SENATE BILL NO. 156


   January 27, 1999, Introduced by Senator ROGERS and referred 
        to the Committee on Appropriations.



        A bill to amend 1967 PA 150, entitled

   "Michigan military act,"

   by amending section 411 (MCL 32.811), as amended by 1996 PA 497.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 411.  (1) A person who has completed not less than 20

 2    years of active service with the national guard or defense force,

 3    or both, may retire and receive retirement pay under 1 or more of

 4    the following circumstances:

 5         (a) Attainment of 62 years of age.

 6         (b) Ineligibility, because of federal law or regulation, for

 7    further federal recognition in the person's current grade because

 8    of age or length of service, and termination of the person's com-

 9    mission or enlistment in the national guard of the United

10    States.




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 1         (c) Withdrawal of the person's federal recognition and

 2    termination of the person's commission or enlistment in the

 3    national guard of the United States because of physical disquali-

 4    fication from further service.

 5         (d) Separation from the national guard or defense force

 6    under an honorable circumstance.

 7         (2) A person who retires under subsection (1)(a) shall

 8    receive pay of  $600.00  $900.00 per year.  A
             person who retires

 9    under subsection (1)(b), (c), or (d) shall receive pay of

10     $600.00  $900.00 per year upon reaching 55 years
             of age.

11         (3) Upon the death of a person who has completed not less

12    than 20 years of active service with the national guard or

13    defense force, or both, and who before his or her death met 1 of

14    the circumstances described in subsection (1)(b), (c), or (d), a

15    surviving spouse shall receive  $300.00  $450.00
             per year until

16    death.

17         (4) ANY INCREASED AMOUNTS DUE A RETIRANT OR SURVIVOR UNDER

18    SUBSECTION (2) OR (3) AS A RESULT OF THE AMENDATORY ACT THAT

19    ADDED THIS SUBSECTION ARE PAYABLE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH

20    AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE AMENDATORY ACT THAT ADDED THIS

21    SUBSECTION AND ARE NOT PAYABLE FOR ANY MONTH BEFORE THAT DATE.















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