08 LC 28
3954S
House
Bill 941 (COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE)
By:
Representatives Franklin of the
43rd,
Hembree of the
67th,
and Forster of the
3rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Part 1 of Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of
Georgia Annotated, relating to the board of regents, so as to change certain
provisions relating to powers of the board to establish a program for senior
citizens to attend classes in the University System of Georgia without payment
of fees; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Part
1 of Article 2 of Chapter 3 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to the board of regents, is amended by revising Code Section
20-3-31.1, relating to powers of the board to establish a program for senior
citizens to attend classes in the University System of Georgia without payment
of fees, as follows:
"20-3-31.1.
(a)
The board of regents
is
authorized and directed to
shall
establish a program whereby citizens of this state who are
62
60
years of age or older may attend units of the University System of Georgia
without payment of
tuition or
other fees, except for supplies and
laboratory or shop fees, when space is available in a course scheduled for
resident credit. Such program shall not include attendance at classes in
dental, medical, veterinary, or law schools. Persons who attend units of the
University System of Georgia under the program established pursuant to this Code
section shall not be counted as students by the board of regents for budgetary
purposes. The board of regents shall adopt and promulgate rules and
regulations, not inconsistent with this Code section, to carry out the
provisions of this Code section.
(b)
The program for senior citizens provided for by subsection (a) of this Code
section
shall be a
continuation, without interruption, of the program for elderly citizens
heretofore established by the board of regents pursuant to the requirements of
Article VIII, Section IV, Paragraph II of the Constitution of the State of
Georgia of 1976. Such heretofore established program is ratified, confirmed,
and continued without the necessity of the reestablishment of such program by
the board of regents.
is enacted
pursuant to Article VIII, Section VII, Paragraph IV of the Constitution of
Georgia."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.