West Virginia Code 15-1E-137 – Articles to be explained
(a) (1) The sections of this article specified in subdivision (3) shall be carefully explained to each enlisted member at the time of, or within thirty days after, the member's initial entrance into a duty status with the state military forces.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 15-1E-137
- enlisted member: means a person in an enlisted grade. See West Virginia Code 15-1E-1
- State: means one of the several states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U. See West Virginia Code 15-1E-1
- State military forces: means the National Guard of the state, as defined in title 32, United States Code, to include the West Virginia Army National Guard, the West Virginia Air National Guard and the inactive National Guard, and shall be deemed to include any unit, component, element, headquarters, staff or cadre thereof, as well as any member or members, when not in a status subjecting them to exclusive jurisdiction under chapter 47 of title 10, United States Code. See West Virginia Code 15-1E-1
(2) Such section shall be explained again:
(A) After the member has completed basic or recruit training; and
(B) At the time when the member reenlists.
(3) This subsection applies with respect to sections two, three, seven through fifteen, twenty-five, twenty-seven, thirty-one, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, fifty-five, seventy-seven through one hundred thirty-four, and one hundred thirty-seven through one hundred thirty-nine of this article.
(b) The text of the article and of the regulations prescribed under this article shall be made available to a member of the state military forces, upon request by the member, for the member's personal examination.