CHAPTER 57
SB 45 - FINAL VERSION
2023 SESSION
23-0864
06/08
SENATE BILL 45
AN ACT relative to national guard educational benefits.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 5; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 4
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows eligible national guard members to transfer their national guard tuition waiver benefit to their spouse to be used in a degree-enhancing curriculum in the university system of New Hampshire.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0864
06/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to national guard educational benefits.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
57:1 Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services; Postsecondary Educational Assistance; Minimum Requirements. Amend RSA 110-B:63-c, IV to read as follows:
IV. Members of the New Hampshire national guard, upon completion of their initial mandatory service obligation which shall be no less than 6 years, may transfer their national guard tuition waiver benefit to their spouse to be used in a degree-enhancing curriculum in any college that is under the authority of the chancellor of the community college system of New Hampshire or the chancellor of the university system of New Hampshire. The transfer of this benefit by the member requires a 4-year reserve duty service obligation after the date the benefit has been transfered. The member's spouse may subsequently transfer this benefit back to the member; however, the member and their spouse cannot use the benefit at the same time.
57:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 30 days after its passage.
Approved: June 01, 2023
Effective Date: July 01, 2023