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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

March 4, 2011

Mr. President and Madam Speaker:

    The Joint Conference Committee comprised of Sens. Reid, Bramble, and McAdams, and Reps. Wright, Dee, and Litvack, recommends 3rd Sub. H.B. 116, UTAH IMMIGRATION ACCOUNTABILITY AND ENFORCEMENT AMENDMENTS, by Representative B. Wright, with the following amendments:

1.    Include the following Senate amendments:
    
    Page 18, Lines 525 - 526

    Page 32, Lines 972-974
    
    Page 52, Line 1603

Also include the following amendments:

3.    Page 1, Line 14:

                      14          

{   .    addresses the exemption from paying the instate portion of tuition;   }

4.    Page 3, Line 59:

                      59          

{   53B-8-106, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2002, Chapter 230   }


5    Page 4, Line 113 through Page 5, Line 139:

             113          

{   Section 1. Section 53B-8-106 is amended to read:

             114          53B-8-106. Resident tuition -- Requirements -- Rules.
             115          (1) If allowed under federal law, a student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the


             116      meaning of paragraph (15) of subsection (a) of Section 1101 of Title 8 of the United States
             117      Code, shall be exempt from paying the nonresident portion of total tuition if the student:
             118          (a) attended high school in this state for three or more years;
             119          (b) graduated from a high school in this state or received the equivalent of a high
             120      school diploma in this state; and
             121          (c) registers as an entering student at an institution of higher education not earlier than
             122      the fall of the 2002-03 academic year.
             123          (2) In addition to the requirements under Subsection (1), a student without lawful
             124      immigration status shall file an affidavit with the institution of higher education stating that the
             125      student has filed an application to legalize [his] the student's immigration status, or will file an
             126      application as soon as [he] the student is eligible to do so.
             127          (3) The State Board of Regents shall make rules for the implementation of this section.
             128          (4) Nothing in this section limits the ability of institutions of higher education to assess
             129      nonresident tuition on students who do not meet the requirements under this section.
             130          (5) S. [(a)] .S Beginning on the program start date, as defined in Section 63G-12-102 , S. [in
             131      addition to complying with] notwithstanding .S Subsections (1) and (2), S. [to be] a student is .S
             131a      exempt from paying the nonresident
             132      portion of total tuition S. [a student shall] if the student .S :
             133          S. [(i) be] (a) is .S the child of a person who holds a guest worker permit, as defined in Section
             134      63G-12-102 ; or



             135          S. [(ii) hold] (b) holds .S a permit, as defined in Section 63G-12-102 .
             136          S. [(b) If the day before the program start date a student is exempt from paying the
             137      nonresident portion of total tuition, but is not exempt under Subsection (5)(a), the student loses
             138      the exemption as of the first day of the term or semester immediately following the program
             139      start date.] .S  
}


Renumber remaining sections accordingly.

    

        Respectfully,

        Sen. Reid
        Senate Chair, Conference Committee

        Rep. Wright
        House Chair, Conference Committee

Voting: 6-0-0
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Bill Number
Action Class

*HB0116S03*
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HB0116S03
C