HB-5550, As Passed House, May 10, 2016
April 13, 2016, Introduced by Rep. Hughes and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.
A bill to amend 1899 PA 214, entitled
"An act to provide relief outside of the soldiers' home for
honorably discharged indigent soldiers, sailors, marines, nurses
and members of women's auxiliaries and the indigent wives, widows
and minor children of such indigent or deceased soldiers, sailors,
marines, nurses and members of women's auxiliaries, and to repeal
certain acts and parts of acts,"
by amending section 1 (MCL 35.21), as amended by 1984 PA 168.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. The county board of commissioners of each county shall
annually
levy , a tax, not
exceeding 1/10 of a mill on each dollar,
to be levied and collected as provided by law, upon the taxable
property of each township and city, for their respective counties,
for the purpose of creating a fund for the relief of honorably
discharged
indigent members of the army, navy, air force, marine
corps,
coast guard, Army, Navy, Air
Force, Marine Corps, Coast
Guard,
and women's auxiliaries of all wars
or military expeditions
in
which the United States of America has been, is, or may
House Bill No. 5550 as amended April 28, 2016
hereafter
be, a participant as prescribed in section 1 of Act No.
190
of the Public Acts of 1965, being section 35.61 of the Michigan
Compiled
Laws, [
] and the indigent spouses, minor children, and parents of
each
such indigent or deceased member[ who served during a period of war
as described in 38 CFR 3.2, except that for purposes of this section, "period of war" for the Vietnam era means the following:
(a) February 28, 1961 through May 7, 1975 for a veteran who served during that period.
(b) On or after January 31, 1955 in an area of hazardous duty for which the veteran received an armed forces expeditionary medal or Vietnam service medal.] Funds raised in accordance
with
the provisions of this section may be expended for the relief
of indigent wives and children of active duty soldiers, sailors,
marines, airmen, coast guardsmen, nurses, and members of the
women's auxiliaries during the continuance of present hostilities
and prior to their discharge. However, in any year which, in the
opinion
of the board, an emergency justifying the same exists, the
board may appropriate a sum not to exceed 2/10 of a mill on each
dollar
for said purpose. the
purposes of this section. The sums,
money, when collected, shall be paid to the county treasurer of the
county
where such the tax is levied in each of the counties in this
state, to be paid out by the treasurer upon the order of the
soldiers'
relief commission duly if signed by the chairperson and
secretary of the commission. If any money in the fund is not
necessary for the purpose for which it was raised, the money shall
remain in the treasury of the county as a soldiers' relief fund,
and
shall be considered in raising future sums therefor.for this
purpose.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless House Bill No. 5332 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into
law.