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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.35 | Applicability of Drug Laws.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) The stockage, accountability, issuance, and dispensing of any drug, as defined in section 4729.02 of the Revised Code, that is issued to any unit or member of the Ohio national guard is governed exclusively by regulations or other directives prescribed by the United States army or air force and the national guard bureau. Ohio national guard units and personnel are not subject to Chapter 4729. or 3715. of the Revised Code or other statutes or regulations in conflict with military regulations or other directives when acting in furtherance of their official duties.
(B) This section applies despite the order of Ohio national guard units or personnel to state active duty under section 5923.22 of the Revised Code or the fact that accountable officers or employees of the Ohio national guard are employed in a civilian status.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5919 | Ohio National Guard › Section 5919.36 | Ohio National Guard Facility Maintenance Fund.

Effective:
October 16, 2009
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 128th General Assembly
There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio national guard facility maintenance fund. The fund shall consist of all amounts received from revenue from leases of sites, including towers and wells, and other revenue received from reimbursements for services related to Ohio national guard programs. The moneys in the fund shall be used for service, maintenance, and repair expenses, and for equipment purchases for programs and facilities of the adjutant general. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the general revenue fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5920 | Ohio Military Reserve › Section 5920.01 | Organization and Maintenance of Ohio Military Reserve.

Effective:
September 29, 2005
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly
(A) The governor shall organize and maintain within this state on a cadre or reserve basis military forces capable of being expanded and trained to defend this state whenever the Ohio national guard, or a part thereof, is employed so as to leave this state without adequate defense. In case of an emergency proclaimed by the president, or the Congress of the United States, or the governor, or caused by enemy action or imminent danger thereof, the governor, as commander in chief, shall expand such forces as the exigency of the occasion requires. Such forces shall be organized and maintained under regulations which shall not be inconsistent with such regulations as the secretary of defense prescribes for discipline and training and shall be composed of officers commissioned and assigned, and such able-bodied citizens of the state as are accepted therein. Such forces shall be equipped with suitable uniforms not in violation of federal laws or contrary to the regulations of the secretary of defense. Such forces shall be known as the Ohio military reserve. During the period of organization on a cadre or reserve basis the commander in chief may fix lesser rates of pay for armory drill purposes or for service in encampments and maneuvers. In the event that the regulations of the department of defense are modified so as to recognize the Ohio military reserve as a part of the Ohio national guard not subject to induction into federal service, the laws pertaining to the Ohio national guard shall apply to the Ohio military reserve and it shall be known as a component of the Ohio national guard.
(B) The commander of the Ohio military reserve shall report all expenditures and the use of all funds by the Ohio military reserve to the general assembly. The commander annually shall deliver the report, in writing, within three months of the end of the state fiscal year.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5920 | Ohio Military Reserve › Section 5920.02 | Rules and Regulations.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
The governor may precribe rules not inconsistent with the provisions of law governing the enlistment, organization, administration, equipment, and maintenance of the Ohio military reserve. A copy of such rules shall be kept available to the public in the office of the adjutant general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5920 | Ohio Military Reserve › Section 5920.03 | Requisition for Arms and Equipment Authorized - State Armories.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
The governor may requisition from the department of defense, for the use of the Ohio military reserve, arms and equipment that may be in possession and can be furnished by the department, and make available to the corps the facilities of state armories and their equipment and such other state premises and property that are available.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5920 | Ohio Military Reserve › Section 5920.04 | Exemption From Military Service.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
Sections 5920.01 to 5920.11 of the Revised Code do not authorize the Ohio military reserve, or any part thereof, to be called or ordered as such into the military service of the United States. The military reserve may become a component of the Ohio national guard and subject to the regulations of the secretary of defense of the United States. The governor may consent to the employment of not more than one half of the military reserve to assist in areas adjacent to the borders of the state. No person shall, by reason of his enlistment or commission in the military reserve, be exempt from military service under any law of the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5920 | Ohio Military Reserve › Section 5920.05 | Civil Organizations Not to Be Enlisted.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
No civil organization, society, club, post, order, fraternity, association, brotherhood, body, union, league, or other combination of persons, or civil group, shall be enlisted in the Ohio military reserve as an organization.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5920 | Ohio Military Reserve › Section 5920.06 | Qualification for Commission or Enlistment.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
No person shall be commissioned or enlisted in the Ohio military reserve who is not a citizen of the United States or who has been expelled or dishonorably discharged from any military or naval organization of this state, of another state, or of the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5920 | Ohio Military Reserve › Section 5920.07 | Oath of Commissioned Officers.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
Commissioned officers of the Ohio military reserve 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 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 Ohio military reserve, upon which I am about to enter; and, I do solemnly swear that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state by force or violence and that during such time that I am a member of the Ohio military reserve, I will not advocate nor become a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state by force or violence, so help me God."
Every officer, before being commissioned shall take the subscribe to such oath within ten days after his appointment, and unless he does so he is deemed to have declined his office and the appointment shall be vacated.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5920 | Ohio Military Reserve › Section 5920.08 | Enlistment Contract - Oath of Enlistment.

