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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-15. Winthrop College changed to Winthrop University.

Winthrop College is changed to Winthrop University, effective July 1, 1992, and wherever in the 1976 Code or in any other provision of law the name Winthrop College appears, it must be construed to mean Winthrop University.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 272, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-20. Composition of board of trustees.

(A) The Board of Trustees of Winthrop University is composed of the Governor and the State Superintendent of Education or their designees who are members ex officio of the board, ten other members each to be elected by the joint vote of the General Assembly, as hereinafter provided, and two graduates of Winthrop University to be appointed by the Winthrop University Alumni Association or its successors, as hereinafter provided.
(B) In addition to the members of the board in subsection (A), there shall be one additional member of the board appointed by the Governor. The Governor shall make the appointment based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-402; 1952 Code Section 22-402; 1942 Code Section 5786; 1932 Code Section 5786; Civ. C. '22 Section 2805; Civ. C. '12 Section 1871; Civ. C. '02 Section 1285; 1891 (20) 1102; 1920 (31) 968; 1942 (42) 1666; 1974 (58) 2074; 1983 Act No. 130, Section 12; 1991 Act No. 248, Section 6; 1993 Act No. 59, Section 1; 2007 Act No. 50, Section 1, eff June 5, 2007; 2012 Act No. 176, Section 9, eff May 25, 2012.
Effect of Amendment
The 2007 amendment, in subsection A, substituted "nine" for "seven" with regard to the number of other members.
The 2012 amendment substituted "ten" for "nine" in subsection (A).
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-40. Compensation of board members.

Each member of the board shall receive as compensation for services and attendance on the meetings of the board his actual expenses which shall be paid out of the funds of the institution.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-404; 1952 Code Section 22-404; 1942 Code Section 5786; 1932 Code Section 5786; Civ. C. '22 Section 2805; Civ. C. '12 Section 1871; Civ. C. '02 Section 1285; 1891 (20) 1102; 1920 (31) 968; 1942 (42) 1666.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-50. Secretary of State shall notify board members of election; effect of failure to accept.

The Secretary of State shall furnish a certificate to each trustee within ten days after his election notifying him that he has been so elected and if any trustee fail for the space of thirty days to inform the Governor of his acceptance then his election shall be void and his place shall be filled as heretofore provided in cases of vacancy.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-405; 1952 Code Section 22-405; 1942 Code Section 5787; 1932 Code Section 5787; Civ. C. '22 Section 2806; Civ. C. '12 Section 1872; Civ. C. '02 Section 1286; 1891 (20) 1102.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-60. Meetings of board; quorum; effect of failure to attend.

There shall be at least two regular meetings of the board each year. A majority of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum. Whenever any member of the board has failed to attend two successive meetings of the board without rendering an excuse which is satisfactory to and accepted by the board his place shall be declared vacant by the board and shall be filled as heretofore provided.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-406; 1952 Code Section 22-406; 1942 Code Sections 5786, 5788; 1932 Code Sections 5786, 5788; Civ. C. '22 Sections 2805, 2807; Civ. C. '12 Sections 1871, 1873; Civ. C. '02 Sections 1285, 1287; 1891 (20) 1102; 1920 (31) 968; 1942 (42) 1666.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-70. Board created body corporate; powers.

The board of trustees of Winthrop University is hereby created a body corporate by the name and style of The Trustees of Winthrop University and shall by said name have perpetual succession of officers and members, the right to use and keep a common seal and to alter the same at will. It may sue and be sued and contract and be contracted with and may own, purchase, sell and convey property, both real, personal and mixed, and may receive and hold donations, devices, bequests and legacies for the use and benefit of said institution; provided, however, that all property purchased under the authority of this chapter shall be free from liens and encumbrances and title to the same as well as to donations that said board may receive shall be taken in the name of the trustees in their corporate capacity and shall become the property of this State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-407; 1952 Code Section 22-407; 1942 Code Section 5789; 1932 Code Section 5789; Civ. C. '22 Section 2808; Civ. C. '12 Section 1874; Civ. C. '02 Section 1288; 1891 (20) 1102; 1920 (31) 968; 1974 (58) 2074.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-80. Powers of board in educational matters.

