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44 OK Stat § 44-6 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-6. Honorary staff of the Governor.

|The Governor may appoint an honorary staff to consist of such number of honorary aides with the brevet title of Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel or Major, as he may desire. All of these staff officers shall be appointed by the Governor and hold office at his will and their commissions shall expire with the term of office of the Governor making such appointment. Staff officers shall not be subject to jury duty during the period of their service. The Adjutant General shall be ex officio Chief of Staff. |Laws 1951, p. 114, art. 1, § 7, eff. May 16, 1951.
44 OK Stat § 44-21 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-21. Military Department.

|The Military Department of the State of Oklahoma is hereby established and shall be under the command and control of the Governor as Commander in Chief, with the Adjutant General as the executive and administrative head thereof. The Military Department shall be constituted of the state military forces, as defined by Section 801 of this title, and is hereby organized into a joint headquarters which shall be identified as the joint forces headquarters. The joint forces headquarters shall be jointly staffed by Army National Guard and Air National Guard personnel who, under the authority and direction of the Adjutant General, shall support and assist the Adjutant General in the exercise of command and control over state military forces when not activated for federal duty under Title 10 of the United States Code. There shall be assigned to the joint force headquarters, officers, enlisted personnel and civilian employees as may be considered necessary by the Governor as Commander in Chief and as may be authorized by law and Army National Guard regulations and Air National Guard regulations. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 114, art. 2, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1951. Amended by Laws 1959, p. 195, § 1, emerg. eff. July 16, 1959; Laws 2010, c. 212, § 2, emerg. eff. May 6, 2010; Laws 2019, c. 408, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.
44 OK Stat § 44-21.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-21.1. Personnel - Unclassified service.

|A. Personnel appointed as state employees in the Military Department shall be in the unclassified service of the state. The Adjutant General may grant leave to state civilian employees consistent with the rules governing the federal workforce in support of the National Guard. |B. Any employee of the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma may be granted administrative leave with pay for volunteer service activities, under such terms and limitations as the Adjutant General may establish, in service that meets one or more of the following criteria:1. The activity is directly related to the Department's mission;2. The activity is sponsored or sanctioned by or in partnership with the Department; or3. The activity will enhance the development or skills of the employee in his or her current position.C. Leave granted pursuant to subsection B of this section shall be as brief as permitted under the circumstances and shall not support an activity otherwise prohibited by law while in a duty status.D. The Adjutant General shall establish guidelines for approval of administrative leave for volunteer service authorized pursuant to subsection B of this section which balances the Department's goals and operations and ensures that each is conducted efficiently and effectively.Added by Laws 1990, c. 258, § 32, operative July 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 124, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2018, c. 166, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.
44 OK Stat § 44-22 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-22. Administration of military matters.

|All matters concerning or relating to the Militia, the National Guard, or other military organizations, and such other duties as may be assigned by the Governor, shall be administered by and through the Military Department. |Laws 1951, p. 114, art. 2, § 2, eff. May 16, 1951.
44 OK Stat § 44-23 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-23. Governor as Commander in Chief - Powers - Armed military forces from other state or territory - Independent military organizations.

|The Governor of the state shall be the Commander in Chief of the Militia, and as such shall have supreme command of the military forces of the state while in the service of the state or until they are ordered and accepted into the service of the United States. While in the service of the state, he shall have power to muster out any organization of the state, discharge enlisted men, as provided herein, and perform such other acts in keeping with the laws of the Commander in Chief, subject to the laws of the United States and regulations prescribed by the President of the United States. No armed military force from another state or territory shall be permitted to enter the state without his permission, unless such military force be a part of the United States, or is acting under the authority of the United States. No independent military organization, except as a corps of cadets at the educational institutions, shall be permitted to bear arms without first securing permission of the Commander in Chief. |Laws 1951, p. 114, art. 2, § 3, eff. May 16, 1951.
44 OK Stat § 44-24 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-24. Adjutant General - Eligibility - Appointment.

|A. The Adjutant General shall be appointed by the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. B. To be eligible to hold the office of Adjutant General of this state, at the time of appointment the appointee: |1. Shall be a federally recognized officer of the Oklahoma National Guard and of the National Guard of the United States for no less than three (3) years;2. Shall possess at least the rank of Colonel; and3. If not already a general officer, shall be eligible for a Certificate of Eligibility pursuant to federal law and applicable regulations issued by the Chief of the National Guard Bureau.C. If the Oklahoma National Guard is in active federal service and no persons having the qualifications required in subsection B of this section are available within the state, then the Governor may appoint, subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, any suitably qualified person who at any time in the preceding ten (10) years would have been qualified, as above, and who has served at least two (2) years in active federal service in the grade of Colonel or higher.Added by Laws 1951, p. 115, art. 2, § 4, emerg. eff. May 16, 1951. Amended by Laws 1971, c. 290, § 1; Laws 2006, c. 254, § 1, eff. July 1, 2006; Laws 2021, c. 12, § 1, emerg. eff. April 13, 2021.
44 OK Stat § 44-25 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-25. Rank of Adjutant General - Assistants.

