Counties; boards and commissions; membership on the county
committee of veterans' affairs; revise.
COUNTIES: Boards and commissions; VETERANS:
A bill to amend 1953 PA 192, entitled
"An act to create a county department of veterans' affairs in
certain counties, and to prescribe its powers and duties; and to
transfer the powers and duties of the soldiers' relief commission
in such counties,"
by amending section 1 (MCL 35.621), as amended by 1996 PA 108.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 1. The county board of commissioners may create a
2 county department of veterans' affairs. The department shall be
3 under the administration of a committee of 3 to 5 veterans,
4 appointed by the county board of commissioners, who shall be res-
5 idents of the county and who have served honorably on active duty
6 in the UNITED STATES
armed forces as volunteers or
regulars or
7 women marines,
or who served actively IN THE UNITED
STATES ARMED
8 FORCES in a war
in which the United States has been,
is, or may
9 hereafter be a
participant as defined in title 38 of
the United
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1 States code, 38
U.S.C. 101 to 8528, including the
conflict in
2 Vietnam,
OR RECEIVED AN ARMED FORCES CAMPAIGN OR
SERVICE MEDAL,
3 to be appointed upon the recommendation of the posts of each
4 chartered veterans' organization within the county. If an open-
5 ing on a committee of veterans occurs, the county board of com-
6 missioners shall provide notice of that opening to 1 or more
7 newspapers within the county and to veteran service organizations
8 within the county. Not more
than 1 member 2
MEMBERS shall be
9 representative of a single war or conflict. Notwithstanding the
10 provisions of any law of this state to the contrary, a member of
11 the board of commissioners of a county shall be eligible for
12 appointment. Members appointed by the board of commissioners
13 shall be appointed for a term of 4 years each. However, the
14 terms for members first appointed shall be staggered so that not
15 more than 2 vacancies are scheduled to occur in a single year.
16 Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appoint-
17 ments for the unexpired terms.
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