South Carolina General Assembly
112th Session, 1997-1998

Bill 4500


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                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    4500
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               House
Introduced Date:                19980127
Primary Sponsor:                Boan 
All Sponsors:                   Boan 
Drafted Document Number:        jic\5152htc.98
Residing Body:                  Senate
Date of Last Amendment:         19980528
Subject:                        Williamsburg Technical College
                                Commission created, Technical
                                Education, Williamsburg County

History

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

House   19980528  Senate amendments amended,
                  returned to Senate with amendment
Senate  19980526  Read third time, returned to House
                  with amendment
Senate  19980521  Amended, read second time
Senate  19980521  Committee amendment adopted
Senate  19980514  Committee report: Favorable with         04 SED
                  amendment
Senate  19980319  Introduced, read first time,             04 SED
                  referred to Committee
House   19980318  Read third time, sent to Senate
House   19980317  Amended, read second time
House   19980312  Committee report: Favorable with         21 HEPW
                  amendment
House   19980127  Introduced, read first time,             21 HEPW
                  referred to Committee


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AMENDED--NOT PRINTED IN THE HOUSE

Amentment No. 1A--P:\AMEND\BBM\9937mm.98

May 28, 1998

H. 4500

Introduced by Rep. Boan

S. Printed 5/21/98--S.

Read the first time March 19, 1998.

A BILL

TO AMEND CHAPTER 53, TITLE 59, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING, BY ADDING ARTICLE 18 SO AS TO CODIFY A PREVIOUSLY UNCODIFIED ACT ESTABLISHING THE WILLIAMSBURG TECHNICAL, VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION CENTER COMMISSION AND IN THE CODIFIED ACT RENAMING THE GOVERNING BOARD AS THE WILLIAMSBURG TECHNICAL COLLEGE COMMISSION AND PROVIDING THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE FORMER COMMISSION BOARD ARE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE NEWLY CONSTITUTED COMMISSION; TO AMEND SECTIONS 59-53-210, 59-53-240, 59-53-410, 59-53-710, 59-53-910, AND 59-53-1410, ALL RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GOVERNING BODIES OF VARIOUS OF THE STATE'S TECHNICAL COLLEGES, SO AS TO CHANGE THE NAMES OF THE GOVERNING BODIES TO REFLECT THE REVISED NAMES OF THE INSTITUTIONS ADMINISTERED BY THESE BOARDS AND TO DELETE OBSOLETE PROVISIONS AND MAKE GRAMMATICAL CHANGES, AND TO REPEAL ACT 58 OF 1969, RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WILLIAMSBURG TECHNICAL, VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION CENTER COMMISSION.

Amend Title To Conform

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Chapter 53, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Article 18

Williamsburg Technical College Commission

Section 59-53-1510. There is created in Williamsburg County the Williamsburg Technical College Commission. The commission is a body politic and corporate, consisting of eleven members. Each member must be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of a majority of the resident members of the legislative delegation of Williamsburg County, including the resident senator, and each member must be a qualified elector of Williamsburg County. Five members must be appointed to represent the County Board of Education; five members shall represent the business and industrial leadership of Williamsburg County; and one member shall represent the local development board. All members must be appointed for terms of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Any vacancy must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term only. The commission shall organize by electing one of its members as chairman, one as vice-chairman, and one as secretary. The terms of appointees expire on the first day of July of the appropriate year.

Section 59-53-1520. The commission is responsible for the development and implementation of an adequate and comprehensive manpower training program, which includes, but is not limited to:

(1) a program coordinated with the industrial expansion effort which will provide immediate training for established industries and provide immediate training for particular industries;

(2) basic education for out-of-school persons who need a higher education level for gainful employment;

(3) vocational and skill-level training for high school students;

(4) vocational and skill-level training for persons out of school; and

(5) technician-level education; and short-term training as may be required.

The commission, in carrying out this program, shall cooperate with all state and federal agencies that can assist or further its program.

