Bill Text: CA SB290 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Nonresident tuition exemption: veterans.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 696, Statutes of 2013. [SB290 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB290-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 290	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  696
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 10, 2013
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 10, 2013
	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 15, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Knight and Walters
   (Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Correa, Fuller, Huff, and Wolk)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bonilla, Brown, Fox, Beth Gaines,
Grove, Melendez, Muratsuchi, Salas, and Yamada)

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2013

   An act to amend Section 68075.5 of the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 290, Knight. Nonresident tuition exemption: veterans.
   Existing law establishes the segments of the public postsecondary
education system in the state, including the University of California
administered by the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University administered by the Trustees of the
California State University, and the California Community Colleges
administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges.
   Existing law exempts a community college student who was a member
of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in this state on
active duty for more than one year immediately prior to being
discharged from paying nonresident tuition for up to one year if he
or she files an affidavit with the community college stating that he
or she intends to establish residency in California as soon as
possible, if that student uses this exemption within 2 years of being
discharged. Existing law prohibits a former member of the Armed
Forces who received a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge from
receiving this exemption.
   Existing law provides that the statutory provisions relating to
student residency requirements for public postsecondary education
apply to the University of California only to the extent that the
regents act, by resolution, to make these provisions applicable.
   This bill would make this one-year exemption from payment of
nonresident tuition applicable to a student enrolled, or intending to
enroll, at a campus of the California Community Colleges, or as an
undergraduate at a campus of the California State University, who was
a member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in this
state on active duty for more than one year immediately prior to
being discharged if he or she files an affidavit with the institution
at which he or she is enrolled, or intends to enroll, stating that
he or she intends to establish residency in California as soon as
possible, and uses this exemption within 2 years of being discharged.

   The bill would request the regents to enact regulations and
procedures that exempt from nonresident tuition students of that
university who meet the requirements applicable to students of the
California Community Colleges and the California State University for
the exemption of the bill.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 68075.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   68075.5.  (a) Except as provided for in subdivisions (b) and (c),
a student of the California Community Colleges or the California
State University who was a member of the Armed Forces of the United
States stationed in this state on active duty for more than one year
immediately prior to being discharged shall be exempt from paying
nonresident tuition for the length of time he or she lives in this
state after being discharged up to the minimum time necessary to
become a resident.
   (b) (1) Except as provided for in subdivision (c), a student
enrolled, or intending to enroll, at a campus of the California
Community Colleges, or as an undergraduate at a campus of the
California State University, who was a member of the Armed Forces of
the United States stationed in this state on active duty for more
than one year immediately prior to being discharged shall be exempt
from paying nonresident tuition for up to one year if he or she files
an affidavit with the institution at which he or she is enrolled, or
intends to enroll, stating that he or she intends to establish
residency in California as soon as possible.
   (2) The one-year exemption provided in paragraph (1) shall be used
by the student within two years of being discharged.
   (c) A former member of the Armed Forces of the United States who
received a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge shall not be
eligible for an exemption pursuant to this section.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature requests the Regents of the University of
California to enact, pursuant to Section 68134 of the Education Code,
a resolution that exempts from nonresident tuition students of that
university who meet the requirements applicable to students of the
California Community Colleges and the California State University
under Section 68075.5 of the Education Code.