H*3455(Rat #0251, Act #0151)  General Bill, By Spearman and D. Williams
 A Bill to amend Section 59-111-20, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
 relating to free tuition for certain veterans' children, so as to require that
 the veteran was a wartime veteran, to delete the eighteen-year residency
 requirement of the veteran, and to apply the free tuition to a student who is
 under twenty-six years of age who also meets the residency requirements of
 educational purposes and is pursuing an undergraduate degree.-amended title

   02/10/93  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-9
   02/10/93  House  Referred to Committee on Education and Public
                     Works HJ-9
   04/07/93  House  Committee report: Favorable with amendment
                     Education and Public Works HJ-9
   04/15/93  House  Debate adjourned until Wednesday, April 21, 1993 HJ-16
   04/21/93  House  Amended HJ-23
   04/21/93  House  Read second time HJ-24
   04/22/93  House  Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-16
   04/27/93  Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-18
   04/27/93  Senate Referred to Committee on Education SJ-18
   06/01/93  Senate Recalled from Committee on Education SJ-38
   06/01/93  Senate Read second time SJ-38
   06/01/93  Senate Unanimous consent for third reading on next
                     legislative day SJ-38
   06/02/93  Senate Read third time and enrolled SJ-61
   06/10/93         Ratified R 251
   06/14/93         Signed By Governor
   06/14/93         Effective date 06/14/93
   07/07/93         Copies available

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 59-111-20, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FREE TUITION FOR CERTAIN VETERANS' CHILDREN, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT THE VETERAN WAS A WARTIME VETERAN, TO DELETE THE EIGHTEEN-YEAR RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT OF THE VETERAN, AND TO APPLY THE FREE TUITION TO A STUDENT WHO IS UNDER TWENTY-SIX YEARS OF AGE WHO ALSO MEETS THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS OF EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND IS PURSUING AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Tuition exemption revised

SECTION 1. Section 59-111-20 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-111-20. (A) A child of a wartime veteran, upon application to and approval by the South Carolina Department of Veterans Affairs, may be admitted to any state-supported college, university, or post high school technical education institution free of tuition so long as his work and conduct is satisfactory to the governing body of the institution, if the veteran was a resident of this State at the time of entry into service and during service or has been a resident of this State for at least one year and still resides in this State or, if the veteran is deceased, resided in this State for one year before his death, and provided the veteran served honorably in a branch of the military service of the United States during a war period, as those periods are defined by Section 101 of Title 38 of the United States Code and:

(1) was killed in action;

(2) died from other causes while in the service;

(3) died of disease or disability resulting from service;

(4) was a prisoner of war as defined by Congress or Presidential proclamation during such war period;

(5) is permanently and totally disabled, as determined by the Veterans Administration from any cause;

(6) has been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor;

(7) is missing in action; or

(8) the applicant is the child of a deceased veteran who qualified under items (4) and (5).

(B) The provisions of this section apply to a child of a veteran who meets the residency requirements of Chapter 112 of this title, is twenty-six years of age or younger, and is pursuing any type of undergraduate degree."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

Approved the 14th day of June, 1993.