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Appointment of Adjutant General, deputies and assistants - 51 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 901

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                                CHAPTER 9
                           THE ADJUTANT GENERAL

     Sec.
     901.  Appointment of Adjutant General, deputies and assistants.
     902.  General powers and duties of Adjutant General.
     903.  Providing subsistence, supplies, equipment and expenses.
     904.  Payment of emergency expenses.
     905.  Approving appointment of Federal personnel.
     906.  Delegating responsibility for requisitioning Federal
           supplies.
     907.  Augmenting department headquarters staff.
     908.  Expenditures in connection with distinguished guests.

        Enactment.  Chapter 9 was added August 1, 1975, P.L.233,
     No.92, effective January 1, 1976.
     § 901.  Appointment of Adjutant General, deputies and
                assistants.
        (a)  Appointment.--The Governor shall appoint the Adjutant
     General with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Adjutant
     General may appoint a Deputy Adjutant General for Army and a
     Deputy Adjutant General for Air, and such other Deputy Adjutants
     General and Assistant Adjutants General as in his discretion are
     needed for the efficient functioning of the department. The
     positions of Assistant Adjutant General, Army, and Assistant
     Adjutant General, Air, in the grades of brigadier general or
     major general, shall be authorized. Deputy Adjutants General and
     such additional Assistant Adjutants General as may be required
     may also have at least the rank of brigadier general in the
     Pennsylvania National Guard or Pennsylvania Guard after
     appointment.
        (b)  Qualifications.--No Adjutant General, Deputy Adjutant
     General or Assistant Adjutant General shall be appointed who
     shall not have served at least ten years as a commissioned
     officer in the Pennsylvania National Guard, or any of the armed
     forces of the United States or their reserve components; the
     aforesaid service may be cumulative.
     (Dec. 4, 1996, P.L.849, No.139, eff. imd.)

        1996 Amendment.  Act 139 amended subsec. (a). Section 2 of
     Act 139 provided that Act 139 shall apply to all pay periods
     beginning after the effective date of Act 139.

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