§15-1B-17 Command pay; inspections; compensation for clerical services and care of property.
§15-1B-17. Command pay; inspections; compensation for clerical services and care of property.
(a) There may be paid to each commander of a brigade, regiment, air wing, army group or other corresponding type organization one hundred dollars per month and to each commander of a battalion, army squadron, air group or other equivalent type organization fifty dollars per month and to each commander of a company, air squadron or other equivalent type organization twenty-five dollars per month, payable quarterly, to be known as command pay.
(b) There shall be allowed to each headquarters of a brigade, regiment, air wing, army group or equivalent type organization the sum of one hundred dollars per month and each headquarters of a battalion, army squadron, air group or corresponding type organization the sum of fifty dollars per month for clerical services; and to each company air squadron or corresponding type unit the sum of twenty-five dollars per month for like services, payable quarterly. The commandant of the West Virginia military academy shall be allowed the sum of twenty-five dollars a month, payable quarterly, for like services.
(c) At the discretion of the adjutant general, there may be paid to the enlisted man or woman who is directly responsible for the care and custody of the federal and state property of each organization or unit the sum of ten dollars per month, payable quarterly, upon the certificate of his or her commanding officer that he or she has faithfully and satisfactorily performed the duties assigned him or her and accounted for all property entrusted to his or her care.
(d) The adjutant general shall determine the amount of entitlement to command pay and clerical pay, not to exceed the amounts set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, using organizational charts showing chain of command and authorized strengths and defining other equivalent type organizations.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, there shall be paid to the command administrative officer of the headquarters of the West Virginia army national guard and to the executive staff support officer of the headquarters of the West Virginia air national guard, or to the officer occupying a similar position, regardless of title, one hundred dollars per month, payable quarterly, to be known as an administrative allowance.
(f) The state command sergeant of the West Virginia army national guard and the command chief master sergeant of the West Virginia air national guard shall receive a monthly administrative allowance of one hundred dollars per month. The command sergeant major or command chief master sergeant of a unit authorized under the command of a commander in the rank of colonel shall receive a monthly administrative allowance of seventy-five dollars per month. The command sergeant major or command chief master sergeant of a unit authorized under the command of a commander in the rank of lieutenant colonel shall receive a monthly administrative allowance of forty-five dollars per month.