Senate Bill No. 226
(By Senators Jackson, Wooton, White, Craigo, Helmick, Prezioso,
Bowman, Walker, Snyder, Anderson, Fanning, Kessler, Dittmar,
Sharpe, Ross, Schoonover, Love, Ball, Hunter, Sprouse, Oliverio,
McKenzie, Deem, Minear, Boley, Dugan, Kimble, Buckalew and
Tomblin, Mr. President)
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[Introduced January 26, 1998; 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 allowing members of the national guard
who are not residents of West Virginia but who are active
members of a national guard unit or national guard operation
in this state to pay resident tuition rates at institutions
of higher education.
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. Resident tuition rates for national guard members.
(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 include
members of the national guard who are not residents of West
Virginia but who are active members of a national guard unit or
national guard operation in this state.
(b) Members of the national guard who are not residents of
West Virginia but who are assigned to serve in this state shall
be charged resident tuition rates provided that the student is a
resident, as that term is defined in subsection (a) of 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 this section.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require state colleges
and universities to apply in-state tuition rates to members of
the national guard who are not residents of this state but who
are active members of a national guard unit or national guard
operation in this state.
This section is new; therefore, stike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
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