Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1095
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected:
IC 20-12-19.5
.
Synopsis: Room and board expense exemption. Provides an
exemption for room and board expenses at state educational institutions
for the surviving spouse or children of a public safety officer killed in
the line of duty. Appropriates to each state educational institution an
amount sufficient to provide the exemptions.
Effective: July 1, 2003.
Stevenson
January 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
Introduced
First Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2003)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1095
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
education and to make an appropriation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 20-12-19.5-0.5; (03)IN1095.1.1. -->
SECTION 1.
IC 20-12-19.5-0.5
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 0.5. As used in this chapter, "state
educational institution" has the meaning set forth in
IC 20-12-0.5-1.
SOURCE: IC 20-12-19.5-1; (03)IN1095.1.2. -->
SECTION 2.
IC 20-12-19.5-1
, AS AMENDED BY P.L.52-2000,
SECTION 3, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 1. (a) The children of:
(1) regular, paid law enforcement officers;
(2) regular, paid firefighters;
(3) volunteer firefighters under
IC 36-8-12-2
;
(4) county police reserve officers; or
(5) city police reserve officers;
who have been killed in the line of duty shall not be required to pay
tuition,
room and board, or mandatory fees at any state
supported
college, university, or technical school, educational institution so long
as the children are under the age of twenty-three (23) and are full-time
students pursuing a prescribed course of study.
(b) The surviving spouse of a:
(1) regular, paid law enforcement officer;
(2) regular, paid firefighter;
(3) volunteer firefighter under
IC 36-8-12-2
;
(4) county police reserve officer; or
(5) city police reserve officer;
who has been killed in the line of duty may not be required to pay
tuition, room and board, or mandatory fees at any state supported
college, university, or technical school, educational institution so long
as the surviving spouse is pursuing a prescribed course of study at the
institution towards an undergraduate degree.
(c) This section applies to the children and surviving spouse of a:
(1) regular, paid law enforcement officer;
(2) regular, paid firefighter;
(3) volunteer firefighter under
IC 36-8-12-2
;
(4) county police reserve officer; or
(5) city police reserve officer;
if the public safety officer described in this subsection was killed in the
line of duty before, on, or after July 1, 1993.
SOURCE: IC 20-12-19.5-2; (03)IN1095.1.3. -->
SECTION 3.
IC 20-12-19.5-2
, AS ADDED BY P.L.52-2000,
SECTION 4, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2003]: Sec. 2. The amount of the benefits under this chapter
is equal to one (1) of the following amounts:
(1) If the applicant does not receive financial assistance
specifically designated for tuition, room and board, and
mandatory fees, the amount determined under section 1 of this
chapter.
(2) If the applicant receives financial assistance specifically
designated for tuition, room and board, and mandatory fees:
(A) the amount determined under section 1 of this chapter;
minus
(B) the financial assistance specifically designated for tuition,
room and board, and mandatory fees.
SOURCE: IC 20-12-19.5-3; (03)IN1095.1.4. -->
SECTION 4.
IC 20-12-19.5-3
IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A
NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003]:
Sec. 3. There is annually appropriated
to each state educational institution from the state general fund an
amount sufficient to carry out the purposes of this chapter.