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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1020. Development of vocational technical training program.

The Commission shall be responsible for a full and exhaustive study looking to the development and implementation of an adequate vocational and technical training program, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: A program coordinated with our industrial expansion effort which will provide immediate training for established industries and provide immediate training for particular industries. The Commission, in carrying out this program, shall cooperate with all State and Federal agencies designed to further technical education.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.20:12; 1966 (54) 2385.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1030. Powers of Commission.

When funds are appropriated by the General Assembly, the Commission is authorized and empowered to do all things necessary or convenient to promote the objects of the program instituted by the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training and, without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall be empowered as follows:
(1) To adopt and use a corporate seal;
(2) To adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditure of appropriated funds as it may deem advisable;
(3) When funds are made available by the General Assembly, to acquire a site within Orangeburg County and to construct and equip thereon appropriate facilities in accordance with the standards and specifications promulgated by the former State Advisory Committee;
(4) To acquire by gift, or purchase, or otherwise, all kinds and descriptions of real and personal property;
(5) To accept gifts, grants, donations, devises and bequests;
(6) To provide appropriate supervision of the maintenance of any facility established to promote vocational or technical education;
(7) To provide the necessary administrative services required by the State program;
(8) To employ such personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to fulfill its functions;
(9) To establish, promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations, in conjunction with those promulgated by the State agency, for the operation of its facilities;
(10) To operate its affairs on a fiscal year coinciding with that of the State of South Carolina;
(11) To expend any funds received in any manner, including the proceeds derived from any bonds which may be issued to defray any costs incident to the establishment of adequate facilities for the program, and thereafter to expend such funds as may be appropriated for the operation, maintenance and improvement of the facilities;
(12) To apply for, receive, and expend moneys from all governmental agencies, both State and Federal; and
(13) To exercise all powers contemplated for local agencies by the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training, and all other laws modifying, amending or implementing them.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.20:13; 1966 (54) 2385.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1040. Accounts of commission; audits.

The Commission shall at all times keep full and accurate account of its acts and of its receipts and expenditures, and at least once within four months, following the close of its fiscal year, a complete audit of its affairs shall be made by a qualified public accountant. Copies of the audit shall be filed with the clerk of court and the legislative delegation of each county.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.20:14; 1966 (54) 2385.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1110. Commission created; members; appointment; organization.

(A) There is created the Spartanburg County Commission for Technical and Community Education, which is a body politic and corporate and consists of thirteen members. The present members of the Spartanburg County Commission for Technical and Community Education shall continue to hold office as members of this commission for the terms for which they have been appointed, and the new members thereafter are appointed by the Governor for terms of four years each, upon the recommendation of a majority of the Spartanburg County Legislative Delegation. Each of the seven school districts of Spartanburg County shall have one member, Cherokee County School District One shall have one member upon the recommendation of the majority of the Cherokee County Legislative Delegation, the School District of Union County shall have one member upon the recommendation of the majority of the Union County Legislative Delegation, and two members must be appointed from Spartanburg County at large. The two at-large members may not be from the same district. The chairman of the Spartanburg County Planning and Development Board and the chairman of the County District Superintendents of Education or a designated alternative superintendent are ex officio members. The commission shall meet as soon after appointment as practicable and shall organize by electing a chairman and other officers as it considers necessary. Thereafter, the commission shall meet upon the call of the chairman or a majority of its members. It shall make periodic reports of its activities and progress to the legislative delegation and the board of education.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (A), the four at-large members of the Spartanburg County Commission for Technical and Community Education serving on the effective date of this act shall continue to serve until the expiration of their terms or until a vacancy occurs, after which only two such members must be appointed.
HISTORY: 1962 Act No. 906, Section 1; 2006 Act No. 432; 2008 Act No. 215, Section 1, eff May 13, 2008.
Effect of Amendment
The 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), in the second sentence substituted "Commission" for "Committee"; rewrote the third sentence to add references to Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union County school districts; and in the fourth sentence substituted "The two at-large members may not" for "Of the four at-large members, no two members may".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1120. Powers and duties; name of institution.