Effective:
May 9, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 495 - 123rd General Assembly
All persons enlisted in the Ohio military reserve shall sign an enlistment contract and take and subscribe to an oath of enlistment as follows:
"I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this ________ day of ________________________, _________, as a member of the Ohio military reserve for a period of three years, 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; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever; and that I will obey the orders of the governor of the state of Ohio and of the officers appointed over me according to law and the rules and regulations in accordance therewith."
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5920 | Ohio Military Reserve › Section 5920.09 | Powers of Commissioned Officers.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
All commissioned officers of the Ohio military reserve may administer oaths and affirmations in the discharge of any of the duties pertaining to their offices and in connection with the appointment of officers and the enlistment of members of the military reserve.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5920 | Ohio Military Reserve › Section 5920.10 | Application of Ohio Code of Military Justice.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
Whenever the Ohio military reserve or any part thereof is ordered out for active service by the governor, the Ohio code of military justice shall be in full force in respect to such forces.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5920 | Ohio Military Reserve › Section 5920.11 | Resignation - Discharge - Commission of Officers Vacated.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
The governor may accept the resignation of any officer or grant a discharge to any enlisted man of the Ohio military reserve at any time. Commissions of officers of the military reserve shall be vacated by resignation or absence without leave for three months, upon recommendation of an efficiency board, pursuant to sentence of a court-martial, or if such officer has been convicted of an infamous crime.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.01 | Ohio Naval Militia.

Effective:
January 11, 1977
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 524 - 111th General Assembly
The governor shall organize and maintain within this state on a cadre or reserve basis naval forces capable of being expanded and trained to defend this state whenever the Ohio national guard, or a part thereof, is employed so as to leave this state without adequate defense, and whenever necessary to assist and maintain the public peace in case of a disaster or emergency as determined by the governor. Such forces shall not be used in disturbances that are civil in nature, including but not limited to riots and strikes. Such forces shall be known as the Ohio naval militia. Such forces shall be a part of the organized militia of this state. The Ohio naval militia shall consist of not more than three ship companies as provided in sections 5921.02 to 5921.16 of the Revised Code. In case of an emergency proclaimed by the president or the congress of the United States, or caused by enemy action or imminent danger thereof, the governor, as commander in chief, shall expand such forces as the exigency of the occasion requires.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.02 | Divisions of Naval Militia.

Effective:
January 11, 1977
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 524 - 111th General Assembly
The Ohio naval militia shall be divided into ship companies and each ship company shall consist of not less than two or more than three divisions.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.03 | Officers.