|A. The Adjutant General shall have the rank of Major General and devote full time to the duties of the office. |B. The Governor may appoint Assistant Adjutants General for Army and Assistant Adjutants General for Air to assist the Adjutant General in the discharge and performance of his or her duties. When appointing Assistant Adjutants General, the Governor shall take into consideration the number of such positions contemplated or recommended by the National Guard Bureau for manning the joint forces headquarters of a state. Such Assistant Adjutants General shall have the qualifications prescribed by law for the Adjutant General and shall have the rank of Brigadier General. The Assistant Adjutants General appointed by the Governor shall be considered staff officers and not commanders except that, in the discretion of the Adjutant General, specific command or supervisory authority may be delegated by the Adjutant General to an Assistant Adjutant General but such delegation shall be accomplished in writing and shall be considered a military publication, as defined in Section 801 of this title (Article 1).C. Other general officers assigned to billets within the state military forces, including certain billets within the joint forces headquarters, shall be considered staff officers and not commanders except that, in the discretion of the Adjutant General, specific command or supervisory authority may be delegated by the Adjutant General to such general officers but such delegation shall be accomplished in writing and shall be considered a military publication, as defined in Section 801 of this title (Article 1).D. The Adjutant General may employ a state employee in the position of Executive Assistant and Programs Manager for the Military Department of the state. Said position shall be unclassified and exempt from the Oklahoma Personnel Act and the Merit Rules for Employment, except leave regulations.Added by Laws 1951, p. 115, art. 2, § 5, emerg. eff. May 16, 1951. Amended by Laws 1959, p. 195, § 2, emerg. eff. July 16, 1959; Laws 1990, c. 258, § 33, operative July 1, 1990; Laws 2012, c. 304, § 153; Laws 2021, c. 12, § 2, emerg. eff. April 13, 2021.
44 OK Stat § 44-26 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-26. Duties of the Adjutant General.

|A. The Adjutant General shall be in control of the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma, subordinate only to the Governor. Within the limitations and under the provisions of law, he or she shall supervise and direct the National Guard within the service of the state and when under state control in all of its organization, training and other activities; shall receive and give effect to the orders of the Governor; and shall perform such other military and defense duties, not otherwise assigned by law, as the Governor may prescribe. |B. The Adjutant General, when absent from the state, may temporarily delegate any authority vested under this title and any such duties as an agency appointing authority to an Assistant Adjutant General, other state officer or employee within the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma. Such temporary delegations of authority pursuant to this subsection shall be accomplished in writing. The Adjutant General may also promulgate regulations providing for the delegation of any such authority.C. The Adjutant General shall develop, publish and maintain an organizational chart depicting the chain of command between the Adjutant General and the major commands of the Oklahoma National Guard. Besides the major commands defined in Section 801 of this title (Article 1), the Adjutant General, in his or her discretion, may designate other military units within the Oklahoma National Guard as major commands.D. The organizational chart required in subsection C of this section shall be updated no less than annually and shall include all enlisted and officer billets assigned to joint forces headquarters and shall depict all existing command relationships established by the Adjutant General within joint forces headquarters. The organizational chart required herein shall not be considered a military publication within the meaning of Section 801 of this title (Article 1).E. In accordance with all relevant requirements of the United States Army, the United States Air Force or the National Guard Bureau, the Adjutant General shall develop, publish and maintain an enlisted and officer rating scheme for all enlisted and officer billets assigned to joint forces headquarters. The rating scheme required herein shall not be considered a military publication within the meaning of Section 801 of this title (Article 1).F. Pursuant to the rules established by the Adjutant General, the Military Department of the State of Oklahoma is authorized to expend appropriated and nonappropriated funds to enhance recruiting and retention efforts for the Oklahoma National Guard.Added by Laws 1951, p. 115, art. 2, § 6, emerg. eff. May 16, 1951. Amended by Laws 1959, p. 195, § 3, emerg. eff. July 16, 1959; Laws 2011, c. 124, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2016, c. 268, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2016; Laws 2020, c. 142, § 1, emerg. eff. May 21, 2020; Laws 2021, c. 12, § 3, emerg. eff. April 13, 2021.NOTE: Laws 2016, c. 119, § 1 repealed by Laws 2017, c. 42, § 13.
44 OK Stat § 44-26.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-26.1. Financial donations to the Adjutant General.

