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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>relating to higher education; changing eligibility for the senior citizen higher <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>education program;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, sections 135A.51, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>subdivision 2; 135A.52, subdivision 2.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 135A.51, subdivision 2, is amended to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Senior citizen.</b> "Senior citizen" means a person who has reached ~~66~~ 64 <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>years of age before the beginning of any term, semester or quarter, in which a course of <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>study is pursued, or a person receiving a railroad retirement annuity who has reached 60 <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>years of age before the beginning of the term.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day after final enactment for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>terms beginning after July 1, 2011.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 135A.52, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Term; income of senior citizens.</b> (a) Except under paragraph (b), there <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>shall be no limit to the number of terms, quarters or semesters a senior citizen may attend <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>courses, nor income limitation imposed in determining eligibility.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A senior citizen enrolled in a closed enrollment contract training program or any <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>part of a farm or small business management education program that includes on-site <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>individualized instruction is not eligible for benefits under subdivision 1.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment for <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>terms beginning after July 1, 2011.<br />
         		
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