WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                           Ch. 66

(i) Died or was totally and permanently disabled as a result of military
service after December 7, 1941;

(ii) Was declared to be a prisoner of war or missing in action, if that
occurred on or after January 1, 1960 as a result of the Vietnam conflict, and if the child
was born prior to or while the parent was a prisoner of war or missing in action;

(2)     Was a prisoner of war on or after January 1, 1960 as a result of the
Vietnam conflict and was a resident of this State at the time the person was declared to
be a prisoner of war or missing in action;

(3)     (i) Is [a child] AT LEAST 16 YEARS OLD AND A SON OR DAUGHTER
of any State or local public safety employee killed in the line of duty; or

(ii) Is the surviving spouse of any State or local public safety employee
killed in the line of duty; or

(4)     Is a disabled public safety employee.

(e)     A scholarship awarded under this section:

(1)     May be used for the tuition and mandatory fees at any eligible
institution; and

(2)     May not exceed the equivalent annual tuition and mandatory fees of a
resident undergraduate student at the University of Maryland College Park.

(f)      Each recipient of a scholarship under this section may hold the award for 5
years of full-time study or 8 years of part-time study.

(g)     The Commission:

(1)     May accept any gift or grant from any person for the Edward T. Conroy
Scholarship Fund;

(2)     Shall use any gift or grant that it receives for a scholarship from the
Program; and

(3)     Shall deposit any gift or grant that it receives for the Program with the
State Treasurer in a nonbudgeted account.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect
October 1, 1993.

Approved April 13, 1993.

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