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