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AL Code § 31-2-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-1 - Definitions.

Section 31-2-1Definitions. The following definitions shall be used in construing, interpreting, enforcing and applying the provisions of this chapter or any provision of any other act affecting the militia, the Military Department or any parts thereof: (1) ARMED FORCES OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA. The National Guard to include army and air, the Alabama State Guard, and the Naval Militia. (2) NATIONAL DEFENSE ACT. Title 32, United States Code, and amendments thereto, and that body of laws enacted by Congress relating to the reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States and amendments thereto, heretofore or which may hereafter be enacted. (3) REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. All regulations or directives issued by the Secretary of Defense or by the appropriate secretary of a service in the Department of Defense, including the Chief of the National Guard Bureau. (4) UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE. Chapter 47, Title 10, United States Code, and all amendments heretofore or hereafter enacted, and all executive orders and regulations pursuant thereto. (5) UNIT DESIGNATIONS. Headquarters, company, troop, battery, battalion, flight, group, brigade, squadron, regiment, division, wing, or other unit designations used by the National Guard shall be in accordance with the common usage or regulations of the United States Armed Forces. (Acts 1939, No. 509, p. 774; Code 1940, T. 35, §1; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §1.)
AL Code § 31-2-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-2 - Composition and Administration of State Militia Generally.

Section 31-2-2Composition and administration of state militia generally. The militia of this state shall consist of all able-bodied male citizens, and all other able-bodied males who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, between the ages of 17 and 45, and who are residents of the state, and of such other persons, male and female, as may upon their own application, be enlisted or commissioned therein pursuant to any provisions of this chapter, subject, however, to such exceptions and exemptions as are now, or may hereafter be created by the laws of the United States, or by the Legislature of this state, it being specifically provided that, in the event federal laws or rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto authorize and permit service in units or organizations of the organized militia, as defined in this chapter, by persons of more than 45 years of age, such persons are hereby authorized to continue to serve in the organized militia for so long as may be allowed by such laws, rules, or regulations, all other conditions, qualifications or requirements as to eligibility for service being complied with. All affairs pertaining to the state military forces shall be administered by the State Military Department, which shall be headed by the Adjutant General, who shall be responsible to the Governor as Commander in Chief. (Acts 1957, No. 591, p. 828, §1; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §2.)
AL Code § 31-2-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-3 - Divisions of State Militia; Composition of Organized Militia and National Guard.

Section 31-2-3Divisions of state militia; composition of organized militia and National Guard. The militia of the state shall be divided into the organized militia, the retired list and the unorganized militia, which together shall constitute the state military forces. The organized militia shall be composed of: An army national guard and an air national guard which forces, together with an inactive national guard, shall comprise the Alabama National Guard; the Alabama Naval Militia; and the Alabama State Guard, whenever any such force is organized by the Governor pursuant to existing laws. The National Guard, army or air, shall consist of such organizations and units as the Commander in Chief may from time to time authorize to be formed, all to be organized in accordance with the laws of the United States affecting the National Guard, army and air, and the regulations issued by the appropriate Secretary of the Department of Defense. (Acts 1957, No. 592, p. 829, §2; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §3.)
AL Code § 31-2-4 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-4 - Composition of Naval Militia.

Section 31-2-4Composition of naval militia. The Naval Militia of Alabama shall consist of the regular enlisted militia between the ages of 18 and 45 years, organized, armed, and equipped as hereinafter provided, and commissioned officers between the ages of 19 and 64, but enlisted men may continue in the service after the age of 45 and until the age of 64 years, provided the service is continuous. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §4; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §4.)
AL Code § 31-2-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-5 - Composition of Unorganized Militia.

Section 31-2-5Composition of unorganized militia. The unorganized militia shall consist of all able-bodied male resident citizens of the state and all able-bodied resident males who have declared their intention to become citizens of the United States, between the ages of 17 and 45, and of such other persons, male and female, as may, upon their own application, be enlisted or commissioned therein, subject to any existing law, who are not serving in any force of the organized militia and who are not on the state retired list. (Acts 1957, No. 592, p. 829, §3; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §5.)
AL Code § 31-2-6 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-6 - Persons Exempted From Militia Service, Etc.

