SB-0627, As Passed Senate, May 19, 2004                                     

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 627

                                                                             A bill to amend 1976 PA 228, entitled                                             

"The legislative merit award program act,"                                  

by amending section 4 (MCL 390.1304), as amended by 1980 PA 386.            

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1       Sec. 4.  A person  shall be is eligible for a scholarship                  

2   award if the person meets all of the following qualifications:              

3       (a) Has resided in this state continuously for the preceding                

4   12 months and is not considered a resident of any other state.              

5       (b) Has not graduated from high school at the time of the                   

6   scholarship examination.                                                    

7       (c) Enrolls in a recognized postsecondary educational                       

8   institution within 4 years after graduation from high school.

9   and is not enrolled in a program of study leading to a degree in           

10  theology, divinity, or religious education.

11  (d) Is not enrolled in an institution whose primary purpose                 

1   is to prepare students for ordination or appointment as a member            

2   of the clergy of a church, denomination, or religious                       

3   association, order, or sect.