00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 334(FIN)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to waiver of tuition and fees for certain family members of a                                          
02 police officer, a village public safety officer, or a fire fighter killed in the line                                   
03 of duty; and providing for an effective date."                                                                          
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1.  AS 14.43.085 is amended to read:                                                                     
06  Sec. 14.43.085.  Free tuition and fees for a spouse or dependent of members                                          
07 of the armed services , a fire department, or the police .  A person enrolled as a                                     
08 student in good standing in a state supported educational institution in this state is                                  
09 entitled to a waiver of  undergraduate  tuition and fees if the person was the spouse                                 
10 or dependent child of a bona fide resident of the state who was a member of the armed                                   
11 services , a fire department, the state troopers, the village public safety officers                                   
12 program, or a municipal police department  and who died in the line of duty or who                                     
13 died as a result of injuries sustained while in the line of duty for the  municipal,  state ,                       
14 or federal government  or fire department,  or  who  was listed by the United States                                
01 Department of Defense as a prisoner of war or as missing in action. In this section ,                                 
02   (1)  "armed services" means the Alaska National Guard, Alaska Naval                                                  
03 Militia, and the armed services of the United States;                                                                   
04   (2)  "dependent child" means a person who was a dependent of a                                                       
05 member of the armed services , a fire department, the state troopers, the village                                      
06 public safety officers program, or a municipal police department  at the time of the                                   
07 member's death, and who is                                                                                              
08   (A)  the member's natural or adopted child;                                                                         
09   (B)  a child in relation to whom the deceased armed services                                                        
10 member , fire fighter, state trooper, village public safety officer, or                                                
11 municipal police officer  stood in loco parentis for at least three years before                                       
12 the member's death;                                                                                                     
13   (C)  the member's stepchild; or                                                                                     
14   (D)  the member's acknowledged illegitimate child;                                                                  
15   (3)  "fire department" means a federal, state, or municipal fire                                                    
16 department or a regularly organized volunteer fire department registered with the                                       
17 state fire marshal;                                                                                                     
18   (4)   "line of duty" has the meaning given under federal law  and                                                  
19 includes acts arising out of and in the course of employment ;                                                         
20    (5)  [(4)]  "resident" means a person who resided in the state for at least                                       
21 one year before serving in the armed services , a fire department, the state troopers,                                 
22 the village public safety officers program, or a municipal police department  and                                      
23 who lists Alaska as the home state for purposes of military records  or state,                                         
24 municipal, or fire department employment records .                                                                     
25    * Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  (a)  A person who is enrolled as a student and who is                                   
26 described in sec. 1 of this Act is entitled to a waiver of tuition and fees regardless of whether                       
27 the person who died in the line of duty died before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.                       
28 A person who is entitled to a waiver of tuition and fees as described in sec. 1 of this Act  and                        
29 who has already paid tuition or fees before the effective date of this Act is not entitled to a                         
30 refund.                                                                                                                 
31  (b)  This Act does not apply to a person enrolled as a graduate student in a state                                     
01 supported educational institution on the effective date of this Act.                                                    
02    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1998.