Ch. 273                                    2004 LAWS OF MARYLAND

(ii) As to the funding priority of any institution, may comment only
on the entity as a whole and not on any separate unit of the institution; and

(iii) As to the operating and capital budgets of the Board of Regents
of the University System of Maryland AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF MORGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY:

1. May review and comment only within the broad context of
the State Plan for Higher Education; and

2. May not recommend against a budget item approved by
the Board of Regents unless the item is clearly inconsistent with the State Plan for
Higher Education.

14-101.

(A)     There is a Morgan State University, which:

(1)     Has the responsibility, with other educational institutions, for
providing higher education research and graduate study in the Baltimore area;

(2)     Is the State's public urban university with a mission of instruction,
research, and service;

(3)     Offers baccalaureate and graduate degrees in the arts and sciences;

(4)     Emphasizes an education addressing urban concerns; and

(5)     Offers the professional and graduate programs approved by its Board
of Regents and the Maryland Higher Education Commission.

(B)     (1) IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(2)      "BOARD OF REGENTS" MEANS THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF MORGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY.

(3)     "UNIVERSITY" MEANS MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.

14-102.

(A) (1) THERE IS A BODY CORPORATE AND POLITIC KNOWN AS MORGAN
STATE UNIVERSITY.

(2) THE UNIVERSITY IS AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE STATE AND A
PUBLIC CORPORATION.

(3) THE UNIVERSITY IS AN INDEPENDENT UNIT OF STATE
GOVERNMENT.

(4)     THE EXERCISE BY THE UNIVERSITY OF THE POWERS CONFERRED BY
THIS SUBTITLE IS THE PERFORMANCE OF AN ESSENTIAL PUBLIC FUNCTION.

14-104.

(a) In addition to any other powers granted and duties imposed by this

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