ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR

Senate Bill No. 18
(Senators Bailey, Dempsey, Sharpe, Minard, Hunter and Love, original sponsors)
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[Passed March 11, 2006; to take effect July 1, 2006.]
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AN ACT to amend and reenact §18B-10-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to granting tuition waivers to the children and spouses of parole and probation officers killed in the line of duty.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That §18B-10-7 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 10. FEES AND OTHER MONEY COLLECTED AT STATE INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

§18B-10-7. Tuition and fee waivers for children and spouses of officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty.

(a) Each state institution of higher education shall permit any person to attend its undergraduate courses and classes if classroom space is available without charging the person any tuition or any fees, if:

(1) The person is the child or spouse of an individual who was:

(A) A law-enforcement officer as defined in section one, article twenty-nine, chapter thirty of this code;

(B) A correctional officer at a state penal institution;

(D) A probation officer;

(E) A conservation officer; or

(F) A registered firefighter; and

(2) Killed in the line of duty while:

(A) Employed by the state or any political subdivision of the state; or

(B) A member of a volunteer fire department serving a political subdivision of this state.

(b) The state institution of higher education may require the person to pay:

(1) Special fees, including any laboratory fees, if the fees are required of all other students taking a single or that particular course; and

(2) Parking fees.

(1) For determining the availability of classroom space;

(2) As it considers necessary to implement this section; and

(3) Regarding requirements for attendance, which may not exceed such requirements for other persons.

(d) The governing boards may extend to persons attending courses and classes under this section any rights, privileges or benefits extended to other students which it considers appropriate.