Section 59-53-1530. The commission is empowered to do all things necessary or convenient to promote the objects of the program instituted by Article 1 of this chapter and, may:

(1) adopt and use a corporate seal;

(2) adopt the bylaws, rules, and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditures of its funds as it considers advisable;

(3) acquire sites within Williamsburg County and construct and equip on these sites appropriate facilities in accordance with the standards and specifications promulgated by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and the State Department of Education, but land purchased and the buildings erected on the land is the property of Williamsburg County;

(4) acquire by gift, purchase, or otherwise all kinds and descriptions of real and personal property;

(5) accept gifts, grants, donations, devises, and bequests;

(6) provide appropriate supervision of the maintenance of any facility established to promote vocational or technical education;

(7) provide necessary administrative services required by the cooperating state agencies;

(8) employ personnel as necessary to enable the commission to fulfill its functions;

(9) establish, promulgate, and enforce reasonable rules and regulations, in conjunction with those promulgated by the cooperating state agencies, for the operation of its facilities;

(10) expend funds received in any manner, including the proceeds derived from bonds issued by Williamsburg County to defray costs incident to the establishment of adequate facilities for the program and thereafter expend the funds for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the facilities;

(11) apply for, receive, and expend monies from governmental agencies, both state and federal; and

(12) exercise all powers contemplated for local agencies by Article 1 of this chapter.

Section 59-53-1540. The commission shall keep full and accurate accounts of its acts, receipts, and expenditures, and at least once within four months following the close of its fiscal year a complete audit of its affairs must be made by a qualified public accountant. Copies of the audit must be delivered to the legislative delegation and the governing body of Williamsburg County.

Section 59-53-1550. The commission shall submit a budget for the ensuing fiscal year on or before February fifteenth of each year for approval by the legislative delegation for Williamsburg County."

SECTION 2. A. Section 59-53-210 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-53-210. There is hereby created the Anderson-Oconee-Pickens Technical Education and Training Tri-County Technical College District, consisting of the counties of Anderson, Oconee, and Pickens, which shall be controlled and managed by a commission known as the Anderson-Oconee-Pickens Technical Education and Training Tri-County Technical College Commission (hereinafter called the Commission)."

B. Section 59-53-240 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-53-240. The commission shall provide for the creation, maintenance, and operation of a technical educational center college to be located in one of the three counties as the commission shall designate designates, and there shall must be developed and carried out at such the center a program of adult pre-employment, adult extension, and high school pre-employment training for residents of the district and such other persons as the commission shall designate, designates upon such the terms as the commission shall require requires."

SECTION 3. Section 59-53-710 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-53-710. The area committee for the technical education center for Florence and Darlington Florence-Darlington Technical College Counties shall be is a body politic and corporate and shall consist consisting of ten members, who shall must be qualified registered electors of Darlington and or Florence Counties; provided, that not more than five members may be registered qualified electors of one from each county. The appointment to office of the area of the committee members shall must be made by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegation, including the Senator, from the county of which the appointee is a resident for terms of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Upon the expiration of the terms of office of the present members of the area committee, their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years in the manner provided for in this section. If any a vacancy shall occur occurs, a successor shall must be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegation, including the Senator, from the county of which the appointee is a resident, for the unexpired portion of the term. The members of the area committee shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualify."

SECTION 4. Section 59-53-910 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-53-910. There is created the Beaufort Technical Technical College of the Low Country Area Commission which shall serve as the governing body of Beaufort Technical theTechnical College of the Low Country. The commission is a body politic and corporate and consists consisting of seven members who must be appointed in the manner hereinafter specified provided in this section. Four members must be residents of Beaufort County, one member must be a resident of Colleton County, one member must be a resident of Hampton County, and one member must be a resident of Jasper County, all of whom must be appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the General Assembly representing that county. The members of the commission must be appointed for terms of four years each and until their successors are appointed and qualify, except that two members from Beaufort County, and one member each from Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper Counties shall serve initial terms of two years each, the initial terms of all members to be designated by the Governor when making the initial appointments.

Any A vacancy must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term only. As soon as possible after the initial appointments have been made, the The commission shall organize by electing one of its members as chairman, one as vice-chairman, and one as secretary. The terms of the initial appointees are extended so that all terms expire on the first of July of the appropriate year."