The board of trustees may, from time to time, make, constitute and establish such bylaws, rules and orders, not inconsistent with the laws of the land, as to it shall seem necessary and convenient for the better regulation, government, well ordering and directing of itself as well as for the college and all officers, teachers or other persons by it employed in and about the same and all pupils in the institution. It shall possess all the power necessary for the accomplishment of the trust committed to it, viz.: the establishment, conduct and maintenance of a first-class institution of higher education. The board of trustees shall have general responsibility for the scope of educational programs, policy on eligibility for enrollment, and other policy matters. The trustees may add, from time to time, such special features to the institution and may open such new departments of training and instruction therein as the progress of the times may require.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-408; 1952 Code Section 22-408; 1942 Code Section 5789; 1932 Code Section 5789; Civ. C. '22 Section 2808; Civ. C. '12 Section 1874; Civ. C. '02 Section 1288; 1891 (20) 1102; 1920 (31) 968; 1972 (57) 2493; 1974 (58) 2074.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-90. President, professors, and other officers.

The board of trustees shall appoint a president and professors of said institution and such other officers as they may think proper to put the same in successful operation. They shall fix all salaries and wages of teachers and employees. The president selected by them shall attend every meeting of the board for consultation and give information concerning the institution.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-409; 1952 Code Section 22-409; 1942 Code Section 5790; 1932 Code Section 5790; Civ. C. '22 Section 2809; Civ. C. '12 Section 1875; Civ. C. '02 Section 1289; 1891 (20) 1102.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-95. Availability of graduate-level in-state tuition to North Carolina residents.

As existing capacity allows, Winthrop University may offer graduate-level in-state tuition to residents of the member counties of the Carolinas Partnership for Economic Development, as long as no new section of any scheduled class is required to be opened to accommodate such students and no qualified South Carolina graduate student shall lose a position in a class due to a North Carolina student.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 44.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-100. Division into departments.

The board, aided by the president, shall divide the course of study and instruction into departments so as to secure thorough education and the best possible instruction.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-410; 1952 Code Section 22-410; 1942 Code Section 5790; 1932 Code Section 5790; Civ. C. '22 Section 2809; Civ. C. '12 Section 1875; Civ. C. '02 Section 1289; 1891 (20) 1102; 1974 (58) 2074.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-110. Use of Clara Barrett Strait art objects and scholarship fund.

The board of trustees of Winthrop University shall retain custody of the paintings and objects of art formerly the property of Clara Barrett Strait and received by said trustees pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 355 of 1949 (Acts 1949, p. 784) and display them to the best advantage for said institution and the citizens of this State and shall use whatever cash it received from the administratrix of Clara Barrett Strait pursuant to said act for the furtherance of the education of students at the institution majoring in art. Such fund shall be known as the Clara Barrett Strait Scholarship Fund.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-411; 1952 Code Section 22-411; 1949 (46) 784.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-120. Degrees and diplomas.

The trustees may confer degrees upon and grant diplomas to all persons who satisfactorily complete the prescribed courses of study and training at Winthrop University, and may confer honorary degrees upon such persons as the trustees may deem appropriate.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-412; 1952 Code Section 22-412; 1942 Code Section 5792; 1932 Code Section 5792; Civ. C. '22 Section 2811; Civ. C. '12 Section 1877; Civ. C. '02 Section 1291; 1891 (20) 1102; 1951 (47) 784; 1969 (56) 655; 1972 (57) 2390; 1974 (58) 2074.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-130. Board authority to enter ground lease agreements.

