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ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6585
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Bauer, Oke and Roach)
Read first time 02/08/94.
AN ACT Relating to tuition exemptions for veterans; amending RCW 28B.15.620; amending 1991 c 164 s 11 (uncodified); and amending 1991 c 228 s 15 (uncodified).
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 28B.15.620 and 1993 sp.s. c 18 s 24 are each amended to read as follows:
Subject to the
limitations of RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the state universities,
the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community
colleges may exempt veterans of the Vietnam conflict who have served in the
southeast Asia theater of operations from the payment of any increase in
tuition and fees otherwise applicable to any other resident or nonresident
student. In such cases, the veteran shall not be required to pay more than the
total amount of tuition and fees paid by veterans of the Vietnam conflict on
October 1, 1977: PROVIDED, That for the purposes of this exemption,
"veterans of the Vietnam conflict" shall be those persons who have
been on active federal service as a member of the armed military or naval
forces of the United States between a period commencing August 5, 1964, and
ending on May 7, 1975, and who qualify as a resident student under RCW
28B.15.012, and who enrolled in state institutions of higher education on or
before May 7, 1990. This section shall expire June 30, ((1995)) 1997.
Sec. 2. 1991 c 164 s 11 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
Section 2 of this act
shall expire June 30, ((1995)) 1997.
Sec. 3. 1991 c 228 s 15 (uncodified) is amended to read as follows:
Sections 13 and 14 of
this act shall expire on June 30, ((1994)) 1997.
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