Florida Senate - 2014                               CS for SB 84
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs, Space, and
       Domestic Security; and Senators Latvala and Evers
       
       
       
       
       583-00366-14                                            201484c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to resident status for tuition
    3         purposes; amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; providing
    4         criteria for veterans of the Armed Forces of the
    5         United States, including the National Guard and
    6         reserve components thereof, to qualify as residents
    7         for tuition purposes; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (10) of
   12  section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, are amended, present
   13  paragraphs (c) through (k) of that subsection are redesignated
   14  as paragraphs (d) through (l), respectively, and a new paragraph
   15  (c) is added to that subsection, to read:
   16         1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition
   17  purposes.—Students shall be classified as residents or
   18  nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in
   19  postsecondary educational programs offered by charter technical
   20  career centers or career centers operated by school districts,
   21  in Florida College System institutions, and in state
   22  universities.
   23         (10) The following persons shall be classified as residents
   24  for tuition purposes:
   25         (a) Active duty members of the Armed Forces Services of the
   26  United States residing or stationed in this state, their
   27  spouses, and dependent children, and active drilling members of
   28  the Florida National Guard.
   29         (b) Active duty members of the Armed Forces Services of the
   30  United States and their spouses and dependents attending a
   31  Florida College System institution or state university within 50
   32  miles of the military establishment where they are stationed, if
   33  such military establishment is within a county contiguous to
   34  Florida.
   35         (c) Honorably discharged veterans of the Armed Forces of
   36  the United States, including the National Guard and reserve
   37  components thereof, who physically reside in this state while
   38  enrolled in an institution of higher education.
   39         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.