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32     TO AMEND SECTION 25-1-2450 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF JUDGE ADVOCATES AND
33     LEGAL OFFICERS BY THE ADJUTANT GENERAL AND THE ELIGIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT INCLUDING A
34     REQUIREMENT THAT THESE JUDGE ADVOCATES OR LEGAL OFFICERS MUST BE MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH
35     CAROLINA BAR, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN ATTORNEY WHO IS A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE BAR



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 1     OF ANY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT NOT  OF SOUTH CAROLINA, IS ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT IF
 2     THEY BECOME A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA BAR WITHIN ONE YEAR.
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 4     (A) Section 25-1-2450(3) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
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 6           "3.  To be eligible for appointment, judge advocates or legal officers must be members of the South Carolina Bar.  However, an
 7     attorney who is a member in good standing of the bar of any state in the United States but not of South Carolina is eligible for appointment
 8     under this section, but shall be required to become a member of the South Carolina Bar within one year of appointment."
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10     (B) Any attorney who is appointed as a judge advocate or legal officer under the provisions of subsection (A) may immediately after
11     appointment begin duties and the Adjutant General is authorized to expend funds appropriated in Part IA, Section 61 for "Operations and
12     Training" for this purpose.
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