(A) The commission is responsible for the development and implementation of an adequate vocational and technical training program, which includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(1) a crash program coordinated with our industrial expansion effort, which will provide immediate training for established industries and provide immediate training for particular industries;
(2) technical training programs primarily designed to train high school graduates as technicians for initial employment in industry; and
(3) provide trade extension courses to persons who desire employment in industries and also to those presently employed who wish to improve their skills.
(B) The commission, in carrying out these programs, shall cooperate with all school districts and all county, state, and federal agencies designed to further technical education. The commission may purchase or lease equipment, hire personnel, including a president and instructors, enter into contracts, make regulations, and do other things necessary to carry out the provisions of this act, or to qualify to receive state or federal aid under any present or future statute, policy, or regulation. The commission is considered an operating unit under the general laws governing the lending of funds for capital improvements by the State Educational Finance Commission.
(C) The educational institution created by the commission, in its discretion, may be named Spartanburg Technical College, Spartanburg Community College, or any variation the commission considers appropriate However, for purposes of all provisions of law governing the operation of the institution, it shall be considered a technical college.
HISTORY: 1962 Act No. 906, Section 2; 2006 Act No. 432.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1130. Receipt and administration of funds; gifts and grants.

The commission shall receive and administer the funds received by it from all sources and make its accounting to the county board of commissioners annually. The commission may receive gifts or grants of funds or property of any nature.
HISTORY: 1962 Act No. 906, Section 3; 1969 Act No. 477.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1210. Creation of district; commission.

In order to fulfill the purposes and findings stated in Section 1 of 1963 Act No. 243, there is hereby created the Piedmont Technical Education and Training District, consisting of the Counties of Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry and Saluda which shall be controlled and managed by a commission known as the Piedmont Technical Education Commission, and hereinafter called the "Commission."
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.21; 1963 (53) 276; 1964 (53) 2179; 1965 (54) 663; 1971 (57) 784; 1973 (58) 237; 1974 (58) 2119.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1220. Membership of Commission; officers.

The Commission shall consist of one member each from the Counties of Edgefield, McCormick, Newberry and Saluda, two members from Abbeville and Laurens Counties and four members from Greenwood County. Each member shall be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the resident members of the legislative delegation of his county.
Upon the expiration of the terms of office of those first appointed, successors shall be appointed for terms of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Any vacancy shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. All terms of office shall terminate on the appropriate anniversary of July 1, 1973, notwithstanding that a delay in making appointments shall lessen the duration of the terms of office.
The Commission shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary, each of whom shall serve a term of one year and until his successor is elected.
A transcript of the record of the organization of the Commission shall be filed annually with the governing body of any participating county in order to reflect the membership of the Commission and those who become its officers.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.22; 1963 (53) 276; 1964 (53) 2179; 1965 (54) 663; 1971 (57) 784; 1973 (58) 237, 292; 1974 (58) 2119.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1230. Technical education center.

The commission shall provide for the creation, maintenance and operation of a technical education center to be located within the district, and there shall be developed and carried out at such center a program of adult pre-employment, adult extension, and high school pre-employment training for residents of the district and such other persons as the commission shall designate, upon such terms as the commission shall require, all in conjunction and coordination with the State program for technical education.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.23; 1963 (53) 276.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1240. General powers of commission.

The commission is vested with authority to:
(1) Employ personnel;
(2) Accept and administer funds or equipment from other governmental agencies, individuals, or corporations;
(3) Enter into such contracts as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the center; and
(4) Acquire, own, and sell property, real and personal.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.24; 1963 (53) 276.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1250. Expenses of district.

The share of each participating county in the operating expenses of the district shall be determined by agreement between the district commission and the respective county governing bodies.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.25; 1963 (53) 276; 1964 (53) 2179; 1965 (54) 663; 1966 (54) 2650; 1971 (57) 784.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1260. Audit.

The commission shall furnish to the members of the legislative delegations who provide county funds an annual audit of the receipts and expenditures of the center.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.26; 1963 (53) 276.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1310. Creation of commission; membership; terms; election of chairman and officers.

