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 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 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, as specified.
   This bill would eliminate the requirement that a student be
stationed in this state to receive that exemption, and would require
the student to be discharged or released from active duty within the
immediately prior year in order to receive the exemption. To the
extent the bill would require community college districts to exempt
more students from nonresident tuition, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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   subdivision  (b) 
and   or  (c), a student who was a member of the
Armed Forces of the United States, who was discharged or released
from active duty within the immediately prior year, shall be exempt
from paying nonresident tuition for the length of time he or she
lives in this state after being discharged or released from active
duty up to the minimum time necessary to become a resident.
   (b) (1) Except as provided  for  in subdivision
(c), a community college student who was a member of the Armed Forces
of the United States, who was discharged or released from active
duty within the immediately prior year, shall be exempt 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.
   (2) The one-year exemption provided in paragraph (1) shall be used
while the student lives in this state and within two years of being
discharged or released from active duty.
   (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.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.