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2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 116 - Campus Security Department › Section 59-116-50. Ranks and grades of campus police; promotion policy.

The public safety director or other appropriate official, with the approval of the governing board of the institution concerned, shall establish within the security department a system of ranks and grades and a promotion policy to insure efficient operation of the department and the establishment of responsibility in it.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 131, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 116 - Campus Security Department › Section 59-116-60. Campus police vehicles and radio systems.

(A) Vehicles used for police purposes by a safety and security department are considered emergency vehicles and must be equipped with red or blue lights or combination of them and sirens and operated in conformance with the requirements of Chapter 5 of Title 56.
(B) Safety and security departments may install, maintain, and operate radio systems on radio frequencies under licenses issued by the Federal Communications Commission, or its successor.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 131, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 116 - Campus Security Department › Section 59-116-70. Bond and reporting requirements of campus police officers.

Campus police officers shall post, before the assumption of their duties, bond in the amount of two thousand dollars in the manner provided in Section 23-1-70 but are exempt from the reporting requirements of Section 23-1-80 so long as they are employed by the safety and security department.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 131, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 116 - Campus Security Department › Section 59-116-80. Impersonation of campus police officer prohibited; penalties.

(A) It is unlawful for a person to falsely represent himself to be a campus police officer, agent, or employee of a safety and security department of a college or university, or arrest, detain, search, or question in any manner the person or property of a person, nor may a person without the authority of the governing board of the institution wear its official uniform, insignia, badge, or identification of the department.
(B) A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than ninety days, or both.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 131, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 116 - Campus Security Department › Section 59-116-110. Training of campus police officers.

All persons to be employed as campus police officers may attend and be trained at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy in the manner provided for other law enforcement officers in the State or at another designated location and by training officers as prescribed by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Training Council. Expenses of the training must be paid by the institution by which that person is to be employed. A representative of the institution shall certify to the academy that the person concerned is to be employed and request the academy to admit him for training.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 131, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 116 - Campus Security Department › Section 59-116-120. Construction and application of chapter.

The provisions of this chapter may not be construed to prevent colleges and universities from employing or continuing to employ guards, gatekeepers, and other security personnel, and the chapter applies only to those security officers who are granted the additional law enforcement authority including the power to arrest provided for officers who fulfill the requirements and meet the standards prescribed in this chapter.
HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 131, Section 1.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-10. Composition of board of trustees of the University of South Carolina.

The board of trustees of the University of South Carolina shall be composed of the Governor of the State (or his designee), the State Superintendent of Education, and the President of the Greater University of South Carolina Alumni Association, which three shall be members ex officio of the board; and seventeen other members including one member from each of the sixteen judicial circuits to be elected by the general vote of the General Assembly as hereinafter provided, and one at-large member 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 22-101; 1952 Code Section 22-101; 1942 Code Section 5713; 1932 Code Section 5713; Civ. C. '22 Section 217; Civ. C. '12 Section 1846; Civ. C. '02 Section 1260; 1899 (23) 105; 1900 (23) 358; 1935 (39) 380; 1953 (48) 368; 1983 Act No. 130, Section 4; 1983 Act No. 132, Section 3; 1991 Act No. 248, Section 6.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-20. Terms of members of board.

