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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:17:1674",
  "title_number": "17",
  "section_number": "1674",
  "citation": "R.S. 17:1674",
  "heading": "Powers and duties of department",
  "text": "Subject to the provisions of this subpart and within the limits of appropriations made by the legislature, the department is authorized and empowered: (1) to prepare and supervise the issuance of public information concerning the scholarship program; (2) to prescribe the form and regulate the submission of applications for scholarships; (3) administer or contract for the administration of such examinations as may be prescribed by the department; (4) select qualified recipients of scholarship grants; (5) award scholarships; (6) accept grants, gifts, bequests and devises of real and personal property for the purposes of the scholarship program; (7) cooperate with approved institutions of higher education in the state and their governing boards in the administration of the scholarship program; (8) make the final decision pertaining to residency of an applicant for scholarship or renewal of scholarship; (9) prescribe the duties and fix the compensation of all such employees; and (10) promulgate reasonable rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this section relating to the administration of the scholarship program.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "17",
      "name": "EDUCATION"
    },
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      "level": "chapter",
      "number": "5",
      "name": "STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES"
    },
    {
      "level": "part",
      "number": "II",
      "name": "STUDENT BENEFITS"
    },
    {
      "level": "subpart",
      "number": "A",
      "name": "SCHOLARSHIPS"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 17 › Chapter 5 › Part II › Subpart A",
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      "act_year": 1974,
      "act_number": 695,
      "section": 1,
      "effective_date": "1975-07-01",
      "effective_date_raw": "July 1, 1975",
      "role": "enactment"
    }
  ],
  "acts_citations_raw": "Added by Acts 1974, No. 695, §1, eff. July 1, 1975.",
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