Senate Bill sb0412

    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 412

    By Senator Bullard





    39-540-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the determination of

  3         resident status for tuition purposes; amending

  4         s. 1009.21, F.S.; classifying certain liaison

  5         officers and their spouses and dependent

  6         children as residents for tuition purposes;

  7         providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (10)

12  of section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, to read:

13         1009.21  Determination of resident status for tuition

14  purposes.--Students shall be classified as residents or

15  nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in community

16  colleges and state universities.

17         (10)  The following persons shall be classified as

18  residents for tuition purposes:

19         (k)  Active duty members of a foreign nation's military

20  who are serving as liaison officers and are residing or

21  stationed in this state, and their spouses and dependent

22  children, attending a community college or state university

23  within 50 miles of the military establishment where they are

24  stationed.

25         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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28                          SENATE SUMMARY

29    Classifies certain active duty members of a foreign
      nation's military who are serving as liaison officers,
30    and their spouses and dependent children, as residents of
      this state for tuition purposes.
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