The Board of Trustees of Winthrop University with the approval of the Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, may enter into lease agreements with a private entity whereby the private entity will provide all services necessary for the creation and operation of student housing facilities including, but not limited to, ground leasing, financing, designing, construction, managing, operating, maintaining, and related services. Upon expiration of the agreement term, the private entity shall surrender to Winthrop University, such premises with the existing buildings, other structures and improvements constructed and located thereon and therein, in the same condition as when the construction of the buildings, other structures, and improvements were completed, only natural and normal wear and tear excepted. The Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, first must approve all agreement terms and conditions including the consideration involved, and the full faith and credit of the State toward the lease obligations must not be pledged, and any statement to the contrary is deemed null and void as a matter of public policy. The private entity may be a nonprofit organization. The Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, approval required shall be in lieu of or a substitute for any other approval required by any other provision of law or regulation in connection with the undertaking of the private entity and Winthrop University; however, the private entity and Winthrop University shall adhere to fire, life, and safety codes as required by the Office of State Engineer.
Neither this section, nor the approval required by this section, exempts any transaction or entity from complying with Chapter 35 of Title 11.
HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 63, Section 2; 2008 Act No. 275, Section 4, eff June 5, 2008.
Effect of Amendment
The 2008 amendment added the undesignated paragraph at the end relating to compliance with the Procurement Code.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-310. Purpose.

(A) The General Assembly finds that it is desirable to provide continuing and general statutory authority for Winthrop University to incur debt for, among other things, the purposes of providing funds to acquire, construct, renovate, and equip certain revenue-producing auxiliary facilities, which debt is secured by a pledge of the revenues derived from the operation of some or all of the facilities. Winthrop University has demonstrated need for additional funds to provide for acquisition, construction, renovation, and equipping of these facilities. These facilities are needed to replace or renovate aging facilities and to provide additional facilities all to the end that the educational environment at Winthrop University will be enhanced for the benefit of present and potential students at Winthrop University.
(B) Consideration has been given to this need and to the methods of funding it. It has been determined to be in the best interests of the people of this State to authorize Winthrop University to acquire, construct, renovate, and equip additional facilities and to incur indebtedness for these purposes which is payable from the revenues derived from the operation of these facilities to the extent and under the conditions provided for in this article.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 399, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-320. Definitions.

As used in this article:
(1) "Bond" or "bonds" means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this chapter.
(2) "Winthrop" means Winthrop University.
(3) "Facilities" means any or all of the following facilities operated to provide for the students, faculty, or staff at Winthrop: dining or food service facilities; laundry facilities; canteen facilities; vending machines; convenience stores; any other facilities for the sale of sundry items; health services; book stores, parking lots and vehicle registration; and all furniture, furnishings, and equipment in them, which are now owned by Winthrop, or which may be acquired by Winthrop for any of these purposes.
(4) "Revenues" of any facilities means the entire receipts of Winthrop from the operation of the facilities. "Net revenues" means these receipts reduced by the necessary expenses for operation and maintenance of the facilities.
(5) "Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
(6) "Trustees" means the Board of Trustees of Winthrop or any successor body.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 399, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-330. Acquisition and improvement of facilities.

The trustees are authorized to acquire additional facilities and to improve and renovate existing facilities to the extent they determine to be necessary, and the proceeds of bonds authorized by this article are made available for that purpose. The trustees also are authorized to refund bonds that may from time to time be outstanding pursuant to this article by exchange or otherwise.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 399, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-340. Authority to bond.

Upon receiving the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, and upon review by the Joint Bond Review Committee, the trustees may from time to time borrow such sums as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose of this article and to evidence these borrowings by bonds issued pursuant to this article in such aggregate principal amount as they determine, except that notwithstanding any other provisions of this article, there may not be outstanding at any time bonds issued pursuant to this article in excess of twenty-five million dollars.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 399, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-350. Securement of repayment.

Bonds issued pursuant to this article must be payable from the revenues or the net revenues derived by Winthrop from these facilities as designated by the trustees with respect to the bonds. The trustees may abandon the use of any portion of the facilities or sell or dispose of any portion of the facilities upon receipt of a written recommendation by the chief financial officer of Winthrop to the effect that the action shall not adversely affect the ability of Winthrop to discharge its obligations to the holders of bonds issued pursuant to this article and upon the further conditions as prescribed in the resolution of the trustees providing for the issuance of bonds. The bonds issued pursuant to this article may be further secured by the additional pledges of other revenues or fees of Winthrop as it may be authorized to grant pursuant to other laws of this State.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 399, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-360. Faith and credit of State.

