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assets and liabilities of the corporation, the total excess
revenues over expenditures for the previous fiscal year and the
total accumulation of these revenues, the total income derived from
investments during the previous fiscal year, the disposition and
use of excess revenues, the proceeds from investments and the
geographic distribution and distribution between institutions of
higher learning of its student loans among residents of this State.__
The report must demonstrate that all revenues, including reserves,
that are acquired with proceeds of tax-exempt bonds using a portion
of the state ceiling on private activity bonds are being used in a
manner consistent with the public purpose for which the bonds are
issued.__The report must include similar information on all
affiliated entities and must be provided annually in writing to the
joint standing committees of the Legislature having jurisdiction
over business and economic development matters, appropriations
matters and education matters by December 1st.__A nonprofit
corporation formed under this section shall also file copies of the
corporation's Internal Revenue Code forms and returns with the
Attorney General and the joint standing committee of the
Legislature having jurisdiction over business and economic
development matters.

 
Sec. 12. 20-A MRSA §11413, sub-§16 is enacted to read:

 
16.__Supplemental loan.__"Supplemental loan" means a loan to a
student or to a parent to finance the costs of higher education
other than a loan guaranteed pursuant to the federal Higher
Education Act of 1965, 20 United States Code, Chapter 28.

 
Sec. 13. 20-A MRSA §11415, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 807, §3,
is amended to read:

 
2. Qualifications. Each member shall must be a resident of
this State. One member shall must be the Treasurer of State, ex
officio and nonvoting, or the Treasurer of State's designee. One
member shall be the president of the secondary market, ex
officio, or the president of the secondary market's designee. Of
the remaining 5 6 members to be appointed by the Governor, 2 3
members shall must be trustees, directors, officers or employees
of institutions of higher education, at least one of whom shall
must be from an institution not owned or operated by the State or
any of its political subdivisions and one of whom must be from a
technical college owned or operated by the State. Each member of
the authority, before entering upon that member's duties, shall
take and subscribe the oath or affirmation required by the
Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 1. A record of each
oath shall must be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
With the exception of a member serving in an ex officio capacity,
a member of the authority may not at the same time serve as an
officer, director or employee of a nonprofit


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