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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5911 | Armories › Section 5911.03 | Gifts Become State Property.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) The adjutant general may receive gifts of land, money, or other property for the purpose of aiding in the acquisition of grounds and airfields, or the purchase, building, furnishing, or maintaining of an armory, airfield, or other facility for military purposes.
(B) All lands acquired under this section shall be deeded to the state, and all property received under this section from any source shall become the property of this state, except as may be provided in an agreement by which the United States contributes to the cost of acquiring, designing, or constructing the grounds, armory, airfield, or other facility used for developing, training, and operating units of the national guard.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5911 | Armories › Section 5911.04 | Construction of Armories and Facilities.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
The adjutant general shall be governed in the construction of armories, other facilities, and airfields for military purposes by sections 153.01 to 153.20 and 153.50 to 153.60 of the Revised Code.
Last updated April 19, 2022 at 10:41 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5911 | Armories › Section 5911.05 | Appropriation of Property.

Effective:
December 4, 1973
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 174 - 110th General Assembly
The adjutant general has the same power as the director of administrative services to condemn and appropriate land and such land is hereby declared to be a public necessity. Such power shall be exercised in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5911 | Armories › Section 5911.07 | Use and Occupancy of Armories.

Effective:
September 28, 2012
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 490 - 129th General Assembly
The armories erected by the state are for the use of the organized militia; but in each armory there may be provided and maintained, except as provided in this section, a suitable room including heating, lighting, and janitor services, for the free use of patriotic and national organizations chartered under part B of subtitle II of Title 36 of the United States Code, unless such rooms are already provided by the erection of a county memorial building or otherwise by the state, or by the county, township, or municipal corporation. This section does not require a separate room to be maintained for each organization. The room provided in this section may be used for military training when not in actual use by one of the aforenamed organizations. This section applies only during the time that such armory is being used by a unit of the organized militia.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5911 | Armories › Section 5911.08 | Sale of Beer or Intoxicating Liquor Prohibited.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) Except as allowed under a permit issued under Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code, the sale of beer or intoxicating liquor in an armory, airfield, or other facility used for training and for the safekeeping of arms, clothing, equipment, and other military property belonging to the Ohio organized militia provided for by section 5911.011 of the Revised Code is prohibited.
(B) Any person guilty of violating division (A) of this section shall be punished as provided in Chapter 4303. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5911 | Armories › Section 5911.09 | Control Officer - Appointment.

Effective:
December 19, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly
For each armory erected or provided, the adjutant general shall appoint a control officer who shall be an officer of one of the organizations or units quartered therein. The control officer may rent the armory for temporary purposes, subject to regulations prescribed by the adjutant general, and the money derived from such rental shall be paid into the treasury of the armory control officer.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5911 | Armories › Section 5911.10 | Armory Improvements Fund - Lease or Sale of Vacant Armory.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
If any armory erected or purchased by the state becomes vacant because of the deactivation of the organizations quartered in that armory, the governor and the adjutant general may lease that armory; or, when authorized by an act of the general assembly, may sell that armory or lease it for a period of years.
The proceeds from the sale or lease of such an armory, or from the sale or lease of other facilities and land owned by the adjutant general, shall be credited to the armory improvements fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The moneys in the fund shall be used to support Ohio army national guard facility and maintenance expenses as the adjutant general directs. Any fund expenditure related to the construction, acquisition, lease, or financing of a capital asset is subject to approval by the controlling board. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the general revenue fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5911 | Armories › Section 5911.11 | Community Match Armories Fund.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the community match armories fund. The fund shall consist of all amounts received as revenue from contributions from local entities for construction and maintenance of Ohio army national guard readiness and community centers and facilities. The moneys in the fund shall be used to support the acquisition and maintenance costs of centers and facilities representing the local entity's share of costs, including the local entity's share of utility costs. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5911 | Armories › Section 5911.12 | Annual Report.

Effective:
December 19, 2016
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 471 - 131st General Assembly
The armory control officer shall make an annual report of the proceedings incident to the location and management of grounds, airfields, armories, and other buildings for military purposes and a detailed account of all receipts and disbursements. The report shall be filed in the office of the adjutant general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5911 | Armories › Section 5911.18 | Attorney General to Serve as Legal Advisor to Adjutant General.

