MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

1999 Regular Session

To: Universities and Colleges

By: Senator(s) Ross, Carter, Dickerson, Furniss, Gordon, Hall, Jordan (24th), Kirby, Lee, Smith, White (29th), Johnson (19th), Ferris

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 37-103-17, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL GUARD MAY BE CLASSIFIED AS IN-STATE RESIDENTS FOR PURPOSES OF UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY AND/OR JUNIOR COLLEGE TUITION; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 37-103-17, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

37-103-17. Members of the United States Armed Forces on extended active duty and stationed within the State of Mississippi and members of the Mississippi National Guard may be classified as residents, for the purpose of attendance at state-supported institutions of higher learning and community and/or junior colleges of the State of Mississippi. Resident status of such military personnel who are not legal residents of Mississippi, as defined in Section 37-103-13, shall terminate upon their reassignment for duty in the continental United States outside the State of Mississippi.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 1999.