Effective:
January 11, 1977
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 524 - 111th General Assembly
Each ship company and each division shall be allowed such commissioned officers, warrant officers, and enlisted members as are prescribed by the department of the navy for similar naval organizations, or as the exigencies of the service require.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.04 | Selection and Rank - Oath of Office.

Effective:
January 11, 1977
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 524 - 111th General Assembly
Commissioned officers and warrant officers of the Ohio naval militia shall be chosen, commissioned, and take rank as provided for the Ohio national guard, following the regulations and customs of the United States navy.
Commissioned officers and warrant officers of the Ohio naval militia 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 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 Ohio naval militia upon which I am about to enter; and, I do solemnly swear that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state by force or violence, so help me God."
Every officer, before being commissioned shall take and subscribe to such oath within ten days after his appointment, and unless he does so he is deemed to have declined his office and the appointment shall be vacated.
All commissioned officers and warrant officers of the Ohio naval militia may administer oaths and affirmations in the discharge of any of the duties pertaining to their offices and in connection with the appointment of officers and the enlistment of members of the Ohio naval militia.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.05 | Enlisted Members - Oath of Enlistment.

Effective:
May 9, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 495 - 123rd General Assembly
Enlisted members shall be enlisted according to regulations prescribed by the department of the navy for the governing of similar naval organizations.
All persons enlisted in the Ohio naval militia shall sign an enlistment contract and take and subscribe to an oath of enlistment as follows:
"I do hereby acknowledge to have voluntarily enlisted this _______________ day of _______________, __________, as a member of the Ohio naval militia for a period of three years, 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; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever; and that I will obey the orders of the governor of the state of Ohio and of the officers appointed over me according to law and the rules in accordance therewith."
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.06 | Uniform.

Effective:
October 2, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 100th General Assembly
The uniform of the commissioned officers, warrant officers, petty officers and enlisted men of the Ohio naval militia shall be suitable, but not in violation of the laws of the United States or contrary to regulations of the department of the navy.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.07 | Drill and Instruction.

Effective:
October 2, 1953
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 166 - 100th General Assembly
The Ohio naval militia shall assemble for drill and instruction at such times and places and during such periods of time as the governor prescribes.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.09 | u.s. Navy Regulations and Customs.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
The Ohio naval militia shall be organized, governed, drilled, and instructed in accordance with the regulations and customs provided for the navy of the United States, and Chapter 5924. of the Revised Code, together with the orders of the governor.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.10 | Governor May Prescribe Rules.

Effective:
January 11, 1977
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 524 - 111th General Assembly
The governor may prescribe rules not inconsistent with the provisions of law governing the enlistment, organization, administration, equipment, and maintenance of the Ohio naval militia. A copy of such rules shall be kept available to the public in the office of the adjutant general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.11 | Governor May Requisition Arms, Equipment and Facilities.

Effective:
January 11, 1977
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 524 - 111th General Assembly
The governor may requisition from the department of defense, for the use of the Ohio naval militia, arms and equipment that may be in possession and can be furnished by the department, and make available to the Ohio naval militia the facilities of state armories and their equipment and such other state premises and property that are available.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.12 | Federal Military Service.

Effective:
January 11, 1977
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 524 - 111th General Assembly
Sections 5921.01 to 5921.16 of the Revised Code do not authorize the Ohio naval militia, or any part thereof, to be called or ordered as such into the military service of the United States. The naval militia may become a component of the Ohio national guard. The governor may consent to the employment of not more than one-half of the naval militia to assist in areas adjacent to the borders of the state. No person shall, by reason of his enlistment, warrant or commission in the naval militia, be exempt from militia service under any law of the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.13 | Resignation - Discharge.

Effective:
January 11, 1977
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 524 - 111th General Assembly
The governor may accept the resignation of any commissioned officer or warrant officer or grant a discharge to any enlisted member of the Ohio naval militia at any time. Commissions or warrants of officers of the naval militia shall be vacated by resignation or absence without leave for three months, upon recommendation of an efficiency board, pursuant to sentence of a court martial or if such officer has been convicted of an infamous crime.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.14 | No Enlistment by Organization.

