March 17, 2005, Introduced by Rep. Sheltrown and referred to the Committee on Senior Health, Security, and Retirement.
A bill to amend 1967 PA 150, entitled
"Michigan military act,"
by amending section 411 (MCL 32.811), as amended by 2000 PA 472.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 411. (1) A person who has completed not less than 20
years of active service with the national guard or defense force,
or both, may retire and receive retirement pay under 1 or more of
the following circumstances:
(a) Attainment of 62 years of age.
(b) Ineligibility, because of federal law or regulation, for
further federal recognition in the person's current grade because
of age or length of service, and termination of the person's
commission or enlistment in the national guard of the United
States.
(c) Withdrawal of the person's federal recognition and
termination of the person's commission or enlistment in the
national guard of the United States because of physical
disqualification from further service.
(d) Separation from the national guard or defense force under
an honorable circumstance.
(2) A person who retires under subsection (1)(a) shall receive
pay of $600.00 per year. A person who retires under subsection
(1)(b), (c), or (d) shall receive pay of $600.00 per year upon
reaching 55 years of age.
(3) Upon the death of a person who has completed not less than
20 years of active service with the national guard or defense
force, or both, and who before his or her death met 1 of the
circumstances described in subsection (1)(b), (c), or (d), or was
still
in active service, a surviving spouse
shall receive $300.00
$500.00 per year until death.
(4) A person who retired under subsection (1)(b), (c), or (d)
between July 1, 1968 and March 1, 1969 or an eligible surviving
spouse of that person shall receive retroactive retirement pay from
the effective date of the change in age of eligibility from 62 to
55 years of age until the person became aware of the change in
eligibility and filed for and received retirement pay. This
subsection is considered curative in nature to remedy a clerical
error that prevented certain eligible individuals from receiving
retirement pay immediately upon their eligibility.