Bill Text: OR HB2158 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to veterans' educational benefits; and declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-24 - Chapter 460, (2013 Laws): Effective date June 24, 2013. [HB2158 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB2158-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
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LC 1718

                         House Bill 2158

Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession
  filed (at the request of House Interim Committee on Veterans
  Affairs)

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Allows nonresident veterans discharged under other than
dishonorable conditions to pay tuition and fees at Oregon
resident rates.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to veterans' educational benefits; amending ORS 352.375;
  and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 352.375 is amended to read:
  352.375. (1) A public university listed in ORS 352.002 or a
community college shall charge an enrolled student who is not a
resident of this state and who is attending classes as an
undergraduate on a public university or community college campus
in this state tuition and fees no greater than the resident rate
  { - plus 50 percent of the difference between the resident rate
and the nonresident rate - }  if the student served in the Armed
Forces of the United States and was relieved or discharged from
that service under   { - honorable - }  { +  other than
dishonorable + } conditions.
    { - (2) Every public university listed in ORS 352.002 and
community college in this state shall participate to the fullest
extent allowed in the federal educational assistance programs
under the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-252)
so as to reduce the overall tuition rate for students eligible
for tuition rate reduction under subsection (1) of this section
to the resident tuition rate. - }
    { - (3) - }  { +  (2) + } A person who served in the Armed
Forces of the United States and who receives federal tuition
benefits in excess of the tuition and fees the person is charged
under subsection (1) of this section at a public university
listed in ORS 352.002 or a community college where the person is
enrolled shall pay tuition and fees equal to the federal tuition
benefits received.
    { - (4) - }  { +  (3) + } Distance education and self-support
courses as identified by each public university listed in ORS
352.002 and community college are exempt from the tuition
reduction provisions of this section.

    { - (5) - }  { +  (4) + } If a nonresident student otherwise
eligible for tuition benefits under this section is receiving
federal vocational rehabilitation education benefits, that
student shall pay full nonresident tuition and fees charged by a
public university listed in ORS 352.002 or a community college.
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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