NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 623

SENATE BILL 128

AN ACT AMENDING G.S. 127-14 AND G.S. 127-23.1 RELATING TO THE ASSISTANT TO THE ADJUTANT GENERAL AND TO COMMISSIONS BY BREVET.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 127-14, as the same appears in the 1967 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 3B, is amended by inserting after the word "shall" and before the word "receive" in line 22 thereof the words "be a full-time employee of the Adjutant General's department and shall".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 127-23.1 is amended by rewriting all of the second sentence of the first paragraph thereof as follows:

"The commissions by brevet shall be in grade as follows: A commissioned officer shall be commissioned by brevet in a grade one grade higher than the highest grade satisfactorily held by him while serving on active duty during any war, including service on active duty in the Korean conflict or in the Vietnamese conflict, or while serving actively as a federally recognized officer of the North Carolina National Guard; a warrant officer shall be commissioned by brevet in the grade of captain or in a grade one grade higher than the highest commissioned grade satisfactorily held by him while serving on active duty during any war, including service on active duty in the Korean conflict or in the Vietnamese conflict, or while serving actively as a federally recognized member of the North Carolina National Guard; an enlisted man shall be commissioned by brevet in the grade of first lieutenant or in a grade one grade higher than the highest commissioned grade satisfactorily held by him while serving on active duty during any war, including service on active duty in the Korean conflict or in the Vietnamese conflict, or while serving actively as a federally recognized member of the North Carolina National Guard.

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1969.