Effective:
January 11, 1977
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 524 - 111th General Assembly
No civil organization, society, club, post, order, fraternity, association, brotherhood, body, union, league, or other combination of persons, or civil group, shall be enlisted in the Ohio naval militia as an organization.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5921 | Ohio Naval Militia › Section 5921.15 | Compensation.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
The officers and enlisted men of the Ohio naval militia shall receive from the state the same pay, allowances, benefits, and privileges, in every respect, as are allowed the officers and enlisted men of corresponding rank and grade of the Ohio military reserve, provided such pay or supplies as provided by the department of defense shall be deducted therefrom.
Each ship company of the Ohio naval militia shall receive the same allowances for incidental expenses, as are allowed the headquarters of a separate battalion of the Ohio military reserve, and each division, the same allowance in every respect as a company of infantry.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5922 | Civilian Cyber Security Reserve Forces › Section 5922.01 | Creation.

Effective:
July 4, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
The governor shall organize and maintain within this state, on a reserve basis, civilian cyber security reserve forces capable of being expanded and trained to educate and protect state, county, and local government entities, critical infrastructure, including election systems, businesses, and citizens of this state from cyber attacks. In the case of an emergency proclaimed by the governor, or caused by illicit actors or imminent danger, the governor, as commander-in-chief, shall expand the reserve as the exigency of the occasion requires.
The reserve shall be a part of the Ohio organized militia under the adjutant general's department. The reserve shall be known as the Ohio cyber reserve. The adjutant general shall establish and may revise, in accordance with section 5923.12 of the Revised Code, the rates of pay for reserve members when called to state active duty. When called to state active duty by the governor, reserve members shall function as civilian members of the Ohio organized militia and shall be paid at the rates established by the adjutant general.
The adjutant general may provide appropriate training to current and potential members of the Ohio cyber reserve. While performing any drill or training, current and potential reserve members shall serve in an unpaid volunteer status.
The adjutant general may pay from funds appropriated by the general assembly the actual and necessary expenses incurred by the Ohio cyber reserve for administration, training, and deployment of the Ohio cyber reserve, at the discretion of the adjutant general or the adjutant general's designee. Expenses for administration, training, and deployment may include, but are not limited to, permanent or temporary state employees or contractual internal or external administrative staff, travel and subsistence expenses, the purchase or rental of equipment, hardware, and local operational support.
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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5922 | Civilian Cyber Security Reserve Forces › Section 5922.02 | Rulemaking Authority.

Effective:
January 24, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 133rd General Assembly
The governor may adopt rules consistent with the provisions of law governing the membership, organization, administration, equipment, and maintenance of the Ohio cyber reserve. A copy of the rules shall be available to the public in the adjutant general's office.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5922 | Civilian Cyber Security Reserve Forces › Section 5922.03 | Requisition of Equipment.

Effective:
January 24, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 133rd General Assembly
The governor may requisition from the United States department of defense, for the use of the Ohio cyber reserve, equipment that may be in the possession and can be furnished by the department, and make available to the reserve the facilities of state armories and equipment and other state premises and property that may be available.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5922 | Civilian Cyber Security Reserve Forces › Section 5922.04 | Military Service Not Authorized.

Effective:
January 24, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 133rd General Assembly
Sections 5922.02 to 5922.08 of the Revised Code do not authorize the Ohio cyber reserve, or any part thereof, to be called or ordered into the military service of the United States. The reserve may become a civilian component of the Ohio national guard.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5922 | Civilian Cyber Security Reserve Forces › Section 5922.05 | Qualifications for Service.