Effective:
September 29, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 172 - 120th General Assembly
Whenever it is necessary to condemn and appropriate lands, examine contracts, sue on bonds, or have other work done that requires legal counsel, the attorney general shall represent and be the legal advisor to the adjutant general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5913 | Adjutant General › Section 5913.011 | Securing Social Security Benefits for Employees of the Ohio National Guard.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
The adjutant general of Ohio is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the federal social security administration for the purpose of securing social security benefits, under the national social security act, for those employees of the Ohio national guard who are paid from federal funds, and for whom the federal congress appropriates funds to cover employer's share of social security payments.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5913 | Adjutant General › Section 5913.02 | Governor's Military Staff.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
The military staff of the governor may consist of any of the following:
(A) An adjutant general in the grade of major general, who shall perform the duties of quartermaster general;
(B) An assistant adjutant general for army in the grade of major general;
(C) An assistant adjutant general for air in the grade of major general;
(D) An assistant quartermaster general in the grade of colonel or brigadier general or any retired officer who has appropriate qualifications for the position, as determined by the adjutant general and the governor.
All persons named in divisions (A) to (D) of this section shall be appointed by the governor and shall hold office during the governor's pleasure.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5913 | Adjutant General › Section 5913.021 | Qualifications of Officers.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The adjutant general at the time of appointment shall be a federally recognized officer in the Ohio national guard in the grade of colonel or above.
(B) The assistant adjutant general for army at the time of appointment shall be a federally recognized officer in the Ohio army national guard in the grade of colonel or above.
(C) The assistant adjutant general for air at the time of appointment shall be a federally recognized officer in the Ohio air national guard in the grade of colonel or above.
(D) The assistant quartermaster general at the time of appointment shall be a federally recognized officer in the Ohio army national guard in the grade of colonel or brigadier general, or any retired officer who has appropriate qualifications for the position, as determined by the adjutant general and the governor.
(E) The adjutant general, the assistant adjutant general for army, the assistant adjutant general for air, and the assistant quartermaster general at the time of appointment shall each have not less than ten years' commissioned service in the armed forces of the United States, not less than five years of that service being in the Ohio national guard, and shall at all times during their tenure of office be federally recognized officers of the Ohio national guard.
(F) The provisions of this section relative to federal recognition shall be suspended during any period of emergency when the majority of the units of the Ohio national guard are in the federal service. In that event, retired officers of the Ohio national guard shall be eligible to serve as adjutant general, assistant adjutant general for army, assistant adjutant general for air, and assistant quartermaster general for the duration of such emergency or until a majority of the units of the Ohio national guard are released from federal service.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5913 | Adjutant General › Section 5913.03 | Bonds of Officers.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
The adjutant general shall give bond in the sum of thirty thousand dollars to the state conditioned upon the faithful performance of the adjutant general's official duties; the assistant adjutant general for army and the assistant adjutant general for air shall give bond in the sum of ten thousand dollars; and the assistant quartermaster general shall give bond in the sum of twenty thousand dollars. If a surety bond is given, the premiums shall be paid out of funds appropriated for the surety bond. These bonds shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. All other bonds given by the various officers of the Ohio organized militia shall be filed and recorded in the office of the adjutant general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5913 | Adjutant General › Section 5913.05 | Assistant Adjutants General - Duties.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) The assistant adjutants general shall serve in the office of the adjutant general and aid the adjutant general by performing the duties that the adjutant general assigns them.
(B) In the absence or disability of the adjutant general, the senior assistant adjutant general shall perform the duties of the adjutant general.
(C) In the absence or disability of the adjutant general and the senior assistant adjutant general, the junior assistant adjutant general shall perform the duties of the adjutant general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5913 | Adjutant General › Section 5913.051 | Assistant to State Area Commander for Readiness and Training for Army.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The adjutant general may appoint an assistant adjutant general - army. This assistant shall be a brigadier general and shall aid the adjutant general by performing duties that the adjutant general assigns that include the areas of readiness, mobilization, and homeland defense preparedness. This assistant shall not be a full-time state employee or a member of the governor's military staff, but shall serve in that capacity only during federally recognized training, special duty periods, mobilization periods, or state active duty, and shall at the time of appointment be in the rank of colonel or above but otherwise meet the qualifications established by the department of defense/army for general officer qualification.
