Bill Text: SC H4531 | 2015-2016 | 121st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: USC Lancaster and Winthrop University
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-19 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: King, Norman [H4531 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2015-H4531-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 59-112-105 SO AS TO PROVIDE THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT LANCASTER AND WINTHROP UNIVERSITY MAY OFFER IN-STATE TUITION AND FEE RATES TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF CERTAIN ADJACENT COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA IF THAT STATE RECIPROCATES BY OFFERING IN-STATE TUITION AND FEE RATES TO LEGAL RESIDENTS OF YORK COUNTY, CHESTER COUNTY, AND LANCASTER COUNTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 112, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 59-112-105. The University of South Carolina at Lancaster and Winthrop University may offer in-state tuition and fee rates to legal residents of Mecklenberg County, Gaston County, or Union County in the State of North Carolina if the State of North Carolina reciprocally offers in-state tuition and fee rates to legal residents of York County, Chester County, and Lancaster County in this State."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and is effective beginning with the 2016-2017 school year.