The regular term of office of each trustee elected by the General Assembly is four years; however, the trustee shall continue to function as a trustee after his term has expired until his successor is elected and qualifies. Trustees from the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth judicial circuits whose terms expire March 31, 1982, must next be elected for terms commencing on April 1, 1982, and those terms expire on June 30, 1986. Trustees from the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth judicial circuits elected for terms to commence April 1, 1984, shall have their terms extended to June 30, 1988, and must next be elected for terms commencing on July 1, 1988. Thereafter, the General Assembly shall hold elections every two years for the purpose of selecting successors of those trustees whose terms are then expiring. The term of office of an elective trustee commences on the first day of July of the year in which the trustee under this plan is scheduled to be elected and the term continues until the thirtieth day of June of the year in which the term is scheduled to expire. After its 1984 session, the General Assembly shall elect successors to those elective trustees whose terms are expiring not earlier than the first day of April of the year the term expires. In electing members of the board, the General Assembly shall elect members based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina.
The term of office of the at-large trustee appointed by the Governor is effective upon certification to the Secretary of State and is four years. If the Governor, chooses to designate a member to serve in his stead as permitted by Section 59-117-10, the appointment is effective upon certification to the Secretary of State and shall continue, at the pleasure of the Governor making the appointment, so long as he continues to hold the specified office.
The term of the President of the Greater University of South Carolina Alumni Association is for the active term of office as president.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-102; 1952 Code Section 22-102; 1942 Code Section 5713; 1932 Code Section 5713; Civ. C. '22 Section 217; Civ. C. '12 Section 1846; Civ. C. '02 Section 1260; 1899 (23) 105; 1900 (23) 358; 1935 (39) 380; 1953 (48) 368; 1983 Act No. 130, Section 5; 1983 Act No. 132, Section 4; 1984 Act No. 354, Section 3; 1991 Act No. 248, Section 6.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-30. Vacancies; compensation.

In case a vacancy should occur in the board among the members elected by the General Assembly, the Governor may fill it by appointment until the next session of the General Assembly. Any vacancy occurring in the office of the member appointed by the Governor shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by appointment in the same manner of original appointment. Each member of the board shall draw such per diem and expenses as from time to time may be allowed boards, commissions, and committees.
Elections to fill vacancies which are caused by the death, resignation, or removal of an elective trustee may be held earlier than the first day of April of the year in which the unexpired term terminates, but the term of the person elected to fill the vacancy expires on the last day of June of the year in which the term of the former member would have expired.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-103; 1952 Code Section 22-103; 1942 Code Section 5713; 1932 Code Section 5713; Civ. C. '22 Section 217; Civ. C. '12 Section 1846; Civ. C. '02 Section 1260; 1899 (23) 105; 1900 (23) 358; 1935 (39) 380; 1953 (48) 368; 1978 Act No. 532, Section 1; 1983 Act No. 130, Section 6; 1983 Act No. 132, Section 5; 1984 Act No. 354, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-50. Meetings of board; quorum.

The board of trustees shall meet not less frequently than quarterly, the time and place of each such regular meeting to be fixed by the chairman of the board or otherwise as the board of trustees shall provide. If the Governor chooses to serve as an ex officio member of the board, he shall preside at all regular and special meetings of the board of trustees in which he is in attendance. At those meetings at which the Governor is not in attendance the chairman of the board of trustees shall preside and in his absence such member shall preside as the board may select. The Governor of the State (if serving as an ex officio member of the board), the chairman of the board of trustees, and the president of the University shall each have the power to call a special meeting of the board of trustees and fix the time and place thereof. Any five members of the board shall likewise have this power. A majority of the members of the board of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business of the board but not less than a majority vote of the whole board shall be required for the election or removal of a president. It shall be the duty of the president and other officers as well as members of the faculty to attend meetings of the board of trustees when requested to so.
Notice of the time and place of all meetings, both regular and special meetings, of the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina shall be mailed by the secretary or his assistant to each trustee not less than five days before each meeting thereof.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-105; 1952 Code Section 22-105; 1942 Code Section 5716; 1932 Code Section 5716; Civ. C. '22 Section 2779; Civ. C. '12 Section 1848; Civ. C. '02 Section 1262; R. S. 1098; 1899 (23) 105; 1900 (23) 358; 1903 (24) 66; 1953 (48) 368; 1983 Act No. 130, Section 7.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-60. Property and rights vested in University.

