Iowa Code 29A.22 – Fitness determined — vacation of commissions
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 29A.22
- Law and regulations: means and includes state and federal law and regulations. See Iowa Code 29A.1
- National guard: means the Iowa units, detachments and organizations of the army national guard of the United States, the air national guard of the United States, the army national guard, and the air national guard as those forces are defined in 10 U. See Iowa Code 29A.1
- Officer: shall mean and include commissioned officers and warrant officers. See Iowa Code 29A.1
- Organization: means a command composed of two or more subordinate units and includes the state headquarters for both the army and the air national guard, one or more divisions, wings, brigades, groups, battalions, squadrons or flights as defined by an appropriate table of organization, a table of distribution or unit personnel document. See Iowa Code 29A.1
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
The moral character, capacity and general fitness for the service of any national guard officer may be determined at any time by an efficiency board as provided by federal law and regulations. Commissions or warrants of officers of the national guard may be vacated upon resignation, absence without leave for three months, upon the recommendation of an efficiency board, or pursuant to sentence of a court-martial. Any officer permanently removing from the state shall resign the officer’s commission or warrant upon request of the adjutant general or make application to be placed upon the inactive list, and upon failure to do so, the officer’s commission or warrant shall be revoked by the governor. Officers rendered surplus by the disbandment of their organization shall be disposed of as provided by law and regulations. Subject to the approval of their superior commanders and the adjutant general, officers may, upon their own application, be placed on the inactive list, as such list may be authorized by law and regulations.