WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
ENROLLED
House Bill 4305
BY DELEGATES STATLER, YOUNG, DITTMAN, AND TONEY
[Passed March 9, 2024; in effect ninety days from passage.]
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1 AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section,
2 designated §18B-10-1d, relating to granting in-state resident status to economic
3 development participants for the purpose of determining the rate of tuition to be charged
4 for attendance at state institutions of higher education; establishing criteria that must be
5 met to meet the definition of economic development participant; and setting forth time
6 frame for recognition of resident status.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 10. FEES AND OTHER MONEY COLLECTED AT STATE INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION.
§18B-10-1d. Resident tuition rates for economic development participants.
1 (a) The term "resident" or "residency", or any other term or expression used to designate
2 a West Virginia resident student, when used to determine the rate of tuition to be charged students
3 attending state institutions of higher education, may be construed to include economic
4 development participants.
5 (b) To meet the definition of "economic development participant" under this section, the
6 following criteria must be met:
7 (1) The person or the person’s parent or legal guardian received economic development
8 incentives to locate to West Virginia, offered pursuant to §5B-2-3b of this code; and
9 (2) The person files with that institution of higher education a letter of intent to establish
10 residency in this state.
11 (c) An economic development participant who qualifies as a resident on the first day of the
12 semester or term of the institution of higher education shall be eligible for resident tuition rates.
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The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate hereby certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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Clerk of the House of Delegates
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Clerk of the Senate Originated in the House of Delegates.
In effect ninety days from passage.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates
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President of the Senate __________
The within is ................................................ this the...........................................
Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2024.
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Governor
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Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 18B-10-1d
Enrolled Version: 18B-10-1d