 444; 1993 Act No. 167, Section 7.
SC Code § 59-109-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-130. Monies received deemed trust funds.

 All monies received pursuant to the authority of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter. Any officer with whom, or any bank or trust company with which, such monies shall be deposited shall act as trustees of such monies and shall hold and apply the same for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as this chapter and the proceedings authorizing the bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds may provide.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41.12; 1969 (56) 444; 1993 Act No. 167, Section 9.
SC Code § 59-109-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-140. Enforcement of rights of bondholders.

 Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights herein given may be restricted by any proceedings authorizing the issuance of or any such trust agreement securing such bonds, may, either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any and all rights under the laws of the State or granted hereunder or under such proceedings or trust agreement, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter or by such proceedings or trust agreement to be performed by the authority or by any officer, employee, or agent thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of the rates, rents, fees, charges, and other amounts herein authorized and required by the provisions of such proceedings or trust agreement to be fixed, established, and collected.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41.13; 1969 (56) 444; 1993 Act No. 167, Section 10.
SC Code § 59-109-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-150. Exemption from taxation.

 The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this State, for the increase of their commerce, welfare, and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maintenance of a project by the authority or its agent or a participating institution for higher learning will constitute the performance of an essential public function, neither the authority nor its agent shall be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon or in respect of a project or any property acquired or owned by the authority under the provisions of this chapter or upon the income therefrom, and any bonds issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation of every kind by the State and by the municipalities and other political subdivisions in the State."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41.14; 1969 (56) 444; 1993 Act No. 167, Section 11.
SC Code § 59-109-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-160. Bonds as legal investments.

 Bonds issued by authority under the provisions of this chapter are hereby made securities in which all insurance companies, trust companies, banking associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41.15; 1969 (56) 444.
SC Code § 59-109-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-170. Annual reports.

 The authority shall keep an accurate account of all its activities and of all its receipts and expenditures and annually in the month of January shall make a report of it to its members and to the Governor in a form prescribed by the members.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41.16; 1969 (56) 444; 2005 Act No. 164, Section 33, eff June 10, 2005.  Effect of Amendment  The 2005 amendment deleted "and to the State Auditor, such reports to be" following "Governor" and at the end ", with the written approval of the Auditor" and made nonsubstantive and conforming amendments throughout.
SC Code § 59-109-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 109 - Educational Facilities Authority Act For Private Nonprofit Institutions Of Higher Learning|Section 59-109-180. Chapter as supplemental; authority not subject to regulation, approval, or consent of other agencies or the like.

 The foregoing sections of this chapter shall be deemed to provide a complete, additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws; provided, the issuance of revenue bonds and revenue refunding bonds under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter none of the powers granted to the Authority under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the supervision or regulation or require the approval or consent of any municipality or political subdivision or any department, division, commission, board, body, bureau, official or agency thereof or of the State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-41.17; 1969 (56) 444.
SC Code § 59-110-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 110 - South Carolina Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Act|Section 59-110-10. Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund; purpose.

 The South Carolina Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund is hereby created under the Commission on Higher Education to provide incentives to retain nurse faculty scholars, attract new nurse faculty, provide loans, grants, and scholarships to in-state resident nursing students, establish a research office to predict health care workforce needs, and provide technology to increase accessibility to clinical education needs.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 276, Section 2, eff June 5, 2008.
SC Code § 59-110-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 110 - South Carolina Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Act|Section 59-110-20. Administration of fund; consultation.

 (A) The Commission on Higher Education shall administer the provisions of this chapter and the funding provided to the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund to implement the initiatives provided in this chapter. The commission shall make disbursements from the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund to the institutions or students in the manner and for the purposes provided by this chapter.  (B) To assist the commission in performing its duties related to this fund, the commission shall consult with members of the Advisory Committee on Academic Programs (ACAP) from institutions with accredited nursing programs and the chairperson, or designee, of the South Carolina Council of Deans and Directors in Nursing Education.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 276, Section 2, eff June 5, 2008.
SC Code § 59-110-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 110 - South Carolina Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Act|Section 59-110-30. Use of funds; priorities.

 (A) Of the funds made available for the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund, amounts must be used for the following nursing initiatives in recommended priority order:  (1) faculty salary enhancements;  (2) new faculty;  (3) student scholarship, loan, and grant programs;  (4) establishment of the Office for Health Care Workforce Research; and  (5) use of simulation technology and equipment.  (B) Once the first priority for faculty salary enhancements has been provided in an amount not exceeding six million dollars in total funds for the program from each year funds are allocated for any year, the commission shall fund other priorities in such amounts as it considers appropriate within available funding.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 276, Section 2, eff June 5, 2008.
SC Code § 59-110-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 110 - South Carolina Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Act|Section 59-110-40. Faculty salary enhancements.

 (A) From the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund based on available funds, it is the intent of the General Assembly that faculty salary enhancements be provided for nursing faculty at accredited nursing programs at the public institutions of higher learning at the two-year, four-year, and graduate levels. This enhancement is intended to bring salaries for nursing faculty within the average for the geographic area in which the State of South Carolina competes for nursing faculty. Salary enhancements shall be based on a twelve-month appointment and prorated for nine-month appointments.  (B) In regard to these faculty salary enhancements, the Commission on Higher Education, upon consultation with members of the Advisory Committee on Academic Programs (ACAP) from institutions with accredited nursing programs and the chairperson, or designee, of the South Carolina Council of Deans and Directors in Nursing Education, shall determine and distribute funds from the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund to the institutions where such faculty are employed. The governing body of the institution pursuant to its procedures shall then allocate these enhancements among its affected faculty in such amounts as it determines appropriate consistent with the guidelines of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 276, Section 2, eff June 5, 2008.
SC Code § 59-110-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 59 - Education|Chapter 110 - South Carolina Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Act|Section 59-110-50. New nursing faculty positions.

 (A) From the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund, it is the intent of the General Assembly that new nursing faculty positions be added to accredited nursing programs at the public institutions of higher learning at the four-year and graduate level based on available funds.  (B) The commission, upon consultation with members of the Advisory Committee on Academic Programs (ACAP) from institutions with accredited nursing programs and the chairperson, or designee, of the South Carolina Council of Deans and Directors in Nursing Education, shall establish guidelines and criteria for funding the new positions to the recipient institutions based on faculty need.  (C) In regard to these new faculty positions, the Commission on Higher Education shall determine and distribute funds from the Critical Needs Nursing Initiative Fund to the institutions where the new faculty positions are to be located. The governing body of the institution shall then create and fund these new positions in the manner it considers appropriate consistent with the guidelines of this chapter.  HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 276, Section 2, eff June 5, 2008.