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H. 3328
STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. G.M. Smith
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3141sl03.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 127, 3932
Introduced in the House on January 16, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Ways and Means
Summary: Eligibility for free tuition
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/16/2003 House Introduced and read first time HJ-232 1/16/2003 House Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-232
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 59-111-110, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FREE TUITION FOR CHILDREN OF FIREMEN, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND OTHER GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TOTALLY DISABLED OR KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, SO AS TO INCLUDE THE SPOUSE OF FIREMEN, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TOTALLY DISABLED OR KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-111-110 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 281 of 2000, is further amended to read:
"Section 59-111-110. (A) No Tuition may must not be charged for a period of four school years by any a state-supported college or university or any a state-supported vocational or technical school for children a child or spouse of:
(1) firemen, both regularly employed and members of volunteer organized units, organized rescue squad members, members of the Civil Air Patrol, law enforcement officers, or corrections officers, as defined herein in this article, including reserve and auxiliary units of counties or municipalities who become totally disabled or are killed in the line of duty on or after July 1, 1964;
(2) government employees who become totally disabled or are killed in the line of duty while working on state time on or after July 1, 1996, as a result of a criminal act committed against them which constitutes a felony under the laws of this State.
(B) The tuition authorized to be paid by this section applies only to undergraduate courses or curriculum and may must not be paid for a period not exceeding four years, regardless of the number of state-supported colleges, universities, or state-supported vocational or technical schools the child or spouse attends."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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