S.B. 182

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Senate Committee Amendments 2-12-2004 sm/ecm This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 11:16 AM by smaeser. --> 1

ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL
2 QUALIFICATIONS
3 2004 GENERAL SESSION
4 STATE OF UTAH
5 Sponsor: Peter C. Knudson
6
7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill modifies the qualifications of the Assistant Adjutant General and the duties of
10 the personnel officer.
11 Highlighted Provisions:
12 This bill:
13 . allows the Assistant Adjutant General to S [ be ] APPOINT s a former federally recognized
14 commissioned officer S AS THE PERSONNEL OFFICER s ; and
15 . removes from the personnel officer's duties the obligation of serving as both the
16 state recruiting officer and the state public relations officer.
17 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
18 None
19 Other Special Clauses:
20 None
21 Utah Code Sections Affected:
22 AMENDS:
23 39-1-18, as last amended by Chapter 61, Laws of Utah 1963
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25 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26 Section 1. Section 39-1-18 is amended to read:
27 39-1-18. Assistant adjutant general for the army -- Assistant adjutant general for

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Senate Committee Amendments 2-12-2004 sm/ecm 28

air -- Officer for permanent duty as personnel officer.
29 (1) There is [hereby] authorized an assistant adjutant general for the army and an
30 assistant adjutant general for air.
31 (a) The adjutant general with the approval of the governor may detail the assistant
32 adjutant general for the army or the assistant adjutant general for air for permanent duty at S [ his ]
32a THE OFFICER'S s
33 office. [He]
34 (b) The assistant adjutant general for the army or assistant adjutant general for air shall
35 be a federally recognized commissioned officer S [ , or former federally recognized commissioned
36 officer, ] s of the Utah National Guard with not less than five years military service in the armed
37 forces of the state of Utah or of the United States, at least three of which shall have been
38 commissioned in the National Guard of Utah, and who shall have reached the grade of field
39 officer. S [ He ] THE OFFICER s shall:
40 (i) hold office at the pleasure of the adjutant general[. He shall]; and
41 (ii) devote all of his time during office hours of the military department to the duties of
42 [his] the office.
43 (2) The adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, may detail one officer of
44 the Utah National Guard for permanent duty as the personnel officer. [He]
45 (a) The officer shall be a federally recognized commissioned officer S , OR FORMER
45a FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED COMMISSIONED OFFICER, s of the Utah
46 National Guard with not less than three years military service in the armed forces of the state of
47 Utah or of the United States, one of which shall have been commissioned in the National
48 Guard of Utah. [He]
49 (b) The officer shall hold office at the pleasure of the adjutant general.
50 (c) The duties of the personnel officer shall be [such duties] as the adjutant general
51 may direct, to include the normal duty of the staff G-1 [and G-2. He shall function as a state
52 recruiting officer and also as a state public relations officer and].
53 (d) The officer shall devote all of his time during the office hours of the military
54 department to the duties of [his] the office.

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Legislative Review Note
as of 2-3-04 8:36 AM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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