Bill Text: GA HB800 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Assistant adjutants general; certain qualifications; change
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: (Passed) 2012-04-11 - Effective Date [HB800 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB800-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 800 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Hatchett of the
143rd,
Yates of the
73rd,
Amerson of the
9th,
Setzler of the
35th,
Holcomb of the
82nd,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 38-2-152 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to assistant adjutants general, eligibility, appointment, duties, compensation,
and tenure, so as to change certain qualifications for the position of assistant
adjutant general; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 38-2-152 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
assistant adjutants general, eligibility, appointment, duties, compensation, and
tenure, is amended by revising subsection (a) as follows:
"(a)
The Governor shall appoint an assistant adjutant general for army and an
assistant adjutant general for air to assist the adjutant general in the
discharge and performance of his or her duties. Each of the assistant adjutants
general, at the time of appointment, shall be a federally recognized officer
with the rank of lieutenant colonel or higher
with not
less than five years of continuous service in the Army or Air National Guard of
this state. An officer who has retired or
resigned from the Georgia National Guard
or any other
component of the Army or Air Force shall
be eligible for appointment as assistant adjutant general for army or air;
provided, however, that the officer shall have served
not less
than five years in a federally recognized
status in the active Army or Air National Guard
or any other
component of the Army or Air Force, as
appropriate, and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel or higher; and
provided, further, that the appointment of the officer shall be within five
years after the date of his or her retirement or resignation and prior to his or
her attaining age 60. Each of the assistant adjutants general shall have the
rank of not less than brigadier general, the specific rank to be determined by
the Governor. Each of the officers shall receive the pay and allowances for his
or her rank as provided by law for an officer of equivalent rank in the regular
armed forces of the United States. In the event of a vacancy in the office of
the adjutant general, and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified
as provided by law, the assistant adjutant general who is senior in rank shall
perform the duties required of the adjutant general in connection with the
military division, as provided by law. Assistant adjutants general shall hold
no other state office, and they shall serve at the pleasure of the
Governor."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its
becoming law without such approval.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
