SENATE BILL No. 242

 

 

March 26, 2015, Introduced by Senators O'BRIEN, COLBECK, ROBERTSON, BRANDENBURG, BOOHER, MARLEAU, PROOS and ZORN and referred to the Committee on Elections and Government Reform.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled

 

"The management and budget act,"

 

by amending section 295 (MCL 18.1295), as amended by 2010 PA 372.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 295. (1) The committee on the purchase of goods and

 

services from community rehabilitation organizations is created

 

within the department and shall consist of 6 7 members appointed by

 

the governor. The members shall serve for a term of 2 years. The

 

committee shall consist of 1 member from the purchasing division of

 

the department, 1 member from Michigan rehabilitation services, 1

 

member from the commission on disability concerns, 1 member, who

 

shall serve as the chairperson of the committee, from a statewide

 

nonprofit corporation concerned with community rehabilitation

 

organizations, 1 member who is a qualified disabled veteran, and 2

 

members at large. Members of the committee shall serve without


 

compensation.

 

     (2) As used in this section:

 

     (a) "Qualified disabled veteran" means a veteran with a

 

service-related disability as determined by the United States

 

Department of Veterans Affairs.

 

     (b) "Veteran" means that term as defined in section 261.