Effective:
January 24, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 133rd General Assembly
No person shall be accepted into the Ohio cyber reserve who is not a United States national or a lawful permanent resident, or who has been expelled or dishonorably discharged from the armed forces as defined in section 5903.01 of the Revised Code. Applicants shall be subject to an appropriate background check, in accordance with rules adopted by the governor and adjutant general, before admittance into the reserve.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code, no person shall be disqualified from acceptance into the Ohio cyber reserve on the basis that the person is an employee of the state or a political subdivision of the state, or an employee or proprietor of a private entity that conducts business with the state or a political subdivision of the state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5922 | Civilian Cyber Security Reserve Forces › Section 5922.06 | Code of Military Justice Applicable.

Effective:
January 24, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 133rd General Assembly
Whenever the Ohio cyber reserve, or any part thereof, is ordered out for active service by the governor, the Ohio code of military justice shall be in full force with respect to those forces.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5922 | Civilian Cyber Security Reserve Forces › Section 5922.07 | Resignation; Reimbursement.

Effective:
January 24, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 133rd General Assembly
The governor may accept the resignation of any Ohio cyber reserve member at any time. Reserve members serve at the pleasure of the governor and may be removed from the reserve in accordance with rules adopted under section 5922.02 of the Revised Code.
The governor may require reimbursement for training, equipment, and uniforms if an Ohio cyber reserve member does not serve the full term of the member's membership agreement and the inability to serve out the term of the membership agreement was not due to disability or a similar disabling medical condition.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5922 | Civilian Cyber Security Reserve Forces › Section 5922.08 | Power of Governor.

Effective:
January 24, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 133rd General Assembly
The governor, as commander-in-chief of the Ohio organized militia, may order individuals or units of the Ohio cyber reserve to state active duty to protect state, county, and local government entities and critical infrastructure, including election systems, or for training as the governor determines necessary. The governor, upon the request of a business or citizen, also may order individuals or units of the Ohio cyber reserve to state active duty to protect that business or citizen.
When ordered by the governor to perform duty or training under this section or section 5923.21 of the Revised Code, members of the Ohio cyber reserve shall have the same protections afforded by the "Servicemembers Civil Relief Act," Pub. L. No. 108-189, 50 U.S.C. 3901-4043, and by the "Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act," 108 Stat. 3149, 38 U.S.C. 4301-4333.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.01 | State Militia Membership - Limitation of Troops.

Effective:
January 24, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The Ohio organized militia consists of all persons who are members of one of the following:
(1) The Ohio national guard;
(2) The Ohio naval militia;
(3) The Ohio military reserve ;
(4) The Ohio cyber reserve.
(B) The Ohio national guard, including both the Ohio air national guard and the Ohio army national guard, the Ohio naval militia, the Ohio military reserve, and the Ohio cyber reserve are known collectively as the Ohio organized militia.
(C) The Ohio naval militia and the Ohio military reserve are known collectively as the state defense forces.
(D) The unorganized militia consists of all citizens of the state to whom all of the following apply:
(1) They are not members of the Ohio organized militia ;
(2) They are more than seventeen years of age and not more than sixty-seven years of age;
(3) They are not exempt from service under section 5923.02 of the Revised Code.
(E) No troops shall be maintained in time of peace other than as authorized and prescribed under the "Act of August 10, 1956," 70A Stat. 596, 32 U.S.C.A. 101 to 716. This limitation does not affect the right of the state to the use of its organized militia within its borders in time of peace as prescribed by the laws of this state. This section does not prevent the organization and maintenance of police.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.02 | Persons Exempt From Military Service.

Effective:
January 24, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 133rd General Assembly
The following persons, if subject to duty in the Ohio organized or unorganized militia, may be exempted by the adjutant general from duty on request:
(A) The vice-president of the United States;
(B) The officers, judicial and executive, of the departments of the state and of the United States, and the members of the general assembly, without regard to age;
(C) Members of the armed forces of the United States or their reserve components;
(D) Customhouse clerks;
(E) Employees of the United States postal service;
(F) Workers employed in armories, arsenals, or naval shipyards of the United States;
(G) Pilots on the navigable waters of the United States;
(H) Mariners licensed by the United States ;
(I) Any person who claims exemption from service because of religious belief or other moral conviction held as a matter of conscience ;
(J) Any person who is unable to serve because of a disability, as that term is defined in section 4112.01 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.03 | Membership of Ohio National Guard, Ohio Military Reserve, Ohio Naval Militia, Ohio Cyber Reserve.