There is hereby created the York Commission for Technical Education (hereinafter referred to as the "commission"), which is a body politic and corporate and which shall have the functions and duties set forth to serve the counties of York, Chester, and Lancaster. The commission must be composed of nine members, to be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the county legislative delegation residing in York County. The terms of the members are for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. All vacancies must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term only. The commission shall meet as soon after appointment as practicable and shall organize by electing a chairman and such other officers, as it considers necessary. Thereafter, the commission shall meet upon the call of the chairman or a majority of its members. It shall make periodic reports of its activities and progress to the York County Legislative Delegation.
In addition to the nine members of the commission provided for above, there shall be two additional members of the commission, one who must be a resident of Chester County appointed by the Governor upon recommendation by the Chester County Legislative Delegation and one who must be a resident of Lancaster County appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the Lancaster County Legislative Delegation. These two members shall serve for four-year terms and until their successors are appointed and qualify.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 232, Section 1, eff February 17, 2006.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1320. Powers and duties.

There is hereby committed to the commission the function of promoting the program contemplated by Chapter 53 of Title 59 in and for York, Chester, and Lancaster Counties and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, is empowered as follows to:
(1) adopt and use a corporate seal;
(2) adopt such bylaws and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditure of its funds as it considers advisable;
(3) acquire an appropriate site and to construct and equip on that site appropriate facilities in accordance with the standards and specifications set forth by the Advisory Committee for Technical Training;
(4) acquire by gift, purchase, or otherwise, all kinds and descriptions of real and personal property;
(5) accept gifts, grants, donations, devises, and bequests;
(6) provide appropriate supervision of the maintenance of any facility established to promote vocational or technical education;
(7) provide the necessary administrative services required by the state program;
(8) employ such personnel as is necessary to enable the commission to fulfill its functions;
(9) establish, promulgate, and enforce reasonable regulations, in conjunction with those promulgated by the state agency for the operation of its facilities;
(10) operate its affairs on a fiscal year beginning on July first in each year and ending on June thirtieth of the succeeding calendar year;
(11) expend any funds received in any manner, including the proceeds derived from any bonds issued by York County to defray any costs incident to the establishment of adequate facilities for the program, and thereafter to expend such funds for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the facilities;
(12) apply for, receive, and expend monies from all governmental agencies, both state and federal; and
(13) exercise all powers contemplated for local agencies by Chapter 53 of Title 59 or by law.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 232, Section 1, eff February 17, 2006.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1330. Annual local accounting; funding for capital improvements.

The commission shall make its local accounting annually in the same manner as school districts.
The commission must be considered an operating unit under the general laws governing the lending of funds for capital improvements by the State Educational Finance Commission.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 232, Section 1, eff February 17, 2006.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1340. Budget.

The commission shall submit a budget to the legislative delegation on or before March first of each year. If a majority of the legislative delegation shall approve the budget, the Auditor of York County shall levy and the treasurer shall collect a tax sufficient to provide the necessary funds for the administration of this act upon all taxable property in York County.
HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 232, Section 1, eff February 17, 2006.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1410. Creation of commission; membership; officers.

There is created the Central Carolina Technical College Commission representing the counties of Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, and Sumter. The commission is a body politic and corporate consisting of twelve members. Each member must be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegation of the member's respective county, and each member must be a qualified registered elector of the county represented. Six members must be appointed from Sumter County. Three members must be appointed from Kershaw County. Two members must be appointed from Clarendon County. One member must be appointed from Lee County. The terms of all members are for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. A vacancy must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term only. The commission shall organize by electing one of its members as chairman, one as vice chairman, and one as secretary. The terms of appointees expire July first of the appropriate year.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.31; 1962 (52) 1930; 1963 (53) 33; 2002 Act No. 292, Section 8; 2009 Act No. 13, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 7, 2009); 2017 Act No. 53 (S.411), Section 1, eff May 19, 2017.
Effect of Amendment
The 2009 amendment, in the second sentence, substituted "eleven members" for "nine members", added the fifth and sixth sentences relating to Kershaw and Clarendon Counties, and, in the seventh sentence, substituted "Lee County" for "each of the following counties: Clarendon, Kershaw and Lee".
2017 Act No. 53, Section 1, in the second sentence, substituted "twelve members" for "eleven members", and, in the sentence relating to Kershaw County, substituted "Three members" for "Two members".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1420. Duties of commission.

The commission shall be responsible for a full and exhaustive study looking to the development and implementation of an adequate vocational and technical training program, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following: A program coordinated with our industrial expansion effort which will provide immediate training for established industries and provide immediate training for particular industries. The commission, in carrying out this program, shall cooperate with all State and Federal agencies designed to further technical education.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.32; 1962 (52) 1930.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1430. Powers of commission.

