The adjutant general may award a good conduct medal with accompanying ribbon to any enlisted member of the national guard or state defense force who completes a three-year period of service free from unauthorized absence, reprimand, court-martial or other disciplinary action and free from any civilian conviction. Subsequent three-year periods of service shall be acknowledged by the presentation and wearing of an affixed device signifying in arabic numerals the number of such awards to the member.
History: 1978 Comp., § 20-10-13, enacted by Laws 1987, ch. 318, § 75.
ANNOTATIONSRepeals and reenactments. — Laws 1987, Chapter 318 repealed former 20-10-13 NMSA 1978, as enacted by Laws 1941, ch. 9, § 12, relating to freedom from arrest and process, and enacted a new section, effective April 10, 1987.