ENROLLED
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
H. B. 2870
(By Delegates R. M. Thompson, Craig, Frederick and Flanigan)
[Passed April 14, 2001; in effect ninety days from passage.]
AN ACT to amend and reenact section four, article one-a, chapter
fifteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended; and to amend article one-b of
said chapter by adding thereto a new section, designated
section twenty-five, all relating to authorizing the adjutant
general to appoint an assistant adjutant general and other
general officer positions; and to provide a two thousand
dollar bonus to those members who accept a commission upon
graduation from officer candidate school.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section four, article one-a, chapter fifteen of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended,
be amended and reenacted; and that article one-b of said chapter be
further amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty-five, all to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1A. ADJUTANT GENERAL.
§15-1A-4. Assistant adjutants general and other authorized
general officers.
The governor shall appoint an assistant adjutant general for
air and an assistant adjutant general for army, each with the rank
of brigadier general, or any other rank recognized by federal
authority, who shall be the deputy commander of the air national
guard and the deputy commander of the army national guard,
respectively. The adjutant general may appoint an assistant
adjutant general for the West Virginia national guard, and any
other general officer positions that are federally authorized by
tables of distribution and allowance, modified tables of
organization and equipment, and joint manning documents, each with
the rank of brigadier general, or any other rank recognized by
federal authority. The adjutant general may also appoint an
assistant adjutant general with the rank of colonel or any other
rank recognized by the federal authority, who shall be the
executive officer and administrative assistant to assist the
adjutant general in the administration of the adjutant general's
department (or department of military affairs). The assistant
adjutant general serving as the executive officer and the
administrative assistant may also be the deputy commander of the
army or air national guard. The assistant adjutants general shall
be upon appointment, federally recognized officers of the air
national guard and the army national guard, respectively.
ARTICLE 1B. NATIONAL GUARD.
§15-1B-25. Commissioning bonus.
Upon graduation from the officer candidate school conducted at
the regional training institute, Camp Dawson, each member of the
West Virginia army national guard who accepts a commission shall be
entitled to a commissioning bonus of two thousand dollars.
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