Senate Bill No. 306–Senator Care

 

March 17, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs

 

SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing educational benefits provided to members of Nevada National Guard. (BDR 36‑991)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to the Nevada National Guard; revising the provisions governing the educational benefits provided to members of the Nevada National Guard; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section 1. NRS 412.143 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2  412.143  1.  The Adjutant General may authorize the payment

1-3  of [no more than] up to 100 percent of the [consolidated fee]

1-4  registration fees and laboratory fees each semester [for] on behalf

1-5  of each member of the active Nevada National Guard , including,

1-6  without limitation, a recruit, who attends [one of the universities] a

1-7  school within the University and Community College System of

1-8  Nevada as a full-time or part-time student from money appropriated

1-9  for [this purpose.

1-10      2.  The Adjutant General may authorize the payment of no more

1-11  than 100 percent of the credit-hour cost each semester for each

1-12  member of the active Nevada National Guard who attends one of the

1-13  community colleges within the University and Community College

1-14  System of Nevada as a full-time or part-time student from money

1-15  appropriated for this purpose.

1-16      3.] that purpose.

2-1  2.  The payments authorized by subsection 1 must not be made

2-2  on behalf of any person for more than 36 months.

2-3  3. To be eligible [to receive benefits,] for the payments

2-4  authorized by subsection 1, a person must [be] :

2-5  (a) Be a member in good standing of the active Nevada National

2-6  Guard , including, without limitation, a recruit, at the beginning of

2-7  and throughout the entire semester for which [benefits are received.]

2-8  payments are made; and

2-9  (b) Maintain at least a 2.0 grade-point average, on a 4.0

2-10  grading scale, each semester, or the equivalent of a 2.0 grade-

2-11  point average if a different grading scale is used.

2-12      4.  If the payments authorized by subsection 1 are made on

2-13  behalf of a recruit and the recruit does not enter full-time

2-14  National Guard duty within 1 year after enlisting, the recruit must

2-15  reimburse the Adjutant General for all such payments made on

2-16  behalf of the recruit if his failure to enter full-time National

2-17  Guard duty is attributable to his own conduct.

2-18      5.  As used in this section:

2-19      (a) “Full-time National Guard duty” has the meaning ascribed

2-20  to it in 32 U.S.C § 101(19).

2-21      (b) “Recruit” means a person who has enlisted in the Nevada

2-22  National Guard but has not begun his required military training.

2-23      Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2003.

 

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