CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE
BILL 6312
Chapter
169, Laws of 1996
54th
Legislature
1996
Regular Session
TUITION
EXEMPTIONS FOR VETERANS
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/6/96
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Passed by the Senate March 2, 1996
YEAS 47 NAYS 0
 JOEL PRITCHARD
President
of the Senate
Passed by
the House February 28, 1996
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 SENATE BILL 6312 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
March 28, 1996 Place Style On Codes above, and
Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March
28, 1996 - 9:44 a.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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SENATE
BILL 6312
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AS AMENDED BY
THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature -
1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th
Legislature 1996 Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/11/96.
Referred to Committee on Higher Education.
Changing the
tuition exemption for veterans of the Persian Gulf combat zone.
AN ACT Relating to
tuition exemptions for veterans; amending RCW 28B.15.628; amending 1994 c 208 s
4 (uncodified); and providing an expiration date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28B.15.628 and 1994
c 208 s 2 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. It is the
intent of the legislature to honor Persian Gulf combat zone veterans for the
public service they have provided to their country. It is the further intent
of the legislature that, for eligible Persian Gulf combat zone veterans,
institutions of higher education waive tuition and fee increases that have
occurred after the 1990-91 academic year.
(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 Persian Gulf combat zone from all
or a portion of increases in tuition and fees that occur 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
(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)).
(3) 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)) served on active duty in the armed forces of
the United States during any portion of the 1991 calendar year in the Persian
Gulf combat zone as designated by executive order of the president of the
United States.
(4) This section
expires June 30, 1999.
Sec. 2. 1994 c 208 s 4
(uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
Section((s)) 13
((and 14)) of this act shall expire on June 30, 1997.
Passed
the Senate March 2, 1996.
Passed
the House February 28, 1996.
Approved by the Governor March 28, 1996.
Filed in
Office of Secretary of State March 28, 1996.