(A) A commission must designate with specificity the area or areas that comprise the enterprise campus and the purpose of the enterprise campus. This information must be submitted to the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. The state board shall have final approval over the areas designated as part of a Technical College Enterprise Campus Authority and the projects to be undertaken.

(B) A commission may provide for the management, development, and operation of part or all of the enterprise campus property by an authority.

(C) An area commission is authorized to enter into contracts with the Enterprise Campus Authority for the provision of executive and administrative services to an authority.

(D) In the fulfillment of the power contained in this section, the commission is authorized to sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer, or give all or part of its real and personal property and other assets constituting the enterprise campus to the Enterprise Campus Authority upon such terms and conditions as the commission determines. The commission may sell, convey, lease, exchange, transfer, or give all or part of its real and personal property and other assets constituting the enterprise campus, other than the property defined pursuant to paragraph (A), only upon approval by the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education. The commission may buy, purchase, or otherwise acquire and accept real and personal property and other assets from the Enterprise Campus Authority only in accordance with all regulations and general laws applicable to state-supported technical institutions in the acquisition and acceptance of real and personal property and other assets.

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