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                         SENATE BILL 5229

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senators Owen, Prince and Haugen; by request of Department of Transportation

Read first time 01/16/95.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

Authorizing tuition waivers for ferry employees.

    AN ACT Relating to tuition for ferry employees; and amending RCW 28B.15.558.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 28B.15.558 and 1992 c 231 s 20 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community colleges may waive all or a portion of the tuition and services and activities fees for state employees as defined under subsection (2) of this section pursuant to the following conditions:

    (a) Such state employees shall register for and be enrolled in courses on a space available basis and no new course sections shall be created as a result of the registration;

    (b) Enrollment information on state employees registered pursuant to this section shall be maintained separately from other enrollment information and shall not be included in official enrollment reports, nor shall such state employees be considered in any enrollment statistics which would affect budgetary determinations; and

    (c) State employees registering on a space available basis shall be charged a registration fee of not less than five dollars.

    (2) For the purposes of this section, "state employees" means permanent full-time employees in classified service under chapter((s 28B.16 and)) 41.06 RCW and includes ferry employees as defined in RCW 47.64.011.

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