Bill Text: MS SB2064 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Universities and colleges; aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States shall pay out-of-state tuition.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Failed) 2010-02-02 - Died In Committee [SB2064 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2010-SB2064-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2010 Regular Session
To: Universities and Colleges
By: Senator(s) McDaniel
Senate Bill 2064
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-103-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CLARIFY THAT AN ALIEN OF A FOREIGN COUNTRY WHO IS UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES SHALL BE CLASSIFIED A NONRESIDENT OF THE STATE FOR TUITION PURPOSES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds that when illegal immigrants have been sheltered and harbored in this state and encouraged to reside in this state through the benefit of work without verifying immigration status, these practices impede and obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration law, undermine the security of our borders, and impermissibly restrict the privileges and immunities of the citizens of Mississippi. The Legislature further finds that illegal immigration is encouraged when public agencies within this state provide public benefits without verifying immigration status. Therefore, the Legislature declares that it is a compelling public interest of this state to discourage illegal immigration by requiring all agencies within this state to fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities in the enforcement of federal immigration laws. The Legislature also finds that other measures are necessary to ensure the integrity of various governmental programs and services.
SECTION 2. Section 37-103-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
37-103-7. For purposes of determining whether a person pays out-of-state or in-state tuition for attendance at universities and community and junior colleges, the residence of a person less than twenty-one (21) years of age is that of the father, the mother or a general guardian duly appointed by a proper court in Mississippi. If a court has granted custody of the minor to one (1) parent, the residence of the minor is that of the parent who was granted custody by the court. If both parents are dead, the residence of the minor is that of the last surviving parent at the time of that parent's death, unless the minor lives with a general guardian duly appointed by a proper court of Mississippi, in which case his residence becomes that of the guardian. A student, other than an alien of a foreign country who is unlawfully present in the United States, residing within the State of Mississippi who, upon registration at a Mississippi institution of higher learning or community college, presents a transcript demonstrating graduation from a Mississippi secondary school and who has been a secondary school student in Mississippi for not less than the final four (4) years of secondary school attendance shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition. This section shall not apply to the residence of a person as it relates to residency for voter registration or voting.
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2010.
