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Sec. 43536a.

(1) Subject to any lottery and other eligibility requirements, a member of the military may obtain any license under this part free of charge upon presentation to a licensing agent of leave papers, duty papers, military orders, or other evidence acceptable to the department verifying that he or she is a member of the military.

(2) As used in this section, "member of the military" means either of the following:

(a) A person described by section 43506(3)(d).

(b) A person who meets all of the following requirements:

(i) The person is a reserve component soldier, sailor, airman, or marine or member of the Michigan national guard and is called to federal active duty.

(ii) At the time the person was called to federal active duty, he or she was a resident of this state.

(iii) The person has maintained his or her residence in this state for the purpose of obtaining a driver license or voter registration, or both.