BILL NUMBER: SB 290	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senators Knight and Walters
   (Coauthors: Senators Anderson, Correa, Fuller, and Wolk)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Bonilla and Beth Gaines)

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2013

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 290, as amended, Knight. Nonresident tuition exemption:
veterans.
   Existing law establishes the segments of the public postsecondary
education system in the state, including the University of California
administered by the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University administered by the Trustees of the
California State University, and the California Community Colleges
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.
   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  ,  or  the  University of
California  ,  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.
   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),
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 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), 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  , 
or  the  University of California  ,  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) 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.