April 21, 2011, Introduced by Reps. Damrow, Franz, Agema, Moss, Rogers, MacGregor, Callton, Ouimet, Heise, Kurtz, Opsommer, Price, Muxlow, Gilbert, Poleski, Shirkey, LaFontaine, Rendon, Crawford, Somerville, McMillin, Outman, Hughes, Lyons, Wayne Schmidt, Genetski, Haines, Tyler, Forlini, Lund, Foster, Horn, Farrington, MacMaster, Shaughnessy, Daley, Zorn, Nathan, Liss, Cavanagh, Smiley, Stapleton, Haugh, Oakes, Bledsoe, Haveman, Scott, Pscholka, Johnson, Slavens and Jenkins and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security.
A bill to amend 1965 PA 190, entitled
"An act to provide for a system of uniformity of service for
veterans,"
by amending section 1 (MCL 35.61), as amended by 1997 PA 131.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1. In order to provide for the uniformity of service
dates for veterans, the following dates and terms shall be
applicable to all acts of the state relative to veterans:
(a)
"Veteran" means a person
, who served in the active
military
forces , during a period of war or who received the armed
forces
expeditionary or other campaign service medal during an
emergency
condition and who was discharged or
released therefrom
under honorable conditions. "Veteran" also includes a person who
died in active military forces.
(b) "Spanish-American war" means the period beginning on April
21,
1898 , and
ending on July 4, 1902 , and includes
the Philippine
insurrection
and the Boxer rebellion. , and in the case of For a
veteran who served with the United States military forces engaged
in hostilities in the Moro province, Spanish-American war means the
period
beginning on April 21, 1898 , and ending on July 15, 1903.
(c) "World War I" means the period beginning on April 6, 1917
,
and ending on November 11, 1918.
, and in the case of For a
veteran who served with the United States military forces in
Russia,
World War I means the period beginning on April 6, 1917
,
and ending on April 1, 1920.
(d) "World War II" means the period beginning December 7, 1941
,
and ending December 31, 1946.
, both dates inclusive.
(e)
"Korean conflict" means the period between beginning June
27,
1950 , to and
ending January 31, 1955.
(f) Civil war and confederate veterans shall be considered to
be
those who served between April 12, 1861
, and May 26, 1865.
(g) Indian wars. Since the Indian wars were fought
intermittently over a period of years, the determination as to
whether a person shall be considered as having rendered military
service
during these wars will shall
be carefully considered by the
state veterans' trust fund. For this purpose, the period beginning
January
1, 1817 , through and
ending December 31, 1898 , is
considered the Indian war period.
(h) Mexican wars. Since there were several skirmishes
involving the Mexican border, such as Mexican border troubles 1911-
1916;
Veracruz expedition April 21, 1914
, to November 26, 1914;
punitive
expedition into Mexico, March 15, 1916
, to February 5,
1917;
therefore the persons rendering military service in any of
these skirmishes shall be considered veterans of the Mexican wars
that occurred between 1911 and February 5, 1917.
(i)
Future Other dates. The For the purposes of this act, for
a conflict not specifically addressed in this section, the service
dates for veterans shall be considered to be the period beginning
on the date of any future declaration of war by the congress or the
beginning of an emergency condition recognized by the issuance of a
presidential proclamation or a presidential executive order and in
which the armed forces expeditionary medal or other campaign
service medals are awarded according to presidential executive
order and ending on a date prescribed by presidential proclamation
or concurrent resolution of the congress.
(j) Korea and Vietnam. Veterans of the Korean conflict and
veterans
having served after January 31, 1955
, in an area of
hazardous duty for which an armed forces expeditionary or Vietnam
service medal was received or veterans having served in the Vietnam
era,
which is that period beginning February 28, 1961 , and ending
on May 7, 1975.
(k) "Cold war" means the continuous period of hostile acts
against the United States by communist bloc forces beginning
September 2, 1945 and ending December 26, 1991.