The State Fiscal Accountability Authority may approve, in whole or in part, or modify in any way that it sees fit any application made by any Board of Trustees, Area Commission, or by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education of any of the state institutions and may direct the application of the principal proceeds of any bonds, issued pursuant to this chapter for such purpose if it shall have found:
(1) That a definite and immediate need therefor exists, or, in the event that the issuance of refunding bonds is sought, that it is to the advantage of the institution to effect the refunding of its outstanding bonds;
(2) That a satisfactory and proper schedule of tuition fees is in effect at such State institution;
(3) That the annual debt service on all state institution bonds issued for such state institution, including the bonds then proposed to be issued, shall not exceed ninety percent of the sums received by such state institution of higher learning from tuition fees for the preceding fiscal year;
(4) That the Board of Trustees, Area Commission, or State Board for Technical or Comprehensive Education of the state institution has agreed that such schedule of tuition fees may be revised from time to time and whenever necessary to provide not less than the sum needed to pay the annual principal and interest requirements on the proposed bonds and on all outstanding state institution bonds issued for such state institution.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 22-25; 1953 (48) 169; 1957 (50) 138; 1961 (52) 476; 1966 (54) 2263; 1976 Act No. 582, Section 1; 1977 Act No. 249, Pt II, Section 4; 1991 Act No. 65, Section 2.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 107 - State Institution Bonds
Section 59-107-10. Institutions to which chapter is applicable; "state institution" defined.
Section 59-107-20. Tuition fees required at state institutions.
Section 59-107-30. Remittance and application of tuition fees.
Section 59-107-50. Authority of State Fiscal Accountability Authority as to applications.
Section 59-107-60. Request for issuance of state institution bonds.
Section 59-107-70. Governor and State Treasurer empowered to authorize issuance of bonds.
Section 59-107-80. Single issue of bonds may cover several applications.
Section 59-107-90. Maximum amount of outstanding bonds.
Section 59-107-100. Full faith, credit, and taxing power of State pledged to pay bonds.
Section 59-107-110. Negotiability and registration.
Section 59-107-120. Denominations of bonds; interest rate; maturity; redemption.
Section 59-107-140. Bonds exempt from taxes.
Section 59-107-150. Bonds as legal investments.
Section 59-107-160. Sale of bonds.
Section 59-107-170. Deposit and use of proceeds of bonds.
Section 59-107-180. Tuition fees placed in special fund to pay bonds; application of surplus.
Section 59-107-190. Declaration of sufficiency of tuition fees to pay bonds.
Section 59-107-200. Defeasance of bonds; trust fund established.