BILL NUMBER: AB 13	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	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 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 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, if that student uses this exemption within 2 years of being
discharged. Existing law prohibits a former member of the Armed
Forces who received a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge from
receiving this exemption.
   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 in subdivision (b) or 
(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 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.
  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.