HB-5337, As Passed Senate, December 14, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

HOUSE BILL NO. 5337

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1967 PA 150, entitled

 

"Michigan military act,"

 

by amending section 117 (MCL 32.517).

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 117. Officers and enlisted personnel on active  state  

 

service in excess of 7 days and when so ordered by the governor in

 

support of civilian authority or in time of war or emergencies of

 

this state or of the United States, in all cases, except for

 

treason, felony, or breach of the peace are privileged from arrest

 

and imprisonment during the time of active  state  service and for

 

a period of 6 months after the service ceases. Their separate

 

property during the same period is exempt from levy of execution,

 

seizure, or attachment for debts contracted prior to or during  

 

such  the service. Suits in the courts of this state including, but

 


not limited to, all intermediate hearings in the suits, pending

 

against any such person when he or she enters active  state  

 

service, or commenced at any time during the service, stand

 

adjourned until after the termination of the service. Forfeiture of

 

an executory contract, whether title retaining or otherwise, shall

 

not be enforced against any such person, and seizure or sale of

 

chattels shall not be made against such person, during service nor

 

for 90 days after the termination of the service. The person or his

 

or her immediate household shall not be deprived of or denied heat,

 

water, electricity, or gas service by any public utility serving

 

his or her home during the first 90 days of military service by

 

reason of unpaid bills for the commodities.