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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
HOUSE BILL 1795 By: Osburn
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to Higher Education; creating the
Sergeant CJ Nelson Legacy Act; amending 70 O.S. 2021 ,
Section 3218.7-1, which relates to waiver of room and
board fees for children of commissioned members of
Oklahoma Law Enforcement; directing for the waiver of
room and board fees for sur viving children of first
responders who have given their lives in the line of
duty; setting time period; defining terms; directing
for waiver of career technology district fees for
surviving children of first re sponder who have given
their lives in the line of duty; setting time period;
defining terms; providing for noncodification; and
providing an effecti ve date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law not to be
codified in the Oklahoma Statutes reads as follows:
This act shall be kn own and may be cited as "The Sergeant CJ
Nelson Legacy Act".
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 3218.7-1, is
amended to read as follows :
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Section 3218.7-1 A. Within The Oklahoma State System of Higher
Education, no fees nor room and board shall be charged t o the
children:
1. Children of Oklahoma peace officers as defined by Section
648 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Stat utes who have given their lives
in the line of duty;
2. Children of Oklahoma firefighters who have given t heir lives
in the line of duty;
3. Children of commissioned members of the Oklahoma Law
Enforcement Retirement System , who have given their lives in the
line of duty; and
4. Children of Oklahoma emergency medical techn icians who have
given their lives in the line of duty.
B. Such waiver of room and board shal l be limited to a period
of five (5) years.
C. Such waiver of room and board shall be a servic e benefit of
a commissioned member of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement R etirement
System.
D. For purposes of this section:
1. "Firefighter" means a volunteer firefighter or a permanent
salaried professional member of any fire department within the State
of Oklahoma; and
2. "Emergency medical technician " means a person volunte ering
or employed as an emergency medical technician and who is licen sed
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as an emergency medical technician pursuant to Section 1-2505 of
Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statute s.
SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 14-134.1 of Title 70, unless
there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. Within the system of career technology districts, no fees
shall be charged to:
1. Children of Oklahoma peace officers as defin ed by Section 648
of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes who have given their lives in
the line of duty;
2. Children of Oklahoma firefighters who have given their lives
in the line of duty;
3. Children of commissioned members of the Oklahoma Law
Enforcement Retirement System, who have given their lives in the
line of duty; and
4. Children of Oklahom a emergency medical technicians who have
given their lives in the line of duty.
B. Such waiver of room and board shall be limited to a period
of five (5) years.
C. Such waiver of room and board sha ll be a service benefit of
a commissioned member of the O klahoma Law Enforcement Retirement
System.
D. For purposes of this section:
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1. "Firefighter" means a volunteer fi refighter or a permanent
salaried professional member of any fire department within th e State
of Oklahoma; and
2. "Emergency medical technician " means a person volunteering or
employed as an emergency medical technician and who is licensed as
an emergency medical technician pursu ant to Section 1-2505 of Title
63 of the Oklahoma Statute s.
SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
59-1-5241 MJ 01/16/23