PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                                 Ch. 6

(vi) Subparagraph (v) of this paragraph may not affect any student who
is participating in the Nonresident Tuition Reduction and State Aid Program prior to the
determination under subparagraph (iii) of this paragraph.

(b)     (1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of this subsection, any student
who attends a community college not supported by the county in which the student
resides shall pay, in addition to the student tuition and fees payable by a resident of a
county that supports the community college, an out-of-county or out-of-region fee equal
to the county share per full-time equivalent student as determined under § 16-403 of this
subtitle.

(2) (i) Any student who resides in an incorporated municipality whose
corporate limits extend into 2 counties in the State is considered an in-county resident for
tuition purposes at a community college campus located within that municipality that is
supported by either county.

(ii) If a student is considered an in-county resident under this
paragraph and the student does not reside in the county that supports the community
college, the county in which the student resides shall pay the difference between the
out-of-county tuition and the in-county tuition.

(c)     Any county may appropriate money to pay the out-of-county or out-of-region
fees for county residents who attend a community college in this State that is not
supported by that county.

(d)     (1) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, if any student is a
resident of this State and enrolls in an instructional program that the Commission
designates as a health manpower shortage program or a statewide or regional program,
the student shall pay only the student tuition and fees payable by a resident of a county
that supports the community college and the Commission shall pay any applicable
out-of-county fee. FOR ANY FISCAL YEAR, IF STATE APPROPRIATIONS TO THE
COMMISSION FOR PAYMENT OF ANY APPLICABLE OUT-OF-COUNTY FEE UNDER
THIS PARAGRAPH DO NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO FULLY REIMBURSE
APPLICABLE OUT-OF-COUNTY FEES, THE GOVERNOR SHALL INCLUDE IN THE
BUDGET BILL FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR A DEFICIENCY APPROPRIATION TO
PROVIDE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO FULLY REIMBURSE THE OUT-OF-COUNTY
FEES.

(2) The Commission may make payments to effectuate the provisions of this
section from funds specifically appropriated for this purpose as provided in the State
budget or any supplemental budget request.

(e)     (1) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, if any student resides in a
county where the per capita wealth is below the State average and the county does not
support a community college or a branch campus of a community college, except for
Baltimore City, the student may enroll at a community college or a branch campus in the
State, either of which is located in a county adjacent to the one in which the student
resides, and pay only the tuition and fees applicable to a county resident that supports the
community college.

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