Bill Text: CT HB06419 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Composition Of The Military Department And The Qualifications Of The Adjutant General.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-03 - Signed by the Governor [HB06419 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB06419-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
Raised Bill No. 6419 | ||
January Session, 2011 |
LCO No. 3116 | ||
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Referred to Committee on Select Committee on Veterans' Affairs |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE COMPOSITION OF THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT AND THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 27-19 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
The Military Department shall be comprised of (1) the armed forces of the state, as defined in section 27-2, which shall be under the military command and control of the Adjutant General, and (2) any civilian employee appointed by the Adjutant General pursuant to section 27-31. The Military Department shall be under the charge of the Adjutant General. On or before July 1, 1980, the Governor shall appoint an Adjutant General with the rank of major general to serve for a term of two years from July 1, 1980. Quadrennially thereafter, the Governor shall appoint an Adjutant General with the rank of lieutenant general to serve for a term of four years, from such first day of July and until a successor is appointed and qualified. The Adjutant General shall have had at least [ten] fifteen years' commissioned service in the armed forces of the United States and shall have obtained the rank of lieutenant colonel or higher, or the equivalent rank in the Navy or Coast Guard. No person shall be appointed or continue to serve as Adjutant General after reaching the age of sixty-four years. The Adjutant General may be suspended or removed by the Governor in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-11, 4-12 and 4-13.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
from passage |
27-19 |
VA |
Joint Favorable C/R |
PS |