Existing law creates the position of the Adjutant General as an appointed member of the military staff of the Governor and grants the Adjutant General the authority to appoint two Assistant Adjutants General that are selected from the commissioned officers of the Armed Forces of the United States. (NRS 412.042) Section 2 of this bill requires instead that the two Assistant Adjutants General are selected from the commissioned officers of the Nevada National Guard. Existing law further provides that to be eligible for appointment to the office of Adjutant General or Assistant Adjutant General, a person must be an officer of the Armed Forces of the United States and be federally recognized in the grade of colonel or higher. (NRS 412.044, 412.054) Sections 3 and 4 of this bill require instead that to be eligible for appointment to the office of Adjutant General or Assistant Adjutant General, a person must be an officer of the Nevada National Guard, federally recognized in the grade of colonel or higher, and must have completed at least 6 years of service in the Nevada National Guard as a federally recognized officer. Under existing federal law, an Adjutant General is required to retire when the Adjutant General becomes 66 years of age. (10 U.S.C. § 14512) Existing Nevada law establishes the Nevada National Guard as an organized body of enlisted personnel between the ages of 17 and 64 years and commissioned officers between the ages of 18 and 64 years. (NRS 412.026) Section 1 of this bill increases the maximum age of a commissioned officer to 66 years of age to comply with federal law.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 412.026, 412.042, 412.044, 412.054
BDR: 412.026, 412.042, 412.044, 412.054