The faith and credit of the State may not be pledged for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds, and there must be on the face of each bond a statement plainly worded to that effect. Neither the trustees nor any other person signing the bonds is personally liable for them.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 399, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-370. Tenor, terms, and conditions of bonds.

In order to avail themselves of the authorizations set forth in this article, the trustees shall adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of bonds of Winthrop, within the limitations mentioned in this article which must prescribe the tenor, terms, and conditions of the bonds. The bonds must be issued as serial or term bonds, maturing in equal or unequal amounts, at such times and on such occasions as the trustees determine. The last maturing bonds of any issue must be expressed to mature not later than fifty years from their date, and the first maturing bonds of any issue, issued pursuant to this article, falls due within five years from their date. They must bear such rates of interest, payable on such occasion as the trustees prescribe, and the bonds must be in such denominations, payable in such medium of payment, and at such place as such resolutions prescribe. All bonds may be issued with a provision permitting their redemption on any interest payment date before their respective maturities. Bonds made subject to redemption before their stated maturities may contain a provision requiring the payment of a premium for the privilege of exercising the right of redemption in such amount or amounts as the trustees prescribe in the resolutions authorizing their issuance. All bonds that are subject to redemption must contain a statement to that effect on the face of each bond. The resolutions authorizing their issuance must contain provisions specifying the manner of call and the notice of call that must be given.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 399, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-390. Lawful investment.

It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and fiduciaries, all sinking fund commissions, the Public Employee Benefit Authority or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as cotrustees of the South Carolina Retirement System, and all other governmental entities within this State to invest any monies in their hands in the bonds.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 399, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-400. Form of bonds.

The bonds and coupons, if any, attached to the bonds, are executed manually or by facsimile in the name of Winthrop in the manner and by persons as the trustees from time to time determine, and the seal of Winthrop must be affixed to or impressed or reproduced on each bond. Any coupons attached to the bonds must be authenticated by the facsimile signature of one or more of the persons signing the bonds. The bonds, in the discretion of the trustees, may be registerable as to principal and interest on books kept for them by or on behalf of Winthrop, including by a corporate registrar. The delivery of the executed bonds is valid notwithstanding changes in officers or in the seal occurring after the execution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the bonds, in the discretion of the trustees, may be issued as fully registered noncertificated book-entry securities.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 399, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-410. Disposal of bonds.

The bonds must be disposed of in such manner as the trustees determine, except that no sale, privately negotiated without public advertisement, may be made unless the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is obtained. If the trustees elect to sell the bonds at public sale, at least one advertisement of them must appear in some newspaper of general circulation in this State not less than seven days before the date fixed for the opening of bids. The bonds may be sold at such discount or for such premium as may be determined by the trustees or their designee as being in the best interest of Winthrop.
HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 399, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-510. Purpose.

(A) The General Assembly finds that it is desirable to provide continuing and general statutory authority for Winthrop University to incur debt for the purpose of, among other things, acquiring, constructing, renovating, and equipping certain athletic facilities, which debt is secured by a pledge of the revenues derived from the operation of the athletic department of Winthrop University and by the proceeds of certain related admissions fees and special fees charged to students enrolled at Winthrop University. Winthrop University has demonstrated need for additional funds to provide for acquisition, construction, renovation, and equipping of such facilities. These facilities are needed to replace or renovate aging facilities and to provide additional facilities all to the end that the educational environment at Winthrop University will be enhanced for the benefit of present and future students at Winthrop University.
(B) Consideration has been given to this need and to the methods of funding it. It has been determined to be in the best interests of the people of this State to authorize Winthrop University to acquire, construct, renovate, and equip additional such facilities and to incur indebtedness for these purposes which is payable from the revenues derived from the operation of these facilities and from related fees to the extent and under the conditions provided for in this article.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 356, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-530. Trustees authorized to acquire, construct, renovate and equip athletic facilities; bond management costs.