Effective:
January 24, 2020
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 52 - 133rd General Assembly
(A) The Ohio national guard consists of the members of the Ohio organized militia who are enlisted, commissioned, or warranted in the Ohio national guard, all as prescribed by publications of the department of the army or air force and the national guard bureau for the national guard as prescribed by Chapter 5919. of the Revised Code.
(B) The Ohio military reserve consists of the members of the Ohio organized militia who are enlisted, commissioned, or warranted in the Ohio military reserve as prescribed by Chapter 5920. of Revised Code.
(C) The Ohio naval militia consists of the members of the Ohio organized militia who are enlisted, commissioned, or warranted in the Ohio naval militia as prescribed by Chapter 5921. of the Revised Code.
(D) The Ohio cyber reserve consists of the members of the Ohio organized militia who are civilian volunteers under Chapter 5922. of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.051 | State Employees Called to Active Duty Continuation or Reactivation of Health Benefit Coverage.

Effective:
December 13, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 405 - 124th General Assembly
Notwithstanding sections 1751.54, 3923.381, and 3923.382 of the Revised Code, the state and any agency, authority, commission, or board of the state, at the request of any person who is employed by the state or any of those entities who is called or ordered to duty as described in division (C) of section 5923.05 of the Revised Code, or at the request of the spouse or dependent of such a person, shall continue or reactivate the health, medical, hospital, dental, vision, and surgical benefits coverage of the person, whether provided by an insurance company, health insuring corporation, or other health plan or entity, for the duration of the time the person is on duty as described in that division. The person, or the spouse or dependent of the person, who requests the continuation or reactivation of the coverage and the employing state or state entity are each liable for payment of the same costs for the coverage as if the person were not on a leave of absence.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.09 | Compensation for Attendance at Drill.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
Each enlisted member and each commissioned or warrant officer of the Ohio military reserve or Ohio naval militia, if funds are appropriated for this purpose by the general assembly, may be paid at rates to be prescribed by the adjutant general but not exceeding one-thirtieth of the monthly base pay of the member's or officer's grade, as is provided for enlisted members or commissioned or warrant officers of the armed forces of the United States under the department of defense pay manual, for each authorized regular drill attended, to be paid monthly.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.10 | Lost, Damaged, or Destroyed Equipment or Property - Payment of Shortage.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) If any enlisted member in the Ohio organized militia willfully, maliciously, purposely, or through carelessness or neglect, permits any of the arms, equipment, or other property issued to the enlisted member belonging to the state or the United States, to become lost, damaged, or destroyed, the commanding officer of the enlisted member's company, troop, battery, detachment, or other organization shall charge the value of the lost, damaged, or destroyed arms, equipment, or other property against any pay due the enlisted member under rules prescribed by the department of defense or the adjutant general.
(B) All property of the United States issued to a unit or member of the Ohio national guard shall be accounted and recouped for as provided by the regulations prescribed by the army or the air force and the national guard bureau, as appropriate and as supplemented by the adjutant general.
(C) Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of Chapter 2716. of the Revised Code, all allowances and pay provided for officers and enlisted members of the Ohio organized militia shall be subject to the payment of any shortage of or injury to state or United States property or funds for which those officers or enlisted members are responsible or accountable.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.12 | Pay and Allowances for State Active Duty; Pay for Ohio Cyber Reserve; Protections Afforded Members.

