CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

             ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6585

 

 

 

 

                        53rd Legislature

                      1994 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate March 6, 1994

  YEAS 47   NAYS 0

 

 

 

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House March 3, 1994

  YEAS 98   NAYS 0

                                    CERTIFICATE

 

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6585 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

Speaker of the

            House of Representatives

                                                           Secretary

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                                                                     FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                                               Secretary of State

                                            State of Washington


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               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6585

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

             Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session

 

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:

    (1) 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 all or a portion 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)) that occur after 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)) , if the veteran qualifies as a resident student under RCW 28B.15.012, ((and who)) was enrolled in state institutions of higher education on or before May 7, 1990, and meets the requirements of subsection (2) of this section. 

    (2) Beginning with the fall academic term of 1994, veterans receiving the exemption under subsection (1) of this section must meet these additional requirements:

    (a) Remain continuously enrolled for seven or more quarter credits per academic term or their equivalent, except summer term and not including community service courses;

    (b) Have an adjusted gross family income as most recently reported to the internal revenue service that does not exceed Washington state's median family income as established by the federal bureau of the census; and

    (c) Have exhausted all entitlement to federal vocational or educational benefits conferred by virtue of their military service.

    (3)  For the purposes of this section, "veterans of the Vietnam conflict" shall be those persons who have been on active federal service as a member of the armed military or navel forces of the United States between a period commencing August 5, 1964, and ending on May 7, 1975.

    (4) This section shall expire June 30, ((1995)) 1997.

 

    Sec. 2.  RCW 28B.15.628 and 1993 sp. s c 18 s 25 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) 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 all or a portion of 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)) after the 1990‑91 academic year, if:

    (a) 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((,));

    (b) The veteran is enrolled for seven or more quarter credits per academic term or their equivalent, except summer term and not including community service courses; and ((if))

    (c) 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.

 

    Sec. 3.  1991 c 164 s 11 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

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

 

    Sec. 4.  1991 c 228 s 15 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:

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

 


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