1. (a) During each term in office, each Delegate may award the equivalent of four 4-year full-time scholarships, which may be awarded for either 1-, 2-, 3-, or 4-year periods.

2. (b)

   1. (1) Each scholarship pays the tuition and mandatory fees at any eligible institution.
   2. (2) The annual amount of a scholarship at a public or private institution or any graduate or professional program may not exceed the equivalent annual tuition and mandatory fees of an undergraduate program at the 4-year public institution of higher education within the University System of Maryland, other than the University of Maryland Global Campus and University of Maryland, Baltimore Campus, with the highest annual expenses for a full-time resident undergraduate.

Added by Acts 1978, c. 22, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978. Amended by Acts 1980, c. 122; Acts 1980, c. 385; Acts 1985, c. 255; Acts 1988, c. 246, § 2, eff. July 1, 1988; Acts 2002, c. 314, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Acts 2016, c. 25, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2016; Acts 2017, c. 23, § 1, eff. June 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 543, § 1, eff. July 1, 2017; Acts 2019, c. 40, § 7, eff. July 1, 2019.