Any person who is attending or who has attended Haskell Indian Junior College and who is enrolled as an American Indian on a tribal membership roll maintained by the bureau of Indian affairs of the United States department of the interior shall be deemed to be a resident of this state for the purpose of tuition and fees for attendance at any state educational institution under the state board of regents.

L. 1974, ch. 408, § 1; L. 1977, ch. 237, § 46; April 21.