Act No. 28

Public Acts of 2008

Approved by the Governor

March 13, 2008

Filed with the Secretary of State

March 13, 2008

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 13, 2008

STATE OF MICHIGAN

94TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2008

Introduced by Senators Basham, Allen, Garcia, Pappageorge, Richardville, Birkholz, Kahn, Jelinek,
Van Woerkom, Patterson, Cropsey, Hardiman, Gilbert, Cassis, McManus, Kuipers, Olshove, Jansen, Switalski, Stamas, Jacobs, Brown, Cherry, Barcia, Gleason, Whitmer, Sanborn, Bishop, Anderson, Schauer, Hunter, Scott, Clark-Coleman and Clarke

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 750

AN ACT to amend 1897 PA 205, entitled "An act to prefer honorably discharged members of the armed forces of the United States for public employments," by amending section 1 (MCL 35.401).

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 1. In every public department and upon the public works of the state and of every county and municipal corporation of this state, an honorably discharged veteran, as defined by 1965 PA 190, MCL 35.61 to 35.62, shall be preferred for appointment and employment. Age, loss of limb, or other physical impairment that does not, in fact, incapacitate, does not disqualify them. If it is necessary to fill by appointment a vacancy occurring in an elective office, the appointment is within this act. The applicant shall be of good moral character and shall have been a resident of the state for at least 2 years and possess other requisite qualifications, after credit allowed by the provisions of any civil service laws. If there is a conflict between the provisions of this act and 1941 PA 370, MCL 38.401 to 38.428, the provisions of 1941 PA 370, MCL 38.401 to 38.428, shall prevail.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor