Bill Text: MI SB0875 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Military affairs; other; registry for residents to be notified regarding Michigan fallen soldiers; create. Creates new act.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-09-24 - Referred To Committee On Senior Citizens And Veterans Affairs [SB0875 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-SB0875-Introduced.html

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SENATE BILL No. 875

 

 

September 24, 2009, Introduced by Senator SWITALSKI and referred to the Committee on Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs.

 

 

 

     A bill to provide for a registry to notify Michigan residents

 

who want to honor Michigan soldiers who have died in combat; and to

 

provide for certain duties of certain state agencies.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the

 

"honoring fallen soldiers act".

 

     Sec. 2. The department of military and veterans affairs shall

 

post information on the internet concerning members of the United

 

States military who are residents of this state and who have been

 

killed in combat.

 

     Sec. 3. The department shall ensure that a resident of this

 

state who registers at the site, gives his or her electronic mail

 

address, and wishes to be notified through electronic mail of the

 

death of a member of the military who is a resident of this state

 

may be notified so that the member of the military may be honored

 

by the flying of a flag at half-mast or other appropriate method.