CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5119
Chapter 144, Laws of 2019
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
TUITION AND FEE EXEMPTION--SURVIVING SPOUSES AND CHILDREN--HIGHWAY CONTRACTORS
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 2019
Passed by the Senate March 6, 2019
  Yeas 36  Nays 11
CYRUS HABIB

President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 15, 2019
  Yeas 78  Nays 19
FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5119 as passed by Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
BRAD HENDRICKSON

Secretary
Secretary
Approved April 26, 2019 11:12 AM
FILED
April 29, 2019
JAY INSLEE

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

SENATE BILL 5119

Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2019 Regular Session
BySenators Palumbo, Keiser, Mullet, Wellman, Hunt, Liias, Conway, Frockt, Saldaña, and Van De Wege
Prefiled 01/10/19.Read first time 01/14/19.Referred to Committee on Higher Education & Workforce Development.
AN ACT Relating to including highway workers employed on a transportation project by a contractor in the tuition and fee exemption for children and surviving spouses of highway workers; and amending RCW 28B.15.380.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28B.15.380 and 2015 c 46 s 1 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, and The Evergreen State College shall exempt the following students from the payment of all tuition fees and services and activities fees:
(1) Children of any law enforcement officer as defined in chapter 41.26 RCW, firefighter as defined in chapter 41.26 or 41.24 RCW, highway worker, or Washington state patrol officer who lost his or her life or became totally disabled in the line of duty while employed by any public law enforcement agency or full-time or volunteer fire department in this state, or was a highway worker while either employed by a general contractor or subcontractor, on a transportation project or employed by a transportation agency: PROVIDED, That such persons may receive the exemption only if they begin their course of study at a state-supported college or university within ten years of their graduation from high school; and
(2) Surviving spouses of any law enforcement officer as defined in chapter 41.26 RCW, firefighter as defined in chapter 41.26 or 41.24 RCW, highway worker, or Washington state patrol officer who lost his or her life or became totally disabled in the line of duty while employed by any public law enforcement agency or full-time or volunteer fire department in this state, or was a highway worker while either employed by a general contractor or subcontractor, on a transportation project or employed by a transportation agency.
(3) The governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, and The Evergreen State College shall report to the education data center on the annual cost of tuition fees and services and activities fees waived for surviving spouses and children under this section. The education data center shall consolidate the reports of the waived fees and annually report to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the legislature.
(4) As used in this section, "transportation agency" means any agency, department, or division of a municipal corporation, political subdivision, or other unit of local government in this state, and any agency, department, or division of state government, having as its primary function the construction and maintenance of the highways and roads within the state of Washington. Such an agency, department, or division is distinguished from a transit agency having as one of its functions the highway maintenance, including but not limited to the state department of transportation. A transportation agency under this section does not include a government contractor.
Passed by the Senate March 6, 2019.
Passed by the House April 15, 2019.
Approved by the Governor April 26, 2019.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 29, 2019.
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