Section 31-2-6Persons exempted from militia service, etc. The officers, judicial and executive, of the government of the United States and the State of Alabama, persons in the Armed Forces of the United States, customhouse clerks, persons employed by the United States in the transmission of the mails, artisans and workmen employed in the armories, arsenals and navy yards of the United States, and pilots and mariners actually employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the United States shall be exempt from militia duty, without regard to age, and all persons who, because of religious belief, shall claim exemption from military service, if the conscientious holdings of such belief shall be established under such regulations as the President of the United States or the Governor of Alabama shall prescribe, shall be exempted from the militia service in a combatant capacity, but no person so exempted shall be exempt from militia service in any capacity that the President of the United States or the Governor of Alabama shall declare to be noncombatant. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §6; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §6.)
AL Code § 31-2-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-7 - Maintenance of Troops in Time of Peace.

Section 31-2-7Maintenance of troops in time of peace. In time of peace, the state shall maintain only such troops as may be authorized by the President of the United States, but nothing in this chapter shall be construed as limiting the rights of the state in the use of the National Guard and State Guard and equipments issued the National Guard by the state and the United States within its boundaries in time of peace, and nothing contained in this chapter shall prevent the organization and maintenance of the state police or constabulary. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §7; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §7.)
AL Code § 31-2-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-8 - Organization, etc., of State Defense Force Upon Call, etc., Into Federal Service of National Guard.

Section 31-2-8Organization, etc., of State Defense Force upon call, etc., into federal service of National Guard. In the event of all or part of the National Guard of Alabama being called, drafted, or ordered into the service of the United States, the Governor may organize, equip, train, and maintain, only during periods when the National Guard of Alabama is in the federal service or when the Governor declares by executive order, at the strength and in the organizations and branches of the service as he or she may deem advisable, a temporary augmentation force designated as the Alabama State Defense Force, for the purpose of augmenting and assisting the Alabama National Guard under the command of the Adjutant General. The Adjutant General may adopt rules governing the activities and employment of the Alabama State Defense Force and the rules may be amended from time to time as determined necessary by the Adjutant General. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §8; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §8; Acts 1983, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 83-924, p. 206, §1; Act 2012-565, p. 1677, §1.)
AL Code § 31-2-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-9 - Powers, etc., of Governor and Adjutant General With Respect to State Defense Force; State Defense Force to Be Free From Federal Control.

Section 31-2-9Powers, etc., of Governor and Adjutant General with respect to State Defense Force; State Defense Force to be free from federal control. In the event the provisions of Section 31-2-8 become operative, then the Governor and the Adjutant General shall have all the power, authority, duties, and rights in relation to the Alabama State Defense Force as they have in relation to the National Guard of Alabama not in federal service, and all sections of this chapter so applying shall likewise apply to the State Defense Force; except, that the State Defense Force shall be free from any federal control, and those provisions of this chapter relating to such federal control or regulations shall not apply to the organization, maintenance or training of the State Defense Force when called to duty as the Alabama State Defense Force. (Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §9; Acts 1983, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 83-924, p. 206, §1.)
AL Code § 31-2-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-10 - Appropriations for State Defense Force.

Section 31-2-10Appropriations for State Defense Force. (a) All regular military appropriations made for the purpose of recruiting, organizing, and maintaining the National Guard of Alabama or Naval Militia shall, in the event the National Guard is disbanded, abandoned, or called to federal active duty, be available and is hereby appropriated to the Alabama State Defense Force for the same purposes and for the purpose of organizing, maintaining, and training the Alabama State Defense Force under complete state control. (b) Special military appropriations made for the purpose of paying costs incident to emergency state military service are hereby made available for the purposes of paying the expenses of the Alabama State Defense Force. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §§9, 10; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §10; Acts 1983, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 83-924, p. 206, §1.)
AL Code § 31-2-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-11 - Exemption of Officers and Enlisted Men of National Guard, etc., From State Jury Duty.