The trustees are authorized to acquire, construct, and equip additional athletic facilities and to improve, renovate, and equip existing athletic facilities to the extent they shall determine to be necessary, and the proceeds of bonds authorized by this article are made available for that purpose. The trustees also are authorized to refund bonds that may from time to time be outstanding pursuant to this article by exchange or otherwise. A portion of the proceeds of bonds issued for any of the above purposes also may be used to fund, establish, or replenish any bond reserve fund, to pay interest on the bonds as provided in Section 59-125-640(1), or to pay costs of issuance of the bonds or of any credit enhancement for the bonds as may be deemed necessary by the trustees.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 356, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-540. Authorization to borrow funds and issue bonds; amount limitations.

Upon receiving the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, and upon review by the Joint Bond Review Committee, the trustees may from time to time borrow such sums as necessary to accomplish the purpose of this article and to evidence such borrowings by bonds issued pursuant to this article in such aggregate principal amount as they determine, except that other provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, there must not be outstanding at any time bonds issued pursuant to this article in excess of five million dollars.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 356, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-550. Sources of funds to secure bonds; disposition of athletic facilities.

Bonds issued pursuant to this article are payable from the revenues or the net revenues as designated by the trustees, as well as from proceeds of the admissions fee and the special student fee. Bonds issued pursuant to this article may be further secured by such additional pledges of other revenues or fees of Winthrop as Winthrop may be authorized to grant pursuant to other laws of this State. The trustees may abandon the use of any portion of the athletic facilities or sell or dispose of any portion of the athletic facilities upon the receipt of a written recommendation by the chief financial officer of Winthrop to the effect that such action does not adversely affect the ability of Winthrop to discharge its obligations to the holders of bonds issued pursuant to this article and upon such further conditions as prescribed in the resolution of the trustees providing for the issuance of bonds.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 356, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-560. Liability of State and persons signing bonds for payment of principal and interest.

The faith and credit of the State must not be pledged for the payment of the principal and interest of such bonds, and there must be on the face of each bond a statement plainly worded to that effect. Neither the trustees nor any other person signing the bonds is personally liable therefor.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 356, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-570. Resolutions for issuance of bonds; contents and conditions.

In order to avail themselves of the authorizations set forth in this article, the trustees shall from time to time adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of bonds of Winthrop, within the limitations herein mentioned, which resolutions shall prescribe the tenor, terms, and conditions of such bonds. Such bonds must be issued as serial or term bonds, maturing in equal or unequal amounts, at such times and on such occasions as the trustees determine. The last maturing bonds of any issue must be expressed to mature not later than thirty years from their date, and the first maturing bonds of any issue, issued pursuant to this article, shall fall due within three years from their date. The bonds shall bear such rates of interest, payable on such occasion, as the trustees shall prescribe, and the bonds must be in such denominations, must be payable in such medium of payment, and at such place as such resolutions prescribe. All bonds may be issued with a provision permitting their redemption on any interest payment date prior to their respective maturities. Bonds made subject to redemption prior to their stated maturities may contain a provision requiring the payment of a premium for the privilege of exercising the right of redemption, in such amount or amounts as the trustees shall prescribe in the resolutions authorizing their issuance. All bonds that are subject to redemption shall contain a statement to that effect on the face of each bond. The resolutions authorizing their issuance shall contain provisions specifying the manner of call for redemption and the notice of such call that must be given.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 356, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-590. Fiduciaries as authorized investors.

It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and fiduciaries, all sinking fund commissions, the Public Employee Benefit Authority or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as cotrustees of the South Carolina Retirement System, and all other governmental entities within the State to invest any monies in their hands in such bonds.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 356, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-600. Execution of bonds and coupons; change of issuing officers or seal; issuance as fully registered, noncertificated, book-entry securities.

The bonds and the coupons, if any, attached to such bonds, must be executed manually or by facsimile in the name of Winthrop in such manner and by such persons as the trustees shall from time to time determine, and the seal of Winthrop must be affixed to, or impressed, or reproduced on each bond. Any coupons attached to such bonds must be authenticated by the facsimile signature of one or more of the persons signing the bonds. Such bonds may, in the discretion of the trustees, be registerable as to principal and interest on books kept therefor by or on behalf of Winthrop, including by a corporate registrar. The delivery of the bonds so executed are valid notwithstanding changes in officers or in the seal occurring after such execution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the bonds may, in the discretion of the trustees, be issued as fully registered, noncertificated, book-entry securities.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 356, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-610. Disposition of bonds; private sale; discounts or premiums.

