MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                       1351

ditions: (1) That he shall have passed, in the academic year preced-
ing that for which the award is to be made, a competitive examina-
tion to be administered by the State Scholarship Board in accord-
ance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by that
Board, the pertinent results of which shall be transmitted to the
respective participating institutions and to the respective appointing
authorities, except that when an award is made to a student who is
already enrolled in an institution of higher learning and [is] has
completed one year of study in good academic standing, the require-
ment for an examination is waived, (2) that he shall have been, at
the time of the examination, a resident of the State and of the
Senatorial district or subdistrict of the State from which he seeks
appointment, except as otherwise provided elsewhere in this Article,
(3) that he shall have been accepted for admission to the regular
undergraduate program of the institution at which the award is to
be used and (4) that he shall have accepted any other conditions
attached to the granting of the award by the law or by regulations
adopted pursuant thereto. The respective appointing authorities, in
making their appointments, shall take into consideration the finan-
cial needs of the several applicants as determined by the State
Scholarship Board in accordance with the uniform rules and regu-
lations adopted and promulgated by that Board, which shall be so
prepared and applied as to assure that definite financial need shall
be a prerequisite to receiving an award under the provisions of this
section. Once appointed to receive an award according to the provi-
sions of this section, a student shall be entitled to hold the award
for four academic years, except as otherwise provided elsewhere in
this section; provided that he becomes and remains enrolled in the
institution at which the award is used in a full-time (minimum
12 semester hours) program of undergraduate study leading to the
granting of a degree; and provided, further, that after his original
appointment he continues to be a resident of the State. In any
senatorial district where a Senator represents more than one county
the number of scholarship units shall be divided as equally as pos-
sible among the qualifying students in each of the counties compris-
ing the senatorial district.

264.

(a)   The designation of the recipients of any award to be made by
Senators and authorized by this subtitle shall be made by the Sena-
tors by [July] August 1 of the year in which the appointment is to
be made. All such scholarships to which residents of Harford County
are entitled shall be awarded by the Harford County Board of
Education. In the event any designation is not made by this time,
the right to make the award shall thereafter be exercised by the
State Scholarship Board.

(b)   The awards to be appointed by the State Scholarship Board
shall be made to recipients in accordance with the rank order stand-
ing