When funds are appropriated by the General Assembly the commission is authorized and empowered to do all things necessary or convenient to promote the objects of the program instituted by the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training, and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall be impounded as follows:
(1) to adopt and use a corporate seal;
(2) to adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditure of appropriated funds as it may deem advisable;
(3) when funds are made available by the General Assembly, to acquire a site within Sumter County and to construct and equip thereon appropriate facilities in accordance with the standards and specifications promulgated by the former State Advisory Committee;
(4) to acquire by gift, or purchase, or otherwise, all kinds and descriptions of real and personal property;
(5) to accept gifts, grants, donations, devises and bequests;
(6) to provide appropriate supervision of the maintenance of any facility established to promote vocational or technical education;
(7) to provide the necessary administrative services required by the State program;
(8) to employ such personnel as may be necessary to enable the commission to fulfill its functions;
(9) to establish, promulgate and enforce reasonable rules and regulations, in conjunction with those promulgated by the State agency, for the operation of its facilities;
(10) to operate its affairs on a fiscal year coinciding with that of Sumter County;
(11) to expend any funds received in any manner, including the proceeds derived from any bonds which may be issued to defray any costs incident to the establishment of adequate facilities for the program, and thereafter to expend such funds as may be appropriated for the operation, maintenance and improvement of the facilities;
(12) to apply for, receive, and expend moneys from all governmental agencies, both State and Federal;
(13) to exercise all powers contemplated for local agencies by the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training, and all other laws modifying, amending or implementing it.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.33; 1962 (52) 1930; 1963 (53) 33.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1450. Accounts of commission; audit.

The commission shall at all times keep full and accurate account of its acts and of its receipts and expenditures, and at least once within four months, following the close of its fiscal year, a complete audit of its affairs shall be made by a qualified public accountant. Copies of the audit shall be filed with the clerk of court and the legislative delegation of each county comprising the commission.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.35; 1962 (52) 1930; 1963 (53) 33.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1460. Reports.

Not less frequently than annually the commission shall make a written report of the activities of the commission and file a copy with the legislative delegation of each county comprising the commission.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-708.36; 1962 (52) 1930; 1963 (53) 33.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1510. Accounting.

The commission at all times shall keep a full and accurate account of its acts and of its receipts and expenditures, and at least once within four months, following the close of its fiscal year, a complete audit of its affairs must be made by a qualified public accountant. Copies of the audit must be filed with the Clerk of Court for Greenville County and with the Secretary of the Greenville County Legislative Delegation.
HISTORY: 2013 Act No. 32, Section 3, eff June 1, 2013; 2015 Act No. 49 (H.4135), Section 1, eff June 3, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2015 Act No. 49, Section 1, reenacted the section with no change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1520. Report.

Not less frequently than annually the commission shall make a written report of the activities of the commission and file a copy with the Secretary of the Greenville County Legislative Delegation.
HISTORY: 2013 Act No. 32, Section 3, eff June 1, 2013; 2015 Act No. 49 (H.4135), Section 1, eff June 3, 2015.
Effect of Amendment
2015 Act No. 49, Section 1, reenacted the section with no change.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1710. Creation of commission; membership; officers.

There is created, as an administrative agency of Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties, the Midlands Technical College Commission. The commission is composed of thirteen members who must be appointed by the Governor for a term of four years as follows: seven members must be appointed upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegation representing Richland County, five members must be appointed upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegation representing Lexington County, and one member must be appointed upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegation representing Fairfield County. If a vacancy occurs, a successor must be appointed in the same manner as the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. Any member may be removed by the appointing authority for neglect of duty, misconduct, or malfeasance in office after being given a written statement of reasons and an opportunity to be heard. Members serve until their successors are appointed and qualify, but any delay in appointing a successor does not extend the term of the succession. The members of the commission shall receive per diem as provided for members of boards, commissions, and committees and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The commission shall elect from its membership a chairman, a vice chairman, a treasurer, and a secretary to serve for terms of two years and until their successors are elected and qualify. The office of chairman must be rotated among the representatives of the three counties, but the practice of rotating the office of chairman may be dispensed with by a three-fourths vote of the commission. If the office of chairman becomes vacant, a successor must be elected for the remainder of the term and must be from the members representing the same county as the former chairman. The same rotation must be applied to the office of vice chairman, but the practice of rotating the office of vice chairman may be dispensed with if, by three-fourths vote, the commission finds that the rotation is impracticable.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 33, Section 1; 1994 Act No. 492, Section 1; 2002 Act No. 326, Section 11; 2004 Act No. 190, Section 1, eff March 18, 2004; 2014 Act No. 239 (S.1295), Section 1, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
The 2004 amendment deleted the third and fourth sentences relating to term limitations for members of the commission.
2014 Act No. 239, Section 1, added Fairfield county to the first sentence, substituted "thirteen members" for "twelve members" in the second sentence, added the last clause to the second sentence, relating to Fairfield county, and in the sentence relating to the rotation of the office of chairman, changed the number of counties referenced to three, and added the exception at the end.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1720. Powers and duties of commission.