Effective:
October 3, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly
When ordered to state active duty by the governor, for which duty federal basic pay and allowances are not authorized, members of the organized militia of Ohio shall receive the same pay and allowances for each day's service as is provided for commissioned officers, warrant officers, noncommissioned officers, and enlisted personnel of like grade and longevity in the armed forces of the United States, together with the necessary transportation, housing, and subsistence allowances as prescribed by the United States department of defense pay manual, or an amount not less than seventy-five dollars per day as base pay for each day's duty performed, whichever is greater.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Ohio cyber reserve members shall receive a rate of pay determined and provided by rule by the adjutant general, in the name of the governor. The rule shall establish a rate of pay commensurate with those specified in pay schedules established by the director of administrative services for information technology employees of the state who have comparable training, experience, and professional qualifications.
When ordered by the governor to perform training or duty under this section or section 5919.29 of the Revised Code, members of the Ohio national guard shall have the protections afforded to persons on federal active duty by "The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act," 117 Stat. 2835, 50 U.S.C.A. App. 501.
The death benefit payable by the adjutant general under section 5919.33 of the Revised Code to any active duty member of the Ohio national guard shall also be payable to any member of the Ohio naval militia, Ohio cyber reserve, and the Ohio military reserve ordered to state active duty by proclamation of the governor and who subsequently dies while performing said duty, if a beneficiary or beneficiaries has been designated in writing on a form prescribed by the adjutant general.
Last updated August 8, 2023 at 10:50 AM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.13 | Regulations, Bonds, and Reports.

Effective:
October 24, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 596 - 104th General Assembly
The adjutant general shall make such regulations, require such bonds and reports, and furnish such blank forms as he deems necessary to carry out sections 5923.09 and 5923.12 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.14 | Method of Payments.

Effective:
October 24, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 596 - 104th General Assembly
Payments under sections 5923.09 and 5923.12 of the Revised Code shall be made on such forms as directed by and upon the voucher of the adjutant general out of moneys in the treasury appropriated for that purpose. The necessary commissary and quartermaster stores, medical supplies, and transportation for the troops in service, and while attending annual field training and the transportation and subsistence of organizations and units of the organized militia representing the state officially on occasions of ceremony within or without the state, shall be contracted for by the proper departmental officers and paid for in like manner.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.16 | Military Stores.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
The adjutant general shall direct the assistant quartermaster general in the procurement, accounting, and maintenance of all military stores purchased by the state. He shall direct the issue of such stores to the organizations and units of the Ohio national guard or the Ohio military reserve, and the return of such stores from the organizations and units, and provide for the collection and recovery of arms and equipment in the possession of any person not authorized to retain them.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.17 | Purchase and Custody of Equipage - Care of Stores - Credit for Lost Property.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
The adjutant general, after the appropriations are made for that purpose, may purchase and keep ready for use, or issue to the Ohio national guard or the Ohio military reserve, as the best interests of the service require, such amount and kind of camp and garrison equipage as are necessary. He shall see that all military stores, both the property of the state and of the United States, are properly cared for and kept in good order ready for use, and that property issued is properly accounted for by each organization and unit. Each organization and unit shall be entitled to credit for property actually lost, as determined by survey as provided for in section 5923.18 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.18 | Unserviceable Military Stores.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
When military stores belonging to the state become unserviceable, the adjutant general may convene a board of survey consisting of not less than three commissioned officers of the Ohio national guard or the Ohio military reserve as the adjutant general deems proper, who shall inspect such property, and if it is found unserviceable, condemn it.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.19 | Sale or Exchange of Condemned Stores.

Effective:
September 23, 1985
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 204 - 116th General Assembly
The adjutant general may sell condemned military stores belonging to the state, the sums realized from the sales to be turned into the state treasury, to be credited to any fund appropriated for the use of the Ohio national guard or the Ohio military reserve as determined at the time by the adjutant general. He may exchange such condemned stores for such other military stores as the interests of the service require, for the use of the Ohio national guard or the Ohio military reserve, as determined by the adjutant general.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.20 | Annual Appropriations and Allowances.