|The Adjutant General may receive financial donations and expend such donated funds or utilize state appropriated funds for mementos, presentations or participation in events designed to promote the interests and relationships of the Military Department or Oklahoma National Guard, specifically, but not limited to, the State Partnership Program. A full and complete record of such donated funds received and disbursed by the Military Department shall be kept and shall be subject to audit, and reports submitted to the Adjutant General upon request. Such expenditures shall be limited to Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) per occasion and shall not exceed Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) per year. |Added by Laws 2010, c. 212, § 1, emerg. eff. May 6, 2010.
44 OK Stat § 44-26.2 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-26.2. Requests from Adjutant General for confidential criminal justice information in administrative or court-martial actions.

|The Adjutant General or the Adjutant General's designee may request from a district attorney or law enforcement agency confidential criminal justice information relating to the member of the National Guard for use in an administrative or court-martial action. Unless the district attorney or law enforcement agency determines that dissemination of the requested confidential criminal justice information would jeopardize a pending investigation or other pending criminal proceeding, the district attorney or the investigating law enforcement agency shall disseminate the requested information to the Adjutant General or the Adjutant General's designee. |Added by Laws 2019, c. 408, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.
44 OK Stat § 44-27 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-27. Compensation of personnel.

|The Adjutant General and Assistant Adjutants General shall be paid a sum equivalent to the pay of his/her federally recognized rank, exclusive of allowances. Other officers and enlisted men and employees of the Department shall be paid in amounts fixed by the Adjutant General and within amounts appropriated for that purpose. |Laws 1951, p. 115, art. 2, § 7, eff. May 16, 1951; Laws 1990, c. 258, § 34, operative July 1, 1990.
44 OK Stat § 44-28 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-28. Petty cash fund.

|There is hereby created a petty cash fund for programs of the Oklahoma Military Department, including but not limited to billeting funds, youth programs and military awards and decoration programs, the sum of which shall be determined as agreeable to the Oklahoma Military Department and the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. The Director shall establish procedures for the administration of this petty cash fund. |Added by Laws 2017, c.101, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
44 OK Stat § 44-41 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-41. Composition of Militia - Classes.

|The Militia of the State of Oklahoma shall consist of all able-bodied citizens of the United States and all other able-bodied persons who shall be or shall have declared their intentions to become citizens of the United States, who shall be more than seventeen (17) years of age and not more than seventy (70) years of age, and said militia shall be divided into three (3) classes: The National Guard, the Oklahoma State Guard, and the Unorganized Militia. |Laws 1951, p. 115, art. 3, § 1, eff. May 16, 1951; Laws 1957, p. 422, § 1, eff. May 24, 1957; Laws 1968, c. 299, § 1, emerg. eff. May 3, 1968; Laws 1981, c. 136, § 1; Laws 1985, c. 96, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985.
44 OK Stat § 44-43 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-43. Eligibility as commissioned officers - Qualifications.

|No person shall be commissioned as an officer of the National Guard who is under the age of eighteen (18) years and is not temperate and of good morals, and unless he or she shall have successfully passed such tests as to his or her physical, mental, and professional fitness as may be prescribed by the laws and regulations applicable to the federally recognized National Guard. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 115, art. 3, § 3, emerg. eff. May 16, 1951. Amended by Laws 1963, c. 35, § 1, emerg. eff. April 4, 1963; Laws 2011, c. 124, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
44 OK Stat § 44-45 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-45. Oath of commissioned officers.

|Oath for National Guard Officers. Each commissioned officer, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall take and subscribe to the following oath, or such other oath as may be required by National Guard Regulations: |"I .........., do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Oklahoma against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of the State of Oklahoma; that I make this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office of ......., in the National Guard of the United States and the State of Oklahoma upon which I am about to enter, so help me God."Laws 1951, p. 116, art. 3, § 5, eff. May 16, 1951.
44 OK Stat § 44-48 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-48. Discharge of enlisted men.

