Bill Text: MI HB5252 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Veterans; trust fund; access to veterans trust fund; clarify eligibility. Amends sec. 2 of 1946 (1st Ex Sess) PA 9 (MCL 35.602).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-24 - Printed Bill Filed 01/20/2012 [HB5252 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2011-HB5252-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5252
January 19, 2012, Introduced by Rep. Damrow and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.
A bill to amend 1946 (1st Ex Sess) PA 9, entitled
"An act to create the Michigan veterans' trust fund, and to define
who shall be eligible to receive assistance therefrom; to provide
for the disbursement of the income thereof and surplus therein; to
create a board of trustees, and to prescribe its powers and duties;
to provide for county and district committees, and their powers,
duties, and expenses; to prescribe penalties; and to make
appropriations to carry out the provisions of this act,"
by amending section 2 (MCL 35.602).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
2. (1) For the purposes of the administration of this
act,
a Michigan veteran as defined by Act No. 190 of the Public
Acts
of l965, as amended, shall be deemed to be is a person ,
male
or
female, whose legal residence
immediately prior to entering the
service
armed forces of the United
States was in Michigan, this
state, who entered upon or was in active service in the armed
forces of the United States, at any time for at least 180 days,
from
and after the date as defined by Act No. 190 of the Public
Acts
of 1965, as amended, being sections 35.61 and 35.62 of the
Michigan
Compiled Laws or Vietnam era, as determined for the
purposes
of administration of this act, whether
by induction,
enlistment, commission, warrant, or otherwise, and who has been
honorably
discharged, retired, or separated therefrom, from the
armed forces of the United States, or who has reverted to an
inactive
status therefrom from the
armed forces of the United
States
under honorable conditions. However, a former
members member
of the women's auxiliary army corps who refused to accept transfer
to
or induction into the women's army corps shall not be deemed to
be
veterans within the meaning of this definition. is not a
Michigan veteran.
(2)
A veteran who did not have legal
residence in Michigan
this state immediately prior to entering the military service may
become
eligible to for benefits administered under this act after
having
established if he or she
establishes a legal residence in
Michigan.
this state.
(3)
A veteran whose who was a legal residence was in Michigan
prior
to resident of this state
before entering military service
will
lose his or her rights under this act by leaving if he or she
leaves
this state for a period of time exceeding
more than 2 years.
(4)
A person who shall have been was separated
from the armed
forces
of the United States for reason of physical
or mental
disability
incurred in the line of duty prior to before the
completion
of 180 days' service shall be considered is a Michigan
veteran
for the purpose of the administration of this act.
(5) World War II shall be deemed to be that period from and
after August 27, 1940, to the inclusive date of June 30, 1946.
Grants made to eligible Michigan veterans between June 30, 1946,
and
the effective date of this act are declared valid. A person
otherwise
qualified with at least 90 days of service during World
War
I, Spanish American War or Mexican Wars, as defined in Act No.
190
of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, shall be deemed a
veteran
for the purposes of this act.
