CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE
SENATE BILL 5162
Chapter
349, Laws of 1995
54th
Legislature
1995
Regular Session
VIETNAM
VETERANS‑-TUITION EXEMPTIONS
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 7/23/95
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Passed by the Senate April 21, 1995
YEAS 47 NAYS 0
JOEL PRITCHARD
President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 20, 1995
YEAS 94 NAYS 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State
of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE
BILL 5162 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the
dates hereon set forth.
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CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
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MARTY BROWN
Secretary
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Approved May 15, 1995 Place
Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
May 15, 1995 - 5:40 p.m.
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MIKE LOWRY
Governor of the State of
Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5162
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/03/95.
Changing the
Vietnam veterans' tuition exemption.
AN ACT Relating to
tuition exemptions for veterans; and amending RCW 28B.15.620.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28B.15.620 and 1994
c 208 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The legislature
finds that military and naval veterans who have served their country in wars on
foreign soil have risked their own lives to defend both the lives of all Americans
and the freedoms that define and distinguish our nation. The legislature also
finds that veterans of the Vietnam conflict suffered during and after the war
as the country anguished over its involvement in the conflict. It is the
intent of the legislature to honor Vietnam veterans for the public service they
have provided to their country. It is the further intent of the legislature
that, for eligible Vietnam veterans, colleges and universities waive tuition
and fee increases that have occurred since October 1, 1977.
(2) 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 that occur after October 1, 1977,
if the veteran qualifies as a resident student under RCW 28B.15.012((, 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)) naval 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, ((1997)) 1999.
Passed
the Senate April 21, 1995.
Passed
the House April 20, 1995.
Approved by the Governor May 15, 1995.
Filed in Office of
Secretary of State May 15, 1995.