Title 59, Education

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 estab…

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 m…

The Commission on Higher Education shall specify by regulation the procedures for submission and documentation of requests for matching state funds.

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 bequ…

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 in…

The bonds and the coupons, if any, attached to such bonds, must be executed manually or by facsimile in the name of Clemson in such manner and by such persons as the trustees shall from time to time determine, and the seal of Clemson must be affixed to, or impressed, or reproduce…

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. If the trustees shall elect to sell the bonds at…

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 …

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 admission fees or special student fee on a basis and in such amounts as will be sufficient, after t…

To the end that the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized hereby are adequately secured, the trustees are empowered in their discretion: (1) To issue bonds in such amount, within the limitations herein provided for, as the trustees consider necessary, i…

The authorizations granted by this act shall remain of full force and effect until they shall be rescinded by subsequent enactment, and no time limit is set for the issuance of bonds pursuant to this article.

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 iss…

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 …

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 receipt…

The Clemson University Board of Trustees is hereby given authority for the purchase of computer equipment to be acquired during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1976, and to borrow money necessary for the purchase of the computer equipment and to pay for other costs incidental t…

(1) There is hereby established a South Carolina Energy Research and Development Center to be located at, under the auspices of, and in conjunction with Clemson University. (2) Clemson University shall establish an advisory board for the center whose composition shall include mem…

The State Fiscal Accountability Authority, in conjunction with the Department of Education, shall transfer all federal funds associated with Agricultural Education at the Department of Education to Clemson-PSA (Public Service Activities) no later than July fifteenth of each fisca…

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 Clems…

The Clemson Agricultural College of South Carolina shall henceforth be known, named and designated as Clemson University.

A municipal corporation is hereby created, known as Clemson University, the limits of which shall consist of all lands belonging to Clemson University and cover all the territory included in a circle formed with the university building as a center, with a radius of five miles, th…

The board of trustees of Clemson University and their successors in office shall have perpetual control and direct the affairs of such municipal corporation. The board, by a majority vote, shall recommend a suitable person as recorder, who shall be commissioned by the Governor, s…

The board of trustees of Clemson University may make such bylaws as they deem proper to license or prohibit the sale of goods, wares and merchandise of any kind whatever on the grounds belonging to the university as are not repugnant to the laws of the State.

The board may appoint one or more special constables who shall exercise all the power of a State constable or of a municipal policeman to enforce obedience to the ordinances of the board and to the laws of the State.

Nothing contained in this article shall give such board of trustees the right to levy or collect any tax.

A report of all its proceedings under this article shall be made, annually, by the board to the General Assembly.

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 e…

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 regulatio…

Clemson University, in this article referred to as the university, may issue revenue bonds of the university for the purpose of financing or refinancing in whole or in part the cost of construction, reconstruction, improvement and equipment of buildings for the purposes of the un…

Revenue bonds issued under this article shall be authorized by a resolution or resolutions of the board of trustees of the university. Any such resolution of the university may, in the discretion of the board, contain provisions, which shall be a part of the contract between the …

Such revenue bonds may be issued in one or more series, may bear such date or dates, may mature at such time or times, not exceeding forty years from their respective dates, may bear interest at such rate or rates, not exceeding four per cent per annum, payable semiannually, may …

Such bonds shall be exempt from State, county, municipal and school taxes.

Such bonds shall be signed in the corporate name of the university by the chairman of the board of trustees of the university, under the corporate seal of the university attested by the secretary of the board of trustees. Interest coupons attached to the bonds shall be signed by …

Such bonds shall be sold at public or private sale upon such terms and conditions as the board of trustees of the university deems advisable.

The board of trustees or its proper administrative officers shall file with the State Treasurer within thirty days from the date of their issuance a complete description of all obligations entered into by the board, with the rates of interest, maturity dates, annual payments and …

All provisions of a resolution authorizing or providing for the issuance of the bonds in accordance with Section 59-119-520 and of such covenants and agreements shall constitute valid and legally binding contracts between the university and the several holders of the bonds, regar…

Such bonds shall be made payable solely from the revenues derived by the university from the operation of the building or buildings for which the bonds are issued or, in the discretion of the board of trustees of the university, from such revenues and also from any other revenues…

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 p…

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…

(A) The General Assembly finds that it is desirable to provide continuing and general statutory authority for Clemson University to incur debt for, among other things, the purposes of providing funds to acquire, construct, renovate, and equip certain revenue-producing auxiliary f…

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) "Clemson" means Clemson University. (3) "Facilities" means any or all of the following facilities operated to provide …

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…

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 t…

Bonds issued pursuant to this article must be payable from the revenues or the net revenues derived by Clemson 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 an…

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 …

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 Clemson, within the limitations mentioned in this article which must prescribe the tenor, terms, and conditions of the bonds. …

The bonds authorized by this article and all interest to become due on them have the tax exempt status prescribed by Section 12-1-60.