Bill Text: MI HB6071 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Veterans: other; certain references in the veterans relief fund act; make gender neutral. Amends title & sec. 1 of 1899 PA 214 (MCL 35.21).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-08-12 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 08/06/2020 [HB6071 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB6071-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 6071
August 06, 2020, Introduced by Reps. Koleszar,
Hoadley, Pohutsky, Brixie, Pagan, Kuppa, Tyrone Carter, Hood, Warren,
Sowerby and Rabhi and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill 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 the title and section 1 (MCL 35.21), section 1 as amended by 2016 PA 218.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
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 spouses, surviving spouses, and minor children of such those indigent or deceased soldiers, sailors, marines, nurses, and members of women's auxiliaries, and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts.
Sec. 1. The county board of commissioners of each
county shall annually levy a tax, not exceeding 1/10 of a mill on each dollar,
to be levied and collected as provided by law, upon the taxable property of
each township and city, for their respective counties, for the purpose of
creating a fund for the relief of honorably discharged indigent members of the
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and women's auxiliaries and
the indigent spouses, minor children, and parents of each indigent or deceased
member who served during a period of war as described in 38 CFR 3.2, except
that for purposes of this section, "period of war" for the Vietnam
era means the following:
(a) February 28, 1961
through May 7, 1975 for a veteran who served during that period.
(b) On or after January
31, 1955 in an area of hazardous duty for which the veteran received an Armed
Forces Expeditionary Medal or Vietnam Service Medal. Funds raised in accordance
with this section may be expended for the relief of indigent wives spouses and children of active duty
soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, coast guardsmen, nurses, and members of the
women's auxiliaries during the continuance of present hostilities and prior to
their discharge. However, in any year which, in the opinion of the board, an
emergency exists, the board may appropriate a sum not to exceed 2/10 of a mill
on each dollar for the purposes of this section. The money, when collected,
shall be paid to the county treasurer of the county where the tax is levied in
each of the counties in this state, to be paid out by the treasurer upon the
order of the soldiers' relief commission if signed by the chairperson and
secretary of the commission. If any money in the fund is not necessary for the
purpose for which it was raised, the money shall remain in the treasury of the
county as a soldiers' relief fund, and shall be considered in raising future
sums for this purpose.
