BILL REQ. #:  H-3659.1 

READ FIRST TIME 01/18/12.   

     AN ACT Relating to extending the age for service in the Washington state guard; and amending RCW 38.16.015 and 38.12.180.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 38.16.015 and 1989 c 19 s 30 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The period of enlistment in the Washington state guard shall be set by regulation by the adjutant general((: PROVIDED, That)). However, no original enlistment may be consummated unless the term thereof can be completed before the applicant attains the age of sixty-four.
     (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section and RCW 38.12.180(2), the adjutant general may extend the service age upon request by an active member of the Washington state guard if the adjutant general determines the member's extension would be in the best interest of the Washington state guard. Extensions under this subsection have a one-year duration and may be renewed until the member attains the age of sixty-eight.

Sec. 2   RCW 38.12.180 and 1989 c 19 s 21 are each amended to read as follows:
     Commissioned officers of the organized militia of Washington shall be retired by order of the commander-in-chief with the rank respectively held by them at the time of such retirement for the following reasons:
     (1) Unfitness for military service by reason of permanent physical disability.
     (2) Upon request after at least five years continuous service as an officer in the organized militia of Washington.
     Except as provided otherwise in RCW 38.16.015(2), commissioned officers of the state guard shall upon reaching the age of sixty-four years be retired.
     Retired officers shall draw no pay or allowance from the state unless recalled to service.
     Retired officers are subject, with their consent, to temporary detail on active state service by the commander-in-chief, and while on such duty shall receive the same pay and allowances as officers of like rank on the active list.