Nevada 2019 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 427 — Revises provisions governing the tuition charges, registration and other fees assessed against certain students within the Nevada System of Higher Education. (BDR 34-894)

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 25, 2019. Enacted.

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Summary

AN ACT relating to the Nevada System of Higher Education; requiring the waiver of the payment of registration fees and certain other fees assessed against students within the System who are veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart; prohibiting the assessment of tuition charges against such students; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

Bill Text

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(Reprinted with amendments adopted on May 14, 2019) SECOND REPRINT A.B.
Assembly Bill No.
427 A SSEMBLY B ILLN O.
427–Committee on Government Affairs CHAPTER..........
427–COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT A FFAIRS M ARCH 25, 2019 ____________ Referred to Committee on Education SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing the tuition charges, registration and other fees assessed against certain students within the Nevada System of Higher Education.
(BDR 34-894) FISCAL NOTE:
Effect on Local Government:
No.
Effect on the State:
Yes.
~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
(NRS 396.544, 396.5442, 396.5445) Section 1 of this bill requires the Board of Regents to waive the payment of registration fees, laboratory fees and any other mandatory fees the United States who has been awarded the Purple Heart to the extent that the fees exceed the amount of any federal educational benefits to which the veteran is entitled.
(NRS 396.544, 396.5442, 396.5445) Section 1 of this bill requires the Board of Regents to waive the payment of registration fees, laboratory fees and any other mandatory fees assessed each semester against a student who is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States who has been awarded the Purple Heart to the extent that the fees exceed the amount of any federal educational benefits to which the veteran is entiExisting law authorizes the Board of Regents to assess tuition charges for students at all campuses of the Nevada System of Higher Education who are not residents of Nevada.
Existing law authorizes the Board of Regents to assess tuition charges for students at all campuses of the Nevada System of Higher Education who are not residents of Nevada.
The tuition charges are in addition to registration fees and other fees assessed against students who are residents of this State.
The tuition charges are in addition to registration fees and also prohibits the Board of Regents from assessing tuition charges against certain students, including certain veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States.
Existing law also prohibits the Board of Regents from assessing tuition charges against certain students, including certain veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States.
- *AB427_R2* – 2 – (NRS 396.540) Section 1.5 of this bill prohibits the Board of Regents from assessing tuition charges against veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart.
(NRS 396.540) Section 1.5 of this bill prohibits the Board of Regents from assessing tuition charges against veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart.
EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;
matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
(a) If the student is entitled to receive any federal educational benefits for a semester, the balance of registration fees, laboratory fees and any other mandatory fees assessed against the student that remain unpaid after the student’s account has been credited with the full amount of the federal educational benefits to which the student is entitled for that semester;
80th Session (2019) – 2 – (a) If the student is entitled to receive any federal educational benefits for a semester, the balance of registration fees, laboratory fees and any other mandatory fees assessed against the student that remain unpaid after the student’s account has been credited with the full amount of the federal educational benefits to which the student is entitled for that semester;
The qualification “bona fide” is intended to ensure that the - *AB427_R2* – 3 – residence is genuine and established for purposes other than the avoidance of tuition.
The qualification “bona fide” is intended to ensure that the residence is genuine and established for purposes other than the avoidance of tuition.
(a) All students whose families have been bona fide residents of the State of Nevada for at least 12 months before the matriculation of the student at a university, state college or community college within the System;
(a) All students whose families have been bona fide residents of the State of Nevada for at least 12 months before the matriculation 80th Session (2019) – 3 – of the student at a university, state college or community college within the System;
- *AB427_R2* – 4 – (h) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States who are on active duty and stationed at a military installation in the State of Nevada or a military installation in another state which has a specific nexus to this State, including, without limitation, the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center located at Pickel Meadow, California;
(h) Members of the Armed Forces of the United States who are on active duty and stationed at a military installation in the State of Nevada or a military installation in another state which has a specific nexus to this State, including, without limitation, the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center located at Pickel Meadow, California;
(i) Veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States who were honorably discharged and who were on active duty while stationed at a military installation in the State of Nevada or a military installation in another state which has a specific nexus to this State, including, without limitation, the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center located at Pickel Meadow, California, on the date of discharge;
(i) Veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States who were honorably discharged and who were on active duty while stationed at a military installation in the State of Nevada or a military installation in another state which has a specific nexus to this State, including, without limitation, the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare 80th Session (2019) – 4 – Training Center located at Pickel Meadow, California, on the date of discharge;
H - *AB427_R2*
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Action History

  1. Chapter 320.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and delivered to Governor.

  4. Senate Amendment No. 675 concurred in. To enrollment.

  5. In Assembly.

  6. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved. (Yeas: 21, Nays: None.) To Assembly.

  7. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  8. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  9. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  10. From printer. To re-engrossment. Re-engrossed. Second reprint. Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.

  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 675.) To printer.

  12. In Senate. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To committee.

  13. From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 41, Nays: None, Excused: 1.) To Senate.

  14. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 335.) To printer.

  15. From printer. To committee.

  16. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Education. To printer.

Sponsors

  • Assembly Committee on Government Affairs · Primary

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Co-sponsors (0)

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What does AB 427 do?
AN ACT relating to the Nevada System of Higher Education; requiring the waiver of the payment of registration fees and certain other fees assessed against students within the System who are veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart; prohibiting the assessment of tuition charges against such students; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Who sponsors AB 427?
AB 427 is sponsored by Assembly Committee on Government Affairs.
What is the current status of AB 427?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 25, 2019. Enacted.
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