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| 3 | 3 | | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. |
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| 4 | 4 | | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. |
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| 5 | 5 | | *sb0637* |
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| 7 | 7 | | SENATE BILL 637 |
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| 8 | 8 | | F2 4lr1683 |
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| 9 | 9 | | CF HB 473 |
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| 10 | 10 | | By: Senators Brooks and Hettleman |
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| 11 | 11 | | Introduced and read first time: January 29, 2024 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Assigned to: Education, Energy, and the Environment |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL ENTITLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | AN ACT concerning 1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Higher Education – Undocumented Students – Out–of–State Tuition Exemption 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Eligibility 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | FOR the purpose of decreasing the number of years an individual or the individual’s parent 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | or guardian must file taxes before the academic year for eligibility to receive an 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | out–of–state tuition exemption; and generally relating to out–of–state tuition 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | exemptions for undocumented students. 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Article – Education 9 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Section 15–106.8(b)(4) 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2023 Supplement) 12 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 |
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| 33 | 33 | | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Article – Education 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 15–106.8. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an individual shall be 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | exempt from paying the out–of–state tuition rate at a public institution of higher education 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | in the State, and shall be eligible for the tuition rates described under subsections (c) and 19 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (d) of this section, if the individual: 20 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (4) Provides to the public institution of higher education documentation 21 |
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| 45 | 45 | | that the individual or the individual’s parent or legal guardian has filed a Maryland income 22 |
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| 46 | 46 | | tax return [annually] for the [3–year period] TAXABLE YEAR IMMEDIA TELY before the 23 |
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| 47 | 47 | | academic year in which the tuition rate exemption would apply; 24 2 SENATE BILL 637 |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 1, 2024. 2 |
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