(B) The adjutant general may appoint an assistant adjutant general - airforce. This assistant shall be a brigadier general and shall aid the adjutant general by performing duties that the adjutant general assigns that include the areas of readiness, mobilization, and homeland defense preparedness. This assistant shall not be a full-time state employee or a member of the governor's military staff, but shall serve in that capacity only during federally recognized training, special duty periods, mobilization periods, or state active duty, and shall at the time of appointment be in the rank of colonel or above but otherwise meet the qualifications established by the department of defense/air force for general officer qualification.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5913 | Adjutant General › Section 5913.06 | Assistant Quartermaster General.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) The assistant quartermaster general, under direction of the adjutant general as quartermaster general, shall have charge of all state military property and property of the adjutant general's department belonging to the state.
(B) The assistant quartermaster general shall keep an accurate account of state military property and property of the adjutant general's department and prepare reports as the adjutant general directs.
(C) The assistant quartermaster general shall perform other duties assigned by the adjutant general.
(D) In the absence or disability of the adjutant general and the assistant adjutants general, the assistant quartermaster general shall perform the duties of the adjutant general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5913 | Adjutant General › Section 5913.07 | Retired Officers List.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) Any person who has served as a member of the Ohio organized militia or of the armed forces of the United States, or both, for a period of twenty years, eight years of which have been served as a commissioned officer of the Ohio organized militia, at the person's request and upon approval of the adjutant general, may be placed upon the retired list, which shall be kept in the office of the adjutant general.
(B) Retired officers shall receive no compensation from the state for their services except as provided in this section, but may on all occasions of ceremony wear the uniform of their rank.
(C) The adjutant general may assign or detail retired officers upon duty and when so assigned or detailed, they shall receive the same pay and allowances as officers on the active list of the element of the Ohio organized militia assigned, detailed, or employed under like condition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5913 | Adjutant General › Section 5913.08 | Direction Over Property - Employees.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
The adjutant general has general direction over military and other adjutant general's department property belonging to the state. The adjutant general may employ employees as necessary to carry out the duties of the adjutant general's department.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5913 | Adjutant General › Section 5913.09 | Custodian of Military Property of State.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The adjutant general is the custodian of all military and other adjutant general's department property, both real and personal, belonging to the state.
(B) The adjutant general may make changes and improvements to military and other adjutant general's department property as the needs of the state and federal government and the exigencies of the service require. All improvements made upon that property belonging to the state, from moneys received either all or in part from the state or federal government, or both, become the property of the state, except as may be provided in an agreement and corresponding regulations by which the United States contributes to the cost of an improvement.
(C)(1) In accordance with applicable state and federal law and regulations, the adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, may acquire by purchase lease, license, or otherwise, real and personal property necessary for the purposes of the department.
(2) In accordance with applicable state and federal law and regulations, the adjutant general, with the approval of the attorney general, may enter into contracts for the construction, repair, renovation, maintenance, and operation of military or other adjutant general's department property.
(3) In accordance with applicable state and federal law and regulations, the adjutant general, with the approval of the governor, may lease or exchange all or part of any military or other adjutant general's department property or grant easements or licenses, if the lease, exchange, easement, or license is advantageous to the state.
(4) All real property of the adjutant general's department shall be sold in accordance with section 5911.10 of the Revised Code.
(D)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, all income from any military or other adjutant general's department property of the state, not made a portion of the company, troop, battery, detachment, squadron, or other organization funds by regulations, shall be credited to the funds for the operation and maintenance of the Ohio organized militia, as the adjutant general directs, in accordance with applicable state and federal law and regulations and the agreements by which the United States contributes to the cost of operation and maintenance of the Ohio national guard.
(2) There is hereby created in the state treasury the camp Perry/buckeye inn operations fund. The fund shall consist of all amounts received as revenue from the rental of facilities located at the camp Perry training site in Ottawa county and the buckeye inn at Rickenbacker air national guard base in Franklin county, and all amounts received from the use of the camp Perry training site and its facilities, including shooting ranges. The moneys in the fund shall be used to support the facility operations of the camp Perry clubhouse and the buckeye inn. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the general revenue fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5913 | Adjutant General › Section 5913.10 | Protection and Safety Regulations.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) The adjutant general may prescribe and enforce regulations for the property referred to in section 5913.09 of the Revised Code, as the adjutant general deems necessary for protection and safety.
(B) In prescribing regulations under division (A) of this section, the adjutant general need not comply with Chapter 111. or 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5913 | Adjutant General › Section 5913.17 | Unauthorized Entry or Disorderly Conduct in Encampment.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
No person shall enter an encampment of the Ohio organized militia when forbidden to do so, or, having been permitted to enter the encampment, behave in a disorderly manner or shall resist a sentry or guard acting under orders to prevent that entry or disorderly conduct.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5913 | Adjutant General › Section 5913.30 | Placement of Memorial Markers Listing Pows/mias at Highway Rest Areas.

