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| 3 | 3 | EXPLANATION: CAPITALS INDICATE MAT TER ADDED TO EXISTIN G LAW. | |
| 4 | 4 | [Brackets] indicate matter deleted from existing law. | |
| 5 | - | Underlining indicates amendments to bill. | |
| 6 | - | Strike out indicates matter stricken from the bill by amendment or deleted from the law by | |
| 7 | - | amendment. | |
| 8 | 5 | *hb0207* | |
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| 10 | 7 | HOUSE BILL 207 | |
| 11 | 8 | F2 5lr0921 | |
| 12 | 9 | HB 473/24 – APP (PRE–FILED) CF SB 268 | |
| 13 | 10 | By: Delegate Pasteur | |
| 14 | 11 | Requested: September 23, 2024 | |
| 15 | 12 | Introduced and read first time: January 8, 2025 | |
| 16 | 13 | Assigned to: Appropriations | |
| 17 | - | Committee Report: Favorable | |
| 18 | - | House action: Adopted | |
| 19 | - | Read second time: February 11, 2025 | |
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| 15 | + | A BILL ENTITLED | |
| 22 | 16 | ||
| 23 | 17 | AN ACT concerning 1 | |
| 24 | 18 | ||
| 25 | 19 | Higher Education – Undocumented Students – Out–of–State Tuition Exemption 2 | |
| 26 | 20 | Eligibility 3 | |
| 27 | 21 | ||
| 28 | 22 | FOR the purpose of decreasing the number of years an individual or the individual’s parent 4 | |
| 29 | 23 | or guardian must file taxes before the academic year for eligibility to receive an 5 | |
| 30 | 24 | out–of–state tuition exemption; and generally relating to out–of–state tuition 6 | |
| 31 | 25 | exemptions for undocumented students. 7 | |
| 32 | 26 | ||
| 33 | 27 | BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, 8 | |
| 34 | 28 | Article – Education 9 | |
| 35 | 29 | Section 15–106.8(b)(4) 10 | |
| 36 | 30 | Annotated Code of Maryland 11 | |
| 37 | 31 | (2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 12 | |
| 38 | 32 | ||
| 39 | 33 | SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 13 | |
| 40 | 34 | That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 14 | |
| 41 | 35 | ||
| 42 | 36 | Article – Education 15 | |
| 43 | 37 | ||
| 44 | 38 | 15–106.8. 16 | |
| 45 | 39 | ||
| 46 | 40 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, an individual shall be 17 | |
| 47 | - | exempt from paying the out–of–state tuition rate at a public institution of higher education 18 2 HOUSE BILL 207 | |
| 41 | + | exempt from paying the out–of–state tuition rate at a public institution of higher education 18 | |
| 42 | + | in the State, and shall be eligible for the tuition rates described under subsections (c) and 19 | |
| 43 | + | (d) of this section, if the individual: 20 | |
| 44 | + | ||
| 45 | + | (4) Provides to the public institution of higher education documentation 21 | |
| 46 | + | that the individual or the individual’s parent or legal guardian has filed a Maryland income 22 2 HOUSE BILL 207 | |
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| 49 | 48 | ||
| 50 | - | ||
| 51 | - | ||
| 49 | + | tax return annually for the [3–year] 2–YEAR period before the academic year in which the 1 | |
| 50 | + | tuition rate exemption would apply; 2 | |
| 52 | 51 | ||
| 53 | - | (4) Provides to the public institution of higher education documentation 3 | |
| 54 | - | that the individual or the individual’s parent or legal guardian has filed a Maryland income 4 | |
| 55 | - | tax return annually for the [3–year] 2–YEAR period before the academic year in which the 5 | |
| 56 | - | tuition rate exemption would apply; 6 | |
| 52 | + | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 3 | |
| 53 | + | 1, 2025. 4 | |
| 57 | 54 | ||
| 58 | - | SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 7 | |
| 59 | - | 1, 2025. 8 | |
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| 64 | - | Approved: | |
| 65 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 66 | - | Governor. | |
| 67 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 68 | - | Speaker of the House of Delegates. | |
| 69 | - | ________________________________________________________________________________ | |
| 70 | - | President of the Senate. |