Bill Text: MI HB5531 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Courts; other; veteran completing sobriety court program to meet with veteran service organization or county veteran counselor as part of program; require. Amends 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.101 - 600.9947) by adding sec. 1085.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-08 - Printed Bill Filed 05/07/2014 [HB5531 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-HB5531-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5531

 

May 6, 2014, Introduced by Rep. Kurtz and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

(MCL 600.101 to 600.9947) by adding section 1085.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1085. In addition to any other terms and conditions set

 

by the DWI/sobriety court judge, in order to successfully complete

 

a DWI/sobriety court program, a program participant who is a

 

veteran must meet with a member of a veteran service organization

 

or a county veteran counselor to discuss available veterans benefit

 

programs for which the individual may qualify. As used in this

 

section:

 

     (a) "DWI/sobriety court" means that term as defined in section

 

1084.

 

     (b) "Veteran" means a veteran of the United States army, navy,

 

air force, marine corps, or coast guard, including their reserve

 

components, or the national guard or air national guard of this

 

state or of another state.