Pennsylvania Act 2010-57 — EXPANDED APPLICABILITY OF RESIDENCY STATUS OF ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL AND THEIR DEPENDENTS

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EXPANDED APPLICABILITY OF RESIDENCY STATUS OF ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL AND
                             THEIR DEPENDENTS
                  Act of Jul. 9, 2010, P.L. 453, No. 57               Cl. 24
                             Session of 2010
                               No. 2010-57

     SB 87

                                  AN ACT

     Amending the act of December 15, 1982 (P.L.1266, No.287),
        entitled, as amended, "An act conferring limited residency
        status on military personnel, their dependents and civilian
        personnel assigned to an active duty station in
        Pennsylvania," expanding applicability of the act to include
        all active duty personnel and their dependents.

        The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     hereby enacts as follows:

        Section 1.  Section 1(a) of the act of December 15, 1982
     (P.L.1266, No.287), entitled, as amended, "An act conferring
     limited residency status on military personnel, their dependents
     and civilian personnel assigned to an active duty station in
     Pennsylvania," amended June 28, 1996 (P.L.420, No.60), is
     amended to read:
        Section 1. (a)  General rule.--The term "resident" or
     "residency," or any other term or expression used to designate a
     Commonwealth resident student, when used to determine the rate
     of tuition to be charged students attending community colleges,
     State-related and State-owned institutions of higher learning
     shall be construed to mean and include any military personnel or
     their dependents who are assigned to an active duty station in
     Pennsylvania and who reside in Pennsylvania and any civilian
     personnel or their dependents employed at a Department of
     Defense facility who are transferred to Pennsylvania by the
     Department of Defense and who reside in Pennsylvania. Military
     personnel and their dependents and civilian personnel and their
     dependents who are admitted to a community college or a State-
     related or State-owned institution shall be charged resident
     tuition rates provided that the student is a resident under this
     section on the first day of the semester or term of the college
     or institution. A community college, State-related or State-
     owned institution of higher learning may charge resident tuition
     rates to any active military personnel and their dependents who
     are taking college courses or receiving other education services
     through the Internet or by other electronic means.
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        Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.

     APPROVED--The 9th day of July, A. D. 2010.

     EDWARD G. RENDELL