The Adjutant General may designate by order any deputy adjutant general to act as the Adjutant General in the absence of the latter from his or her office or in case of his or her inability to perform the duties of his or her office. In the event of the inability of any deputy adjutant general to perform the duties of the Adjutant General, then the Adjutant General may appoint by order any qualified Army or Air Guard officer in the grade of colonel or above.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subchapter 1 - State Militia Generally
§ 12-61-101. Division and composition
§ 12-61-102. Commander-in-Chief
§ 12-61-103. Governor's powers and duties generally
§ 12-61-104. Custom and usage of the United States Armed Forces
§ 12-61-105. Adjutant General — Qualifications — Salary
§ 12-61-106. Adjutant General — Powers and duties
§ 12-61-107. Employment of personnel
§ 12-61-108. Deputy adjutants general
§ 12-61-109. Adjutant General — Delegation of authority
§ 12-61-110. Property and finance officer
§ 12-61-111. Ordering militia into service
§ 12-61-112. Powers, duties, and immunities of militia
§ 12-61-113. Scope of duties — Service outside the state
§ 12-61-115. Proclamation of emergency
§ 12-61-117. Draft of the unorganized militia — Failure to appear — Penalty
§ 12-61-118. Resumption of National Guard service
§ 12-61-119. Credit for active federal service
§ 12-61-120. Credit for war service
§ 12-61-121. Awards, medals, etc
§ 12-61-122. National Guard associations
§ 12-61-123. Bureau of War Records
§ 12-61-124. National Guard Youth Challenge Program
§ 12-61-125. National Guard Youth Challenge Program — Stipend
§ 12-61-126. National Guard Youth Challenge Program — Transportation