Michigan Laws 32.817 – Active service; definition
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For the purposes of establishing eligibility for retirement pay, “active service” shall consist of any of the following:
(a) Active service in the Michigan national guard or Michigan defense force as an officer or enlisted man or both.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 32.817
- Active service: means service, including active state service and special duty required by law, regulation, or pursuant to order of the governor. See Michigan Laws 32.505
- Michigan national guard: means the army national guard and the air national guard. See Michigan Laws 32.505
- Military: means a reference to all components of the state military establishment. See Michigan Laws 32.505
- Officer: means a commissioned officer and a warrant officer, unless a distinction between commissioned officer and warrant officer is clearly evident. See Michigan Laws 32.505
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
(b) Federal service in response to a call or order of the president in time of declared national emergency when such service is not voluntary.
(c) Voluntary active duty in the service of the United States by members of the state military establishment, not in response to a call or order of the president in time of declared national emergency, shall be considered as active service only when such duty is in support of a national guard mission. Any fractional part of a year amounting to 6 months or more is counted as a complete year. Active service is terminated by an honorable separation from the Michigan national guard or defense force.