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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6585

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Bauer, Oke and Roach)

Read first time 02/08/94.

Extending tuition exemptions for Vietnam and Persian Gulf veterans.

    AN ACT Relating to tuition exemptions for veterans; amending RCW 28B.15.620 and 28B.15.628; amending 1991 c 164 s 11 (uncodified); and amending 1991 c 228 s 15 (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 were enrolled in state institutions of higher education on or before May 7, 1990, and who were attending state institutions of higher education at any time after January 1, 1993, and before February 1, 1994.  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.

    Sec. 3.  1991 c 228 s 15 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

    Sections 13 and 14 of this act shall expire on June 30, ((1994)) 1997.

    Sec. 4.  RCW 28B.15.628 and 1993 sp.s. c 18 s 25 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 Persian Gulf combat zone from increases in tuition and fees that occur during and after their period of service.  In such cases, the veteran shall not be required to pay more than the total amount of tuition and fees established for the 1990‑91 academic year, if (1) the veteran could have qualified as a Washington resident student under RCW 28B.15.012(2), had he or she been enrolled as a student on August 1, 1990, (2) the veteran attended a state institution of higher education at any time after January 1, 1993, and before February 1, 1994, and ((if)) (3) the veteran's adjusted gross family income as most recently reported to the internal revenue service does not exceed Washington state's median family income as established by the federal bureau of the census.  For the purposes of this section, "a veteran of the Persian Gulf combat zone" means a person who during any portion of calendar year 1991, served in active federal service as a member of the armed military or naval forces of the United States in a combat zone as designated by the president of the United States by executive order.

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