(A) An authority may issue bonds in the same manner and for the same purposes, including the purposes of an authority, pursuant to the provisions of the Higher Education Revenue Bond Act, as provided in Chapter 147, Title 59.

(B) The issuance by an authority of bonds, notes, other obligations, or indebtedness is subject to approval by resolution of the State Fiscal Accountability Authority.

(C) Bonds, notes, other obligations, or indebtedness of an authority do not constitute a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the State of South Carolina, the commission, or any of the state's political subdivisions other than an authority, but are payable only from the revenue, money, or property of an authority as provided in this article. The bonds, notes, other obligations, or indebtedness of an authority do not constitute an indebtedness of the State within the meaning of any state constitutional or statutory limitation. A member of the board or a person executing bonds, notes, other obligations, or indebtedness of an authority is not liable personally on the bonds, notes, other obligations, or indebtedness by reason of their issuance or execution. Each bond, note, other obligation, or indebtedness must contain on its face a statement to the effect that:

(1) the State, the commission, the State's political subdivisions, or an authority is not obligated to pay the principal of or interest on the bond or other costs incident to the bond except from the revenue, money, or property of an authority pledged;

(2) the full faith and credit, and the taxing power of the State and its political subdivisions, is not pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on the bond, note, other obligation, or indebtedness; and

(3) an authority does not have taxing power.

HISTORY: 2009 Act No. 71, Section 3, eff June 16, 2009.