ENGROSSED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 571
(By Senators Hunter, Unger, Minard, Dempsey, Jenkins, Weeks,
Bailey, Love and White)
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[Originating in the Committee on Military;
reported February 22, 2006.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact §15-1B-16 of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to the National Guard generally;
and increasing the base pay of members of the National Guard
while in active service to the state.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §15-1B-16 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
CHAPTER 15. PUBLIC SAFETY.
ARTICLE 1B. NATIONAL GUARD.
§15-1B-16. Pay and allowances.
(a) Pay and allowances for officers and enlisted personnel of
the National Guard for drill, encampment or other duty for training
prescribed or ordered by the federal government shall be such as
are provided by the laws of the United States.
(b) Officers and enlisted personnel of the National Guard in active service of the state shall receive the same pay and
allowances, in accordance with their rank and service, as are
prescribed for the armed forces of the United States:
Provided,
That no member of the National Guard shall receive base pay of less
than
seventy-five one hundred dollars per day while he or she is in
active service of the state.
(c) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this article,
members of the National Guard may, with their consent, perform
without pay, or without pay and allowances, any duties prescribed
by section thirteen of this article pursuant to competent orders
therefor:
Provided, That necessary expenses may be furnished such
personnel within the discretion of the Adjutant General.
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