NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 229
SENATE BILL 309

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 127A, ARTICLE 3 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO NATIONAL GUARD CITATIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Chapter 127A, as it appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement of Volume 3B of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended by adding a new Section 127A-45.1 to read as follows:
"§ 127A-45.1.  North Carolina National Guard Governor's Unit Citation. — There is hereby created the North Carolina National Guard Governor's Unit Citation which shall be a streamer, a unit emblem, and a certificate, all of appropriate design as approved by the Governor or his designated representative. The Governor or his designated representative is authorized to present such unit citation, upon recommendation of the Adjutant General, subject to the approval of the secretary, to any unit of North Carolina National Guard distinguishing itself by extraordinary heroism or meritorious service while in a State active duty status. The unit must display such gallantry, determination, and esprit de corps in accomplishing its mission under conditions which set it apart and above other units."
Sec. 2.  Chapter 127A is further amended by adding a new Section 127A-45.2 to read as follows:
"§ 127A-45.2.  North Carolina National Guard Meritorious Unit Citation. — There is hereby created the North Carolina National Guard Meritorious Unit Citation which shall be a streamer, a unit emblem, and a certificate, all of appropriate design as approved by the Governor or his designated representative. The Adjutant General is authorized to present such citation to any unit of the North Carolina National Guard distinguishing itself through heroism or meritorious service to the State of North Carolina. The required heroism or meritorious service, while of a lesser degree than that required for the award of the North Carolina National Guard Governor's Unit Citation, must nevertheless have been accomplished with distinction."
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of April, 1977.