H.B. 138

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NONRESIDENT TUITION FOR HIGHER
2 EDUCATION AMENDMENTS
3 2005 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: M. Susan Lawrence
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill amends the definition of a resident student for tuition purposes within the state
10 system of higher education.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . provides an alternate means for a student to become a resident student for tuition
14 purposes within the state system of higher education by maintaining continuous
15 Utah residency status for three years.
16 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
17 None
18 Other Special Clauses:
19 None
20 Utah Code Sections Affected:
21 AMENDS:
22 53B-8-102, as last amended by Chapter 337, Laws of Utah 2004
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24 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
25 Section 1. Section 53B-8-102 is amended to read:
26 53B-8-102. Definition of resident student.
27 (1) The meaning of "resident student" is determined by reference to the general law on

28 the subject of domicile, except as provided in this section.
29 (2) (a) A person who has come to Utah and established residency for the purpose of
30 attending an institution of higher education shall, prior to registration as a resident student:
31 (i) maintain continuous Utah residency status:
32 (A) while completing 60 semester credit hours at a regionally accredited Utah higher
33 education institution or an equivalent number of applicable contact hours at the Utah College
34 of Applied Technology; [and] or
35 (B) for three years; and
36 (ii) demonstrate by additional objective evidence, including Utah voter registration,
37 Utah drivers license, Utah vehicle registration, employment in Utah, payment of Utah resident
38 income taxes, and Utah banking connections, the establishment of a domicile in Utah and that
39 the student does not maintain a residence elsewhere.
40 (b) A member of the Utah National Guard who performs active duty service shall be
41 considered to maintain continuous Utah residency under this Subsection (2).
42 (3) Personnel of the United States Armed Forces assigned to active duty in Utah, and
43 the immediate members of their families residing with them in this state are entitled to resident
44 status for tuition purposes. Upon the termination of active duty status, the military personnel
45 and their family members are governed by the standards applicable to nonmilitary persons.
46 (4) (a) Aliens who are present in the United States on visitor, student, or other visas
47 which authorize only temporary presence in this country, do not have the capacity to intend to
48 reside in Utah for an indefinite period and therefore are classified as nonresidents.
49 (b) Aliens who have been granted immigrant or permanent resident status in the United
50 States are classified for purposes of resident status according to the same criteria applicable to
51 citizens.
52 (5) The board, after consultation with the institutions, shall make rules not inconsistent
53 with this section:
54 (a) concerning the definition of resident and nonresident students;
55 (b) establishing procedures for classifying and reclassifying students;
56 (c) establishing criteria for determining qualifying credit hours and judging claims of
57 residency or domicile;
58 (d) establishing appeals procedures; and

59 (e) other matters related to this section.
60 (6) Any American Indian who is enrolled on the tribal rolls of a tribe whose reservation
61 or trust lands lie partly or wholly within Utah or whose border is at any point contiguous with
62 the border of Utah, and any American Indian who is a member of a federally recognized or
63 known Utah tribe and who has graduated from a high school in Utah, is entitled to resident
64 student status.
65 (7) Other institutions within the system shall honor a determination by an institution
66 that a person is a resident student unless the determination was obtained by false pretenses or
67 the facts which existed at the time of the determination have materially changed.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-27-05 11:55 AM

Based on a limited legal review, this legislation has not been determined to have a high
probability of being held unconstitutional.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel