00                              HOUSE BILL NO. 72                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to an assistant adjutant general for national missile defense in the                                   
02 Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs."                                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 26.05 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                 
05            Sec. 26.05.185.  Assistant adjutant general for national missile defense.  (a)                             
06       The adjutant general, with the concurrence of the governor, may appoint an assistant                              
07       adjutant general for national missile defense.  The adjutant general for national missile                         
08       defense is the official military representative of the state in matters pertaining to the                         
09       development and deployment of a national missile defense program in this state.                                   
10            (b)  The assistant adjutant general for national missile defense shall be a                                  
11       federally-recognized general grade officer in the Alaska National Guard or an officer                             
12       in the grade of colonel in the Alaska National Guard who has qualifications to gain                               
13       federal recognition as a general grade officer.                                                                   
14            (c)  The position of assistant adjutant general for national missile defense is                              
01       authorized for the duration of the development and deployment of a national missile                               
02       defense program in this state, subject to legislative appropriation of federal money                              
03       available for that purpose.                                                                                       
04    * Sec. 2.  AS 39.25.110 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                              
05                 (34)  the assistant adjutant general for national missile defense                                       
06       appointed under AS 26.05.185.