New Jersey S 2579: Concerns long term tax exemptions on certain age-restricted low-income housing.

Bill Text

S2579 

SENATE, No. 2579 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator VIN GOPAL

District 11 (Monmouth)

Senator VINCENT J. POLISTINA

District 2 (Atlantic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Space

SYNOPSIS

���� Permits spouses and dependents of military service 
members to qualify for in-State tuition in event that service member is 
transferred to another state.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning in-State tuition rates for certain 
students attending public institutions of higher education and amending P.L.1985, 
c.231.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 1 of P.L.1985, 
c.231 (C.18A:62-4.1) is amended to read as follows:� 

���� 1.��� a. United States 
military personnel and their spouses and dependents who are living in 
New Jersey and are attending public institutions of higher education in New 
Jersey shall be regarded as residents of the State for the purpose of 
determining tuition. 

���� In the event that a United 
States military service member is relocated out of the State due to the service 
member�s continued military service, the service member�s spouse or dependent 
shall continue to be regarded as residents of the State for the purpose of 
determining tuition provided that: (1) the spouse or dependent was enrolled in 
a public institution of higher education in New Jersey prior to the service 
member�s relocation; and (2) the spouse or dependent� maintains continuous 
enrollment at the public institution of higher education.

���� b.��� A dependent child of 
United States military personnel who attended high school in New Jersey for a 
minimum of three years shall be regarded by a public institution of higher 
education in New Jersey as a resident of the State for the purpose of 
determining tuition, regardless of where the dependent child resides upon 
enrollment in the institution.

(cf: P.L.2021, c.49, s.1)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� Under current law, United 
States military personnel and their dependents who are living in New Jersey and 
are attending public institutions of higher education in New Jersey are 
regarded as residents of the State for the purpose of determining tuition.� This 
bill amends that law to provide that:

��� the in-State tuition 
classification also applies to the military service member�s spouse; and

��� in the event that the military 
service member is relocated out of the State due to the service member�s 
continued military service, the service member�s spouse or dependent will not 
lose their in-State tuition classification provided that: (1) the spouse or 
dependent was enrolled in a public institution of higher education in New 
Jersey prior to the service member�s relocation; and (2) the spouse or 
dependent maintains continuous enrollment at the public institution of higher 
education.