|Enlisted men discharged from service in the National Guard of this state shall receive a discharge in writing in such form and with such classification as is or shall be prescribed by National Guard regulations, and in time of peace discharges may be given prior to the expiration of terms of enlistment in the following cases: |By sentence of a general court-martial; by direction of the Governor on account of disability; on account of sentence of imprisonment by a civil court whether suspended or not; on account of a bona fide permanent change of residence to another state; and for the purpose of enlisting in regular Army, Air Force, Navy, or Marine Corps, and for such other causes as may be prescribed by National Guard regulations or the Commander in Chief; provided, that an enlisted man who has not returned or accounted for all of the public property for which he is responsible, shall under no circumstances receive an honorable discharge.Laws 1951, p. 116, art. 3, § 8, eff. May 16, 1951.
44 OK Stat § 44-49 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-49. Application of Army customs - Regulations and usage.

|All matters relating to organization, commissioning and discharging of officers, enlisting and discharge of enlisted men, discipline, and government of the National Guard, not otherwise provided in this code, shall be decided by the customs, regulations, and usage of the United States Army or the United States Air Force or National Guard regulations. |Laws 1951, p. 117, art. 3, § 9, eff. May 16, 1951.
44 OK Stat § 44-71 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-71. Duty to attend assembly - Refusal of employer to permit attendance - Drills, exercises, etc.

|It shall be the duty of each commissioned officer and enlisted person of the Oklahoma National Guard to be present and perform all the duties required of him or her at each assembly for drill and instruction, encampment, maneuvers or other exercises, unless regularly excused by competent authority. Any employer who refuses to permit an employee who may be a member of the National Guard of this state to attend any drill, ceremony, exercise, or any duty which he or she may be legally called upon to perform shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), or by imprisonment for not less than ten (10) days, nor more than sixty (60) days in the county jail, or by both such fine and imprisonment. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 117, art. 4, § 1, emerg. eff. May 16, 1951. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 212, § 3, emerg. eff. May 6, 2010.
44 OK Stat § 44-72 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-72. Ordering into active service.

|It shall be the duty of the Governor, and he or she is authorized and required, in case of war, invasion, insurrection, or breach of the peace or imminent danger thereof or any forcible obstructing of the execution of the laws or reasonable apprehension thereof, or an imminent or existing epidemic or pandemic, and at all other times he or she may deem necessary, to order on state active duty the National Guard or any part thereof. No member thereof who shall be ordered out for such state active duty shall be liable for civil prosecution for any act done by him or her in the discharge of his or her military duty on such occasions. |Laws 1951, p. 117, art. 4, § 2, eff. May 16, 1951. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 12, § 4, emerg. eff. April 13, 2021.
44 OK Stat § 44-73 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-73. Local commanding officer - Order into service in emergency.

|In the event of insurrection, rebellion, invasion, tumult, riot, resistance to law or process or breach of the peace, occurring in the vicinity of the station of any organization or organizations of the National Guard of Oklahoma whenever the exigencies of the situation are such as to render it impossible first to communicate with the Governor or the Adjutant General, the senior commanding officer of that station, upon request in writing signed by the sheriff of the county involved or officer acting in his stead, stating the facts and the nature of the service desired, may order out the organization or organizations at that station, or such portion thereof as he shall deem necessary, and cause them to perform such duty as the circumstances shall require, and such commanding officers shall immediately report what he has done and all of the circumstances of the case to the Governor, and it shall be deemed that the action was taken by order of the Governor. |Laws 1951, p. 117, art. 4, § 3, eff. May 16, 1951.
44 OK Stat § 44-74 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-74. Compensation and benefits.

|The Adjutant General is authorized to make and publish policy to determine the amount of compensation and benefits for members of the Oklahoma National Guard serving in active service of the state and prescribe the applicable rules and procedures. |Added by Laws 1951, p. 118, art. 4, § 4, emerg. eff. May 16, 1951. Amended by Laws 1999, c. 49, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2010, c. 212, § 4, emerg. eff. May 6, 2010.
44 OK Stat § 44-75 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 44. Militia|§44-75. Hospital and medical treatment.

|Officers and/or enlisted men who suffer injuries or contract disease, in line of duty, while on duty or in active service, shall receive hospitalization and medical treatment, and the pay and allowances of their grade during the period that they are unable to resume their civilian occupation; but no commissioned officer shall be paid after the termination of said service or duty more than the pay and allowances of a Second Lieutenant. |All payments herein provided for shall be paid on the approval of the Adjutant General by warrant drawn against the funds appropriated for that purpose in the Military Department or other funds made available.In the event of compensation for said service, death or injuries, being paid in part by the federal government, the state shall pay only the balance necessary to make the above designated amounts.Laws 1951, p. 118, art. 4, § 5, eff. May 16, 1951.