PRINTER'S NO. 1893
No. 1614 Session of 1989
INTRODUCED BY E. Z. TAYLOR, COWELL, VROON, NOYE, HALUSKA,
TRELLO, BUSH, MORRIS, VEON, ROBINSON, FLICK, BISHOP AND
RICHARDSON, MAY 31, 1989
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, MAY 31, 1989
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 7, 1963 (P.L.549, No.290), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act creating the Pennsylvania Higher
3 Education Assistance Agency; defining its powers and duties;
4 conferring powers and imposing duties on the Governor,
5 President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the House of
6 Representatives, Superintendent of Public Instruction and the
7 Department of Auditor General; and making appropriations,"
8 further defining residency.
9 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
10 hereby enacts as follows:
11 Section 1. Section 2.1 of the act of August 7, 1963
12 (P.L.549, No.290), referred to as the Pennsylvania Higher
13 Education Assistance Agency Act, added July 12, 1981 (P.L.264,
14 No.89), is amended to read:
15 Section 2.1. Definitions.--The following words and phrases
16 when used in this act shall have, unless the context clearly
17 indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this section:
18 "Residents of this State." The term shall include, but not
19 be limited to:
20 (1) A student applicant who is under eighteen years of age
1 at the time of application for a loan guaranty and who has a
2 supporting parent or guardian who either has been a domiciliary
3 of this Commonwealth for at least thirty days immediately
4 preceding the date of receipt by the agency of the application
5 for such loan guaranty or has become a domiciliary of this
6 Commonwealth to accept, upon recruitment by an employer, a
7 position of employment in this Commonwealth which requires at
8 least 1,500 hours of work a year.
9 (2) A student applicant who is eighteen years of age or
10 older at the time of application for a loan guaranty and either
11 has been a domiciliary of the Commonwealth for at least thirty
12 days immediately preceding the date of receipt by the agency of
13 the application for such loan guaranty or has become a
14 domiciliary of this Commonwealth to accept, upon recruitment by
15 an employer, a position of employment in this Commonwealth which
16 requires at least 1,500 hours of work a year.
17 (3) A student applicant who is accepted for enrollment in or
18 is attending an approved institution of postsecondary education
19 in this Commonwealth.
20 (4) A parent who is a domiciliary of this Commonwealth or a
21 parent of a student if such student has been accepted for
22 enrollment in or is attending an approved institution of
23 postsecondary education in this Commonwealth.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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