SENATE BILL No. 897

December 4, 2001, Introduced by Senator MC COTTER and referred to the Committee on Government Operations.

A bill to amend 1946 (1st Ex Sess) PA 9, entitled

"An act to create the Michigan veterans' trust fund, and to

define who shall be eligible to receive assistance therefrom; to

provide for the disbursement of the income thereof and surplus

therein; to create a board of trustees, and to prescribe its

powers and duties; to provide for county and district committees,

and their powers, duties, and expenses; to prescribe penalties;

and to make appropriations to carry out the provisions of this

act,"

by amending sections 7 and 8 (MCL 35.607 and 35.608).

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1 Sec. 7. Funds shall be distributed to the several county

2 treasurers by the auditor general by warrant on the state trea-

3 surer based on vouchers drawn by the board of trustees. The

4 funds so distributed shall be credited by the county treasurer

5 to a county veterans' trust fund , and shall be disbursed by

6 the county treasurer on vouchers drawn by the county clerk based

7 on orders filed by the county or district committee. Allocations

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1 to district committees shall be distributed to the several county

2 treasurers of the counties composing the district. Said THE

3 veterans' trust fund shall be covered by the official bond of the

4 county treasurer.

5 Sec. 8. The several county and district committees shall

6 be governed by the rules and regulations of the state board of

7 trustees. The board of trustees, the several veteran county or

8 district committees, and the several county treasurers shall be

9 subject to audit by the auditor general in the same manner as

10 provided under the accounting laws of the THIS state for state

11 departments and counties.

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