2013 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 59 - Education
CHAPTER 121 - THE CITADEL, THE MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA
SECTION 59-121-320. 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 visitors 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 The Citadel.

(3) "Athletic facilities" means all facilities designated by the visitors as intercollegiate athletic facilities now owned or hereafter acquired by The Citadel.

(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 visitors 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) "Citadel" means The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina.

(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) "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 visitors or The Citadel 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 visitors 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 visitors or The Citadel;

(ii) the proceeds of any borrowings;

(iii) state appropriations of any sort; and

(iv) revenues, income, receipts, and money received by the visitors or The Citadel for purposes other than those related to the athletic department.

(10) "Special student fee" means the fee authorized by this article to be established by the visitors and which may be imposed upon persons in attendance at any academic session of The Citadel in order to provide funds to assist in the repayment of bonds.

(11) "State board" means the State Budget and Control Board.

(12) "Visitors" means the Board of Visitors of The Citadel or any successor body.

HISTORY: 2000 Act No. 356, Section 2(B).