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SENATE FLOOR VERSION
April 18, 2024
AS AMENDED
ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1795 By: Osburn, George, Stinson,
Roberts, Miller, Duel, Roe,
Rosecrants, and Harris of
the House
and
Thompson (Kristen), Hicks,
and Treat of the Senate
[ higher education - Sergeant CJ Nelson Legacy Act -
waiver of room and board fees and career technology
district fees for surviving children of first
responders - noncodification – codification -
effective 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 known 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:
Section 3218.7-1 A. Within The Oklahoma State System of Higher
Education, no fees nor room and board shall be charged to the
children:
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1. Children of Oklahoma peace officers as defined 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 Oklahoma emergency medical technicians who have
given their lives in the line of duty .
B. Such waiver of fees and room and board shall be limited to a
period of five (5) years.
C. Such waiver of fees and room and board shall be a service
benefit of a commissioned member of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement
Retirement 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 volunteering
or employed as an emergency medical technician and who is li censed
as an emergency medical technician pursuant to Section 1-2505 of
Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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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 defined by Section
648 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes who have giv en their lives
in the line of duty;
2. Children of Oklahoma f irefighters 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 Oklahoma emergency medical technicians w ho have
given their lives in the line of duty.
B. Such waiver of fees shall be limited to a period of five (5)
years.
C. Such waiver of fees shall be a service benefit of a
commissioned member of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement
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
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2. "Emergency medical technician " means a person volunteering
or employed as an em ergency medical technician and who is licensed
as an emergency medical technician pursuant to Section 1 -2505 of
Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
SECTION 4. This act shall beco me effective November 1, 202 4.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
April 18, 2024 - DO PASS AS AMENDED