As Introduced 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H. B. No. 740 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVE GARDNER 7
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A B I L L
To amend section 3333.26 of the Revised Code to 11
waive tuition payments for the children and 12
spouses of public service officers killed in the
line of duty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 14
Section 1. That section 3333.26 of the Revised Code be 16
amended to read as follows: 17
Sec. 3333.26. (A) Any citizen of this state who has 26
resided within the state for one year and who was in the active 27
service of the United States as a soldier, sailor, nurse, or 28
marine between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, and who has 29
been honorably discharged from such service, shall be admitted to 30
any school, college, or university that receives state funds in 31
support thereof, without being required to pay any tuition or 32
matriculation fee, but is not relieved from the payment of 33
laboratory or similar fees. 34
(B)(1) As used in this division: 36
(a) "Volunteer fire fighter" has the meaning given in 39
division (B)(1) of section 146.01 of the Revised Code; 40
(b) "PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICER" MEANS AN OHIO FIRE FIGHTER, 42
VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER, POLICE OFFICER, MEMBER OF THE HIGHWAY 43
PATROL, EMPLOYEE DESIGNATED TO EXERCISE THE POWERS OF POLICE 44
OFFICERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 1545.13 OF THE REVISED CODE, OR 45
OTHER PEACE OFFICER AS DEFINED BY DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 2935.01 46
OF THE REVISED CODE, OR A PERSON HOLDING ANY EQUIVALENT POSITION 47
IN ANOTHER STATE;
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(c) "Qualified former spouse" means the former spouse of a 50
fire fighter or law enforcement PUBLIC SERVICE officer described 51
in division (B)(3) of this section who is the custodial parent of 52
a minor child of that marriage pursuant to an order allocating 53
the parental rights and responsibilities for care of the child 54
issued pursuant to section 3109.04 of the Revised Code. 56
(2) Any resident of this state who is under twenty-six 58
years of age, or under thirty years of age if the resident has 59
been honorably discharged from the armed services of the United 60
States, and who is the child of an Ohio fire fighter, volunteer 61
fire fighter, police officer, member of the highway patrol, 62
employee designated to exercise the powers of police officers 63
pursuant to section 1545.13 of the Revised Code, or other peace 64
officer as defined by division (B) of section 2935.01 of the 65
Revised Code, A PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICER killed in the line of 67
duty, and who is admitted to any state university or college as 68
defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised 69
Code, community college, state community college, university 70
branch, or technical college, shall not be required to pay any 71
tuition or any student fee for up to four academic years of 72
education, which shall be at the undergraduate level.
(3) Any resident of this state who is the spouse or 74
qualified former spouse of an Ohio fire fighter, volunteer fire 77
fighter, police officer, member of the highway patrol, employee 78
designated to exercise powers of police officers pursuant to 79
section 1545.13 of the Revised Code, or other peace officer as 81
defined in division (B) of section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, A 84
PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICER killed in the line of duty, and who is 85
admitted to any state university or college as defined in 86
division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, community 88
college, state community college, university branch, or technical 89
college, shall not be required to pay any tuition or any student 90
fee for up to four academic years of education, which shall be at 91
the undergraduate level. 92
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(C) Any institution that is not subject to division (B) of 94
this section and that holds a valid certificate of registration 95
issued under Chapter 3332., a valid certificate issued under 96
Chapter 4709., or a valid license issued under Chapter 4713. of 97
the Revised Code, or that is nonprofit and has a certificate of 98
authorization issued under section 1713.02 of the Revised Code 99
that reduces tuition and student fees of a student who is 100
eligible to attend an institution of higher education under the 101
provisions of division (B) of this section by an amount indicated 102
by the Ohio board of regents shall be eligible to receive a grant 104
in that amount from the board. Each institution that enrolls 105
students under division (B) of this section shall report to the 106
board, by the first day of July of each year, the number of 107
students who were so enrolled and the average amount of all such 108
tuition and fees waived during the preceding year. The board 109
shall determine the average amount of all such tuition and fees 110
waived during the preceding year. The average amount of tuition 111
and fees waived under division (B) of this section during the 112
preceding year shall be the amount of grants that participating 113
institutions shall receive under this division during the current 114
year, but no grant under this division shall exceed the tuition 115
and student fees due and payable by the student prior to the 116
reduction referred to in this division. Such grants shall be 117
made for four years of undergraduate education of an eligible 118
student.
Section 2. That existing section 3333.26 of the Revised 120
Code is hereby repealed. 121
Section 3. Section 3333.26 of the Revised Code is 123
presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by 124
both Am. Sub. H.B. 281 and Am. Sub. H.B. 627 of the 121st General 125
Assembly, with the new language of neither of the acts shown in 127
capital letters. This is in recognition of the principle stated 128
in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that such 129
amendments are to be harmonized where not substantively 130
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irreconcilable and constitutes a legislative finding that such is 131
the resulting version in effect prior to the effective date of 132
this act.