Act No. 145

Public Acts of 2004

Approved by the Governor

June 15, 2004

Filed with the Secretary of State

June 15, 2004

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 15, 2004

STATE OF MICHIGAN

92ND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2004

Introduced by Senator Allen

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 662

AN ACT to amend 1974 PA 75, entitled "An act to provide for payment to approved independent nonprofit institutions of higher education, located within the state, for all earned degrees conferred upon Michigan residents; and to provide for appropriations," by amending section 3 (MCL 390.1023), as amended by 1984 PA 9.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 3. (1) A degree earned in a program with respect to which state reimbursement other than that established by this act is granted to an independent nonprofit institution is excluded from computation under section 1.

(2) A degree conferred by an institution whose primary purpose is to prepare students for ordination or appointment as a member of the clergy of a church, denomination, or religious association, order, or sect is excluded from computation under section 1.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor