Act No. 627

Public Acts of 2006

Approved by the Governor

January 3, 2007

Filed with the Secretary of State

January 3, 2007

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 3, 2007

STATE OF MICHIGAN

93RD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2006

Introduced by Reps. Farhat, Emmons, Casperson, Marleau, LaJoy, Hummel, Palsrok, Bennett, Garfield and Rick Jones

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 6315

AN ACT to amend 1915 PA 63, entitled "An act to provide for the furnishing of suitable flag holders and UnitedStates flags for the graves of veterans who served in the armed forces of the United States for the marking and designation of the graves for memorial purposes; and to provide a penalty for the removal or destruction of the flag holders and United States flags when placed," by amending sections 1 and 1a (MCL 35.831 and 35.831a), section 1 as amended by 2005 PA 26 and section 1a as added by 2005 PA 27.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1. (1) The legislative body of a city, village, municipality, or township in this state, upon the petition of a local, or an affiliate of, a recognized veterans' organization or of 5 eligible voters of the city, village, municipality, or township, shall procure for and furnish to the petitioners, at the expense of the city, village, municipality, or township, a suitable flag holder and United States flag for the grave of each veteran who served in the armed forces of the United States and who is buried within the limits of a public or private cemetery located within the city, village, municipality, or township. The requirement to provide a suitable flag holder and United States flag for private cemeteries does not apply in the current fiscal year where an initial request for a suitable flag holder and United States flag exceeds 50graves within a particular township, but would apply in the following fiscal year at that township.

(2) A flag holder and United States flag shall be placed on the grave of a veteran for the purpose of marking and designating the grave for memorial purposes.

Sec. 1a. (1) The legislative body of a county in this state, upon petition of a local, or a local affiliate of, a recognized veterans' organization or of 5 eligible voters of the county, may procure for and furnish to the petitioners, at the expense of the county, a suitable flag holder and United States flag for the grave of each veteran who served in the armed forces of the United States and who is buried in any public or private cemetery located within the limits of the county.

(2) A flag holder and United States flag shall be placed on the grave of a veteran for the purpose of marking and designating the grave for memorial purposes.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor