Bill Text: MI SB0906 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Retirement; military; certain pension benefits for national guard retirees; increase. Amends sec. 411 of 1967 PA 150 (MCL 32.811).

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-10 - Referred To Committee On Appropriations [SB0906 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0906-Engrossed.html

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SB-0906, As Passed Senate, June 10, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE BILL No. 906

 

 

April 23, 2014, Introduced by Senators CASWELL, COLBECK, JONES, NOFS, PROOS, MARLEAU, EMMONS and BIEDA and referred to the Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Homeland Security.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1967 PA 150, entitled

 

"Michigan military act,"

 

by amending section 411 (MCL 32.811), as amended by 2000 PA 472.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 411. (1) A person An individual who has completed not

 

less than 20 years of active service with the national guard or

 

defense force, or both, may retire and receive retirement pay under

 

1 or more of the following circumstances:

 

     (a) Attainment of The individual is 62 years of age or older.

 

     (b) Ineligibility, because of federal law or regulation, for

 

further federal recognition in the person's individual's current

 

grade because of age or length of service, and termination of the

 

person's individual's commission or enlistment in the national

 

guard of the United States.

 

     (c) Withdrawal of the person's individual's federal

 

recognition and termination of the person's individual's commission

 

or enlistment in the national guard of the United States because of

 

physical disqualification from further service.

 

     (d) Separation The individual separates from the national

 

guard or defense force under an honorable circumstance.

 

     (2) A person An individual who retires under subsection (1)(a)

 

shall receive pay of $600.00 $720.00 per year. A person An

 

individual who retires under subsection (1)(b), (c), or (d) shall

 

receive pay of $600.00 $720.00 per year upon reaching attaining 55

 

years of age.

 

     (3) Upon the death of a person an individual who has completed

 

not less than 20 years of active service with the national guard or

 

defense force, or both, and who before his or her death met 1 of

 

the circumstances described in subsection (1)(b), (c), or (d), or

 

was still in active service, a the individual's surviving spouse

 

shall receive $500.00 $600.00 per year until death.