South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 119 - Clemson University
Section 59-119-920. Definitions.

As used in this article:
(1) "Admissions fee" means the specially designated admissions fee or charge which may, in addition to other charges, be imposed by the trustees upon persons admitted to any event held at an athletic facility, for the purpose of providing funds to assist in the repayment of bonds.
(2) "Athletic department" means the athletic department of Clemson.
(3) "Athletic facilities" means all facilities designated by the trustees as intercollegiate athletic facilities now owned or hereafter acquired by Clemson.
(4) "Bond" or "bonds" means any note, bond, installment contract, or other evidence of indebtedness issued pursuant to this article.
(5) "Bond reserve fund" means the special fund which may be established by the trustees pursuant to this article, which must be in the custody of the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee and which is primarily established for the purpose of providing a reserve with which to meet the payment of the principal of and interest on bonds in the event that payments otherwise required from the debt service fund are insufficient to meet the payment of the principal and interest as and when they become due and payable.
(6) "Clemson" means Clemson University.
(7) "Debt service fund" means the fund established by this article for the payment of principal of and interest on bonds, which must be in the custody of the State Treasurer or its corporate trust designee.
(8) "Net revenues" means all revenues remaining after payment of the operating and maintenance expenses of the athletic department but before provision is made for depreciation, amortization, nonmandatory transfers, and interest expenses of the athletic department for a given fiscal year.
(9) "Prior acts" means Acts 446 of 1957, 905 of 1960, 1277 of 1970, 1653 of 1972, 1303 of 1974, 760 of 1976, and 193 and 194 of 1983.
(10) "Revenues" means all revenues or other income, including investment income, received by the athletic department from the operation of the athletic department and the athletic facilities, and all gifts, bequests, contributions, and donations received by the trustees or Clemson from any persons, including from any athletic booster organization, for use in connection with the operations of the athletic department, plus any other unrestricted revenues of the athletic department not otherwise pledged that may be made applicable by the trustees to the payment of the principal and interest of the bonds, including such revenues which may fall into the category of nonmandatory transfers as such term is used in generally accepted accounting principles, but excluding:
(i) gifts, bequests, contributions, and donations restricted to a particular purpose inconsistent with their use for the payment of the principal, premium, or interest on any obligations of the trustees or Clemson;
(ii) the proceeds of any borrowings;
(iii) state appropriations of any sort; and
(iv) revenues, income, receipts, and money received by the trustees or Clemson for purposes other than those related to the athletic department.
(11) "Special student fee" means the fee authorized by this article to be established by the trustees and which may be imposed upon persons in attendance at any academic session of Clemson in order to provide funds to assist in the repayment of bonds.
(12) "Authority" means the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.
(13) "Trustees" means the board of trustees of Clemson or any successor body.
HISTORY: 1997 Act No. 144, Section 1.

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