Effective:
September 29, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 286 - 119th General Assembly
The chief of the division of soldiers' claims and veterans affairs may establish such committees as he considers necessary to enable the placement at appropriate improved roadside rest areas along highways of the interstate system or the primary system of memorial markers honoring those Ohio residents who are listed by the United States department of defense as a prisoner of war or missing in action from the Korean conflict or the Vietnam conflict.
The committee shall do the following:
(A) Compile a list of Ohio residents who are listed as prisoners of war or missing in action from the Korean conflict or the Vietnam conflict;
(B) Design a memorial marker that, subject to approval by the director of transportation, shall be used uniformly throughout the state at the appropriate rest areas;
(C) Coordinate its efforts with any veterans organization in this state that is incorporated and issued a charter by the congress of the United States or is recognized by the United States department of veterans affairs, or is an auxiliary organization of such a veterans organization;
(D) At the time a marker is installed at a roadside rest area, coordinate a dedication ceremony to honor the persons memorialized at the rest area.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.01 | Composition and Organization of Ohio National Guard.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) The Ohio national guard consists of those organizations and units that are, under the laws of the United States and the regulations promulgated under them, prescribed as the portion of the army or air national guard of the United States located and organized within this state according to the locations, branches, organizations, and allotments approved by the governor of this state.
(B) The organizations and units of the Ohio national guard shall conform to and be organized according to the organizational or allowance tables prescribed by the department of the army or air force and by the national guard bureau for the national guard. In case of an emergency or imminent danger of an emergency, the governor, as commander in chief, may increase the size of the Ohio national guard according to the existing regulations governing the armed forces of the United States, as the exigency of the occasion requires. Any organization and increase may be made either pursuant to, or in advance of, any call or order made by the president of the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.02 | Officers Appointed by Governor.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) All commissioned and warrant officers of the Ohio national guard shall be appointed by the governor as commander in chief and shall be commissioned or warranted according to grade under the regulations of the department of the army or air force and the national guard bureau.
(B) No officer shall be commissioned or warranted until the officer has successfully passed tests as to physical, moral, and professional fitness as prescribed by regulations promulgated under federal law for federal recognition as a commissioned or warrant officer.
(C) General officers shall be appointed from the federally recognized eligible commissioned officers of the army or air national guard of this state or of another component of the armed forces of the United States, who have served at least fifteen years as a commissioned officer in the army or air national guard or in another component of the armed forces of the United States, or both.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.04 | Regulations and Other Publications Governing Appointments.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) The adjutant general may issue regulations and other publications governing the appointment of officers in the Ohio national guard and all other matters as necessary to conform to the requirements made or authorized by congress for participation in federal appropriations for the national guard.
(B) In issuing regulations and other publications under division (A) of this section, the adjutant general need not comply with Chapter 111. or 119. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.05 | Commissioned Officers of Ohio National Guard Shall Take and Subscribe to Oath.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
Commissioned officers of the Ohio national guard shall take and subscribe to the following oath of office:
"I,___________, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States and the constitution of the state of Ohio, 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 of the Governor of the state of Ohio; 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 of the state of Ohio, upon which I am about to enter, so help me God."
Every officer before being commissioned shall take such oath within ten days after his appointment, and unless he does so is deemed to have declined his office and the appointment shall be vacated.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.071 | Federal Recognition of Commission.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
Any person, commissioned or warranted as an officer in the Ohio national guard, shall hold the commission or warrant during the period of the person's federal recognition. The termination or withdrawal by the department of the army or air force of the federal recognition of any commissioned or warrant officer in the army or air national guard of the United States shall terminate the person's commission or warrant in the Ohio national guard.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.09 | Period of Enlistments.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
Enlistments in the Ohio national guard shall be for the period prescribed by act of congress and publications of the department of the army or air force and national guard bureau.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.10 | Enlistment Contract and Oath of Enlistment Prerequisite for Enlisting.

