07 LC 28
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House
Bill 131
By:
Representative Horne of the
71st
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 20-3-485 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to definitions relative to the Georgia HERO (Helping Educate Reservists and
their Offspring) Scholarship, so as to provide that surviving spouses shall be
eligible students; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws;
and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 20-3-485 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
definitions relative to the Georgia HERO (Helping Educate Reservists and their
Offspring) Scholarship, is amended by revising paragraph (2) as
follows:
"(2)
'Eligible student' means a person who:
(A)(i)
Is enrolled as a full-time or part-time student in an approved
school;
(ii)
Meets residency requirements to be classified as a legal resident of Georgia as
established pursuant to regulations of the authority and who remains a citizen
of the state while receiving funds under this subpart; and
(iii)
Is a member of the Georgia National Guard as such term is defined in Code
Section 38-2-3 or a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the
United States, which member has completed at least one qualifying term of
service;
or
(B)
Is a child:
(i)
Whose parent was a member of the Georgia National Guard as such term is defined
in Code Section 38-2-3 or a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of
the United States, including a deceased member, which member completed at least
one qualifying term of service;
(ii)
Who was born prior to such qualifying term of service or within nine months of
the beginning of such qualifying term of service; and
(iii)
Is 25 years of age or younger who is enrolled as a full-time or part-time
student in an approved
school;
or
(C)
Is a surviving spouse of:
(i)
A deceased member of the Georgia National Guard as such term is defined in Code
Section 38-2-3; or
(ii)
A deceased member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United
States,
who
was killed in a combat zone or as a result of injuries received in a combat
zone, which member completed at least one qualifying term of
service."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.