SB-0799, As Passed Senate, November 10, 2011
November 3, 2011, Introduced by Senators PAPPAGEORGE, MOOLENAAR, GREEN, EMMONS, COLBECK, PROOS, NOFS, HANSEN, MEEKHOF and BRANDENBURG and referred to the Committee on Veterans, Military Affairs and Homeland Security.
A bill to amend 1885 PA 152, entitled
"An act to authorize the establishment of facilities for former
members of the armed forces of the United States in the state of
Michigan; to create funds; and to provide for the promulgation of
rules,"
by amending sections 6, 7, and 8 (MCL 36.6, 36.7, and 36.8) and by
adding section 2a; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 2a. (1) The general supervision and government of the
Michigan veterans' facility is vested in a board of managers
consisting of 7 members. Each member shall have demonstrated
knowledge, skills, and experience in public health, business, or
finance. Members shall be appointed as follows:
(a) One representative of the American legion.
(b) One representative of the veterans of foreign wars of the
United States.
(c) One representative of the disabled American veterans.
(d) One representative of any other congressionally chartered
veterans' organization other than those organizations identified in
subdivision (a), (b), or (c).
(e) Three members who are veterans, who may or may not be a
member of 1 or more congressionally chartered veterans'
organizations, but shall not represent any congressionally
chartered veterans' organization of which they are a member.
(2) The members shall be appointed by the governor by and with
the advice and consent of the senate. Each member shall hold office
for the term of 3 years from the time of his or her appointment and
shall continue to hold office at the pleasure of the governor. The
members enumerated in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), and (d) shall be
appointed by the governor from the original list of at least 3
individuals recommended by each respective organization.
(3) Each member of the board shall qualify by taking and
filing the constitutional oath of office.
(4) The governor may remove any member of the board for
misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, after hearing.
Missing 3 or more consecutive meetings shall be considered
malfeasance and is grounds for removal.
(5) Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but
shall be entitled to actual and necessary expenses incurred in
attending scheduled meetings of the board of managers in accordance
with the accounting laws of this state.
(6) If a vacancy occurs during the term of office of a member
of the board of managers, the member's successor shall be selected
from the same organization and in the same manner as the original
appointment for the balance of the unexpired term.
(7) As used in this act:
(a) "Board" means the board of managers of the Michigan
veterans' facility created in this section.
(b) "Veteran" means an honorably discharged member of the
armed forces of the United States.
Sec.
6. Each of the members member
of the board shall be is
entitled
to per diem compensation and reimbursement of expenses
from the appropriations to the facility in accordance with the
accounting
laws of the this state.
Sec.
7. (1) The members of the board of managers shall meet
annually
at the facility on the second Wednesday in March of each
year,
and at the annual meeting shall
elect of their own body, a
chairperson, a chairperson pro tempore, a secretary, a treasurer,
and a clerk, who shall hold office for 1 year and until a successor
is elected and qualified. However, instead of electing a treasurer
and a clerk, the board of managers may appoint the adjutant of the
facility to perform the duties of the treasurer and the clerk and
other
duties as prescribed by the board.
(2)
The business which that the board of managers may perform
shall be conducted at a public meeting of the board held in
compliance
with Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976, being
sections
15.261 to 15.275 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. the open
meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275. Public notice of
the time, date, and place of the meeting shall be given in the
manner
required by Act No. 267 of the Public Acts of 1976. the open
meetings act, 1976 PA 267, MCL 15.261 to 15.275.
Sec.
8. It shall be the duty of the The
board of managers to
shall
meet not less than once in every
3 months. on their own
adjournment,
and oftener if they shall deem it advisable, at which
meeting
they The board of managers shall prepare, and carefully
digest
and mature review, and revise
a system of government for
said
the home, embracing which shall include all such rules,
regulations,
and general laws as they may deem necessary for
preserving
order, for enforcing discipline, for and preserving
the
health
of such the disabled soldiers, sailors or marines as may be
received
at this veterans admitted to
the home.
Enacting section 1. Sections 2, 9, and 10 of 1885 PA 152, MCL
36.2, 36.9, and 36.10, are repealed.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act takes effect January
1, 2012.