All property, real and personal, and rights of every description which have heretofore been vested in the South Carolina College and the University of South Carolina and the trustees of the University of South Carolina are vested in the "University of South Carolina."
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-106; 1952 Code Section 22-107; 1942 Code Section 5718; 1932 Code Section 5718; Civ. C. '22 Section 2781; Civ. C. '12 Section 1850; Civ. C. '02 Section 1264; R. S. 1100; 1899 (23) 105; 1900 (23) 358; 1953 (48) 368.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-65. Authority to enter ground lease agreements.

The Board of Trustees of the University of South Carolina 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 at the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg 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 the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg, 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 the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg; however, the private entity and the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg 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 5; 2008 Act No. 275, Section 3, 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 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-70. Right of condemnation by board.

The trustees of the University of South Carolina may, in their discretion, make use of the provisions of the Eminent Domain Procedure Act (Chapter 2 of Title 28) to acquire land for which funds are provided by the General Assembly.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-107; 1952 Code Section 22-108; 1942 Code Section 5714; 1932 Code Section 5714; 1926 (34) 980; 1953 (48) 368, 504; 1987 Act No. 173, Section 53.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-80. Board authorized to lease or sell real property donated during fund campaign.

After obtaining the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate, the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina is authorized to lease or to sell and convey from time to time any real property which may have been or may hereafter be donated to the University in the course of its current greater university fund campaign, or any similar campaign which may be conducted at any future time, for such consideration and upon such terms and at such times and in such manner as shall be set forth in the resolution of approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate. The proceeds of any such lease or sale shall be applied to the original purpose of the donation of the property leased or sold.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-107.1; 1962 (52) 2237.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-85. Faculty participation in school's practice plan; handling of generated funds.

Employees of agencies and institutions affiliated with the University of South Carolina School of Medicine who hold faculty appointments in the school may participate in the school's practice plan. Funds generated by such participants shall be handled in accordance with university policies governing practice plan funds.
HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 7A.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-90. Closing of streets bordered by University property.

The University of South Carolina is authorized to close any public road or street which is bordered on two sides by property now owned by the University or hereafter acquired by it. Provided, that no road or street shall be closed which is situated within the corporate limits of the city of Columbia without concurrence of the governing body of the city. Provided, further, that no section of the state highway system shall be closed without concurrence of the Department of Transportation.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-107.2; 1964 (53) 2196; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1579.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-100. President shall not be atheist or infidel.

The board of trustees shall take care that the president of the University shall not be an atheist or infidel.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-108; 1952 Code Section 22-113; 1942 Code Section 5722; 1932 Code Section 5722; Civ. C. '22 Section 2785; Civ. C. '12 Section 1854; Civ. C. '02 Section 1268; R. S. 1105; 1899 (23) 105; 1900 (23) 358; 1953 (48) 368.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-210. Purpose; authorization.

(A) The General Assembly finds that it is desirable to provide continuing and general statutory authority for the University of South Carolina 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. The University of South Carolina 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 the University of South Carolina will be enhanced for the benefit of present and potential students at the University of South Carolina.
(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 the 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: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-220. Definitions.

As used in this article:
(1) "Bond" or "bonds" means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article.
(2) "University" means the University of South Carolina.
(3) "Facilities" means any or all of the following facilities operated to provide for the students, faculty, or staff at the University: dining or food service facilities; laundry facilities; canteen facilities; vending machines; convenience stores; any other facilities for the sale of sundry items; health services; book stores; parking lots and vehicle registration; and all furniture, furnishings and equipment in them, which are now owned by the University, or which may be acquired by the University for any of these purposes.
(4) "Revenues" of any facilities means the entire receipts of the University from the operation of the facilities. 'Net revenues' means these receipts reduced by the necessary expenses for operation and maintenance of the facilities.
(5) "State Fiscal Accountability Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
(6) "Trustees" means the Board of Trustees of the University or any successor body.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-230. Trustees authorization; acquisition of facilities; bond refunds.

