Bill Text: MI HB5343 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Veterans; other; definition of veteran for individuals seeking license or qualification for a trade, occupation, or apprenticeship; update. Amends sec. 1 of 1946 (1st Ex Sess) PA 27 (MCL 35.581). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5332'16
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-13 - Assigned Pa 210'16 With Immediate Effect [HB5343 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5343-Chaptered.html
Act No. 210
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. Kosowski and Barrett
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5343
AN ACT to amend 1946 (1st Ex Sess) PA 27, entitled “An act to protect the work and study performed by applicants for license or qualification for any of the trades, occupations or professions before being inducted into the armed forces; to prevent service in the armed forces being considered as a disqualifying interruption of or delay in commencement of any required period of practical experience, apprenticeship, study or training; and to permit boards of examiners and similar boards to equitably evaluate and give credit for training and experience in the armed forces,” by amending section 1 (MCL 35.581).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 1. (1) A veteran seeking license or qualification for a trade, occupation, or profession under the laws of this state and whose period of training, study, apprenticeship, or practicable experience is interrupted by, or who has not entered training, study, apprenticeship, or practical experience because of service in the armed forces during any period of war or emergency condition is entitled to license or qualification under the laws covering his qualification or licensing in force at the time of entrance into the armed forces, subsequent legislation notwithstanding. Service in the armed forces is not a disqualifying interruption of a required period of training, study, apprenticeship, or practical experience, and a board of examiners or other qualification board under the laws of this state may accept periods of training and practical experience in the armed forces in place of the required periods of training, study, apprenticeship, or practical experience under the laws of this state if the board finds the standards and kinds of work or training performed in the armed forces to be substantially the same as the standards and kinds required under the laws of this state. An application for benefits under this act shall be made to the respective board of examiners or other qualification board within 6 months after the applicant’s release from the armed forces.
(2) As used in this section, “veteran” means an individual who meets both of the following:
(a) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35.61.
(b) Was honorably discharged.
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
