HOUSE BILL NO. 5232
November 07, 2019, Introduced by Reps.
Pohutsky, Ellison, Love, Kennedy, Koleszar, Pagan, Sowerby, Rabhi, Bolden,
Lasinski, Howell, Hood, Manoogian, Sabo, Clemente, Hope, Tate, Shannon,
Haadsma, Coleman, Brixie, Wittenberg, Hertel, Sneller, Tyrone Carter,
Hammoud, Yancey, Whitsett and Jones and referred to the Committee on
Transportation.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
(a) "Department" means the department of military and veterans affairs.
(b) "Public transportation provider" means a public or private entity that provides public transportation services. Public transportation provider includes an authority formed under any of the following:
(i) 1963 PA 55, MCL 124.351 to 124.359.
(ii) The urban cooperation act of 1967, 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 7, MCL 124.501 to 124.512.
(iii) 1967 (Ex Sess) PA 8, MCL 124.531 to 124.536.
(iv) 1951 PA 35, MCL 124.1 to 124.13.
(v) The public transportation authority act, 1986 PA 196, MCL 124.451 to 124.479.
(vi) The revenue bond act of 1933, 1933 PA 94, MCL 141.101 to 141.140.
(c) "Veteran" means 1 of the following:
(i) An individual who served in the Armed Forces of the United States on active military duty and received an honorable discharge from active duty, if he or she served on active duty for reasons other than training or if, while serving on active duty for training, he or she incurred a disability recognized by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Department of Defense as service-connected.
(ii) An individual who served in the United States Merchant Marine who served on active duty for reasons other than training or if, while serving on active duty for training, incurred a disability recognized by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Department of Defense as service-connected, if he or she satisfies 1 of the following conditions:
(A) He or she received an honorable report of separation from active duty military service, as shown on form DD214 or form DD215.
(B) He or she served in the United States Merchant Marine between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946.
Sec. 3. (1) The department shall issue a military transportation card to an applicant who satisfies all of the following:
(a) The applicant submits a written application that states that he or she is a veteran or an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States.
(b) The applicant submits documentary evidence in a form satisfactory to the department that shows that he or she is a veteran or an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States.
(2) The department shall issue the military transportation card described in subsection (1) at no cost to the individual to whom it is issued.
(3) A military transportation card issued to a veteran under subsection (1) does not expire. A military transportation card issued to an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States expires on the date that his or her membership is scheduled to cease, as shown in the documentary evidence described in subsection (1)(b).
(4) The department may promulgate rules under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328, to implement this act.
Sec. 5. A public transportation provider shall not charge a fee, fare, or other charge of any kind to a veteran or active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States to board or travel on a bus operated by that public transportation provider if the veteran or active duty member presents a military transportation card issued under section 3.
Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.