00HOUSE BILL NO. 334                                                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to waiver of tuition and fees for certain family members of a                                          
02 police officer killed in the line of duty; and providing for an effective date."                                        
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
04    * Section 1.  AS 14.43.085 is amended to read:                                                                     
05  Sec. 14.43.085.  Free tuition and fees for a spouse or dependent of members                                          
06 of the armed services  or police .  A person enrolled as a student in good standing in                                 
07 a state supported educational institution in this state is entitled to a waiver of tuition                              
08 and fees if the person was the spouse or dependent child of a bona fide resident of the                                 
09 state who was a member of the armed services , the state troopers, or a municipal                                      
10 police department  and who died in the line of duty or who died as a result of injuries                                
11 sustained while in the line of duty for the  municipal,  state ,  or federal government ,  or                     
12  who  was listed by the United States Department of Defense as a prisoner of war or as                                
13 missing in action. In this section ,                                                                                  
14   (1)  "armed services" means the Alaska National Guard, Alaska Naval                                                  

01 Militia, and the armed services of the United States;                                                                   
02   (2)  "dependent child" means a person who was a dependent of a                                                       
03 member of the armed services , the state troopers, or a municipal police department                                   
04 at the time of the member's death, and who is                                                                           
05   (A)  the member's natural or adopted child;                                                                         
06   (B)  a child in relation to whom the deceased armed services                                                        
07 member , the state trooper, or municipal police officer  stood in loco parentis                                       
08 for at least three years before the member's death;                                                                     
09   (C)  the member's stepchild; or                                                                                     
10   (D)  the member's acknowledged illegitimate child;                                                                  
11   (3)  "line of duty" has the meaning given under federal law  and                                                    
12 includes acts arising out of and in the course of employment ;                                                         
13   (4)  "resident" means a person who resided in the state for at least one                                             
14 year before serving in the armed services , the state troopers, or municipal police                                    
15 department  and who lists Alaska as the home state for purposes of military records                                    
16  or state or municipal employment records .                                                                           
17    * Sec. 2.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1998.