ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 40
(Senators Jackson, Craigo, Unger, Anderson, Redd, Bowman,
Tomblin, Ross, Love, Schoonover, Minear, Oliverio, Mitchell,
Hunter, Kessler, Edgell, Fanning, Prezioso, Plymale, Sharpe and
Ball, original sponsors)
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[Passed March 5, 1999; to take effect July 1, 1999.]
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AN ACT 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
participating in the national guard education services
program who are not residents of West Virginia but who are
active members of a national guard unit 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 in
West Virginia who are participating in the national guard
education services program.
(b) A member of the national guard who qualifies as 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, shall be charged resident tuition rates.
(c) The provisions of this section apply at the beginning of
the semester or term immediately following the effective date of
this section.
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