Bill Text: MI HB5341 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Veterans; other; definition of veteran; update in the veterans' relief fund act. Amends sec. 2 of 1899 PA 214 (MCL 35.22). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5332'16
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-13 - Assigned Pa 208'16 With Immediate Effect [HB5341 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5341-Chaptered.html
Act No. 208
Public Acts of 2016
Approved by the Governor
June 21, 2016
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 22, 2016
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 20, 2016
STATE OF MICHIGAN
98TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
Introduced by Reps. Bizon, Barrett, Muxlow, Clemente, Lucido and Kosowski
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5341
AN ACT to amend 1899 PA 214, entitled “An act to provide relief outside of the soldiers’ home for honorably discharged indigent soldiers, sailors, marines, nurses and members of women’s auxiliaries and the indigent wives, widows and minor children of such indigent or deceased soldiers, sailors, marines, nurses and members of women’s auxiliaries, and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” by amending section 2 (MCL 35.22).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 2. (1) The judge of probate in each county shall appoint 3 veterans as that term is defined in 1965 PA 190, MCL 35.61 to 35.62, who are residents of the county and who were honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, marines, nurses, or members of the women’s auxiliaries of the United States Armed Forces, to a commission to be known as the “soldiers’ relief commission” of the county, with the powers and duties as provided in this act.
(2) Of the persons appointed under subsection (1), 1 of the persons shall be appointed for a term of 1 year; 1 for a term of 2 years; and 1 for a term of 3 years, and at the expiration of the term for which each of the persons was appointed, his or her successor shall be appointed for a term of 3 years. The persons so appointed shall organize by the selection of 1 of their number as chairperson and 1 as secretary, and in the event of the death, resignation, change of residence or other disability of any member of the commission, creating a vacancy, the judge of probate shall fill the vacancy by an appointment for the unexpired term. The members shall each file the constitutional oath of office with the probate court, and receive the proper certificate of their appointment. They are entitled to reasonable compensation for their services, to be fixed and paid by the county board of commissioners of their respective counties. The judge of probate may remove any member of the commission for cause.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 5332 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
