Senate Bill No. 523
(By Senators Prezioso, Edgell and Plymale)
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[Introduced February 12, 1999;
referred to the Committee on Military.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article one-a, chapter
fifteen of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine
hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to changing the
qualifications for the office of the adjutant general.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section two, article one-a, chapter fifteen of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1A. ADJUTANT GENERAL.
§15-1A-2. Appointment; qualifications; bond.
The adjutant general shall be appointed by the governor, by
and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for a term of four
years. He or she shall have the rank of major general, or such
other rank as is recognized by federal authority. No person may be appointed adjutant general unless he or she has had at least
six ten years' commissioned service, and attained field grade or
higher rank in the organized militia of this or some other state
or in the armed forces of the United States, or in all combined
the last five of which have been in the West Virginia army or air
national guard and satisfied the promotion eligibility criteria
established by federal authority for promotion to brigadier
general. The governor shall require the adjutant general to
furnish bond as required by law, which bond shall be filed with
the auditor of the state.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to change the
qualifications for the office of Adjutant General.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken
from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language
that would be added.)