Effective:
May 9, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 495 - 123rd General Assembly
All persons enlisting in the Ohio national guard shall sign an enlistment contract and subscribe to the following oath of enlistment."
"I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this ______ day of ______, ___, as a soldier in the national guard of the United States and of the state of Ohio, for the period of ______ year ______, under the conditions prescribed by law, unless sooner discharged by proper authority. And I do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and to the state of Ohio, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever, and that I will obey the orders of the president of the United States and of the governor of the state of Ohio, and of the officers appointed over me according to law and the regulations and uniform code of military justice."
This section shall not apply to personnel transferred or assigned to the Ohio national guard under the laws and regulations of the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.11 | Officers Authorized to Administer Oaths.

Effective:
June 27, 1979
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 508 - 113th General Assembly
All commissioned officers and warrant officers of the Ohio national guard and the armed forces of the United States may administer oaths and affirmations in the appointment or enlistment of officers and soldiers of the Ohio national guard.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.12 | Honorable Discharge of Officer.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
A commissioned or warrant officer of the Ohio national guard may be honorably discharged by the governor as commander in chief upon the officer's resignation, in conformity with the requirements of the department of the army or air force and the national guard bureau, but the officer shall not be discharged until the officer has accounted for all state and United States property and all public moneys for which the officer is responsible.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.13 | Retired Officers List.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) Any commissioned or warrant officer who has served as a member of the Ohio national guard for a period of twenty years, eight of which have been as a commissioned or warrant officer, may at the officer's request, and shall upon termination of the officer's federal recognition, be placed upon the retired list, which shall be kept in the office of the adjutant general.
(B) Retired officers shall receive no compensation from the state for their services except as provided in this section, but may on all occasions of ceremony wear the uniform of their rank.
(C) The adjutant general may detail a retired officer to duty other than in the command of troops, consistent with federal publications. A retired officer then shall receive pay and allowances as prescribed under the department of defense pay manual.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.14 | Determination of Fitness of Officer.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) At any time the moral character, capacity, and general fitness for service of any Ohio national guard officer may be determined by a board of officers, which shall be convened and proceed according to publications of the department of the army or air force and the national guard bureau.
(B) A board of officers convened under division (A) of this section is not a public body subject to section 121.22 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.15 | Transfer to Inactive National Guard.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
Commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted personnel of the Ohio national guard may be transferred to the inactive national guard under regulations that the national guard bureau prescribes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.16 | Discharge of Officer.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) Commissioned and warrant officers in the Ohio national guard shall be discharged by the adjutant general upon either of the following:
(1) The officer's resignation;
(2) Approval of a board's recommendation for withdrawal of federal recognition by the chief of the national guard bureau.
(B) An officer also may be discharged under any of the following circumstances:
(1) Pursuant to other federal regulations;
(2) If absent without leave for three months, upon recommendation of an efficiency board;
(3) Pursuant to sentence by court-martial;
(4) If the officer has been convicted of a crime classified as a felony as described in division (D) or (E) of section 2901.02 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.17 | Discharge of Enlisted Person.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) An enlisted person discharged from service in the Ohio national guard shall receive a discharge, in writing, in the form and with the characterization prescribed by the army or air force. In time of peace, discharges may be given before the expiration of terms of enlistment, under prescribed regulations, subject to any restrictions contained in publications of the department of the army or air force and the national guard bureau.
(B) On termination of an emergency in which personnel of the Ohio national guard have been called or ordered into federal service by the president of the United States according to the laws of the United States, those persons shall continue to serve in the Ohio national guard until the dates upon which their service obligations entered into before the call or order into the federal service would have expired if uninterrupted.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.19 | Commemorative Ohio National Guard Service Medal.