The bonds may be disposed of in such manner as the trustees shall determine, except that no privately negotiated sale without public advertisement may be made without the prior approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority. The bonds may be sold at such discount or for such premium as may be determined by the trustees or their designee as being in the best interest of Winthrop.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 356, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-620. Delivery of bond proceeds to State Treasurer; maintenance in special funds; withdrawals; temporary investments.

The proceeds of all bonds must be delivered to the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee and retained in a special fund or funds and applied solely to the purposes for which such bonds have been issued. Withdrawals from the fund must be made on the order or requisition of the university and must be in such form as the State Treasurer shall prescribe. The State Treasurer may make temporary investments of funds derived from the proceeds of bonds in the manner prescribed by law.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 356, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-630. Provisions for adequate payment of principal and interest on bonds.

To the end that provisions be made for the adequate payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds:
(1)(a) The trustees shall maintain in full force and effect any necessary admissions fees or special student fee on a basis and in such amounts as will be sufficient, after taking into account net revenues and any other funds pledged to the payment of the bonds as provided under Section 59-125-640(4), to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds as the same mature and to provide the required reserve therefor in any bond reserve fund. It is the duty of Winthrop to calculate the debt service requirements of the bonds not less frequently than annually and, if required at such time, appropriate revisions of any admissions fees or special student fee must be made by the trustees if such revisions are required, after taking into account net revenues for the year, to make adequate provisions for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and the maintenance of any required reserve in a bond reserve fund.
(b) The admissions fees and the special student fee, if any, must bear such nomenclature as the trustees shall prescribe. The special student fee may, in the discretion of the trustees, be included as a part of any other fee. The trustees shall account for the receipt from any admissions fees and special student fee to the State Treasurer, for deposit by the State Treasurer in the debt service fund.
(2) The trustees shall cause to be established with the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee on or before the occasion of the delivery of any bonds pursuant to this article, a debt service fund into which must be deposited annually sufficient funds as provided in this article to meet the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds for such year.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 356, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 125 - Winthrop University › Section 59-125-650. Duration of authorizations granted by article; time limit for issuance of bonds.

The authorizations granted by this article must remain of full force and effect until they are rescinded by subsequent enactment, and no time limit is set for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article.
HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 356, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-10. Establishment of South Carolina State University.

There shall be established within this State a normal, industrial, agricultural and mechanical college for the higher education of the youth of the State, and such college shall be known as South Carolina State University.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-551; 1952 Code Section 22-551; 1942 Code Section 5800; 1932 Code Section 5800; Civ. C. '22 Section 2819; Civ. C. '12 Section 1879; Civ. C. '02 Section 1293; 1896 (22) 174; 1954 (48) 1722; 1972 (57) 2494.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-15. South Carolina State College changed to South Carolina State University.

South Carolina State College is changed to South Carolina State University, effective July 1, 1992, and wherever in the 1976 Code or in any other provision of law the name South Carolina State College appears, it must be construed to mean South Carolina State University.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 272, Section 3.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-30. Quorum at board meetings.

A majority of the board of trustees shall be necessary for the transaction of any business.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-553; 1952 Code Section 22-553; 1942 Code Section 5804; 1932 Code Section 5804; Civ. C. '22 Section 2823; Civ. C. '12 Section 1883; Civ. C. '02 Section 1297; 1896 (22) 174.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-40. Management and control of Claflin College.

The board of trustees of South Carolina State University may take charge of, manage and control all of the real and personal property belonging to Claflin College, in whosesoever hands or custody the same may be now or hereafter found, and shall hold the same in trust for the benefit and uses of South Carolina State University.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-554; 1952 Code Section 22-554; 1942 Code Section 5801; 1932 Code Section 5801; Civ. C. '22 Section 2820; Civ. C. '12 Section 1880; Civ. C. '02 Section 1294; 1896 (22) 174; 1954 (48) 1722.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-50. College separate from Claflin University and other institutions under religious control.

