HB-5550, As Passed House, May 10, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE BILL No. 5550

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.