Bill Text: NJ A2622 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Amended

New Jersey Assembly Bill 2622 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: "New Jersey Tuition Equality for America's Military (NJTEAM) Act;" provides in-State tuition at New Jersey public institutions of higher education to military veterans.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-12 - Reported out of Asm. Comm. with Amendments, and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee [A2622 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2014-A2622-Amended.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 2622

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

216th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman BOB ANDRZEJCZAK

District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)

Assemblywoman CELESTE M. RILEY

District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)

Assemblyman VINCENT MAZZEO

District 2 (Atlantic)

Assemblyman TROY SINGLETON

District 7 (Burlington)

Assemblyman WAYNE P. DEANGELO

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblyman JAY WEBBER

District 26 (Essex, Morris and Passaic)

Assemblyman BRIAN E. RUMPF

District 9 (Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean)

Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

Assemblywoman DIANNE C. GOVE

District 9 (Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean)

Assemblyman CHRIS A. BROWN

District 2 (Atlantic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblymen Lagana, Fiocchi, Eustace, Johnson and Wilson

SYNOPSIS

"New Jersey Tuition Equality for America's Military (NJTEAM) Act;" provides in-State tuition at New Jersey public institutions of higher education to military veterans.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

As reported by the Assembly Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee on June 12, 2014, with amendments.

An Act concerning veterans and higher education and amending P.L.1985, c.231.

Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

1. Section 1 of P.L.1985, c.231 (C.18A:62-4.1) is amended to read as follows:

1. a. United States military personnel and their dependents who are living in New Jersey and are attending public institutions of higher education in New Jersey shall be regarded as residents of the State for the purpose of determining tuition.

b. A veteran ¹living in New Jersey and¹ attending a public institution of higher education in New Jersey shall be regarded as a resident of the State for the purpose of determining tuition. ¹To maintain in-state tuition rates, the veteran shall apply for and receive residency status no later than the beginning of his or her third year of education at an institution of higher education. Failure to receive residency status by the third year of education shall result in the veteran paying out-of-state tuition rates until residency status is obtained.¹

As used in this subsection, "veteran" means a person who has served on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States¹, or a Reserve component thereof,¹ and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than ¹[dishonarable] dishonorable¹.