ARTICLE 2. Officers

Article 2 enacted by Stats. 1935, Ch. 389.

§§ 220–240 · 22 sections

§ 220 All officers shall be commissioned by the Governor. All appointments of officers shall be made and all vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided by the…
§ 221 All officers duly commissioned shall take the oath of office prescribed by the laws of the United States relating to the appointment and recognition of…
§ 222 Persons to be commissioned in the National Guard shall be selected from those eligible for federal recognition in accordance with Army and Air National Guard…
§ 223 All officers, warrant officers, and enlisted persons of the militia and all persons on duty with the militia shall give any bonds and security as may be…
§ 224 Rank: How Determined. All officers of the National Guard shall take rank according to the date assigned them by their commissions, which date shall be that of…
§ 225 Warrant officers of the National Guard shall be appointed by the Governor. The classes of persons from which warrant officers may be appointed shall be the…
§ 226 Every officer shall provide himself with the arms, uniforms, and equipment prescribed and approved by the Governor.
§ 227 When an officer of the National Guard is sixty-four years of age, he shall be retired from active service and placed on the retired list.
§ 228 (a) A commissioned or warrant officer of the California National Guard who has served 20 years in the active service of the state may, on application, in the…
§ 229 When a board of officers finds that an officer is incapacitated for active service, and that their incapacity is the result of an incident of the service, and…
§ 230 The Governor may detail, with their own consent, officers or noncommissioned officers of the retired list to active duty and return them to the retired list in…
§ 231 The provisions of sections 232 to 237, inclusive, shall apply with equal force to commissioned officers of the National Guard and the unorganized militia when…
§ 232 The commission of an officer shall be vacated by death, by acceptance by proper authority of resignation, by discharge on account of inefficiency, for physical…
§ 232.5 An officer who resides outside this state shall be permitted to transfer to the National Guard of any other state or territory or to the United States Army…
§ 233 An officer who desires to resign shall submit their resignation to the Governor, whose action thereon shall be final. The Governor may refuse to accept a…
§ 234 At any time the moral character, capacity, and general fitness for service of an officer may be determined by an efficiency board. The board shall be appointed…
§ 235 At any time the physical fitness for service of an officer may be determined by a board of three medical officers, which shall be appointed by the Governor for…
§ 236 An officer absent without leave for a period of three months shall, with the approval of the Governor, be discharged. Such discharge shall be a general…
§ 237 An officer may be dismissed from the service only by sentence of a general court-martial, which sentence is approved by the Governor.
§ 238 No officer who has been dismissed from the military or naval service of the State shall be permitted again to enter the military or naval service of the State…
§ 239 The Governor may assign, reassign, or transfer commissioned officers and warrant officers from one organization to another or to the retired or the reserve…
§ 240 (a) A person is not eligible to commission as an officer or warrant officer in the California National Guard if they actively participate in any of the…