SECTION 5. Section 59-53-1410 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-53-1410. There is hereby created the Sumter Area Central Carolina Technical Education College Commission composed of the counties of Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, and Sumter. The commission shall be is a body politic and corporate, and shall consist consisting of nine members. Each member shall must be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of a majority of the legislative delegation of his the member's respective county, and each member shall must be a qualified registered elector of the county he represents represented. Six members shall must be appointed from Sumter County for terms of four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualify, except of those first appointed, two shall serve for two years, two shall serve for three years and two shall serve for four years. One member shall must be appointed from each of the following counties: Clarendon, Kershaw, and Lee. Their terms shall be are for four years and until their successors are appointed and qualify, except that of those first appointed, one shall serve for a term of two years, one shall serve for a term of three years, and one shall serve for a term of four years, the length of each such term to be determined initially by lot. Any A vacancy shall must be filled in the manner of the original appointment for the unexpired portion of the term only. As soon as possible after the initial appointments have been made, the The commission shall organize by electing one of its members as chairman, one as vice-chairman, and one as secretary. A transcript of the record of the initial organization shall be filed with the clerk of court of each of the four counties comprising the commission. The terms of the initial appointees shall be extended so that all terms will expire July first of the appropriate year."

SECTION 6. The power and duties of the Williamsburg Technical, Vocational and Adult Education Center Commission are devolved upon the Williamsburg Technical College Commission established pursuant to Article 18, Chapter 53, Title 59 of the 1976 Code as added by this act, which is its successor, and the members serving on the board of the Williamsburg Technical, Vocational and Adult Education Center Commission on the effective date of this act are deemed to have been appointed to the successor commission and shall serve for the terms for which they were appointed on the former commission.

SECTION 7. Act 58 of 1969 is repealed.

SECTION 8. Chapter 53, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Article 19

Aiken County Commission for

Technical and Comprehensive Education

Section 59-53-1610. There is created in Aiken County the Aiken County Commission for Technical and Comprehensive Education. The commission is a body politic and corporate, consisting of nine members. Each member must be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of a majority of the resident members of the legislative delegation of Aiken County, including the resident senator, and each member must be a qualified registered elector of Aiken County. Successors to currently serving commissioners must be appointed for terms of four years in the same manner as provided for the original appointment. If a vacancy arises, a successor must be appointed by the Governor for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment was made. The members of the commission shall serve until their successors have been appointed and qualify. All terms of office terminate on July 1 of the appropriate year. The commission shall organize by electing one of its members as chairman, another as vice chairman, and a third as secretary. In addition to those members appointed by the Governor, the Chairman of the Aiken County Commission for Higher Education shall serve as an ex officio member of the commission.

Section 59-53-1620. The commission is responsible for the development and implementation of an adequate vocational and technical training program which includes, but is not limited to, a program coordinated with the industrial expansion effort which will provide immediate training for established industries and provide immediate training for particular industries. The commission, in carrying out this program, shall cooperate with all state and federal agencies that can assist or further its program.

Section 59-53-1630. The commission is empowered to do all things necessary or convenient to promote the objects of the program instituted by Article 1 of this chapter and, may:

(1) adopt and use a corporate seal;

(2) adopt the bylaws, rules, and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditures of its funds as it considers advisable;

(3) acquire sites within Aiken County and construct and equip on these sites appropriate facilities in accordance with the standards and specifications promulgated by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education and the State Department of Education, but land purchased and the buildings erected on the land is the property of Aiken County;

(4) acquire by gift, purchase, or otherwise all kinds and descriptions of real and personal property;

(5) accept gifts, grants, donations, devises, and bequests;

(6) provide appropriate supervision of the maintenance of any facility established to promote vocational or technical education;

(7) provide necessary administrative services required by the cooperating state agencies;

(8) employ personnel as necessary to enable the commission to fulfill its functions;

(9) establish, promulgate, and enforce reasonable rules and regulations, in conjunction with those promulgated by the cooperating state agencies, for the operation of its facilities;

(10) expend funds received in any manner, including the proceeds derived from bonds issued by Aiken County to defray costs incident to the establishment of adequate facilities for the program and thereafter expend the funds for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the facilities;

(11) apply for, receive, and expend monies from governmental agencies, both state and federal; and

(12) exercise all powers contemplated for local agencies by Article 1 of this chapter.

Section 59-53-1640. The commission shall keep full and accurate accounts of its acts, receipts, and expenditures, and at least once within four months following the close of its fiscal year a complete audit of its affairs must be made by a qualified public accountant. Copies of the audit must be delivered to the legislative delegation and the governing body of Aiken County.

Section 59-53-1650. Not less frequently than annually, the commission shall submit a written report of its activities and file a copy with the legislative delegation for Aiken County."

SECTION 9. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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