Clemson University Board of Trustees

2025-2026 Bill 5682: Clemson University Board of Trustees - South Carolina Legislature Online

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026
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H. 5682
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General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Cromer and Gilreath
Document Path: LC-0614WAB26.docx
Introduced in the House on May 7, 2026
Currently residing in the House Committee on
Education and Public Works
Summary: Clemson University Board of Trustees
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date

Body

Action Description with journal page number

5/7/2026

House

Introduced and read first time (
House Journal-page 66
)

5/7/2026

House

Referred to Committee on
Education and Public Works
(
House Journal-page 66
)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
05/07/2026

A bill

TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING
SECTION
59-119-40
, RELATING TO CLEMSON UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES, SO AS TO
TERMINATE THE TERMS OF THE SEVEN LIFE TRUSTEES ON JULY 1, 2027, AND TO PROVIDE
FOR THE ELECTION OF A SEVENTH TRUSTEE BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN JOINT SESSION.

B
e it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

S
ECTION 1.
S
ection
59-119-40
of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

S
ection
59-119-40
.
(
A)
The university shall be under the management and
control of a board of thirteen trustees, composed of
the
seven members nominated by the will and their successors and six
seven
members to be elected by the General Assembly in
joint assembly. Three of the original trustees having been elected for a term
of two years and three for a term of four years from the commencement of their
terms and until their successors were elected, thereafter the General Assembly
has and hereafter it shall every two years elect in joint assembly three
trustees for such university who shall serve for a term of four years and until
their successors shall be elected and shall qualify.
In
addition to these six trustees, a seventh trustee is created to be elected in
joint session of the General Assembly for a term of four years to begin July 1,
2027, and until his successor is elected and qualified, after which his
successors shall serve for terms of four years and until their successors are
elected and qualified.
In electing members of the board, the General
Assembly shall elect members based on merit regardless of race, color, creed,
or gender and shall strive to assure that the membership of the board is
representative of all citizens of the State of South Carolina.

(
B)
The terms of the
present members of the board who are elected by the General Assembly expire on
the thirtieth day of June of the year in which the terms are scheduled to
expire. Beginning with its 1984 session, the General Assembly shall elect
successors to the elective trustees not earlier than the first day of April for
a term to begin the following July first. Elections to fill vacancies on the
board which are caused by the death, resignation, or removal of an elective
trustee may be held earlier than the first day of April of the year in which
the unexpired term terminates, but the term of the person elected to fill the
vacancy expires on the last day of June of the year in which the term of the
former member would have expired.

(
C) The terms of the present members
of the board who are nominated by the will expire permanently on July 1, 2027,
and successors to them may not be appointed. Any appointments made in violation
of this subsection are void.

S
ECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval
by the Governor.

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