Senate Bill No. 238
(By Senators Wooton, Helmick and Wiedebusch)
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[Introduced March 4, 1997; referred to the Committee
on Education; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend article ten, chapter eighteen-b of the code of
West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section
one-a, relating to providing limited residency status for
military and civilian personnel and their dependents
assigned to an active duty station in this state for higher
education tuition purposes.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article ten, chapter eighteen-b of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
one-a, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. FEES AND OTHER MONEY COLLECTED AT STATE INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
§18B-10-1a. Limited residency status for military and civilian
personnel and their dependents.
(a) The term "resident" or "residency," or any other term or
expression used to designate a West Virginia resident student,
when used to determine the rate of tuition to be charged students
attending community colleges and state-related and state-owned
institutions of higher education shall be construed to mean and
include: (1) Any military personnel, and their dependents, who
are assigned to an active duty station in West Virginia and who
reside in this state; and (2) any civilian personnel, and their
dependents, employed at a department of defense facility who are
transferred to West Virginia by the department of defense and who
reside in West Virginia.
(b) Military and civilian personnel and their dependents who
are admitted to a community college or a state-related or state- owned institution of higher education shall be charged resident
tuition rates provided that the student is a resident, as that
term is defined in subsection (a) of this section, under this section on the first
day of the semester or term of the college or institution.
(c) The provisions of this section apply for the semester or
term immediately following the effective date of thise section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require state colleges
and universities to apply in-state tuition rates to military personnel stationed in West Virginia.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.