00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 354                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to qualifications of the adjutant general; and providing for an effective                              
02 date."                                                                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 26.05.160(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
05            (a)  The adjutant general of the state is appointed by the governor. The                                     
06       governor shall prescribe the grade of the adjutant general, which may not exceed                                  
07       major general. To be eligible for appointment as adjutant general, a person must be a                             
08       citizen of the state and must be a federally recognized officer in the Alaska                                 
09       National Guard or an officer who has the qualifications to gain federal                                       
10       recognition as a general-grade officer, either in active status or in retirement                              
11       status eligible for reappointment as a general-grade officer; in appointing the                               
12       adjutant general, the governor shall consider and give preference to persons with                             
13       at least five years' service in the Alaska National Guard or Alaska Air National                              
14       Guard. The adjutant general shall make returns and reports to the Chief, National                             
01       Guard Bureau, and to the governor or to the officers designated by the Chief, National                            
02       Guard Bureau, and the governor, at the times and in the form prescribed.                                          
03    * Sec. 2. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).