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Title 38. MILITARY, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS · Chapter 2. MILITARY AFFAIRS · Article 3. PERSONNEL · Part 1. OFFICERS

38-2-210. Appointment and promotion of commissioned officers; filling of vacancies; grounds for removal.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    All commissioned officers of the organized militia shall be appointed and promoted by the Governor upon recommendation of the commanding general or the commanding officer of the force in which such officers are to serve, or are serving. In the filling of vacancies, preference shall be given to personnel of the organized militia of the state when they are otherwise qualified.#

  2. (b)

    Commissioned officers of the organized militia may be removed in accordance with the applicable laws of the United States and the provisions of this chapter and the regulations issued thereunder.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Ga. L. 1916, p. 158, § 3; Code 1933, §§ 86-505, 86-516; Ga. L. 1951, p. 311, § 18; Ga. L. 1955, p. 10, § 40; Ga. L. 1959, p. 114, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 740, § 2.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t37-t39-(v28)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V28, 2021 edition, page 414; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 4eed692485f5.