2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 60 - Libraries, Archives, Museums and Arts
CHAPTER 13 - SOUTH CAROLINA MUSEUM COMMISSION AND INSTITUTE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
Section 60-13-40. Powers of Commission.
To carry out its assigned functions, the Commission is authorized to:
(1) Establish a plan for, create and operate a State Museum;
(2) Elect an executive officer for the Commission, to be known as the Director;
(3) Make rules and regulations for its own government and the administration of its museum;
(4) Appoint, on the recommendation of the Director, all other members of the staff;
(5) Adopt a seal for use in official Commission business;
(6) Control the expenditure in accordance with law of such public funds as may be appropriated to the Commission;
(7) Accept gifts, bequests and endowments for purposes consistent with the objectives of the Commission;
(8) Make annual reports to the General Assembly of the receipts, disbursements, work and needs of the Commission; and
(9) Adopt policies designed to fulfill the duties and attain the objectives of the Commission as established by law.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 9-364; 1973 (58) 241.