The commission shall promote the objects of the state technical and vocational education and training and shall:
(1) adopt and use a corporate seal;
(2) adopt bylaws and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditure of its funds as it may consider advisable;
(3) acquire one or more sites within Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties and construct and equip appropriate facilities in accordance with the standards and specifications promulgated by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education;
(4) acquire by gift, purchase, or otherwise all kinds and descriptions of real and personal property;
(5) accept gifts, grants, donations, devises, and bequests;
(6) provide appropriate supervision of the maintenance of any facility established by the commission;
(7) provide the necessary administrative services required by the state program;
(8) employ personnel necessary to enable the commission to fulfill its functions;
(9) promulgate and enforce regulations, in conjunction with those promulgated by the state agency, for the operation of its facilities;
(10) operate its affairs on a fiscal year coinciding with that of the State;
(11) expend funds received in any manner, including the proceeds derived from bonds issued by Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties, to defray costs incident to the establishment of adequate facilities for the program and then to expend the funds for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the facilities;
(12) apply for, receive, and expend monies from all governmental agencies, both state and federal;
(13) exercise all powers contemplated for local agencies by Article 1 of this chapter, and all other laws modifying or implementing it.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 33, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 239 (S.1295), Section 2, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 239, Section 2, in paragraphs (3) and (11), added Fairfield county.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1725. "Northeast Campus" and "Enterprise Campus" defined; arrangements between commission and Enterprise Campus Authority for property management, provision of services, and disposition of property.

(A) As used in this section, "Northeast Campus" means the commission's real property and facilities located near the South Carolina Research Authority and Northwoods Golf Course properties and bounded in part by Pisgah Church Road, Powell Road, and Gateway Plantation Road, and "Enterprise Campus" means the Northeast Campus and all other real property and facilities designated by the commission. The properties designated by the commission do not have to be contiguous with the Northeast Campus to be designated as part of the Enterprise Campus.
(B) The commission may provide for the management, development, and operation of part or all of its Northeast Campus property by the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority.
(C) The commission is authorized to enter into contracts with the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority for the provision of executive and administrative services to the authority.
(D) In the fulfillment of the power contained in this section, the commission is authorized to sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer, or give all or any part of its real and personal property and other assets constituting the Northeast Campus to the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority upon such terms and conditions as the commission determines. The commission may sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer, or give all or any part of its real and personal property and other assets constituting the Enterprise Campus, other than the Northeast Campus, to the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority only upon approval by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. The commission may buy, purchase, or otherwise acquire and accept real and personal property and other assets from the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority only in accordance with all regulations and general laws applicable to state-supported technical institutions in the acquisition and acceptance of real and personal property and other assets.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 200, Section 3, eff April 26, 2004.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1730. Participating counties to appropriate and contribute funds to commission.

The participating counties shall appropriate and contribute annually to the commission sufficient funds to enable it to defray costs for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of its facilities and to make payment of principal and interest on bonds issued by Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties for the acquisition of land and construction of facilities. The counties shall make funds available on a proportional basis equal to the population of the participating counties.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 33, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 239 (S.1295), Section 3, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 239, Section 3, added Fairfield county.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1740. Commission to keep certain records; audit; filing of audit.

The commission shall keep full and accurate account of its activities, receipts, and expenditures, and within four months, following the close of its fiscal year, a complete audit of its affairs must be made by a qualified public accountant. Copies of the audit must be filed with the clerks of court for Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties, secretaries of the Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield County Legislative Delegations, and the secretaries of the county councils for Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 33, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 239 (S.1295), Section 4, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 239, Section 4, added Fairfield county.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1750. Commission to make annual written report; filing of report.

