GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 314 
SENATE BILL 299 

AN ACT TO REMOVE RETIREMENT AGE RESTRICTIONS IN THE UNORGANIZED MILITIA AND THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE DEFENSE MILITIA. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 127A-7, as the same appears in the 1981 Replacement Volume of the General Statutes, is hereby rewritten to read as follows: 
"The unorganized militia shall consist of all other able-bodied citizens of the State and of the United States and such other able-bodied persons who have or shall declare their intention to become citizens of the United States, who shall be at least 17 years of age, except those who have been convicted of a felony or discharged from any component of the military under other than honorable conditions." 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 127A-80(b), as the same appears in the 1981 Replacement Volume of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by deleting in the second sentence thereof the words "and under 50 years of age, or under 64 years of age and a former member of the armed forces of the United States", and from the third sentence the words "and under 64". 
Sec. 3.  G.S. 127A-80(h), as the same appears in the 1981 Replacement Volume of the General Statutes, is amended by striking the word "drills" in the fourth line and inserting in lieu thereof the word "assemblies". 
Sec. 4.  G.S. 127A-81(b), as the same appears in the 1981 Replacement Volume of the General Statutes, is amended by deleting the second sentence thereof which reads as follows: 
"Personnel of the cadre shall serve without pay." 
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of May, 1983.