Current Status Introducing Body:House Bill Number:4735 Primary Sponsor:Anderson Committee Number:30 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Free tuition to certain children of veterans Residing Body:House Current Committee:Ways and Means Computer Document Number:GJK/20294SD.94 Introduced Date:19940215 Last History Body:House Last History Date:19940215 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Anderson McMahand Type of Legislation:General Bill
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4735 House 19940215 Introduced, read first time, 30
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TO AMEND SECTION 59-111-20, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FREE TUITION AT STATE-SUPPORTED COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES FOR CERTAIN VETERANS' CHILDREN, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT CHILDREN OF VETERANS WHO ARE RECIPIENTS OF THE PURPLE HEART ALSO ARE ENTITLED TO FREE TUITION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 59-111-20(A), of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 151 of 1993, is further amended to read:
"(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 or the Purple Heart;
(7) is missing in action; or
(8) the applicant is the child of a deceased veteran who qualified under items (4) and (5)."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.