H 3932 General Bill, By Townsend

Similar(S 127, H 3328)
 A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 59-111-110, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
 CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TUITION FOR CHILDREN OF FIREMEN, LAW ENFORCEMENT
 OFFICERS, AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DISABLED OR KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, SO
 AS TO INCLUDE SPOUSES IN THE PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE TUITION EXEMPTION AND TO
 INCLUDE SUMMER SEMESTERS IN THE FOUR YEARS THE PERSONS MAY RECEIVE THE TUITION
 EXEMPTION; TO AMEND SECTION 59-111-160, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF "TOTAL
 DISABILITY", SO AS TO INCLUDE SPOUSES IN THE APPLICATION OF THIS ARTICLE.

   04/02/03  House  Introduced and read first time HJ-100
   04/02/03  House  Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-101

TO AMEND SECTION 59-111-110, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO TUITION FOR CHILDREN OF FIREMEN, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DISABLED OR KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, SO AS TO INCLUDE SPOUSES IN THE PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR THE TUITION EXEMPTION AND TO INCLUDE SUMMER SEMESTERS IN THE FOUR YEARS THE PERSONS MAY RECEIVE THE TUITION EXEMPTION; TO AMEND SECTION 59-111-160, RELATING TO THE DEFINITION OF "TOTAL DISABILITY", SO AS TO INCLUDE SPOUSES IN THE APPLICATION OF THIS ARTICLE.

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 Tuition must not be charged for a period of four school years, to include summer semesters, by any a state-supported college or university or any a state-supported vocational or technical school for dependent children and spouses 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, to include summer semesters, regardless of the number of state-supported colleges, universities, or state-supported vocational or technical schools the child attends."

SECTION    2.    Section 59-111-160 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-111-160.    (A)    For the purposes of this article, total disability shall mean means the physical inability to perform work in any gainful the occupation, from which the person was considered to be disabled by the State of South Carolina and the which disability directly results is a direct result from any an injury received in line of duty. In cases of such total disability, the free tuition provided for herein shall in this article must be extended only while such after the fireman or law-enforcement law enforcement officer continues has been determined to be totally disabled.

(B)    This article shall not apply applies to a child or children born after the first year of total disability as herein defined dependent children and spouses of the person considered to be disabled by the State of South Carolina."

SECTION    3.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.