Sec. 27-55. Period of enlistment and qualifications. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 27-55. Period of enlistment and qualifications. The period of enlistment and qualifications to enlist in the National Guard and naval militia shall be as prescribed by the laws and regulations of the United States relating to the National Guard, naval militia or United States naval reserve force. Each officer or enlisted person of the National Guard or naval militia who may be drafted into the service of the United States shall, upon his or her discharge from the armed forces of the United States, resume his or her membership in the National Guard or naval militia of this state and shall continue to serve in the National Guard or naval militia of this state until the date upon which his or her enlistment entered into prior to the draft would have expired if uninterrupted. Enlistments in the organized militia shall be prescribed in the regulations of the Adjutant General approved by the Governor.

      (1949 Rev., S. 1253; 1957, P.A. 365, S. 25; P.A. 74-321, S. 8.)

      History: P.A. 74-321 provided for references to sex to pertain to both men and women.

      Acceptance of petition for organization of company as constituting an enlistment. 40 C. 286.