The trustees are authorized to acquire additional facilities and to improve and renovate existing facilities to the extent they determine to be necessary, and the proceeds of bonds authorized by this article are made available for that purpose. The trustees also are authorized to refund bonds that may from time to time be outstanding pursuant to this article by exchange or otherwise.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-240. Issuance of bonds; limit.

Upon receiving the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority or the Department of Administration, as appropriate, and upon review by the Joint Bond Review Committee, the trustees may from time to time borrow such sums as may be necessary to accomplish the purpose of this article and to evidence these borrowings by bonds issued pursuant to this article in such aggregate principal amount as they determine, except that other provisions of this article to the contrary notwithstanding, there may not be outstanding at any time bonds issued pursuant to this article in excess of twenty-five million dollars.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-250. Funding of bonds; security, generally.

Bonds issued pursuant to this article must be payable from the revenues or the net revenues derived by the University from these facilities as designated by the trustees with respect to the bonds. The trustees may abandon the use of any portion of the facilities or sell or dispose of any portion of the facilities upon receipt of a written recommendation by the chief financial officer of the University to the effect that the action will not adversely affect the ability of the University to discharge its obligations to the holders of bonds issued pursuant to this article and upon the further conditions as prescribed in the resolution of the trustees providing for the issuance of bonds. The bonds issued pursuant to this article may be further secured by the additional pledges of other revenues or fees of the University as it may be authorized to grant pursuant to other laws of this State.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-260. Bonds not guaranteed by State; trustees not personally liable.

The faith and credit of the State may not be pledged for the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds, and there must be on the face of each bond a statement plainly worded to that effect. Neither the trustees nor any other person signing the bonds is personally liable for them.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-270. Bond specifications; issuing resolutions.

In order to avail themselves of the authorizations set forth in this article, the trustees shall adopt resolutions providing for the issuance of bonds of the University, within the limitations mentioned in this article which must prescribe the tenor, terms, and conditions of the bonds. The bonds must be issued as serial or term bonds, maturing in equal or unequal amounts, at such times and on such occasions as the trustees determine. The last maturing bonds of any issue must be expressed to mature not later than fifty years from their date, and the first maturing bonds of any issue, issued pursuant to this article, falls due within five years from their date. They must bear such rates of interest, payable on such occasion, as the trustees prescribe, and the bonds must be in such denominations, payable in such medium of payment, and at such place as such resolutions prescribe. All bonds may be issued with a provision permitting their redemption on any interest payment date before their respective maturities. Bonds made subject to redemption before their stated maturities may contain a provision requiring the payment of a premium for the privilege of exercising the right of redemption, in such amount or amounts as the trustees prescribe in the resolutions authorizing their issuance. All bonds that are subject to redemption must contain a statement to that effect on the face of each bond. The resolutions authorizing their issuance must contain provisions specifying the manner of call and the notice of call that must be given.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-290. Who may invest in bonds.

It is lawful for all executors, administrators, guardians, and fiduciaries, all sinking fund commissions, the Public Employee Benefit Authority and the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, as cotrustees of the South Carolina Retirement System, and all other governmental entities within this State to invest any monies in their hands in the bonds.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-300. Execution of bonds and coupons; registration as to principal and interest.

The bonds and coupons, if any, attached to the bonds, are executed manually or by facsimile in the name of the University in the manner and by persons as the trustees from time to time determine, and the seal of the University must be affixed to or impressed or reproduced on each bond. Any coupons attached to the bonds must be authenticated by the facsimile signature of one or more of the persons signing the bonds. The bonds, in the discretion of the trustees, may be registerable as to principal and interest on books kept for them by or on behalf of the University, including by a corporate registrar. The delivery of the executed bonds is valid notwithstanding changes in officers or in the seal occurring after the execution. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the bonds, in the discretion of the trustees, may be issued as fully registered noncertificated book-entry securities.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 117 - University Of South Carolina › Section 59-117-310. Sale; advertisement; discounts.

