Bill Text: HI HB958 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To The Department Of Defense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-10 - Carried over to 2022 Regular Session. [HB958 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2022-HB958-Amended.html
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THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2021 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 121-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§121-7 Adjutant general; appointment.
(a) The adjutant general
shall be the executive head of the department of defense and commanding general
of the militia of the State. The
adjutant general shall be appointed and be subject to removal as set forth in
section 26-31. The adjutant general
shall serve for the term as set forth in section 6, article V, of the
Constitution.
(b) No person shall be eligible for appointment as
adjutant general unless the person [holds]:
(1) Holds
or has held a commission of [at least a field grade officer,] the rank
of colonel in the military with a grade of 06 or above and federally
recognized as such, or its equivalent in the [national guard,] Army or
Air National Guard, state defense force, [or other branch of the armed
forces of this or any other state or territory of the United States,] or [in
the armed forces] Army or Air Force active component of the United
States or a reserve component thereof [and has];
(2) Has served
as a commissioned officer in one or more of the [armed services] Army
or Air Force components as listed herein for at least ten years[.];
and
(3) Has no administrative actions or items that would prevent promotion to the rank of a general officer in the military with a grade of 07 or 08 and federally recognized as such."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3050.
Report Title:
Department of Defense; Adjutant General
Description:
Amends the minimum eligibility requirements for appointment to the position of adjutant general. Effective 7/1/3050. (HD1)
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