Assembly Bill No. 9–Committee of the Whole

 

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AN ACT relating to the Nevada National Guard; authorizing the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to waive the registration fees and other fees for certain members of the Nevada National Guard during the 2003-2005 biennium; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

    Section 1. 1.  The Board of Regents of the University of

 Nevada may grant a waiver of registration fees and laboratory fees

 for any member of the active Nevada National Guard, including,

 without limitation, a recruit, who attends a school within the

 University and Community College System of Nevada as a full

-time or part-time student. For the purpose of assessing fees and

 charges against a person to whom a waiver is granted pursuant to

 this subsection, including, without limitation, tuition charges

 pursuant to NRS 396.540, such a person shall be deemed to be a

 bona fide resident of this state.

    2.  To be eligible for a waiver pursuant to subsection 1, a person

 must:

    (a) Be a member in good standing of the active Nevada National

 Guard, including, without limitation, a recruit, at the beginning of

 and throughout the entire semester for which the waiver is granted;

 and

    (b) Maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average, on a 4.0 grading

 scale, each semester, or the equivalent of a 2.0 grade point average

 if a different grading scale is used.

    3.  The Board of Regents may request the Adjutant General to

 verify the membership in the active Nevada National Guard of a

 person who is seeking or has been granted a waiver of registration

 fees and laboratory fees pursuant to subsection 1. The Adjutant

 General shall, upon receiving such a request, notify the Board of

 Regents in writing concerning the status and dates of membership

 of that person in the active Nevada National Guard.

    4.  If a waiver is granted pursuant to subsection 1 for a recruit

 and the recruit does not enter full-time National Guard duty within

 1 year after enlisting, the recruit shall reimburse the Board of

 Regents for all registration fees and laboratory fees waived on

 behalf of the recruit if his failure to enter full-time National Guard

 duty is attributable to his own conduct.

    5.  As used in this section:

    (a) “Full-time National Guard duty” has the meaning ascribed to

 it in 32 U.S.C. § 101(19).

    (b) “Recruit” means a person who has enlisted in the Nevada

National Guard but has not begun his required military duty.

    Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval

 and applies retroactively from and after July 1, 2003, and expires

 by limitation on June 30, 2005.

 

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