The bonds must be disposed of in such manner as the trustees determine, except that no sale, privately negotiated without public advertisement, may be made unless the approval of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority is obtained. If the trustees elect to sell the bonds at public sale, at least one advertisement of them must appear in some newspaper of general circulation in this State not less than seven days before the date fixed for the opening of bids. The bonds may be sold at such discount or for such premium as may be determined by the trustees or their designee as being in the best interest of the University.
HISTORY: 1990 Act No. 502, Section 4.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act › Section 59-118-20. Purpose.

The purposes of this chapter are to:
(1) further the state's efforts to meet its responsibility for the intellectual development of our youth;
(2) enhance statewide economic development through initiatives in higher education; to provide incentives to individuals, corporations, or private funding organizations to create endowments to support the teaching and related activities at South Carolina's public colleges and universities;
(3) supplement the financial impacts of newly created endowments that support these colleges and universities.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act › Section 59-118-30. Definitions.

For purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Qualifying college or university" means a state-supported, post-secondary two-year or four-year educational institution including college or university regional campuses offering undergraduate, master, or doctoral programs, a technical college under the jurisdiction of the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education, and a regional campus of the University of South Carolina.
(2) "Endowments" mean permanent gifts or donations to the qualifying college or university or its principal foundation including cash, income producing securities, an income producing business, real property, personal property, fixed assets, mortgage notes, and life income gifts or bequests. Research grants and funds received by the institution in the performance of a contractual obligation are not an endowment for purposes of this chapter.
(3) "Principal foundation" means a foundation designated by the Board of Trustees of the qualifying college or university and registered with the South Carolina Secretary of State.
(4) "Year" means a state fiscal year beginning on the first day of July and ending the following June thirtieth.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A; 1998 Act No. 419, Part II, Section 59A; 2000 Act No. 289, Section 4; 2000 Act No. 387, Part II, Section 15.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act › Section 59-118-40. Matching state gifts on qualified disbursements.

Each qualifying college or university will provide donors with an incentive in the form of matching state gifts on disbursements from earnings on certain endowments, donations, or gifts if these monies are used for the purposes specified in Section 59-118-50.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act › Section 59-118-50. Use of disbursements.

Disbursements from the earnings must be used to provide funds for academic purposes, to include academic scholarships, and are then eligible to receive state matching funds.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act › Section 59-118-60. South Carolina Higher Education Matching Gift Fund.

There is created the South Carolina Higher Education Matching Gift Fund which shall be separate and distinct from the state general fund and shall be administered by the Commission on Higher Education with the funds appropriated by the General Assembly in the general appropriations act of 1997-98. The General Assembly in the annual general appropriations act shall appropriate monies into this matching gift, fund not to exceed five million dollars annually, to be used for the purpose of providing matching state funds to qualifying colleges and universities for purposes stipulated by this chapter. The combined annual total of the match funds appropriated to the University of South Carolina Columbia, Clemson University, and the Medical University of South Carolina cannot exceed sixty percent of the annual appropriation. The disbursement match cannot exceed the amount provided by the South Carolina Higher Education Matching Gift Fund. The State Treasurer shall manage and invest the monies in the Higher Education Matching Gift Fund in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions as other state funds under his control are managed and invested, and disbursements to particular colleges or universities shall be made on warrant and under the direction of the Commission on Higher Education pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act › Section 59-118-70. Provision of matching funds.

The State of South Carolina, acting through the Commission on Higher Education, shall provide funds to match funds from the qualifying college, university, or principal foundation, to the extent of available funds, from the South Carolina Higher Education Matching Gift Fund established in Section 59-118-60.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act › Section 59-118-80. Conditions on matching gifts.

The state matching gifts authorized in Section 59-118-70 are subject to the following conditions:
(1) qualifying disbursements to which the state matching gift is applied must come from the earnings of the endowment and not from principal or corpus;
(2) the state matching funds must go directly into the college's or university's operating account to be spent only for the purposes authorized;
(3) the college or university must make application to receive state matching funds on forms and under procedures prescribed by the Commission on Higher Education.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 118 - South Carolina Academic Endowment Incentive Act › Section 59-118-100. Proportionate shares; undistributed funds.

