(A) The salaries of the adjutant general, the assistant adjutant general for army, the assistant adjutant general for air, and the assistant quartermaster general shall be paid according to divisions (B) and (H) of section 124.15 of the Revised Code.

(B) The adjutant general, the assistant adjutant general for army, the assistant adjutant general for air, and the assistant quartermaster general shall receive the basic allowances for quarters and for subsistence of their rank according to the pay at the time prescribed for the armed forces of the United States, except that the assistant adjutant general for air shall not receive flying pay. The adjutant general shall not receive any flying pay, even if the adjutant general is an officer in the air national guard.

(C) The adjutant general, assistant adjutant general for army, and the assistant adjutant general for air may take a leave of absence from their respective positions without loss of pay for the time they are performing service in the uniformed service as required by their federally recognized officer status. These positions shall not accrue leave as other permanent state employees do but shall accrue leave and record usage of leave as if these positions were those of the administrative department heads listed in section 121.03 of the Revised Code.

(D) If the assistant quartermaster general is a federally recognized officer, the assistant quartermaster general may take a leave of absence from the position without loss of pay for the time the assistant quartermaster general is performing service in the uniformed service as required by the person's federally recognized officer status and the assistant quartermaster general shall not accrue leave as other permanent state employees do but shall accrue leave and record usage of leave as if the assistant quartermaster general were an administrative department head listed in section 121.03 of the Revised Code. If the assistant quartermaster general is not a federally recognized officer, the assistant quartermaster general shall accrue leave as other permanent state employees do.

(E) Notwithstanding Chapter 102. of the Revised Code and any other provision of law, the adjutant general, assistant adjutant general for army, assistant adjutant general for air, and assistant quartermaster general may retain, in addition to any state compensation, any federal pay, allowances, and compensation received because of any federally recognized officer status.

Amended by 128th General AssemblyFile No.54, HB 449, §1, eff. 9/17/2010.

Effective Date: 09-18-1997 .

Note: The amendment to this section by 129th General AssemblyFile No.10, SB 5, §1 was rejected by voters in the November, 2011 election.