Approved April 27, 1999.

CHAPTER 297
(House Bill 1177)

AN ACT concerning

Maryland Higher Education Investment Program - Participation by District

of Columbia Residents

FOR the purpose of expanding the Maryland Higher Education Investment Program
to allow certain residents of the District of Columbia to participate in the
Program; clarifying the status of residents of the District of Columbia for
acceptance at public institutions of higher education in the State and for tuition
charged at public institutions of higher education in the State; and generally
relating to the Maryland Higher Education Investment Program.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education
Section 18-1901
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)
(As enacted by Chapter 110 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1997)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Education

Section 18-1902 and 18-1909(b)
Annotated Code of Maryland

(1997 Replacement Volume and 1998 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Education

18-1901.

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Board" means the Board of the Maryland Higher Education Investment
Program.

(c) "Program" means the Maryland Higher Education Investment Program.

(d) "Higher education investment contract" means a contract between the
Board and a purchaser under the provisions of this subtitle for the advance payment
of undergraduate tuition at a fixed and guaranteed level by the purchaser for a