SENATE BILL NO. 150

February 18, 2021, Introduced by Senators BARRETT, HORN, THEIS, RUNESTAD, DALEY, VICTORY, ZORN, LASATA, SHIRKEY, BUMSTEAD, STAMAS, VANDERWALL, MCBROOM, OUTMAN and JOHNSON and referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors, and Veterans.

A bill to amend 1967 PA 150, entitled

"Michigan military act,"

by amending section 151 (MCL 32.551), as amended by 2016 PA 311.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 151. (1) The governor is the commander-in-chief of the Michigan National Guard. He Except as provided in subsection (3), he or she may order to active state service any members of the Michigan National Guard in case of riot, tumult, breach of the peace, or resistance of process, or for service in aid of civil authority, whether state or federal, or in time of actual or imminent public danger, disaster, crisis, catastrophe, or other public emergency within this state or to respond to acts or threats of terrorism or to safeguard military or other vital resources of this state or of the United States. If the governor and his or her legal successor are absent or disabled or cannot be communicated with, the adjutant general, if he or she believes the danger great and imminent, may order out, in the name of the governor, such troops of the Michigan National Guard as he or she believes necessary to meet the emergency.

(2) In Except as provided in subsection (3), in circumstances other than those described in subsection (1), the governor may order any member of the Michigan National Guard to active state service for duties in support of the full-time operation of the Michigan National Guard. However, a member of the Michigan National Guard who is called to active service under this subsection does not have any police powers or arrest authority.

(3) The governor may order a member of the Michigan National Guard to active state service under subsection (1) or (2) for not longer than 28 days. After 28 days of active state service, the governor shall order the member of the Michigan National Guard out of active state service, unless a request by the governor for an extension of the period of active state service for a specific number of days is approved by resolution of both houses of the legislature.