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1999 SESSION

993802430
HOUSE BILL NO. 2057
Offered January 20, 1999
A BILL to amend and reenact § 44-114 of the Code of Virginia, relating to providing one flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia to the next of kin of any individual having honorably served for a period of twenty years in the Virginia National Guard.
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Patrons-- Rhodes, Baker, Bloxom, Cox, Davis, Hamilton, Marshall, McQuigg, Nixon, O'Brien, Parrish, Ruff, Sherwood and Weatherholtz
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Referred to Committee on Militia and Police
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 44-114 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 44-114. Allowances made to organizations from state appropriations.

For the necessary expenses of the maintenance of the National Guard and the naval militia, to include the providing of one flag of the Commonwealth of Virginia to the next of kin of any individual having honorably served for a period of twenty years in the Virginia National Guard upon his death, the Adjutant General with the advice and approval of the Board of Military Affairs, shall annually allot to each organization or unit such amounts as may in his judgment be advisable, and as may be available from the appropriation to the Department of Military Affairs, such allotment to be based upon such scheme of distribution as may appear equitable to the Adjutant General and the Board of Military Affairs and best suited to the needs of the military forces of the Commonwealth.