Bill Text: MI HB4768 | 2023-2024 | 102nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Veterans: other; certain references in the funeral expenses of veterans statute; make gender neutral. Amends secs. 2 & 3 of 1911 PA 235 (MCL 35.802 & 35.803). TIE BAR WITH: HJR F'23
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-06-20 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/15/2023 [HB4768 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2023-HB4768-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 4768
A bill to amend 1911 PA 235, entitled
"An act to provide for the payment and reimbursement by counties, in certain cases upon application therefor, of expenses incurred in the burial of the bodies of honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the United States, or their spouses, and to repeal certain acts or parts of acts,"
by amending sections 2 and 3 (MCL 35.802 and 35.803).
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the members of the The soldiers' relief commission of each county, whenever application is made for reimbursement by the county for such the funeral expenses paid or advanced, or incurred for the burial of such a deceased person, to individual as described in section 1, shall make an investigation of such the claim and report their its action to the clerk of the board of supervisors commissioners of the county, or to the clerk of the board of county auditors, as the case may be, in all cases setting forth all the facts, together with the name, rank, and command to which such the soldier, sailor, marine, nurse, or member of the women's auxiliary belonged, and in case of such wife or widow, the spouse or surviving spouse, the rank and command to which her husband the respective spouse or deceased husband spouse belonged, the name and service rendered as such an army nurse, if applicable, the date of his or her death, place where buried, and his or her place of residence and occupation while living. They The commission shall require such person or persons the individual who paid, advanced, or incurred such the burial expenses for such the deceased person individual to furnish the board of supervisors, commissioners, or board of county auditors in counties having a board of county auditors, with a sworn itemized statement of the expense expenses incurred in the burial of the deceased person individual mentioned in the application. The members of the commission, except where they are paid a salary, shall receive from the county the sum of $2.00 per day for the time actually and necessarily employed by them in the performance of their duties.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the The clerk of the board of supervisors commissioners or board of county auditors, as the case may be, upon receiving the report and statement of expenses provided for in the preceding section, to section 2, shall transcribe in a book kept for that purpose all the facts contained in said the report respecting such concerning the deceased soldier, sailor, or marine, or the deceased wife or widow spouse or surviving spouse of the same, deceased soldier, sailor, or marine, or such deceased army nurse, and to report such the application and statement to the board of supervisors commissioners or the board of county auditors, as the case may be, at the respective board's next meeting. thereof. It shall be the further duty of said The clerk, upon the death and burial of any such soldier, sailor, or marine, marine described in this act and upon a request therefor, to made on behalf of that soldier, sailor, or marine, shall make application to the proper authorities under the government of the United States for a suitable headstone as that is now or may hereafter in the future be provided by act of congress, Congress, and to cause the same headstone to be placed at the head of the grave of such the deceased soldier, sailor, or marine. And also, to marine and shall also cause a suitable headstone to be placed at the head of the grave of the deceased wife or widow spouse or surviving spouse of such the soldier, sailor, or marine, or army nurse, if the same shall headstone is now or hereafter may in the future be provided by act of congress.Congress.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless Senate Joint Resolution ____ or House Joint Resolution F (request no. 00367'23) of the 102nd Legislature becomes a part of the state constitution of 1963 as provided in section 1 of article XII of the state constitution of 1963.