Effective:
March 30, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 530 - 126th General Assembly
(A) There is hereby created the commemorative Ohio national guard service medal. The adjutant general shall design the medal and administer the program for its distribution. Former members of the Ohio national guard who have been honorably or medically discharged or released from service in the Ohio national guard are eligible, upon application, to receive the medal.
Eligible persons who apply to receive the medal shall submit to the adjutant general a copy of their DD-214 form or NGB-22 form and a fee in an amount to be determined by the adjutant general. The adjutant general shall set the fee at an amount necessary to cover the cost of producing the medal.
(B) There is hereby created in the state treasury the national guard service medal fund. Fees collected from applicants for the medal as well as any appropriations made by the general assembly for purposes of the medal program shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the fund. The fund shall be used to pay for the production of the medal.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.20 | National Guard Service Medal Fund.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the national guard service medal fund. The fund shall consist of all amounts received from the purchase of Ohio national guard service medals for eligible national guard service members as authorized by the general assembly. The moneys in the fund shall be used to purchase additional medals. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.22 | Publications Governing Discharge of Enlisted Person.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
No enlisted person may be discharged from the Ohio national guard except as provided by publications of the department of the army or air force and the national guard bureau.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.23 | Creation of Additional Units - Drafting.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
The commander in chief may, upon the declaration of war, or upon the breaking out of insurrection, or upon the imminence of either, increase the Ohio national guard and the Ohio military reserve by the creation of such additional units as he deems necessary; and he may proceed in such manner as rules prescribe for the drafting into the organized militia of all such portions of the militia of the state as he deems necessary in any such emergency.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.24 | Resisting an Order or Giving Aid to Public Enemy.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
In any case covered by section 5919.23 of the Revised Code, any person who shall in any way hinder, delay or resist the orders of the commander in chief with respect thereto, or who shall give any aid or comfort to the public enemy, or either injure or destroy or attempt to injure or destroy any of the military property of the state, or any public building, means or facility of transportation, or any public work within the state, with intent to impede the military forces of this state, or to assist the public enemy of the state or the United States, shall, upon conviction, be punished in such manner as a court-martial directs.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.25 | Uniforms, Arms, and Equipment.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
The Ohio national guard, as far as practicable, shall be uniformed, armed, and equipped with the same type of uniforms, arms, and equipment as is provided for the United States air force or army.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.26 | Reports.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
The adjutant general shall provide the reports to be made by the officers of the Ohio national guard, which requirements shall, as far as practicable, be in similar form to the reports required under the regulations of the government for the armed forces of the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.27 | Bonds of Officers.

Effective:
October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
The adjutant general shall provide the form and fix the amount of the bonds required of officers of the Ohio national guard, and pass upon the sufficiency of the sureties. If a surety bond is given, the premium therefor shall be paid out of the Ohio national guard maintenance fund. The adjutant general may require a new bond to be give if in his opinion the surety upon any existing bond has become insufficient.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.28 | Tactics, Field Exercises, Training and Evaluation.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
The system of tactics, field exercises, and training and evaluation for the United States army or air force shall be the system of tactics, field exercises, and training and evaluation for the Ohio national guard.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.29 | Governor May Order Military Training or Duty.

Effective:
September 17, 2010
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 449 - 128th General Assembly
(A) The governor as commander in chief may order individuals and units of the Ohio national guard to perform any training or duty authorized under the "Act of August 10, 1956," 70A Stat. 596, 32 U.S.C.A. 101 to 716, and under regulations prescribed by the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, the secretary of the army, the secretary of the air force, or the chief of the national guard bureau.
(B) When ordered by the governor to perform training or duty under this section or section 5923.12 of the Revised Code, members of the Ohio national guard shall have the protections afforded to persons on federal active duty by the "Service Members Civil Relief Act," Pub. L. No. 108-189, 50 App. U.S.C.A. 501-596, and by the "Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994," 108 Stat. 3149, 38 U.S.C.A. 4301 to 4333.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.30 | Inspections.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) Inspection of units of the Ohio national guard shall be conducted under regulations prescribed by the secretary of the army or secretary of the air force and the chief of the national guard bureau.
(B) The adjutant general or an officer acting under the adjutant general's authority may make other inspections considered necessary by the adjutant general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.31 | Reimbursement of Active Duty Members for Life Insurance Premiums.

