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HOUSE BILL 2035
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Representatives Wynne, Jacobsen, Prince, Hargrove, Miller, Sheldon, Ballard, Zellinsky, Van Luven, Scott, Ferguson, Ludwig, Paris, Basich, Lisk, Rasmussen, Schmidt, Chandler, Vance, Tate, D. Sommers, Rayburn, Winsley, Moyer, Fuhrman, Holland, May, P. Johnson and Betrozoff.
Read first time February 19, 1991. Referred to Committee on Higher Education\Appropriations.
AN ACT Relating to waivers of tuition and fees increases at public institutions of higher education; amending RCW 28B.15.380; and adding a new section to chapter 28B.15 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28B.15 RCW to read as follows:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, veterans of the Persian Gulf conflict who have served in the Persian Gulf theater of operations and who are attending institutions of higher learning shall be exempted from the payment of any increase in tuition and fees otherwise applicable to any other resident or nonresident student at any institution of higher education, and 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 Persian Gulf 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 commencing January 15, 1991, and who qualify as a resident student under RCW 28B.15.012.
Sec. 2. RCW 28B.15.380 and 1990 c 154 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
In addition to any other exemptions as may be provided by law, the board of regents at the state universities may exempt the following classes of persons from the payment of tuition fees or services and activities fees except for individual instruction fees:
(1) All veterans as defined in RCW 41.04.005: PROVIDED, That such persons are no longer entitled to federal vocational or educational benefits conferred by virtue of their military service: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That if any such veterans have not resided in this state for one year prior to registration said board may exempt them up to one-half of the tuition payable by other nonresident students: AND, PROVIDED FURTHER, That such exemptions shall be provided only to those persons otherwise covered who were enrolled in universities on or before October 1, 1977.
(2) Children of any law enforcement officer or fire fighter who lost his 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: PROVIDED, That such persons may receive the exemption only if they begin their course of study at a state university within ten years of their graduation from high school.
(3) Children of persons killed on active federal service as a member of the armed military or naval forces of the United States serving in the Persian Gulf theater of operations.