H.B. 476
         PAY OF NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS

house floor Amendments

Amendment 1 February 27, 2008 11:02 am



Representative Gregory H. Hughes proposes the following amendments:

1.    Page 2, Lines 29 through 39 :    

             29          39-1-51. Pay of National Guard members.
             30          (1) When called into the service of the state and not in the service of the United States,
             31      the members of the National Guard shall
{   receive, without a waiting period   } :

             32          (a)
  receive       the same pay and allowance as members of the regular army or regular air force of

             33      like rank and length of service[. In addition to the above pay, officers and enlisted personnel
             34      shall receive];
             35          (b)
  elect to:

    (i) receive  
medical, dental, disability,      {   and   }        or       death benefits equal to those received by full-time,

             36      permanent state employees;
  or

    (ii) maintain any medical, dental, disability, or death benefits already in place;  
and

             37          (c)
  receive       one ration per day[; provided, that this].

             38          (2) The state
{   shall   }        may not       make      {   no   } payments to members of the National Guard [in the case

             39      of] for service for which the United States government makes payment.


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