HB-4811, As Passed Senate, March 13, 2014

SENATE SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4811

     A bill to amend 2004 PA 363, entitled

"Military family relief fund act,"

by amending sections 2 and 4 (MCL 35.1212 and 35.1214).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 2. As used in this act:

     (a) "Department" means the department of military and veterans

affairs.

     (b) "Family" or "families" means the military dependents as

determined by the qualified individual's branch of service.

     (c) "Fund" means the military family relief fund created in

section 3.

     (d) "Need" means an unforeseen situation that causes a

temporary or short-term financial emergency or hardship that a

House Bill No. 4811 as amended March 12, 2014

grant under this act will resolve and for which an applicant can

demonstrate the ability to meet expenses in the future.

(e) (d) "Qualified individual" means an individual who meets

all of the following criteria:

     (i) The individual is or was a member of a reserve component of

the United States armed forces <<OR THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD>>

based in this state or who is a

resident of this state serving in a reserve component of the United

States armed forces <<OR THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD>> based in

another state and is called to active

duty by the president of the United States or the United States

secretary of defense as a result of national response to September

11, 2001 or as a response to a national emergency declared by the

president of the United States and for which funds are being spent

by the federal government.

     (ii) The individual's family can document the need for

financial assistance for clothing, food, housing, utilities,

medical services or prescriptions, insurance payments, vehicle

payments, or other related necessities of daily living in either of

the following situations:

     (A) The need occurred during the time the individual is on

active duty.<<                  >>after a unit received an alert order

for active federal service or within 6 months after a unit returned

from active federal service.

     (B) The need occurred because the individual has incurred a

line of duty injury or illness.

(f) (e) "Reserve components of the United States armed forces"

means all of the following:

     (i) The army national guard of the United States.

     (ii) The army, naval, marine corps, air force, and coast guard

reserves.

     (iii) The air national guard of the United States.

     (g) "Unit" means a mobilized unit in which the qualified

individual is in active federal service.

     Sec. 4. (1) Each year that the contribution designation

program administered under section 438 435 of the income tax act of

1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.438, 206.435, is in effect, an amount

equal to the cumulative designations, plus interest and dividends

earned, made under that section shall be appropriated from the

general fund to the fund for use solely in support of the purposes

provided in this act. No Except as otherwise provided in this

subsection, no money from the fund shall be used for the purpose of

administering the fund or implementing section 438 of the income

tax act of 1967, 1967 PA 281, MCL 206.438. Not more than $50,000.00

shall be allocated annually from the fund to be used for

advertising, marketing, and promoting the goals of the fund to the

public.

     (2) The money in the fund shall not be used by the department

to replace funds otherwise designated to support similar programs

within the department.