The commission may do all things necessary or convenient to promote the objects of the program instituted by the former provisions which created the Advisory Committee for Technical Training and without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing, may:

(1) adopt and use a corporate seal;

(2) adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations for the conduct of business and the expenditure of its funds as it may consider advisable;

(3) acquire additional sites within Chesterfield, Dillon, and Marlboro Counties and construct and equip on the sites appropriate facilities in accordance with the standards and specifications promulgated by former provisions which created the State Advisory Committee;

(4) acquire by gift, purchase, or otherwise all kinds and descriptions of real and personal property;

(5) accept gifts, grants, donations, devises, and bequests;

(6) provide appropriate supervision of the maintenance of a facility established to promote vocational or technical education;

(7) provide the necessary administrative services required by the state program;

(8) employ personnel as necessary to enable the commission to fulfill its functions;

(9) establish, promulgate, and enforce reasonable rules and regulations, in conjunction with those promulgated by the state agency, for the operation of its facilities;

(10) expend funds received in any manner, including the proceeds derived from bonds issued either by Chesterfield County, Dillon County, or Marlboro County, to defray costs incident to the establishment of adequate facilities for the program and expend these funds for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the facilities;

(11) apply for, receive, and expend monies from governmental agencies, both state and federal; and

(12) exercise powers contemplated for local agencies by the former provisions that created the State Advisory Committee for Technical Training and other laws modifying, amending, or implementing it.