The commission shall make a written report of its activities at least annually and file a copy with the secretaries of the Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield County Legislative Delegations and county councils.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 33, Section 1; 2014 Act No. 239 (S.1295), Section 5, eff June 2, 2014.
Effect of Amendment
2014 Act No. 239, Section 5, added Fairfield county.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1760. Participating counties to receive portion of funds derived from sale of certain facilities.

If the commission stops operating a facility for vocational and technical education, the respective counties shall participate in any funds derived from the sale of the land, equipment, and facilities in proportion to their total contributions to the payment of the indebtedness incurred for the purchase of the land and construction of the facilities.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 33, Section 1.
Subarticle 3
Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority Act
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1781. Definitions.

As used in this subarticle, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) "Authority" means the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority.
(2) "Board" means the governing body of the authority.
(3) "Commission" means the Midlands Technical College Commission.
(4) "Enterprise Campus" means the real and personal property subject to the management and control of the authority. The Enterprise Campus may consist of one or more tracts or parcels of real property and none of the tracts or parcels has to be contiguous with other properties constituting the Enterprise Campus.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 200, Section 4, eff April 26, 2004.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1782. Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority created; governing board; purpose.

(A) There is created a body politic and corporate known as the Midlands Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority. The authority is declared to be a public instrumentality of the State and the exercise by it of any power conferred in this subarticle is the performance of an essential public function. The authority is governed by a board, which consists of members of the commission. All members serve ex-officio. Persons serving as chairman, vice-chairman, treasurer, and secretary of the commission shall serve in the same capacity on the board. The members of the board shall receive per diem as provided for members of boards, commissions, and committees and actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(B) The board shall exercise the powers of the authority.
(C) The purpose of the authority is to provide for the management, development, and operation of the Enterprise Campus.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 200, Section 4, eff April 26, 2004.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1785. Issuance of bonds; liability for payment of obligations; information to appear on face of bonds.

(A) The authority may issue bonds in the same manner and for the same purposes, including the purposes of the authority, pursuant to the provisions of the Higher Education Revenue Bond Act, as provided in Chapter 147, Title 59.
(B) The issuance by the authority of any bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness is subject to the approval of them by resolution of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
(C) Bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness of the authority do not constitute a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State of South Carolina, the commission, or any of the state's political subdivisions other than the authority, but are payable only from the revenue, money, or property of the authority as provided in this subarticle. The bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness of the authority do not constitute an indebtedness of the State within the meaning of any state constitutional or statutory limitation. A member of the board or a person executing bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness of the authority is not liable personally on the bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness by reason of their issuance or execution. Each bond, note, or other obligation or indebtedness must contain on its face a statement to the effect that:
(1) neither the State, the commission, nor any of the state's political subdivisions, nor the authority is obligated to pay the principal of or interest on the bond or other costs incident to the bond except from the revenue, money, or property of the authority pledged;
(2) neither the full faith and credit, nor the taxing power of the State, nor any of its political subdivisions, is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on the bond, note, or other obligation or indebtedness; and
(3) the authority does not have taxing power.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 200, Section 4, eff April 26, 2004.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1786. Annual report.

The authority shall submit an annual report on the development and use of the Enterprise Campus to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, the Governor, the State Fiscal Accountability Authority and the Department of Administration, the Chair of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives, and the Chair of the Finance Committee of the Senate. The report must be submitted not later than six months after the end of each fiscal year.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 200, Section 4, eff April 26, 2004.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1787. Exemption from taxes and assessments.

The authority in performing an essential governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it is not required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any property or upon any of its activities or operations or the income from them, or any taxes or assessments upon any property acquired or used by the authority or upon the income from them. Any bonds, notes, or other obligations or indebtedness issued by the authority and the income from them is free from taxation and assessment of every kind by the State and by the local governments and other political subdivisions of the State.
HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 200, Section 4, eff April 26, 2004.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1810. Federal act accepted; State Board of Education designated as State Board of Career and Technology Training.

