SB 753

            
2020 SESSION

20104735D

SENATE BILL NO. 753


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 8, 2020

A BILL to amend and reenact � 44-83 of the Code of Virginia, 
 relating to the Virginia National Guard; state active duty for emergency 
 response; pay and allowances for members.
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Patrons-- Reeves, DeSteph, Bell, Chase, Peake and Pillion; Delegates:
Austin, Avoli, Batten, Bloxom, Brewer, Byron, Campbell, J.L.,
Campbell, R.R., Cole, M.L., Collins, Coyner, Davis, Edmunds, Fariss,
Fowler, Freitas, Head, Hodges, Kilgore, Knight, Leftwich, McGuire, Miyares,
Morefield, Murphy, OQuinn, Orrock, Robinson, Rush, Simon, Walker, Webert,
Wilt, Wright and Wyatt


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Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
 
 
1. That � 44-83 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:
 
 
� 44-83. Pay and allowance of members.
 
 
When Notwithstanding 
 any other provision of law, when called into state active 
 duty, not in the service of the United States, officers members of the National Guard and members of the Virginia Defense Force shall receive the same pay and allowances as 
 prescribed for members of like rank in the United States Armed Forces. For each 
 day of such service, members of the National Guard shall receive the same pay 
 and allowances as if they were on a day of Annual Training. For each day of 
 service, members of the Virginia Defense Force called to state active duty 
 shall receive the same pay and allowances as persons of like grade in the 
 National Guard for a day of Annual Training, capped at 25 years of service equal to their rank and years of service, as 
 determined by the Department of Military Affairs. The Adjutant General may 
 increase state active duty pay on an annual basis by a rate not to exceed the 
 most recent percentage increase in basic pay for members of the Armed Forces.