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H.B. 5010

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NONRESIDENT TUITION WAIVER

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AMENDMENTS

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2002 FIFTH SPECIAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Afton B. Bradshaw

             6      This act modifies the State System of Higher Education by repealing presidents' authority
             7      to waive certain tuition for nonresidents. This act also repeals the authorization to offer
             8      nonresident partial tuition scholarships.
             9      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             10      AMENDS:
             11          53B-8-101, as last amended by Chapter 288, Laws of Utah 2001
             12          63-55b-153, as last amended by Chapters 49, 219 and 301, Laws of Utah 2002
             13      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             14          Section 1. Section 53B-8-101 is amended to read:
             15           53B-8-101. Waiver of tuition.
             16          (1) The president of each institution may waive all or part of the tuition in behalf of
             17      meritorious or impecunious resident students to an amount not exceeding 10% of the total amount
             18      of tuition which, in the absence of the waivers, would have been collected from all Utah resident
             19      students at the institution.
             20          (2) (a) Each academic year the president of each of the following institutions may waive
             21      all or part of the resident portion of the tuition in behalf of the additional number of meritorious
             22      nonresident students set forth below who are not current recipients of the waiver:     
             23                                      Number of Nonresident
             24           Institution                        Students
             25          the University of Utah                     190
             26          Utah State University                         165
             27          Weber State University                     135

             28          Southern Utah University                     68
             29          Snow College                             18
             30          Dixie State College of Utah                     30
             31          the College of Eastern Utah                     18
             32          Utah Valley State College                     114
             33          Salt Lake Community College                 43
             34          (b) (i) The president may continue to waive the resident portion of the tuition during the
             35      entire time the affected meritorious nonresident student remains an undergraduate student in good
             36      standing at the institution.
             37          (ii) The resident portion of the tuition for each nonresident student is equal to the tuition
             38      for resident students at the institution.
             39          (c) The president may waive the nonresident portion of tuition for a meritorious
             40      nonresident student receiving a waiver under Subsection (2)(a) after completion of the student's
             41      first year of full-time study at the institution.
             42          (d) (i) In addition to the waivers authorized by Subsections (2)(a) and (c), the president
             43      may waive all or part of the nonresident portion of tuition for a meritorious nonresident student
             44      during the student's first year of full-time study at the institution.
             45          (ii) The number of these nonresident waivers for each institution is limited to the
             46      percentage of nonresident students at each institution times the nonresident student number
             47      allowed under Subsection (2)(a).
             48          (3) Upon recommendation of the board, the president may grant additional full or partial
             49      tuition waivers to encourage students to enroll for instruction in occupations critical to the state
             50      for which trained personnel are in short supply.
             51          [(4) The president may waive all or part of the difference between resident and nonresident
             52      tuition in the case of meritorious graduate students and nonresident summer school students.]
             53          [(5)] (4) The board shall submit annual budget appropriation requests for each institution
             54      which include requests for funds sufficient in amount to equal the estimated loss of dedicated
             55      credits that would be realized if all of the tuition waivers authorized by Subsection (2) were
             56      granted.
             57          Section 2. Section 63-55b-153 is amended to read:
             58           63-55b-153. Repeal dates -- Titles 53, 53A, and 53B.

             59          (1) Subsection 53-3-205 (9)(a)(i)(D) is repealed July 1, 2007.
             60          (2) Subsection 53-3-804 (2)(g) is repealed July 1, 2007.
             61          (3) Subsection 53-5-710 (4) pertaining to restrictions at Olympic venue secure areas is
             62      repealed April 1, 2002.
             63          (4) Title 53, Chapter 12, State Olympic Public Safety Command Act, is repealed July 1,
             64      2003.
             65          (5) Section 53-12-301.1 is repealed April 1, 2002.
             66          (6) Section 53A-1-403.5 is repealed July 1, 2007.
             67          (7) Section 53A-3-602 is repealed July 1, 2002.
             68          (8) Section 53B-8-104 is repealed July 1, 2003.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 7-9-02 11:13 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

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