South Carolina State University shall forever be, and remain, free and separate from Claflin University and all other colleges, schools or other institutions which are wholly or in part under the direction or control of any church or religious or sectarian denomination or society.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-554.1; 1952 Code Section 22-554.1; 1942 Code Section 5802; 1932 Code Section 5802; Civ. C. '22 Section 2821; Civ. C. '12 Section 1881; Civ. C. '02 Section 1295; 1896 (22) 174; 1909 (26) 213; 1954 (48) 1722.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-60. General powers of board.

In the management of affairs of said college whenever it is found necessary to protect or to promote the interests of the State or whenever the trustees deem it right and proper or expedient for any reason the trustees may sell, purchase or exchange real estate. And the trustees shall fix the time and duration of all vacations to be given the students of the institution. South Carolina State University shall have all the rights and privileges possessed prior to March 3, 1896 by Claflin College.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-555; 1952 Code Section 22-555; 1942 Code Section 5802; 1932 Code Section 5802; Civ. C. '22 Section 2821; Civ. C. '12 Section 1881; Civ. C. '02 Section 1295; 1896 (22) 174; 1909 (26) 213; 1954 (48) 1722.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-70. Buildings; courses of study; appliances; staff.

The board of trustees of South Carolina State University may provide all necessary suitable buildings upon a proper site for the purpose, establish a course of study covering the normal, industrial, agricultural and mechanical sciences, provide the necessary appliances for proper instruction in the same and select a proper corps of professors and instructors and fix their salaries.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-556; 1952 Code Section 22-556; 1942 Code Section 5803; 1932 Code Section 5803; Civ. C. '22 Section 2822; Civ. C. '12 Section 1822; Civ. C. '02 Section 1296; 1896 (22) 174; 1954 (48) 1722; 1972 (57) 2494.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-75. Felton-Laboratory School at South Carolina State University; funds received; calculation.

Of the funds distributed pursuant to the higher education formula of the Commission on Higher Education, the Felton-Laboratory School at South Carolina State University shall receive each year one hundred percent of the funds it would have received for that year under the Education Finance Act, under the Education Improvement Act, and under aid to school districts-fringe benefits, as if it were a special school district. The calculation of the amount of funds which the Felton-Laboratory School is entitled to receive each year shall be made by the Department of Education.
HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, Section 111.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-80. One half of land scrip fund vested in board.

One half of the fund known as the land scrip fund, to wit: Ninety-five thousand and nine hundred dollars, shall be for the benefit of the South Carolina State University and shall be a perpetual fund, which shall forever remain undiminished, and the board of trustees is authorized to use the income thereon, to wit: Six per cent per annum, payable semiannually, from July 1, 1889 for the use and maintenance of such college.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-557; 1952 Code Section 22-557; 1942 Code Section 5805; 1932 Code Section 5805; Civ. C. '22 Section 2824; Civ. C. '12 Section 1884; Civ. C. '02 Section 1298; 1889 (20) 299; 1868 (14) 169; 1879 (17) 86; 1896 (22) 173; 1954 (48) 1722; Const. Art. 11, Section 8.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-85. Board authority to enter ground lease agreements.

The Board of Trustees of South Carolina State University with the approval of the Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, may enter into one or more ground lease agreements with a private entity whereby the private entity will provide all services necessary for the creation and operation of an on-campus student housing facility including, but not limited to, financing, designing, construction, managing, operating, maintaining, and related services. Upon expiration of the ground lease agreement term, the private entity shall surrender unto South Carolina State University, such premises with the existing buildings, other structures and improvements constructed and located thereon and therein, in the same condition as when the construction of the buildings, other structures, and improvements were completed, only natural and normal wear and tear excepted. The Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, must first approve all ground lease agreement terms and conditions including the consideration involved, and the full faith and credit of the State toward the lease obligations must not be pledged, and any statement to the contrary is deemed null and void as a matter of public policy. The private entity may be a nonprofit organization. The Department of Administration or State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as appropriate, approval required shall be in lieu of or a substitute for any other approval required by any other provision of law or regulation in connection with the undertaking of the private entity and South Carolina State University; however, the private entity and South Carolina State University shall adhere to fire, life, and safety codes as required by the Office of the State Engineer.
Neither this section, nor the approval required by this section, exempts any transaction or entity from complying with Chapter 35 of Title 11.
HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 63, Section 1; 2008 Act No. 275, Section 5, eff June 5, 2008.
Effect of Amendment
The 2008 amendment added the undesignated paragraph at the end relating to compliance with the Procurement Code.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-310. Definitions.

