The board of trustees of Clemson University may:

(1) plan, acquire, own, control, develop, maintain and operate a public airport in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Aviation Act and the regulations prescribed thereunder;

(2) develop, maintain and operate such public airport out of any appropriations provided by the State or other funds, public or private, made available for such purposes;

(3) enter into agreements with the State for the purpose of receiving State funds available for public airport purposes, and accept, receive, receipt for, disburse and expend such State funds for the purposes provided by this section; provided, however, that such funds shall be accepted and expended upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the State;

(4) enter into grant agreements with the United States for the purpose of receiving federal grant-in-aid funds for public airport purposes, and accept, receive, receipt for, disburse and expend such funds made available by the grant, to accomplish in whole or in part any of the public airport purposes provided for by the Federal Airport Act and the regulations thereunder; provided, however, that all Federal funds shall be accepted and expended upon such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the United States or any agency or department thereof;

(5) designate the Division of Aeronautics of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority as its agent, to accept, receive, receipt for and disburse federal or state funds or other funds, public or private, made available for the purposes of this section, as may be required or authorized by law;

(6) acquire property, real and personal, or any interest in it, by gift, purchase, condemnation, devise, lease, or otherwise, as may be required in the development and operation of a public airport;

(7) adopt regulations, establish charges, fees and tolls for the use of such airport, and exercise such powers as may be necessary to achieve compliance with its regulations and enforce payment of its charges, fees and tolls; and

(8) enter into long-term contracts, leases and other agreements relative to the development, operation and management of the airport; provided, however, that such contracts, leases and agreements shall be in compliance with the requirements of the Federal Airport Act and the regulations prescribed thereunder and in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the making of contracts, leases or agreements by or on behalf of the State.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 2-207; 1958 (50) 1913; 1987 Act No. 173 Section 36; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1294, eff July 1, 1993; 2012 Act No. 270, Section 5, eff June 18, 2012.

Code Commissioner's Note

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, reference in (5) to the former Budget and Control Board was changed to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1).

Effect of Amendment

The 1993 amendment, in paragraph (5), substituted "Division of Aeronautics of the Department of Commerce" for "South Carolina Aeronautics Commission" and made grammatical changes.

The 2012 amendment substituted "Aviation" for "Airport" in subsection (1); and substituted "Budget and Control Board" for "Department of Commerce" in subsection (5).