BILL NUMBER: AB 2478	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi
   (Coauthor: Senator Cannella)

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2478, as amended, Hayashi. Student residency requirements:
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 establishes uniform student residency requirements
for purposes of ascertaining the amount of tuition and fees to be
paid by students of public postsecondary education institutions.
Existing law entitles 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 the Armed
Forces to resident classification 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.
   This bill instead would make those students exempt from paying
nonresident tuition, and would revise that provision for purposes of
the California Community Colleges by making 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 the Armed Forces exempt
from paying nonresident tuition for the length of time he or she
lives in this state after being discharged up to  4 
 2  years 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, thereby imposing 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 subdivision (b), 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) 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 shall be
exempt from paying nonresident tuition for the length of time he or
she lives in this state after being discharged up to  four
  two  years 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.
  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.