HB 2223 Summary

• Requires adjutant general appointee to have served two of the five years immediately preceding appointment in the national guard and establishes state rank of major general upon appointment.

• Expands tuition and fees reimbursement eligibility to include spouses and legal dependents of national guardsmen and employees of the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, in addition to national guard members.

• Establishes funding priority order for tuition reimbursement: eligible national guard members first, then spouses and dependents, then eligible department employees.

• Adds leave entitlements for personnel on state active duty for more than thirty consecutive days, matching United States armed forces leave standards.

• Authorizes adjutant general to accept gifts, donations and contributions to the department and clarifies reporting requirements for tuition reimbursement recipients by category.