Sec. 56. 20-A MRSA §10701, sub-§3, as amended by PL 1991, c. 563, §3, is further amended to read:

3. Educational institution. "Educational institution" means any person, partnership, board, association, institution or corporation other than the University of Maine System and the Maine Technical Community College System that offers academic, educational, literary or professional courses or programs.

Sec. 57. 20-A MRSA §11415, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 728, §13, is further amended to read:

2. Qualifications. Each member must be a resident of this State. One member must be the Treasurer of State, ex officio and nonvoting, or the Treasurer of State's designee. Of the remaining 6 members to be appointed by the Governor, 3 members must be trustees, directors, officers or employees of institutions of higher education, one of whom 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 community 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 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 corporation formed under section 11407 and former Title 20, section 2237, of the state agency designated as administrator of federal guaranteed student loan programs pursuant to chapter 417, subchapter I 1 or of any entity that has a contract to provide a significant level of administrative services to the authority, to a nonprofit