PREFILED    DEC 16 2020

REFERENCE TITLE: military justice; technical correction

State of Arizona

House of Representatives

Fifty-fifth Legislature

First Regular Session

2021

HB 2003

Introduced by

Representative Cobb

AN ACT

amending section 26-1003, arizona revised statutes; relating to the code of military justice.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 26-1003, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE26-1003.  Jurisdiction to try personnel

A.  Each person who is discharged from the national guard and who is later charged with having fraudulently obtained the discharge is subject to trial by court‑martial on that charge and is, after apprehension, subject to this code while in the custody of the military for that trial.  On conviction of that charge the person is subject to trial by court‑martial for all offenses in this code committed before the fraudulent discharge.

B.  A person who has deserted from the national guard is subject to the jurisdiction of this code notwithstanding a separation from any later period of service. END_STATUTE