CHAPTER 44

CHAPTER 44, LAWS 2002

AN ACT

RELATING TO THE NEW MEXICO NATIONAL GUARD; AUTHORIZING THE EMERGENCY SERVICE RIBBON.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. EMERGENCY SERVICE RIBBON.--The adjutant general shall award the emergency service ribbon to any member of the New Mexico national guard who, after January 1, 2000, honorably performs duty when an emergency situation has been declared by the governor. The duty must be in direct support of the declared state of emergency and the guardmember must be in duty status, on orders in either pay or non-pay status, at the time the service is rendered.

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