Section 36.2 - Board of managers; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; vacancy.
MICHIGAN VETERANS' FACILITY (EXCERPT)
Act 152 of 1885
36.2 Board of managers; appointment, qualifications, and terms of members; vacancy.
Sec. 2.
(1) The general supervision and government of the Michigan veterans' facility shall be vested in a board of managers to consist of 7 members who shall be appointed as follows:
(a) Two representatives of the American legion.
(b) Two representatives of the veterans of foreign wars of the United States.
(c) One representative of the disabled American veterans.
(d) One representative of the American veterans of world war II-Korea-Vietnam (AMVETS).
(e) One veteran from veterans as defined by Act No. 190 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, being sections 35.61 and 35.62 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, except that the nominee veteran shall not be a representative of the American legion, the veterans of foreign wars of the United States, the disabled American veterans, or American veterans of world war II-Korea-Vietnam (AMVETS).
(2) The members shall be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate, the members shall each hold office for the term of 6 years from the time of their appointment, and until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. The members enumerated in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), and (d) shall be appointed by the governor from the original list of at least 3 individuals recommended by each respective organization.
(3) If a vacancy occurs during the term of office of a member of the board of managers, the member's successor shall be selected from the same organization and in the same manner as the original appointment for the balance of the unexpired term.
History: 1885, Act 152, Imd. Eff. June 5, 1885 ;-- How. 1984b ;-- CL 1897, 2056 ;-- CL 1915, 1668 ;-- CL 1929, 783 ;-- CL 1948, 36.2 ;-- Am. 1955, Act 196, Imd. Eff. June 17, 1955 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 142, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1958 ;-- Am. 1977, Act 48, Imd. Eff. July 5, 1977
Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 48 of 1977 provides: “Of the members appointed after the effective date of this amendatory act the first shall be a veteran as designated by section 2 (1)(e) and the remaining appointments shall be made to conform to this amendatory act as they become vacant.”For transfer of powers and duties of the State Veterans' Facilities of Michigan and the Board of Managers from the Department of Public Health to the Department of Military Affairs, see E.R.O. No. 1991-7, compiled at MCL 36.71 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.