Veterans; Preference For Public Employment; Effect Of Physical Impairment; Vacancy In Elective Office; Qualifications; Conflict With County Civil Service Provisions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 35.401

Sec. 1.

In every public department and upon the public works of the state and of every county and municipal corporation thereof honorably discharged veteran as defined by Act No. 190 of the Public Acts of 1965, as amended, being sections 35.61 and 35.62 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, shall be preferred for appointment and employment. Age, loss of limb, or other physical impairment which does not, in fact, incapacitate, shall not be deemed to disqualify them. When it shall become necessary to fill by appointment a vacancy occurring in an elective office, the appointment shall be deemed to be within this act. The applicant shall be of good moral character and shall have been a resident of the state for at least 2 years and of the county in which the office or position is located for at least one year, and possess other requisite qualifications, after credit allowed by the provisions of any civil service laws. In any instance where there is a conflict between the provisions of this act and Act No. 370 of the Public Acts of 1941, as amended, being sections 38.401 to 38.428 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the provisions of Act No. 370 of the Public Acts of 1941, as amended, shall prevail.