The Commission on Higher Education shall ensure that each qualifying college or university receives its proportionate share of the State Higher Education Matching Gift Fund based on the ratio of disbursements. Any monies in the State Higher Education Matching Gift Fund not distributed in any year shall be carried forward for the same purposes in future years and all earnings on monies in the State Higher Education Matching Gift Fund must be retained in the fund and used for its stated purposes.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 155, Part II, Section 21A.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 119 - Clemson University › Section 59-119-10. Acceptance of the Clemson devise and bequest.

The honorable Thomas G. Clemson having departed this life on April 6, 1888, leaving of force his last will and testament which was duly admitted to probate on April 20, 1888 in the office of the judge of probate for the county of Oconee, in this State, wherein he devised and bequeathed to his executor, Richard W. Simpson of Pendleton, South Carolina, a tract of land situate on Seneca River in the said Oconee County, containing eight hundred and fourteen acres, more or less, known as the Fort Hill plantation, as well as all his other property, both real and personal, except certain legacies in said will mentioned and provided for, all in trust to convey to the State when the State should accept the same for the purpose of establishing and maintaining an agricultural and mechanical college upon said Fort Hill plantation upon the terms and conditions of said will, the State has heretofore expressly declared that it accepted the devise and bequest of Thomas G. Clemson subject to the terms and conditions set forth in said last will and testament and the State Treasurer has received and may securely hold such property, both real and personal.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-201; 1952 Code Section 22-201; 1942 Code Section 5830; 1932 Code Section 5730; Civ. C. '22 Section 2826; Civ. C. '12 Section 1886; Civ. C. '02 Section 1300; R. S. 1118; 1889 (20) 277.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 119 - Clemson University › Section 59-119-20. Clemson Agricultural College established; location and studies.

The deed and transfer of such property to the State having been duly executed and made by the executor, in accordance with the provisions of the will, an agricultural and mechanical college has been established in connection with the aforesaid devise and bequest, styled The Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina and situated at Fort Hill, in Oconee County, on the plantation so devised. In the college shall be taught all branches of study pertaining to practical and scientific agricultural and other industries connected therewith and such other studies as are not inconsistent with the terms of such will.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-202; 1952 Code Section 22-202; 1942 Code Section 5731; 1932 Code Section 5731; Civ. C. '22 Section 2827; Civ. C. '12 Section 1887; Civ. C. '02 Section 1301; R. S. 1119; 1889 (20) 278.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 119 - Clemson University › Section 59-119-40. Board of trustees; nominations; elections; terms.

The university shall be under the management and control of a board of thirteen trustees, composed of the seven members nominated by the will and their successors and six members to be elected by the General Assembly in joint assembly. Three of the original trustees having been elected for a term of two years and three for a term of four years from the commencement of their terms and until their successors were elected, thereafter the General Assembly has and hereafter it shall every two years elect in joint assembly three trustees for such university who shall serve for a term of four years and until their successors shall be elected and shall qualify. In electing members of the board, the General Assembly shall elect members based on merit regardless of race, color, creed, or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina.
The terms of the present members of the board who are elected by the General Assembly expire on the thirtieth day of June of the year in which the terms are scheduled to expire. Beginning with its 1984 session, the General Assembly shall elect successors to the elective trustees not earlier than the first day of April for a term to begin the following July first. Elections to fill vacancies on the board which are caused by the death, resignation, or removal of an elective trustee may be held earlier than the first day of April of the year in which the unexpired term terminates, but the term of the person elected to fill the vacancy expires on the last day of June of the year in which the term of the former member would have expired.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-203; 1952 Code Section 22-203; 1942 Code Section 5732; 1932 Code Section 5732; Civ. C. '22 Section 2828; Civ. C. '12 Section 1888; Civ. C. '02 Section 1302; R. S. 1120; 1889 (20) 277; 1897 (22) 470; 1898 (22) 763; 1912 (27) 558; 1983 Act No. 130, Section 15; 1983 Act No. 132, Section 6; 1984 Act No. 354, Section 5.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 119 - Clemson University › Section 59-119-50. General powers and duties of board.