Section 31-2-11Exemption of officers and enlisted men of National Guard, etc., from state jury duty. Owing to liability to call for military duty during their term of service, every officer and enlisted man of the National Guard, Naval Militia and Alabama State Guard when activated in lieu of the National Guard, shall be exempt from state jury duty during his active membership, any local or special laws to the contrary notwithstanding. The commanding officer of any unit shall furnish each member of his unit applying for same such certificate of membership as may be prescribed by the Adjutant General, signed by such commanding officer, which certificate shall be accepted by any court as proof of exemption as provided by this section. Such certificate shall be effective for the calendar year in which it is issued or until such member is discharged or separated, whichever is sooner. (Acts 1939, No. 509, p. 774; Code 1940, T. 35, §11; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §11.)
AL Code § 31-2-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-12 - Exemption From Motor Vehicle License Tax, etc.; Distinctive National Guard License Plates.

Section 31-2-12Exemption from motor vehicle license tax, etc.; distinctive National Guard license plates. (a) There shall be exempt from the operation of the privilege or license tax and registration fee now or hereafter to be levied on automobiles and motor vehicles by the State of Alabama, one passenger vehicle owned by any active member of the Alabama National Guard or the Alabama State Guard when organized in lieu of the National Guard. Each active member of the National Guard shall be entitled to an exemption for only one vehicle. The exemption shall be claimed upon presentation of proper identification on forms prescribed by the Adjutant General. Active members of the National Guard may obtain additional license plates for other passenger vehicles which they own by paying the regular privilege or license tax provided by law. (b) There shall be exempt from the operation of the privilege or license tax and registration fee now or hereafter to be levied on automobiles and motor vehicles by the State of Alabama, one passenger vehicle owned by any retired member of the Alabama National Guard with 20 years or more service. Each retired member with 20 years or more service shall be entitled to an exemption for only one vehicle, which shall be claimed upon presentation and proper identification on forms prescribed by the Adjutant General. Retired members of the Alabama National Guard may obtain additional license plates for passenger vehicles which they own upon presentation and proper identification on forms prescribed by the Adjutant General and by paying the regular privilege license tax as provided by law. (Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §12; Act 2000-754, p. 1709, §2; Act 2015-506, 1st Sp. Sess., §1.)
AL Code § 31-2-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-13 - Service Benefits for Government Employees, Etc.

Section 31-2-13Service benefits for government employees, etc. (a) Military leave of absence. All officers and employees of the State of Alabama, or of any county, municipality, or other agency or political subdivision thereof, or officers or employees of any public or private business or industry who are active members of the Alabama National Guard, Naval Militia, the Alabama State Guard organized in lieu of the National Guard, the civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force known as the Civil Air Patrol, the National Disaster Medical System, or of any other reserve component of the uniformed services of the United States, shall be entitled to military leave of absence from their respective civil duties and occupations on all days that they are engaged in field or coast defense or other training or on other service ordered under the National Defense Act, the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002, or of the federal laws governing the United States reserves, without loss of pay, time, efficiency rating, annual vacation, or sick leave. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no person granted a leave of absence with pay shall be paid for more than 168 working hours per calendar year, and those persons shall be entitled, in addition thereto, to be paid for no more than 168 working hours at any one time while called by the Governor to duty in the active service of the state. This section shall apply to all schools and institutions of learning supported by state funds. (b) Credit for active federal service. Service in the National Guard or Naval Militia of Alabama, when called, drafted, or ordered into the service of the United States, shall be considered as equivalent service in the Alabama National Guard or Naval Militia for any and all state purposes regarding privileges, honors, pay, allowances, and exemptions provided by law for members of the National Guard and Naval Militia of Alabama. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Acts 1939, No. 509, p. 774; Code 1940, T. 35, §§12, 13; Acts 1959, No. 588, p. 1476; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §13; Acts 1995, No. 95-256, p. 429, §1; Act 2010-259, p. 467, §1; Act 2010-535, p. 904, §1.)
AL Code § 31-2-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-14 - Bonds of Persons Responsible for Public or Military Property or Public Funds.

