Michigan Laws 36.103 – Michigan veterans’ facility authority; creation; promulgation of rules; exercise of powers and duties; powers as essential governmental function; separate legal entity; operation and staffing
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 36.103
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Authority: means the Michigan veterans' facility authority created under section 3. See Michigan Laws 36.102
- board: means the board of directors of the authority. See Michigan Laws 36.102
- Department: means the department of military and veterans affairs. See Michigan Laws 36.102
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Michigan veteran homes: means the administrative entity that centrally manages and operates veterans' facilities in this state. See Michigan Laws 36.102
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- 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
- Veteran: means an individual who meets both of the following:
(i) Is a veteran as defined in section 1 of 1965 PA 190, MCL 35. See Michigan Laws 36.102
(1) The Michigan veterans’ facility authority is created as a public body corporate and politic within the department. The authority shall be administered under the supervision of the department but shall exercise its prescribed statutory powers, duties, and functions independently of the department as an autonomous entity within the department. The exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by this act is an essential governmental function of this state.
(2) The authority shall provide general oversight and governance of Michigan veteran homes and veterans’ facilities in this state. The authority shall promulgate rules to implement this act under the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. Rules promulgated by the prior board of managers under former 1885 PA 152 and in effect on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection continue in effect to the extent that the rules do not conflict with this act and may be amended or rescinded by the authority.
(3) Notwithstanding the existence of common management, the authority must be treated and accounted for as a separate legal entity with its separate corporate purposes as set forth in this act. The assets, liabilities, and funds of the authority must not be consolidated or commingled with those of this state.