HOUSE BILL No. 4520

 

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.