Michigan / State / 2021-2022 Regular Session
2022 PA 267 Authorised Michigan’s first state-run veterans cemetery
Created the veterans cemetery act, MCL 35.1251 to 35.1259. The Department of Military and Veterans Affairs may acquire, purchase or designate land for a veterans cemetery in a county with a population of not less than 12,500 and not greater than 13,500, a bracket that names a place without naming it; the department has pursued a site in Crawford County. The director shall apply for and accept all grants available under 38 USC 2408, and a veterans cemetery fund was created that does not lapse at the end of a fiscal year. Section 35.1257 requires the cemetery to be administered in compliance with federal law, so eligibility will follow National Cemetery Administration rules rather than a Michigan standard. Tracked because the act authorises a cemetery rather than opening one, and a veteran planning around it needs the current construction and interment status from the department rather than the statute.
Progress
Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature
- Introduced Done,
- In committee Done, Senate Families, Seniors, and Veterans
- Passed one chamber Done, Senate, 38-0
- Passed both chambers Done, House, 97-5
- Signed by the governor Done, Public Act 267 of 2022
- In effect Done, date not recorded
Sponsors
- Curtis VanderWall
- Adam Hollier
- Paul Wojno
- John Bizon, M.D.
- Jon Bumstead
- Dale Zorn
- Kenneth Horn
- Douglas Wozniak
- Kevin Daley
- Roger Victory
- Michael MacDonald
- Kimberly LaSata
- Ruth Johnson
- Jim Runestad
- Rick Outman
- Mark Huizenga
- Lana Theis
- Jim Stamas
- Betty Jean Alexander
- Erika Geiss
- Stephanie Chang
- Curtis Hertel, Jr.
- Winnie Brinks
- Sean McCann
- Dayna Polehanki
- Sylvia Santana
- Jeremy Moss
- Jeff Irwin
- Wayne Schmidt
What it touches
- MCL § 35.1253
- MCL § 35.1255
- MCL § 35.1257
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