The board of trustees shall elect one of their number to be president and elect a secretary and fix his salary. It shall prescribe the course of study, declare the professorships, elect the professors and define their duties and fix their salaries and make all rules and regulations for the government of the university. It may employ such superintendent, head workman and laborers for the farm, shops and grounds as may be necessary and fix their compensation.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-204; 1952 Code Section 22-204; 1942 Code Section 5732; 1932 Code Section 5732; Civ. C. '22 Section 2828; Civ. C. '12 Section 1888; Civ. C. '02 Section 1302; R. S. 1120; 1889 (20) 277; 1897 (22) 470; 1898 (22) 763; 1912 (27) 558.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 119 - Clemson University › Section 59-119-60. Board declared a body politic and corporate; corporate powers; property; investment of funds.

The board of trustees is hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of Clemson University. It shall have a corporate seal, which it may change at its discretion, and in its corporate name it may contract for, purchase and hold property, for the purposes of Sections 59-119-10 to 59-119-70 and may take any property or money given or conveyed by deed, devise or bequest to said university and hold the same for its use and benefit; provided, however, that the conditions of such gifts or conveyances shall in no case be inconsistent with the purposes of Sections 59-119-10 to 59-119-70 and that the board shall not by the acceptance thereof incur any obligation on the part of the State. It shall securely invest all funds and keep all property which may come into its possession and may sell any of the personal property not subject to the trust and reinvest the same in such way as it deems best for the interest of said university. It may sue and be sued and plead and be impleaded in its corporate name and may do all things necessary to carry out the provisions of Sections 59-119-10 to 59-119-70 and may make bylaws for this purpose if it deems it necessary.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-205; 1952 Code Section 22-205; 1942 Code Section 5733; 1932 Code Section 5733; Civ. C. '22 Section 2829; Civ. C. '12 Section 1889; Civ. C. '02 Section 1303; R. S. 1121; 1889 (20) 279; 1939 (41) 77.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 119 - Clemson University › Section 59-119-70. Sale of real estate.

The board of trustees of Clemson University may sell and make title to, upon such terms and conditions as it deems advisable, any real estate held by it as such; provided, however,
(1) That such power and authority shall not extend to any part of the real property included in the bequest of Thomas G. Clemson; and
(2) That the authority and power herein bestowed upon said board of trustees shall not be exercised unless two thirds of the members of the board shall have agreed thereto.
Any conveyance made under this authority shall be made in accordance with the bylaws adopted by said board of trustees.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-206; 1952 Code Section 22-206; 1942 Code Section 5733; 1932 Code Section 5733; Civ. C. '22 Section 2829; Civ. C. '12 Section 1889; Civ. C. '02 Section 1303; R. S. 1121; 1889 (20) 279; 1939 (41) 77.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 119 - Clemson University › Section 59-119-80. Expenditure of moneys and use of property generally.

It shall require a two-thirds vote of the board of trustees to authorize the expenditure of any monies appropriated to the university by the State or to authorize the sale, transfer or reinvestment of any property or monies arising from the sale of any property under the provisions of this chapter. All such actions shall be exercised in a manner consistent with the provisions of Chapter 35 of Title 11 of the 1976 Code.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-208; 1952 Code Section 22-208; 1942 Code Section 5734; 1932 Code Section 5734; Civ. C. '22 Section 2830; Civ. C. '12 Section 1890; Civ. C. '02 Section 1304; R. S. 1122; 1889 (20) 279; 1981 Act No. 148, Section 13.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 119 - Clemson University › Section 59-119-90. Investment of certain moneys from Clemson bequest in State stock.

