Bill Text: NJ A1945 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates New Jersey Honor Guard Ribbon.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2010-08-23 - Approved P.L.2010, c.58. [A1945 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2010-A1945-Introduced.html

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ASSEMBLY, No. 1945

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

214th LEGISLATURE

 

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 8, 2010

 

 

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman  JACK CONNERS

District 7 (Burlington and Camden)

Assemblywoman  CLEOPATRA G. TUCKER

District 28 (Essex)

Assemblyman  GILBERT "WHIP" L. WILSON

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Conaway

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Creates New Jersey Honor Guard Ribbon.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As introduced.

  

An Act creating a New Jersey Honor Guard Ribbon and supplementing chapter 15 of Title 38A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

     1.  a.  The Governor may present in the name of the State of New Jersey a New Jersey Honor Guard Ribbon of appropriate design to active members of the New Jersey National Guard, Honor Guard Retiree members and Contracted Civilian Buglers, who have served as Honor Guard Team Members in the Army National Guard New Jersey Honor Guard Program, and Honor Guard personnel working at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery, who have performed a minimum of 30 Honor Guard Service missions for our deceased veterans, honoring "Those Who Served."

     b.  A Bronze Star shall be awarded for subsequent total Honor Guard Mission Services of 130 within a two-year period.  The award shall be displayed to the left of the Honor Guard Program symbol on the Honor Guard Ribbon.

     c.  A Silver Star shall be awarded for subsequent total Honor Guard Mission Services of 200 within a three-year period.  The award shall be displayed to the right of the Honor Guard Program symbol on the Honor Guard Ribbon.

     d.  Administrative support personnel shall receive the Honor Guard Ribbon when they complete a minimum of nine months of service in support of the Honor Guard Program honoring "Those Who Served."     

     e.     No more than one ribbon shall be awarded to any person, except that a ribbon that is lost, destroyed, or rendered unfit for use without fault or neglect on the part of the person to whom it was issued may be replaced.

     f.     Determination of eligibility for an Honor Guard ribbon shall be the responsibility of the Adjutant General or his designee.

           

     2. This act shall take effect two months from the date of enactment, but the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act. 

 

 

STATEMENT

 

     This bill creates the New Jersey Honor Guard Ribbon to be presented by the Governor in the name of the State of New Jersey to certain active members of the New Jersey National Guard, Honor Guard Retiree members, and Contracted Civilian Buglers, who have served as Honor Guard Team Members in the Army National Guard New Jersey Honor Guard Program, and to Honor Guard personnel working at Brigadier General William C. Doyle Veterans Cemetery.

     The team members and honor guard personnel serving through the Army National Guard New Jersey (ARNG-NJ) Honor Guard Program deliver the military funeral honors deserved by "Those Who Served."  It is only fitting and proper for the State of New Jersey to recognize them for their distinguished service.