December 2, 2015, Introduced by Rep. Barrett and referred to the Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs.
A bill to amend 1967 PA 150, entitled
"Michigan military act,"
by amending section 151 (MCL 32.551), as amended by 2013 PA 99.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 151. (1) The governor is the commander-in-chief of the
organized militia. He or she may order to active state service any
members of the organized militia in case of riot, tumult, breach of
the peace, or resistance of process, or for service in aid of civil
authority, whether state or federal, or in time of actual or
imminent public danger, disaster, crisis, catastrophe, or other
public emergency within this state or to respond to acts or threats
of terrorism or to safeguard military or other vital resources of
this state or of the United States. If the governor and his or her
legal
successor are absent , or
disabled , or cannot be
communicated with, the adjutant general, if he or she believes the
danger great and imminent, may order out, in the name of the
governor, such troops of the organized militia as he or she
believes necessary to meet the emergency.
(2) The governor or the adjutant general may order to active
state service any member of the Michigan National Guard for duties
in support of the full-time operation of the state military
establishment.
(3) The department of military and veterans affairs shall
report to the legislature if any members of the Michigan National
Guard who have been ordered to active state service under
subsection (2) have served on active state service for more than 15
days during their service with the Michigan National Guard. The
department of military and veterans affairs shall annually submit a
report to the legislature that includes the name of each member of
the Michigan National Guard who has served more than 15 days on
active state service during his or her service with the Michigan
National Guard and the number of days that service member has
served on active state service.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.