The State Treasurer having by due authority of law invested certain funds which were turned over to him as a part of the Clemson bequest in Brown consols of this State and having been issued a certificate of State stock in a sum equal to the value of such Brown consols, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable semiannually, to the board of trustees of Clemson University, the same shall be held as a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall forever remain undiminished and the interest on which shall be used by such board of trustees for the uses of the university.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-209; 1952 Code Section 22-209; 1942 Code Section 5737; 1932 Code Section 5737; Civ. C. '22 Section 2833; Civ. C. '12 Section 1893; Civ. C. '02 Section 1307; R. S. 1125; 1891 (20) 1054.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 119 - Clemson University › Section 59-119-100. Investment of Clemson bequest generally and payment of interest to board.

The State Treasurer shall securely invest and reinvest the funds in his hands derived from the Clemson bequest in such manner as shall be directed by the Governor, the Comptroller General and the State Treasurer or any two of them. He may collect the interest annually upon all investments made of funds of the Clemson bequest and pay the same over to the treasurer of the board of trustees of Clemson University. He shall, under the direction of the Governor, the Comptroller General and the State Treasurer or any two of them, enforce the collection of the principal and interest due on any investment made of such Clemson bequest.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-210; 1952 Code Section 22-210; 1942 Code Section 5736; 1932 Code Section 5736; Civ. C. '22 Section 2832; Civ. C. '12 Section 1892; Civ. C. '02 Section 1306; R. S. 1124; 1890 (20) 662.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 119 - Clemson University › Section 59-119-110. One-half land scrip fund vested in board; application of income.

One half of the land scrip fund once vested in the board of trustees of the University of South Carolina having by due authority of law been vested in the six members of the board of trustees of Clemson University elected by the General Assembly and the State Treasurer having issued a certificate of State stock in the sum of ninety-five thousand nine hundred dollars, bearing interest at the rate of six per cent per annum, payable semiannually, to such six members of such board of trustees, to be held as a perpetual fund, the capital of which shall forever remain undiminished, the income of such fund shall be used by the board of trustees for the building and maintenance of Clemson University, in accordance with the purposes for which such land scrip was donated by the act of Congress in relation thereto.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-211; 1952 Code Section 22-211; 1942 Code Section 5738; 1932 Code Section 5738; Civ. C. '22 Section 2834; Civ. C. '12 Section 1894; Civ. C. '02 Section 1308; R. S. 1126; 1868 (14) 169; 1879 (17) 86; 1889 (20) 299; Const. Art. 11, Section 8.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 119 - Clemson University › Section 59-119-120. Division of public land fund under act of Congress.

All sums which shall be received by the State from the United States Government under the provisions of the act of Congress, approved August 30, 1890 entitled "An Act to Apply a Portion of the Public Lands to the more Complete Endowment and Support of Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts Established under the Provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," shall be equally divided between South Carolina State College and Clemson University to be applied to the purposes specified in such act.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-212; 1952 Code Section 22-212; 1942 Code Section 5744; 1932 Code Section 5806; Civ. C. '22 Section 2825; Civ. C. '12 Section 1885; Civ. C. '02 Section 1299; 1890 (20) 704; 1896 (22) 173; 1954 (48) 1722.
2023 South Carolina Code of Laws › Title 59 - Education › Chapter 119 - Clemson University › Section 59-119-140. Annual report by board.

The board of trustees shall make to the General Assembly an annual report of the university, of all farming operations and tests and experiments and of all receipts and expenditures, with a statement of the condition of the property and funds of such university and of all receipts and expenditures of money appropriated thereto by the State.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-218; 1952 Code Section 22-218; 1942 Code Section 5735; 1932 Code Section 5735; Civ. C. '22 Section 2831; Civ. C. '12 Section 1891; Civ. C. '02 Section 1305; R. S. 1123; 1889 (20) 279.