Section 31-2-14Bonds of persons responsible for public or military property or public funds. (a) Persons required to give bond. Any person to whom public or military property is issued at any time, or to whom any public money is paid or who disburses any such funds, may be required to give bond in a surety company conditioned faithfully to perform the duties of his office, in such amounts and under such rules and regulations established by the Adjutant General, to use all care in the safekeeping of military stores and property committed to his custody, to account for the same and to deliver to his successor, or to any other person authorized to receive the same, all such military property and to properly account for all public money received by him, and for all public money disbursed, the bonds to be approved by the Adjutant General, and the premiums thereon to be paid by the state; provided, that no person shall be held liable for loss of public money deposited in any state or national bank, said loss being occasioned by reason of failure of such bank or the forfeiture of its charter. This provision shall be retroactive in all cases recommended by the State Military Advisory Board and approved by the Governor. (b) Liability of bonded persons for losses. No commissioned officer or other person giving bond for the safekeeping of military arms or other public or military property is to be held liable for loss by fire, riot or insurrection, or other casualty of the service, unless held liable by a board of survey or a surveying officer who shall be appointed by and whose findings shall be approved by the Governor. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §§14, 15; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §14.)
AL Code § 31-2-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-15 - Depositories and Arsenals for Military Property; Disposition of Unexpended Regular Military Appropriations.

Section 31-2-15Depositories and arsenals for military property; disposition of unexpended regular military appropriations. The Governor shall, when necessary, designate a depository or depositories for the undistributed military property of the state, or in the custody of the state, which shall be maintained at the expense of the state. Any portion of any regular appropriation for the support of the Military Department and militia which is unexpended and unobligated after the expiration of the eleventh month of any fiscal year shall be available for use in building, rebuilding, repairing, enlarging, equipping, and maintaining a centrally located depository, arsenal, military warehouse, shop, and garage for the purposes named above and for the upkeep and repair of such property, and shall also be available for the payment of expenses and obligations of the Armory Commission of Alabama in carrying out its duties, or for providing necessary office furniture, equipment, or supplies for the headquarters and units of the Alabama National Guard, in accordance with priorities established by the Adjutant General. (Acts 1939, No. 509, p. 774; Code 1940, T. 35, §16; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §15.)
AL Code § 31-2-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-16 - Per Diem of Officers or Enlisted Men Under Military Travel Orders.

Section 31-2-16Per diem of officers or enlisted men under military travel orders. Any officer or enlisted man of the armed forces of the state detailed for duty by the Governor and while performing such duty under travel orders by the Governor or the Adjutant General, shall be paid the same amount of per diem as a federal active duty officer or enlisted man would be allowed. (Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 143, p. 105; Code 1940, T. 35, §17; Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §16.)
AL Code § 31-2-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 31 - Military Affairs and Civil Defense.|Chapter 2 - Military Code.|Section 31-2-18 - Wearing Foreign Uniforms - Prohibited; Exceptions.

Section 31-2-18Wearing foreign uniforms - Prohibited; exceptions. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to appear in any public place or in the public view attired in any uniform similar to that worn by the military, semimilitary, naval, police, storm troop, or other official or semiofficial forces of any foreign state, nation or government, or attired in any distinctive part or parts of such a uniform, and to assemble with other persons similarly attired in any camp, drill ground, or other place for the purpose of engaging in military drill or training or other military purposes. (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to appear in any public place or in the public view attired in the uniform or wearing the distinctive garment of any association of persons of whatsoever nature or form which engages in, adopts, or imitates the drill formations, salutes, or other methods or practices or the symbols of any foreign military, semimilitary, naval, police, storm troop, or similar foreign organization, and, so attired, to assemble with other persons similarly attired in any camp, drill ground, or other place for the purpose of engaging in military drill or training or other military practices. (c) It shall be unlawful for the proprietor, manager, or keeper of any place of public meeting, resort or amusement to permit therein any assemblage of persons attired as prohibited in this section. (d) This section shall not apply to the officers or members of the military, semimilitary, naval, police, or other official or semiofficial forces of any foreign state, nation, or government lawfully within the State of Alabama, any veterans' organization chartered by Act of Congress, the Boy Scouts of America, any student of any school or academy recognized by the Board of Education of the State of Alabama, nor to the members of the cast of any stage or motion picture production characterizing the officials of a foreign state, nation, or government; provided, however, that in any prosecution under this section, it shall be presumed that a person (1) wearing the uniform of a foreign state, nation, or government or of any of its official or semiofficial forces or (2) attired in any distinctive part or parts of such a uniform, was not at the time of the alleged violation of this section a member of any of the organizations excepted in this subsection. (Acts 1939, No. 619, p. 987, §1; Code 1940, T. 35, §18(1); Acts 1973, No. 1038, p. 1572, §18.)