2007 Minnesota Statutes

135A.51 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Scope. For the purposes of this section and section 135A.52, the following
words have the meanings ascribed to them.
    Subd. 2. Senior citizen. "Senior citizen" means a person who has reached 62 years of age
before the beginning of any term, semester or quarter, in which a course of study is pursued, or
a person receiving a railroad retirement annuity who has reached 60 years of age before the
beginning of the term.
    Subd. 3. Course. "Course" means any course of study offered by a state supported institution
of higher education in the regular curriculum of a department, school or subdivision of the
institution, or a special course given for any purpose, including, but not limited to, adult education.
    Subd. 4. Legal resident. "Legal resident" means a person who fulfills the residency criteria
now or hereafter applicable to students of a state supported institution of higher education.
    Subd. 5. Institution of higher education. "Institution of higher education" means a state
university, community college, technical college, or the University of Minnesota.
History: 1975 c 219 s 1; 1975 c 321 s 2; 1987 c 258 s 12; 1989 c 246 s 2; 1995 c 212 art 3 s
59; 2007 c 144 art 2 s 11