The State of South Carolina accepts the provisions of an act of Congress entitled: "To Provide for the Promotion of Vocational Education; to Provide for Cooperation with the States in the Promotion of Such Education in Agriculture and the Trades and Industries; to Provide for Cooperation with the States in the Preparation of Teachers of Vocational Subjects; and to Appropriate Money and Regulate Its Expenditure", and designates and constitutes the State Board of Education as the South Carolina State Board of Career and Technology Training to cooperate with the United States Government in putting this law into operation.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-691; 1952 Code Section 21-691; 1942 Code Section 5394; 1932 Code Section 5283; Civ. C. '22 Section 2543; 1917 (30) 42; 2005 Act No. 49, Section 16, eff May 3, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment substituted "State Board of Career and Technology Training" for "State Board of Vocational Training" and made nonsubstantive language changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1820. Board authorized to cooperate with local or State agencies for educational advancement.

The State Board of Career and Technology Training may cooperate with any local or state agency for the advancement of agricultural and industrial education.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-692; 1952 Code Section 21-692; 1942 Code Section 5395; 1932 Code Section 5284; Civ. C. '22 Section 2544; 1917 (30) 42; 2005 Act No. 49, Section 16, eff May 3, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment substituted "State Board of Career and Technology Training" for "State Board of Vocational Training".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1830. Career and Technology training funds.

The State Treasurer is created and appointed custodian of funds coming to the State from the United States under the provisions of the act referred to in Section 59-53-1810 and is responsible on his bond for the correct and proper handling of the funds. Monies appropriated by the State or paid into the State Treasury from the United States for the purpose provided in Sections 59-53-1810 to 59-53-1870 must be paid out upon the order of the State Board of Education, duly countersigned and approved by the secretary of the board, and itemized vouchers must be filed with the Comptroller General as in the case of other funds.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-693; 1952 Code Section 21-693; 1942 Code Section 5396; 1932 Code Section 5285; Civ. C. '22 Section 2545; 1917 (30) 42; 2005 Act No. 49, Section 16, eff May 3, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment made nonsubstantive language changes.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1840. Annual appropriation for career and technology education.

There must be appropriated annually, out of the State Treasury, for the promotion of career and technology education in agriculture, engineering or industrial technology, and family and consumer science subjects, a sum not less than the amount which may be apportioned to the State from the funds appropriated by the Congress of the United States in an act entitled "An Act to Provide for the Promotion of Vocational Education; to Provide for Cooperation with the States in the Promotion of such Education in Agriculture and the Trades and Industries; to Provide for Cooperation with the States in the Preparation of Teachers of Vocational Subjects; and to Appropriate Money and Regulate its Expenditure", approved February 23, 1917.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-694; 1952 Code Section 21-694; 1942 Code Section 5431; 1932 Code Sections 5617 to 5620; Civ. C. '22 Sections 2735 to 2738; 1919 (31) 49; 2005 Act No. 49, Section 16, eff May 3, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment substituted "career and technology education in agriculture, engineering or industrial technology, and family and consumer science subjects" for "vocational education in agriculture subjects, industrial subjects and home economic subjects" following "promotion of".
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 53 - Technical And Vocational Education And Training › Section 59-53-1850. Disbursement of funds.

Monies appropriated pursuant to Sections 59-53-1810 to 59-53-1870 must be paid out upon the order of the State Board of Education, duly countersigned and approved by the secretary of the State Board of Education, and itemized vouchers must be filed with the Comptroller General as in the case of other funds.
For high schools and joint career and technology schools having a career and technology agriculture program, monies appropriated for this purpose must be disbursed for use by the schools to conduct career and technology agriculture programs on a full-time twelve-month per year basis. The provisions of this section do not prohibit monies appropriated for career and technology agriculture to be used in programs of less than twelve months each year. The local school board shall decide whether all or part of its career and technology agricultural program is twelve months or less than twelve months after consideration of the local board's needs assessment for career and technology agriculture and the findings of the Clemson University's review of the local career and technology agricultural program.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 21-695; 1952 Code Section 21-695; 1942 Code Section 5431; 1932 Code Sections 5617 to 5620; Civ. C. '22 Sections 2735 to 2738; 1919 (31) 49; 1980 Act No. 503, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 49, Section 16, eff May 3, 2005.
Effect of Amendment
The 2005 amendment, in the second paragraph, substituted "career and technology" for "vocational" throughout and in the third sentence substituted "Clemson University's" for "State Department of Education's", and made nonsubstantive language changes throughout both paragraphs.