February 2, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Wittenberg, Maturen, Barrett, Glenn, Greig, Franz, Cox, Moss, Chirkun, Graves, Faris, Heise, Plawecki, Liberati, Hughes, Vaupel, Jenkins, Potvin, Outman, Callton, Canfield, Rutledge, Bizon, Irwin and Santana and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
(MCL 600.101 to 600.9947) by adding section 947a.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 947a. (1) If a military spouse who meets the requirements
of section 947 is admitted to the bar of this state, and is not
subject to discipline, suspension, or disbarment for misconduct
under section 904, his or her admission to the bar of this state is
valid until the date the board of law examiners receives a notice
under subsection (2).
(2) A military spouse described in section 947 who is admitted
to the bar of this state shall notify the board of law examiners in
writing if any of the following events occur:
(a) The service member to whom the military spouse is married
is no longer an active duty member of the armed forces.
(b) The military spouse and service member are no longer
married.
(c) The service member receives a permanent transfer to a duty
station outside of this state. However, if the service member
receives an unaccompanied or remote assignment with no dependents
authorized, the military spouse may continue to practice law in
this state until the service member is subsequently assigned to a
duty station at which dependents are authorized, and the military
spouse shall notify the board when that subsequent assignment
occurs.
(3) A military spouse attorney must provide a notice to the
board of law examiners required under subsection (2) within 30 days
after an event described in subsection (2) first occurs. However,
if the occurrence of that event is due to the death or disability
of the service member, the military spouse attorney must provide
the notice within 180 days of the death or disability of the
service member.
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 Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 5289 (request no.
02306'15) of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.