WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                      Ch. 54

appointed by the Governor as chief of staff of the Governor's
staff.

(b)  An assistant adjutant general for army shall be
appointed by the Governor and his term of office shall be at the
pleasure of the Governor. He shall have a commissioned grade not
above that of brigadier general, and his salary shall be as
stated in the annual budget. He will perform such military
duties as may be assigned to him by the Governor or by the
Adjutant General.

(c)  An assistant adjutant general for air shall be
appointed by the Governor and his term of office shall be at the
pleasure of the Governor. He shall have a commissioned grade not
above that of brigadier general. He will perform such military
duties as may be assigned to him by the Governor or by the
Adjutant General.

(D) THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, THE ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL
FOR ARMY, AND THE ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL FOR AIR EACH SHALL:

(1)  HAVE AT LEAST 5 YEARS OF COMMISSIONED SERVICE IN
THE MARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD;

(2)  HAVE ATTAINED AT LEAST THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT
COLONEL;

(3)  HAVE NOT BEEN SEPARATED FROM THE MARYLAND
NATIONAL GUARD FOR MORE THAN 5 YEARS BEFORE THE DATE OF
APPOINTMENT; AND

(4)  MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL RECOGNITION AT
THE RANK APPOINTED.

[(d)] (E) The Adjutant General, the assistant adjutants
general, officers, warrant officers, and enlisted men who are
full-time employees of the Military Department are military
personnel in an active duty status. They shall be entitled to
receive the same per diem pay, including longevity pay,
subsistence and allowances, as officers, warrant officers and
enlisted men of like grades and length of service in the regular
army or air force, as the case may be. Subsistence and
allowances shall be accorded the same treatment for income tax
purposes under the laws of this State as granted by the United
States Internal Revenue Code, and regulations promulgated
thereunder for federal income tax purposes; and such subsistence
and allowances shall not be used in calculating the salary base
for retirement purposes for any employee who is a member of the
Employees' Retirement System of the State of Maryland.

[(e)] (F) An individual who holds more than one of the
above-mentioned offices simultaneously shall receive only the pay
allowances and subsistence provided herein for a single office.

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