PRINTER'S NO. 2671
No. 2042 Session of 1997
INTRODUCED BY LUCYK, PESCI, SATHER, LAUGHLIN, KAISER, TRELLO, ALLEN, BELFANTI, FAIRCHILD, DALEY, BELARDI, GODSHALL, E. Z. TAYLOR, BOSCOLA, TIGUE, STABACK AND ROONEY, DECEMBER 9, 1997
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, DECEMBER 9, 1997
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for qualifications
3 of Adjutant General, Deputy Adjutant General and Assistant
4 Adjutant General.
5 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
6 hereby enacts as follows:
7 Section 1. Section 901(b) of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
8 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
9 § 901. Appointment of Adjutant General, deputies and
10 assistants.
11 * * *
12 (b) Qualifications.--[No Adjutant General, Deputy Adjutant
13 General or Assistant Adjutant General shall be appointed who
14 shall not have served at least ten years as a commissioned
15 officer in the Pennsylvania National Guard, or any of the armed
16 forces of the United States or their reserve components; the
17 aforesaid service may be cumulative.] Appointments to Adjutant
1 General, Deputy Adjutant General or Assistant Adjutant General 2 must be an honorably discharged veteran and a member in good and 3 regular standing of a Pennsylvania branch, post, lodge or club 4 of a recognized national veterans organization active in this 5 Commonwealth. 6 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. K7L51JLW/19970H2042B2671 - 2 -