Section 59-53-1720 - Powers and duties of commissionThe commission shall promote the objects of the state technical and vocational education and training and shall:
(1) adopt and use a corporate seal;(2) adopt bylaws and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditure of its funds as it may consider advisable;(3) acquire one or more sites within Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties and construct and equip appropriate facilities in accordance with the standards and specifications promulgated by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education;(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 by the commission;(7) provide the necessary administrative services required by the state program;(8) employ personnel necessary to enable the commission to fulfill its functions;(9) promulgate and enforce regulations, in conjunction with those promulgated by the state agency, for the operation of its facilities;(10) operate its affairs on a fiscal year coinciding with that of the State;(11) expend funds received in any manner, including the proceeds derived from bonds issued by Richland, Lexington, and Fairfield counties, to defray costs incident to the establishment of adequate facilities for the program and then to expend the funds for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the facilities;(12) apply for, receive, and expend monies from all governmental agencies, both state and federal;(13) exercise all powers contemplated for local agencies by Article 1 of this chapter, and all other laws modifying or implementing it.Amended by 2014 S.C. Acts, Act No. 239 (SB 1295), s 2, eff. 6/2/2014.1989 Act No. 33, Section 1.