<br><br>36.020 Adjutant general -- Appointment -- Rank -- Qualifications -- Bond -- <br>Compensation. <br>(1) The Governor, immediately on his induction into office, shall appoint the adjutant <br>general who shall have served honorably, or be serving, as a commissioned officer <br>of the Armed Forces of the United States, and who shall: <br>(a) Have at least ten (10) years commissioned service in the Kentucky National <br>Guard. A national guard active duty tour or mobilization of national guard <br>units into active federal duty shall not be considered a break in national guard <br>service. <br>(b) Have attained at least the rank of lieutenant colonel with federal recognition. <br>(c) Have not been separated from the Kentucky National Guard for more than five <br>(5) years before the date of appointment. <br>(d) Have met the federal recognition requirement for his current rank and be <br>qualified to meet the requirements for federal recognition in the ranks of <br>brigadier general and major general at the time of appointment to those ranks. <br>(2) The Governor shall issue a commission to the adjutant general in the grade of major <br>general. The commission shall automatically be vacated when the adjutant general <br>is relieved from duty or at the expiration of the term of the Governor appointing <br>him. The adjutant general shall execute bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars <br>($10,000). The adjutant general shall be compensated at the base rate of pay, not <br>including subsistence and quarters allowances, as provided in KRS 38.205, or <br>prescribed in KRS 64.640. <br>Effective: July 14, 1992 <br>History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 101, sec. 1, effective July 14, 1992. -- Amended <br>1970 Ky. Acts ch. 92, sec. 6. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 214, sec. 1. -- Amended <br>1962 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 2. -- Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 1. -- Amended <br>1954 Ky. Acts ch. 94, sec. 2. -- Amended 1946 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 25. -- <br>Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. <br>secs. 2711a-142, 2711a-151, 2711a-229, 4618-81. <br><br>