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, as used in this article:
(1) "Admission fee" means the special fee or charge, in addition to other charges, imposed upon each person admitted to a "home" football game, except a freshman or intramural game, in Dawson Football Stadium at South Carolina State University or at any other location where a "home" game is played by the South Carolina State University varsity football team, excluding students admitted as a result of student fees paid to the institution for a regular session.
(2) "Bonds" means the Stadium Improvement Revenue Bonds of South Carolina State University authorized by this article.
(3) "University" means South Carolina State University, located at Orangeburg, South Carolina.
(4) "Dawson Football Stadium" means the football stadium of South Carolina State University located at Orangeburg, South Carolina.
(5) "Debt Service Fund" means the fund established by this article for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds.
(6) "Improvements" means the enlargement and improvements to Dawson Football Stadium, including necessary equipment.
(7) "Special student fee" means the fee authorized by this article to be established by the university to provide funds to assist in the repayment of bonds authorized under this article and imposed upon each person in attendance at any regular session, excluding summer sessions, of the university, who is enrolled in a sufficient number of classes or courses for which credit is given toward any degree offered by the university to be classified as a regular full-time student for the purpose of assessing other student fees.
(8) "Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
(9) "Trustees" means the Board of Trustees of South Carolina State University.
(10) "Net athletic revenues" means the entire revenues derived by the athletic department of the University for any fiscal year after payment of the operating and maintenance expenses of the department but before provision is made for depreciation, amortization, nonmandatory transfers, and interest expenses of the department for the fiscal year.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 514, Section 2; 1997 Act No. 103, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-320. Authority of trustees to construct, operate, and maintain improvements; limited authority to issue bonds; university authorized to apply other funds to stadium improvements.

(A) The right of the trustees to construct the improvements and then to operate and maintain them is affirmed.
(B) Subject to obtaining the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or Department of Administration, as appropriate, expressed by resolution duly adopted, the trustees are authorized to issue not more than twenty million dollars of bonds for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, renovating, or equipping athletic facilities and for the purpose of refunding any previous series of bonds authorized by this section. Bonds issued pursuant to this section are payable from the admission fee, the special student fee, and net athletic revenues.
(C) It is not intended by this article to limit the university in the construction of the improvements to the sums provided in this article, and if the university obtains funds from other sources for the purposes of enlarging and improving the football stadium, then it is empowered to apply the funds to the improvements as now contemplated or to provide further improvements for the football stadium.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 514, Sections 3, 4 and 19; 1997 Act No. 103, Section 2.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-330. Full faith and credit of State not pledged; no personal liability for executing bonds.

The faith and credit of the State of South Carolina must not be pledged for the payment of the principal and interest on the bonds and there must be on the face of each bond a statement plainly worded to that effect. Neither the trustees nor any other persons executing the bonds are personally liable for them.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 514, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 127 - South Carolina State University › Section 59-127-340. Trustees to adopt resolutions for issuance of bonds; single issue or separate issues authorized.

In order to utilize the authorizations of this article, the trustees, on behalf of the university, shall adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of the bonds within the limitations mentioned, and by that resolution shall prescribe the tenor, terms, and conditions of the bonds and the obligations of the university incurred in connection with their issuance. The bonds may be issued as a single issue or as several separate issues. In the event that the bonds are issued as two or more issues, then all bonds must be on a parity in all respects inter se and are equally and ratably entitled to payment from the sources provided in this article.
HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 514, Section 6.