Any commissioned officer of the National Guard who resigns or is retired and who has served as such officer for a period of not less than fifteen years, and any commissioned officer of the National Guard who has been honorably discharged from any of the armed forces of the United States after serving therein for a period of ninety days or more during any war and who has served as such officer of the National Guard for a period of not less than ten years, and any commissioned officer of the National Guard who becomes disabled and thereby incapable of performing the duties of his or her office shall, upon retirement, have his or her name placed on a roll in the office of the adjutant general to be known as the "roll of retired officers" and is thereby entitled to wear, when not in conflict with federal law, on state or other occasions of ceremony, the uniform of the rank last held by him or her.
Source: L. 55: p. 617, § 24. CRS 53: § 94-9-24. C.R.S. 1963: § 94-1-24. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 597, § 35, effective May 24.