Section 35.603 - Michigan veterans' trust fund board of trustees; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; compensation and expenses; organizations eligible for representation
VETERANS' TRUST FUND (EXCERPT)
Act 9 of 1946 (1st Ex. Sess.)
35.603 Michigan veterans' trust fund board of trustees; creation; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; compensation and expenses; organizations eligible for representation on board; oath; removal of member; offices; assistants.
Sec. 3.
There is created a Michigan veterans' trust fund board of trustees to consist of 2 representatives of the American Legion, 2 representatives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, 1 representative of the Disabled American Veterans, and 1 representative of the American Veterans of World War II-Korean-Vietnam, to be appointed by the governor upon recommendation of the organizations named, for terms of 3 years each. Each member of the board shall be an honorably separated veteran as defined by Act No. 190 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended. Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their duties. An organization composed exclusively of honorably discharged veterans as defined by Act No. 190 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, which has attained a bona fide membership of not less than 7,500, and which has established not less than 40 posts in not less than 25 counties of the state, shall be eligible for representation on the board of trustees, under the same provisions as other representation on the board of trustees is attained. Each member of the board shall qualify by taking and filing the constitutional oath of office, and shall serve until the appointment and qualification of his successor. The governor may remove any member of the board for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, after hearing. The department of management and budget shall furnish suitable offices for use of the board. The board may employ assistants and incur expense necessary in carrying out this act.
History: 1946, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 9, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 1946 ;-- CL 1948, 35.603 ;-- Am. 1954, Act 117, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Aug. 27, 1975
Popular Name: Veterans' Trust Fund Act