Effective:
December 28, 2006
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 699 - 126th General Assembly
(A) If an active duty member of the Ohio national guard chooses to purchase life insurance pursuant to the "Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Act," 79 Stat. 880 et seq. (1965), 38 U.S.C. 1965 et seq. and if the adjutant general determines that the member is ineligible for reimbursement of associated premiums under federal law, the adjutant general shall reimburse the member in an amount equal to the monthly premium paid for each month or part of a month by the member pursuant to the act while being an active duty member.
(B) The adjutant general may request additional money from the controlling board if the adjutant general does not have sufficient available unencumbered funds to reimburse active duty members for life insurance premiums pursuant to this section.
(C) The adjutant general may prescribe and enforce regulations to implement the requirements of this section. In prescribing and enforcing those regulations, the adjutant general need not comply with section 111.15 or Chapter 119. of the Revised Code.
(D) As used in this section, "active duty member" means a member of the Ohio national guard on active duty pursuant to an executive order of the president of the United States, the "Act of October 28, 2004," 118 Stat. 1878, 32 U.S.C. 901 to 908, as amended, another act of the congress of the United States, or a proclamation of the governor, but does not include a member performing full-time Ohio national guard duty or performing special work active duty under the "Act of October 3, 1964," 78 Stat. 999, 32 U.S.C. 502(f).
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.32 | Pay and Allowances of Officers and Enlisted Personnel.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
For satisfactorily performing inactive duty for training, annual training, and active duty for special work, officers and enlisted personnel of the Ohio national guard shall receive pay and allowances from the United States authorized and allowed by the department of defense pay manual, subject to regulations promulgated under it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.33 | Death Benefits.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
(A) The adjutant general shall pay a death benefit of one hundred thousand dollars from the appropriations made for the purpose to the beneficiary or beneficiaries of any active duty member of the Ohio national guard who dies while performing active duty, if the beneficiary or beneficiaries has or have been so designated in a written statement as prescribed by the adjutant general.
(B) As used in this section, "active duty member" means a member of the Ohio national guard on active duty pursuant to an executive order of the president of the United States, the "Act of October 28, 2004," 118 Stat. 1878, 32 U.S.C. 901 to 908, as amended, another act of the congress of the United States, or a proclamation of the governor, but does not include a member performing full-time Ohio natonal guard duty or performing special work active duty under the "Act of October 3, 1964," 78 Stat. 999, 32 U.S.C. 502(f).
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.341 | National Guard Scholarship Reserve Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the national guard scholarship reserve fund. As soon as possible following the end of each fiscal year, the chancellor of higher education shall certify to the director of budget and management the unencumbered balance of the general revenue fund appropriations made in the immediately preceding fiscal year for purposes of the Ohio national guard scholarship program created under division (B) of section 5919.34 of the Revised Code. Upon receipt of the certification, the director of budget and management may transfer an amount not exceeding the certified amount from the general revenue fund to the national guard scholarship reserve fund. Moneys in the national guard scholarship reserve fund shall be used to pay scholarship obligations in excess of the general revenue fund appropriations made for that purpose.
The director of budget and management may transfer any unencumbered balance from the national guard scholarship reserve fund to the general revenue fund.
If it is determined that general revenue fund appropriations are insufficient to meet the obligations of the national guard scholarship in a fiscal year, the director of budget and management may transfer funds from the national guard scholarship reserve fund to the general revenue fund in order to meet those obligations. The amount transferred is hereby appropriated. If the funds transferred from the national guard scholarship reserve fund are not needed, the director of budget and management may transfer the unexpended balance from the general revenue fund back to the national guard scholarship reserve fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.342 | National Guard Scholarship Donation Fund.

Effective:
September 29, 2013
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly
The national guard scholarship donation fund is created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of gifts, bequests, grants, and contributions made to the fund under division (L) of section 5919.34 of the Revised Code. Investment earnings of the fund shall be deposited into the fund. The fund shall be used to operate the Ohio national guard scholarship program created under section 5919.34 of the Revised Code.