Bill Text: CA AB13 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Nonresident tuition exemption: veterans.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-6)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 639, Statutes of 2014. [AB13 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB13-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 13	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 2, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 24, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 11, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 31, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Chávez and Quirk-Silva
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Block)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Grove, Melendez, and Wilk)
   (Coauthors: Senators Correa, Hueso, Huff, and Wyland)

                        DECEMBER 3, 2012

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 13, as amended, Chávez. Nonresident tuition exemption:
veterans.
   Under existing law, the segments of the public postsecondary
education system in the state include the University of California,
which is administered by the Regents of the University of California,
the California State University, which is administered by the
Trustees of the California State University, and the California
Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors
of the California Community Colleges.
   Existing law exempts a  community college 
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 from paying
nonresident tuition for  the length of time he or she lives in
the state after being discharged up to the minimum time necessary to
become a resident. 
    Existing law also exempts one of those students if he or she
is 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 from paying nonresident tuition for
 up to one year if he or she files an affidavit with the
 community college   institution  stating
that he or she intends to establish residency in California as soon
as possible  , if that student uses   . Existing
law requires a student to use  this exemption within 2 years of
being discharged.  Existing 
    Existing  law prohibits a former member of the Armed
Forces who received a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge from
receiving  this exemption.   an exemption from
paying nonresident tuition under either of the provisions described
above. 
   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 authorize the California Community Colleges, the
California State University, and the University of California to
exempt from paying nonresident tuition a student or prospective
student of their respective segments who is a former member of the
Armed Forces of the United States, who has been discharged from
active duty, and who is using, or is intending to use, "GI Bill"
education benefits, as defined, while enrolled as a student of that
segment. 
   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 in the bill. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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)   (d)  , 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)
  (d)  , 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) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided in
subdivision (d), the California Community Colleges, the California
State University, and the University of California are authorized to
exempt from paying nonresident tuition a student or prospective
student of their respective segments who is a former member of the
Armed Forces of the United States, who has been discharged from
active duty, and who is using, or is intending to use, "GI Bill"
education benefits while enrolled as a student of that segment. As
used in this subdivision, "GI Bill education benefits" refers to any
education benefit administered by the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs that is designed to help eligible veterans of the
Armed Forces of the United States to cover the costs associated with
enrollment as a student of that segment.  
   (c) 
    (d)  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. 
  SECTION 1.   Section 68075.5 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   68075.5.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) or (d), 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 in subdivision (d), 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) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided in
subdivision (d), the California Community Colleges, the California
State University, and the University of California are authorized to
exempt from paying nonresident tuition a student or prospective
student of their respective segments who is a former member of the
Armed Forces of the United States, who has been discharged from
active duty, and who is using, or is intending to use, "GI Bill"
education benefits while enrolled as a student of that segment. As
used in this subdivision, "GI Bill education benefits" refers to any
education benefit administered by the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs that is designed to help eligible veterans of the
Armed Forces of the United States to cover the costs associated with
enrollment as a student of that segment.
   (d) 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 for the exemption under Section 68075.5
of the Education Code.