SENATE BILL No. 834

 

 

October 20, 2005, Introduced by Senator SWITALSKI and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1999 PA 94, entitled

 

"Michigan merit award scholarship act,"

 

by amending section 5 (MCL 390.1455), as amended by 2002 PA 586.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 5. Upon appropriation by the legislature, the board shall

 

authorize disbursement of funds from the trust fund for 1 or more

 

of the following purposes:

 

     (a) Michigan merit award scholarships under this act.

 

     (b) Expenses properly incurred by the commission in carrying

 

out its powers and duties.

 

     (c) Costs associated with the development, preparation,

 

distribution, and scoring of the assessment test and any costs

 

associated with dissemination of results of the assessment test.

 

     (d) Funding of the tuition incentive program as described in


 

section 310 of 1998 PA 271 or a successor to that program.

 

     (e) Funding of the  Michigan  nursing scholarship  program as

 

described in the Michigan nursing scholarship act  and nursing

 

school grant programs established in the nursing education

 

incentives act, 2002 PA 591, MCL 390.1181 to 390.1189.

 

     (f) Other expenditures as determined by law.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

unless Senate Bill No. 835                                   

 

          of the 93rd Legislature is enacted into law.