Effective:
October 24, 1961
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 596 - 104th General Assembly
Upon the request of the adjutant general, there shall be appropriated and allowed annually such sums as the adjutant general shall determine to be necessary for the care of military property and other incidental expenses of each organization and unit of the Ohio national guard.
The sums provided for in this section shall be paid to the commanding officer of each organization and unit, who shall account for the funds in the manner directed by the commander in chief. No part of such money shall be paid to any organization or unit until all returns and reports required by law and orders have been filed with the adjutant general. The adjutant general may withhold all or any portion of said sum from any organization or unit found to be deficient.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.21 | Call to Service by Governor.

Effective:
September 18, 1997
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 130 - 122nd General Assembly
(A) The Ohio organized militia may be called by the governor by proclamation to aid the civil authorities to do any of the following:
(1) Execute the laws of this state;
(2) Suppress insurrection;
(3) Repel invasion;
(4) Act in the event of a disaster, as defined in section 5502.21 of the Revised Code, within the state;
(5) Promote the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of this state.
(B) In all cases, the organized militia shall be called to state active duty before the unorganized militia.
(C) The governor's proclamation under division (A) of this section shall specify the statutory basis of the call.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.22 | Order of Unit, Part or Individual to Aid Civil Authorities.

Effective:
September 29, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 172 - 120th General Assembly
(A) Whenever the governor determines that the organized militia may lawfully be called to duty under section 5923.21 of the Revised Code, the governor may order any unit of the organized militia, or any part or individual of the organized militia, to state active duty to aid civil authorities.
(B) The orders issued by the adjutant general on behalf of the governor shall specify the individuals, units, or parts of the organized militia ordered to state active duty, the estimated duration of the duty, and the place and time of reporting.
(C) No member of the organized militia ordered to state active duty pursuant to this section shall fail to obey such an order.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.23 | Contents of Order to Aid Civil Authorities - Command and Control.

Effective:
September 29, 1994
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 172 - 120th General Assembly
(A) When members of the organized militia are called to state active duty by the governor, the orders shall state in general terms the objectives to be accomplished and with which agencies of civil authority the accomplishment of these objectives shall be coordinated. The missions of a commander of any unit or units called to state active duty in aid to civil authority shall be as directed by the appropriate civil authorities. The mode and means of accomplishing those missions shall at all times remain with their commander.
(B) The command and control of units or members of the organized militia shall at all times remain with their commanding officers.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.231 | Proclamation of Martial Law.

Effective:
September 1, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 734 - 107th General Assembly
After issuing an order to duty pursuant to section 5923.21 of the Revised Code, the governor, if in his judgment any breakdown of law and order impends, may by proclamation, declare that the organized militia under the command of the governor shall execute the laws and keep the peace in a designated area. Under these circumstances, any arrest and detention of civilians by military authorities shall be for the purpose of escorting such civilians to civil authorities. The governor shall, by subsequent proclamation, order cessation of the duties entrusted to the militia when, in his judgment, his original proclamation is no longer required.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 59 | Veterans-Military Affairs › Chapter 5923 | Organized Militia › Section 5923.27 | Privileges and Immunities While on State Active Duty.

Effective:
October 29, 1995
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly
(A) No member of the organized militia called to state active duty shall be arrested on any warrant, except for treason or felony, while going to, performing, or returning from such duty.
(B) A member of the organized militia called to state active duty to aid the civil authorities in executing the laws of the state, suppressing insurrection, repelling invasion, or promoting the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of this state shall be considered a law enforcement officer, as that term is defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, and shall be afforded the privileges and immunities afforded persons under sections 109.361 and 2305.23 of the Revised Code.
(C) A member of the organized militia called to state active duty in the event of a disaster, as defined in section 5502.21 of the Revised Code, shall have the privileges and immunities afforded persons under sections 109.361 and 5502.30 of the Revised Code.