The research universities while engaging in projects related to this act shall be exempt from the state procurement process, except that the research universities must work in conjunction with the State Fiscal Accountability Authority's Chief Procurement Officer to establish alternate procurement procedures, and must submit a procurement process to the State Commission on Higher Education to be forwarded to the State Fiscal Accountability Authority for approval. These processes shall include provisions for audit and recertification.
S.C. Code Ann. § 11-51-190
Exemption from state procurement process; alternative procurement procedures
Known as the South Carolina Research University Infrastructure Act
The act spans §§ 11-51-10 to 11-51-90 (20 sections).
2004 Act No. 187, SECTION 9; 2014 Act No. 121 (S.22), Pt VII, SECTION 20.L.3, eff July 1, 2015.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.