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                         SENATE BILL 6585

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Senators Bauer, Oke and Roach

Read first time 02/02/94.  Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

Extending tuition exemptions for Vietnam and Persian Gulf veterans.

    AN ACT Relating to tuition exemptions for veterans; amending RCW 28B.15.620; and amending 1991 c 164 s 11 (uncodified).

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 28B.15.620 and 1993 sp.s. c 18 s 24 are each amended to read as follows:

    Subject to the limitations of RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community colleges may exempt veterans of the Vietnam conflict who have served in the southeast Asia theater of operations from the payment of any increase in tuition and fees otherwise applicable to any other resident or nonresident student.  In such cases, the veteran shall not be required to pay more than the total amount of tuition and fees paid by veterans of the Vietnam conflict on October 1, 1977:  PROVIDED, That for the purposes of this exemption, "veterans of the Vietnam conflict" shall be those persons who have been on active federal service as a member of the armed military or naval forces of the United States between a period commencing August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, 1975, and who qualify as a resident student under RCW 28B.15.012, and who enrolled in state institutions of higher education on or before May 7, 1990.  This section shall expire June 30, ((1995)) 1997.

    Sec. 2.  1991 c 164 s 11 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

    Section 2 of this act shall expire June 30, ((1995)) 1997.

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