Section 35.606 - Veteran county and district committees; establishment; purpose; appointment and qualifications of members; removal of member; compensation and expenses; office space; appeal. - Michigan Statutes

VETERANS' TRUST FUND (EXCERPT)
Act 9 of 1946 (1st Ex. Sess.)

35.606 Veteran county and district committees; establishment; purpose; appointment and qualifications of members; removal of member; compensation and expenses; office space; appeal.

Sec. 6.

The board of trustees shall establish in the several counties of the state representative veteran county committees for the administration of the allocated moneys on the local level, and may combine 2 or more counties into a district when, in the opinion of the board of trustees, a more efficient local administration may result therefrom. Each veteran county or district committee shall consist of 1 representative of the American Legion, 1 representative of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, 1 representative of the Disabled American Veterans, 1 representative of the American Veterans of World War II-Korean-Vietnam, to be appointed by the board of trustees upon recommendation of the organizations named. When in a county or district not more than 2 of the above named 4 organizations have organized and functioning local units, the 2 organizations existing in that county or district are empowered to jointly recommend the appointment of a third honorably discharged veteran as defined by Act No. 190 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, to serve on the county or district committee. The board of trustees may also appoint on a county or district committee a representative of a local veterans' organization now in existence or which may be hereafter organized, which has in its membership not less than 3% of all veterans originally entering the service from the territory covered by the county or district committee. Each member of a county or district committee shall be an honorably separated veteran as defined by Act No. 190 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended. The board of trustees may remove a member of a county or district committee for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, after hearing. Members of county and district committees shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their duties, such expenses together with administration expenses to be paid from moneys allocated to county and district committees as provided in this act. The county boards of commissioners, or board of county auditors in counties having boards of county auditors, shall provide suitable office space for veteran county and district committees. A veteran who considers himself aggrieved at a decision rendered by a county or district committee in connection with a request for assistance may appeal to the board of trustees, and the decision of the board of trustees on an appeal referred to it shall be final and binding on the veteran and the county or district committee.

History: 1946, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 9, Imd. Eff. Feb. 25, 1946 ;-- CL 1948, 35.606 ;-- Am. 1949, Act 306, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1954, Act 117, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954 ;-- Am. 1975, Act 226, Imd. Eff. Aug. 27, 1975
Popular Name: Veterans' Trust Fund Act