Bill Text: MI HB5252 | 2011-2012 | 96th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Veterans; trust fund; access to veterans trust fund; clarify eligibility. Amends sec. 2 of 1946 (1st Ex Sess) PA 9 (MCL 35.602).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-24 - Printed Bill Filed 01/20/2012 [HB5252 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2011-HB5252-Introduced.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 5252

 

January 19, 2012, Introduced by Rep. Damrow and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.

 

     A bill to amend 1946 (1st Ex Sess) PA 9, entitled

 

"An act to create the Michigan veterans' trust fund, and to define

who shall be eligible to receive assistance therefrom; to provide

for the disbursement of the income thereof and surplus therein; to

create a board of trustees, and to prescribe its powers and duties;

to provide for county and district committees, and their powers,

duties, and expenses; to prescribe penalties; and to make

appropriations to carry out the provisions of this act,"

 

by amending section 2 (MCL 35.602).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 2. (1) For the purposes of the administration of this

 

act, a Michigan veteran as defined by Act No. 190 of the Public

 

Acts of l965, as amended, shall be deemed to be is a person , male

 

or female, whose legal residence immediately prior to entering the

 

service armed forces of the United States was in Michigan, this

 

state, who entered upon or was in active service in the armed

 


forces of the United States, at any time for at least 180 days,

 

from and after the date as defined by Act No. 190 of the Public

 

Acts of 1965, as amended, being sections 35.61 and 35.62 of the

 

Michigan Compiled Laws or Vietnam era, as determined for the

 

purposes of administration of this act, whether by induction,

 

enlistment, commission, warrant, or otherwise, and who has been

 

honorably discharged, retired, or separated therefrom, from the

 

armed forces of the United States, or who has reverted to an

 

inactive status therefrom from the armed forces of the United

 

States under honorable conditions. However, a former members member

 

of the women's auxiliary army corps who refused to accept transfer

 

to or induction into the women's army corps shall not be deemed to

 

be veterans within the meaning of this definition. is not a

 

Michigan veteran.

 

     (2) A veteran who did not have legal residence in Michigan

 

this state immediately prior to entering the military service may

 

become eligible to for benefits administered under this act after

 

having established if he or she establishes a legal residence in

 

Michigan. this state.

 

     (3) A veteran whose who was a legal residence was in Michigan

 

prior to resident of this state before entering military service

 

will lose his or her rights under this act by leaving if he or she

 

leaves this state for a period of time exceeding more than 2 years.

 

     (4) A person who shall have been was separated from the armed

 

forces of the United States for reason of physical or mental

 

disability incurred in the line of duty prior to before the

 

completion of 180 days' service shall be considered is a Michigan

 


veteran for the purpose of the administration of this act.

 

     (5) World War II shall be deemed to be that period from and

 

after August 27, 1940, to the inclusive date of June 30, 1946.

 

Grants made to eligible Michigan veterans between June 30, 1946,

 

and the effective date of this act are declared valid. A person

 

otherwise qualified with at least 90 days of service during World

 

War I, Spanish American War or Mexican Wars, as defined in Act No.

 

190 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, shall be deemed a

 

veteran for the purposes of this act.

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