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AL HB450
Bill
Status
6/6/2023
Primary Sponsor
David Cole
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AI Summary
HB450 Summary
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Creates the Troy Act by adding Section 31-1-9 to the Code of Alabama 1975, establishing that the United States has eight uniformed federal services: the six Armed Forces plus the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps.
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Establishes that officers of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps have uniforms, service insignia, and commissioning devices comparable to the U.S. Armed Forces, may be militarized by the President, and can be classified as prisoners of war if captured.
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Requires that these two additional commissioned officer corps receive the same pay scale as U.S. Armed Forces members with respective rank and time-in-grade.
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Mandates that all verbal and written collective references to the United States Uniformed Services in Alabama Code shall include the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps.
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Directs the Code Commissioner to update all collective references to United States Uniformed Services throughout Title 31 and elsewhere in the Alabama Code at a time deemed appropriate.
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Becomes effective on the first day of the third month following passage and approval by the Governor.
Legislative Description
Relating to military affairs and civil defense; to add Section 31-1-9 to the Code of Alabama 1975, to create the Troy Act; to provide that references in the code to the United States Uniformed Services include the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps; and to direct the Code Commissioner to make these changes as appropriate in the Code of Alabama 1975.
Last Action
Enacted
6/6/2023