The Senate cleared the way Monday for Gov. Nathan Deal’s appointment of Joe Jarrard as assistant adjutant general of the Georgia National Guard.
On a 32-15 vote, it erased a requirement that anyone in that position have five years of Guard service.
Jarrard, a 20-year Army veteran who retired as a lieutenant colonel, has none, although Deal appointed him in September despite that. The vote represented final passage of House Bill 800, which contained the fix.
It now goes to Deal for his signature.
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