West Virginia Code § 18B-12-3

Boards authorized to contract with corporations; characteristics of
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corporations.
Each governing board for a state institution of higher education may enter into agreements
and any other contractual relationships with one or more corporations formed with respect
to such state institution of higher education, but only if each such corporation meets the
following descriptions: e
(1) The president and the president's appointees from the institution shall constitute a
majority of the voting corporate directors: Provided, That the voting corporate directors of
any entity established to conduct operational, economic, fiscal, aund educational development
activities and services related to intercollegiate athletics shall consist solely of employees of
the institution of higher education or an employee of an affiltiate of the institution of higher
education.
(2) The corporation shall be organized as a nonprofit, nonstock corporation under the
general corporation laws of the state exclusively folr charitable, educational or scientific
purposes within the meaning of section 501(cs)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, to engage in one or more of the following: (a) to foster and support research and
economic development efforts at the respective state institution of higher education; (b) to
provide evaluation, development, pagtenting, management and marketing services for
inventions of the faculty, staff and students of such state institution of higher education; and
(c) to conduct operational econeomic, fiscal, and educational development activities and
services related to intercollegiate athletics' programs at state institutions of higher
education. L
(3) The meetings of the corporate directors shall be subject to §6-9A-3 of this code: Provided,
however, that matters relating to the conduct of operational, economic, fiscal and
educational development activities and services related to intercollegiate athletics' programs
are exempt from §6-9A-3 and §29B-1-1, et seq. of this code.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, institutional boards of
governors may assign rights and delegate obligations and provide and transfer funding and
property, both real and personal, to corporations as defined in section one of this article, and
with which the institution under its jurisdiction has contracted pursuant to the provisions of
this article, and any such transfers shall be exempt from the provisions of §18B-19-1 et seq.
of this code.
(5) Upon dissolution of the corporation, the assets of the corporation shall be transferred to
such entity as the appropriate governing board shall designate for the benefit of the state
institution of higher education: Provided, That such recipient shall be an organization
operated exclusively for charitable, educational, or scientific purposes as shall at such time
qualify as an exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended.

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