Bill Text: MI HB5344 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Veterans; other; definition of veteran; update in the preference for public employment act. Amends sec. 1 of 1897 PA 205 (MCL 35.401). TIE BAR WITH: HB 5332'16
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-07-13 - Assigned Pa 211'16 With Immediate Effect [HB5344 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-HB5344-Chaptered.html
Act No. 211
Public Acts of 2016
Approved by the Governor
June 21, 2016
Filed with the Secretary of State
June 22, 2016
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 20, 2016
STATE OF MICHIGAN
98TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
Introduced by Reps. Sheppard, Barrett and Lucido
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5344
AN ACT to amend 1897 PA 205, entitled “An act to prefer honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the United States for public employments,” by amending section 1 (MCL 35.401), as amended by 2008 PA 28.
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 1. (1) In every public department and upon the public works of the state and of every county and municipal corporation of this state, a veteran shall be preferred for appointment and employment. Age, loss of limb, or other physical impairment that does not, in fact, incapacitate, does not disqualify them. If it is necessary to fill by appointment a vacancy occurring in an elective office, the appointment is subject to this act. The applicant shall be of good moral character and shall have been a resident of the state for at least 2 years and possess other requisite qualifications, after credit allowed by any civil service laws. If there is a conflict between this act and 1941 PA 370, MCL 38.401 to 38.428, 1941 PA 370, MCL 38.401 to 38.428, shall prevail.
(2) As used in this section, “veteran” means an individual who meets both of the following:
(a) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35.61.
(b) Was honorably discharged.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 5332 of the 98th Legislature is enacted into law.
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
