GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
SESSION LAW 2005-314
HOUSE BILL 62
AN ACT TO make changes regarding the adjutant general.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 127A-19 reads as rewritten:
The military head of the militia shall be the Adjutant General who shall hold the rank of major general. The Adjutant General shall be appointed by the Governor in his capacity as commander in chief of the militia, in consultation with the Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. No person shall be appointed as Adjutant General who has less than five years' commissioned service in an active status in any component of the armed forces of the United States. The Adjutant General, while holding such office, may be a member of the active national guard or naval militia.
Subject to the approval of the Governor and in consultation
with the Secretary, Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, the Adjutant
General may appoint a deputy adjutant general for Army National Guard, an
assistant adjutant general for Army National Guard, and an assistant adjutant
general for Air National Guard, each of whom may hold the rank of brigadier
general and who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. The assistant
adjutant general for Army National Guard shall also serve in the military
position of Brigadier General - Line, Deputy, State Area Command (STARC)
Commander. The Adjutant General may also employ such staff members and
other personnel as may be authorized by the Secretary and funded."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of August, 2005.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 12:10 p.m. this 25th day of August, 2005