As Passed by the House 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session H. B. No. 740 5
1999-2000 6
REPRESENTATIVES GARDNER-CORBIN-MEAD-JONES-AMSTUTZ-BARRETT- 7
BOYD-CAREY-COUGHLIN-DAMSCHRODER-EVANS-HOOPS-KILBANE-KREBS- 8
METELSKY-METZGER-D. MILLER-R. MILLER-MOTTLEY-NETZLEY- 9
O'BRIEN-OGG-PERRY-PETERSON-ROBERTS-STAPLETON-SULLIVAN-VESPER- 10
WILSON-METTLER-TIBERI-WILLAMOWSKI-SCHULER-TERWILLEGER-A. CORE- 11
BUCHY-BRADING-MYERS-TAYLOR-CATES-CALLENDER-FORD-WIDENER- 13
WOMER BENJAMIN-ROMAN-HOLLISTER-SYKES-CLANCY-DePIERO-
SALERNO-OLMAN-CALVERT-HUGHES-AUSTRIA-KRUPINSKI-GOODING- 14
REDFERN-FLANNERY-PATTON-YOUNG-HOOD-HEALY-SMITH-BRITTON- 15
ALLEN-BENDER-STEVENS-GRENDELL-SUTTON 16
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A B I L L
To amend section 3333.26 of the Revised Code to 21
waive tuition payments for the children and 22
spouses of public service officers killed in the
line of duty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 24
Section 1. That section 3333.26 of the Revised Code be 26
amended to read as follows: 27
Sec. 3333.26. (A) Any citizen of this state who has 36
resided within the state for one year and who was in the active 37
service of the United States as a soldier, sailor, nurse, or 38
marine between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, and who has 39
been honorably discharged from such service, shall be admitted to 40
any school, college, or university that receives state funds in 41
support thereof, without being required to pay any tuition or 42
matriculation fee, but is not relieved from the payment of 43
laboratory or similar fees. 44
(B)(1) As used in this division: 46
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(a) "Volunteer fire fighter" has the meaning given in 49
division (B)(1) of section 146.01 of the Revised Code; 50
(b) "PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICER" MEANS AN OHIO FIRE FIGHTER, 52
VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTER, POLICE OFFICER, MEMBER OF THE HIGHWAY 53
PATROL, EMPLOYEE DESIGNATED TO EXERCISE THE POWERS OF POLICE 54
OFFICERS PURSUANT TO SECTION 1545.13 OF THE REVISED CODE, OR 55
OTHER PEACE OFFICER AS DEFINED BY DIVISION (B) OF SECTION 2935.01 56
OF THE REVISED CODE, OR A PERSON HOLDING ANY EQUIVALENT POSITION 57
IN ANOTHER STATE;
(c) "Qualified former spouse" means the former spouse of a 60
fire fighter or law enforcement PUBLIC SERVICE officer described 61
in division (B)(3) of this section who is the custodial parent of 62
a minor child of that marriage pursuant to an order allocating 63
the parental rights and responsibilities for care of the child 64
issued pursuant to section 3109.04 of the Revised Code. 66
(2) Any resident of this state who is under twenty-six 68
years of age, or under thirty years of age if the resident has 69
been honorably discharged from the armed services of the United 70
States, and who is the child of an Ohio fire fighter, volunteer 71
fire fighter, police officer, member of the highway patrol, 72
employee designated to exercise the powers of police officers 73
pursuant to section 1545.13 of the Revised Code, or other peace 74
officer as defined by division (B) of section 2935.01 of the 75
Revised Code, A PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICER killed in the line of 77
duty, and who is admitted to any state university or college as 78
defined in division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised 79
Code, community college, state community college, university 80
branch, or technical college, shall not be required to pay any 81
tuition or any student fee for up to four academic years of 82
education, which shall be at the undergraduate level.
(3) Any resident of this state who is the spouse or 84
qualified former spouse of an Ohio fire fighter, volunteer fire 87
fighter, police officer, member of the highway patrol, employee 88
designated to exercise powers of police officers pursuant to 89
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section 1545.13 of the Revised Code, or other peace officer as 91
defined in division (B) of section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, A 94
PUBLIC SERVICE OFFICER killed in the line of duty, and who is 95
admitted to any state university or college as defined in 96
division (A)(1) of section 3345.12 of the Revised Code, community 98
college, state community college, university branch, or technical 99
college, shall not be required to pay any tuition or any student 100
fee for up to four academic years of education, which shall be at 101
the undergraduate level. 102
(C) Any institution that is not subject to division (B) of 104
this section and that holds a valid certificate of registration 105
issued under Chapter 3332., a valid certificate issued under 106
Chapter 4709., or a valid license issued under Chapter 4713. of 107
the Revised Code, or that is nonprofit and has a certificate of 108
authorization issued under section 1713.02 of the Revised Code 109
that reduces tuition and student fees of a student who is 110
eligible to attend an institution of higher education under the 111
provisions of division (B) of this section by an amount indicated 112
by the Ohio board of regents shall be eligible to receive a grant 114
in that amount from the board. Each institution that enrolls 115
students under division (B) of this section shall report to the 116
board, by the first day of July of each year, the number of 117
students who were so enrolled and the average amount of all such 118
tuition and fees waived during the preceding year. The board 119
shall determine the average amount of all such tuition and fees 120
waived during the preceding year. The average amount of tuition 121
and fees waived under division (B) of this section during the 122
preceding year shall be the amount of grants that participating 123
institutions shall receive under this division during the current 124
year, but no grant under this division shall exceed the tuition 125
and student fees due and payable by the student prior to the 126
reduction referred to in this division. Such grants shall be 127
made for four years of undergraduate education of an eligible 128
student.
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Section 2. That existing section 3333.26 of the Revised 130
Code is hereby repealed. 131
Section 3. Section 3333.26 of the Revised Code is 133
presented in this act as a composite of the section as amended by 134
both Am. Sub. H.B. 281 and Am. Sub. H.B. 627 of the 121st General 135
Assembly, with the new language of neither of the acts shown in 137
capital letters. This is in recognition of the principle stated 138
in division (B) of section 1.52 of the Revised Code that such 139
amendments are to be harmonized where not substantively 140
irreconcilable and constitutes a legislative finding that such is 141
the resulting version in effect prior to the effective date of 142
this act.